Watch: Elderly saved from drowning after car gets trapped on flooded road
- 01-Oct-2022
After making landfall, Hurricane Ian is inducing disorder and floods in Florida. Videos reporting the deterioration driven by the category four hurricane are being circulated widely online. As people are struggling to safeguard themselves during the natural casualty, moving videos of society aid are also emerging. One such video from Florida, in which an elderly […]
NCOC to begin vaccine at home service for elderly people, sources confirm
- 05-Apr-2021
The local health authorities will be responsible to facilitate home vaccination drive as people will reach out to get themselves registered
Lahore house fire kills three minors, elderly woman
- 14-Jan-2021
According to rescue sources, three minors under the age of eight and one 52-year-old woman have burned to death in the fatal flames.
Sensors help smartphones keep eye on solo seniors
- 28-Feb-2018
Looking after an elderly relative who lives alone can be a huge source of worry. But what if your smartphone could automatically alert you if your mother has stayed in bed all morning or suffered a fall? Small sensors that monitor home activity and can send alerts to smartphones are marking it easier to keep […]
No-sweat exercise may prolong life for the elderly: study
- 20-Feb-2018
PARIS: A few hours a week of light exercise — walking the dog, puttering about in the garden — lower the risk of death in older men, even if workouts are brief, researchers said Tuesday. Their findings, reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, challenge two long-held assumptions about the benefits of physical activity […]
For compensation, Indian villagers send elderly to forest as tiger prey
- 04-Jul-2017
PILIBHIT: An Indian village in Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a bizarre trend that villagers have adopted to seek government money. It’s happening near the village bordering Pilibhit Tiger Reserve where authorities suspect local families are sending older members into the forest as tiger prey, and their bodies then relocated to fields, to feign attacks and claim […]
Drink soup, don’t drive: Japan police tell elderly
- 25-Nov-2016
TOKYO: Japanese police are offering noodle discounts to elderly citizens who hand in their driving licences, promising them cheaper ramen soup in exchange for improved road safety. The edible offer comes after a series of deadly accidents caused by cars driven by the elderly — a growing problem in a country where 4.8 million people […]
IS beheads elderly ex-antiquities chief in Syria’s Palmyra
- 19-Aug-2015
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group has beheaded the 82-year-old retired chief archaeologist of Palmyra, who refused to leave the ancient city when the jihadists captured it, Syria's antiquities chief said.
Prayers in India for elderly nun gang-raped at convent
- 15-Mar-2015
KOLKATA: Prayers were said at churches across India Sunday for an elderly nun who was gang-raped at a convent in an attack that has intensified anger over sexual violence and fuelled fears among beleaguered Christians.