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Over 27 million children at risk from devastating record-setting floods
UNICEF says that this year, floods have contributed to the...
Tirupati richer than Wipro, Nestle, ONGC; net worth over Rs 2.5 trn
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Germany reckons with mental health impact of Covid-19
n a recent survey by health insurance company Pronova BKK, three quarters of the 154 psychiatrists and psychotherapists questioned said they were expecting an increase in mental illness over the next 12 months as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
According to the charity German Depression Aid, people with depression experienced the spring’s restrictive measures as far more stressful than the general population.
Study suggests frequent travellers 7 pc happier
“While things like work, family life and friends play a bigger role in overall reports of well-being, the accumulation of travel experiences does appear to have a small yet noticeable effect on self-reported life satisfaction,” Chen said. “It really illustrates the importance of being able to get out of your routine and experience new things.”
Twitter bans Donald Trump permanently, citing risk of violent incitement
Twitter has long given Trump and other world leaders broad exemptions from its rules against personal attacks, hate speech and other behaviors. But in a detailed explanation posted on its blog Friday, the company said recent Trump tweets amounted to glorification of violence when read in the context of the Capitol riot and plans circulating online for future armed protests around the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Microsoft Windows 7 operating system still has 100 million users globally
Microsoft has said for years that there are 1.5 billion users of Windows across multiple versions worldwide.
COVID-19 impact: 8.7 lakh expats returned to Kerala, over half of them due to job loss: Official Data
The data from the Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) department as of Thursday also showed that 1,11,151 of the 13,27,330 Keralites who came back from other parts of the country also cited loss of jobs as the reason for their return. The second biggest reason cited by the returnees (2.08 lakh) was their job visas. The rest include senior citizens, or children, and family members of expats.
Protective immunity against novel coronavirus may last for over eight months: Study
The study, published in the journal Science, helps clarify some concerning data from other institutes, which showed a dramatic drop-off of COVID-fighting antibodies in the months following infection. Some feared that this decline in antibodies meant that the body wouldn’t be equipped to defend itself against reinfection.
World food price index rises for seventh month running in Dec -FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 107.5 points last month versus 105.2 in November.
Masks no obstacle for new NEC facial recognition system
The new system went on sale in October and customers include Lufthansa and Swiss International Airlines, Takashima said.
Facial recognition means not having to produce a security card, which can bst or stolen, and also helps prevent the spread of germs from touching surfaces, Takashima said.
Loan repay demand by official is not abetment to suicide: HC
the demand of outstanding loan amount from the person who was in default of payment of loan amount, during the course of employment as a duty, at any stretch of imagination cannot be said to be any intention to aid or to instigate or to abet the deceased to commit suicide,” HC said
There have some cases recently in Telangana of people reportedly ending their lives after they were harassed to pay back loans given in alleged violations of regulatory guidelines to gullible and needy victims facing economic hardships,
Moderna CEO says vaccine likely to protect for ‘couple of years’
“The nightmare scenario that was described in the media in the spring with a vaccine only working a month or two is, I think, out of the window.The antibody decay generated by the vaccine in humans goes down very slowly (…) We believe there will be protection potentially for a couple of years,” Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said