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If India experiences a quake of magnitude 8, it would be felt in Colombo and Jaffna, Athula Senaratne, a local university professor, told reporters Sri Lanka's capital Colombo and the northern capital of Jaffna are likely to feel the effect of any powerful earthquake...
Regular use of laxatives linked with increased risk of dementia: Study
“Constipation and laxative use are common among middle-aged and older adults,” said study author Feng Sha, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Guangdong, China “However, regular laxative use may change the microbiome of the gut, possibly affecting nerve signalling...
Nearly 60% of long Covid patients suffered organ damage a year later: Study
The research, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, focused on 536 long Covid patients who reported extreme breathlessness, cognitive dysfunction and poor health-related quality of life. Organ damage persisted in 59 per cent of long Covid patients...
‘More value to be discovered, NCLT has usurped the jurisdiction of the CoC’, RCap to NCLAT
Earlier this month, NCLAT had issued notices to Torrent Investments and other respondents on a petition filed by the lender of Reliance Capital seeking a second round of financial bids for the debt-ridden firm, currently going through insolvency resolution process The...
India asks IMF, FSB to prepare technical paper on regulating crypto
Despite the rapid evolution of the crypto universe, there is no comprehensive global policy framework for crypto assets. Given the concerns over greater interconnectedness between crypto assets and the traditional financial sector as well as the complexity and...
Getting good sleep could add years to your life: Harvard Research
"We saw a clear dose-response relationship, so the more beneficial factors someone has in terms of having a higher quality of sleep, they also have a stepwise lowering of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality," said Frank Qian, MD, an internal medicine resident...
Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs
Drug Enforcement Administration said late Friday it plans to reinstate once longstanding federal requirements for powerful drugs that were waived once COVID-19 hit, enabling doctors to write millions of prescriptions for drugs such as OxyContin or Adderall without...
Experts say bird flu threat small despite Cambodian fatality
Bird flu, also known as avian influenza, normally spreads between sick poultry but can sometimes spread from poultry to humans. The recent detection of infections in a variety of mammals, including at a large mink farm in Spain, has raised concern among experts that...
Bhutan to implement “Health in all policies” strategy to ensure public well-being
``This is because at the end of the day, who are we designing the policy for? We are designing the policy for people, we are designing policies so that the people are healthy. If people are healthy, people are economically productive so there are many incentives to...
Exercise is more effective than medication in managing mental health: Study
"Physical activity is known to help improve mental health. Yet despite the evidence, it has not been widely adopted as a first-choice treatment, Our review shows that physical activity interventions can significantly reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety in all...
Singapore witnesses lowest ever total fertility rate at 1.05
In view of the declining Total Fertility Rate(TFR) the government has decided to provide more support for the early stages of family formation, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Indranee Rajah. Rajah said the government will provide more support for...
Impact Guru Study: More than two lakh donors helped over 3,500 cancer patients fundraise for their treatment
- Over 900 blood cancer patients benefited through crowdfunding solutions in 2022, treatment cost for which is reported to fall approximately between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh in private hospitals. Mumbai: A study conducted by ImpactGuru.com, India's leading medical...
Reliance General’s PBT at Rs 334 crore in 9FY23, wants capital infusion
Company has grown its investments assets at 20 per cent to Rs. 16,581 Crore for 9M FY23 as against Rs. 13,861 crore for the corresponding period 9M FY22 Mumbai: Profit before tax of Reliance General Insurance has grown to Rs 334 crore for 9M FY23 as against Rs 314...
IMF flags debt restructuring hurdles, says banning crypto should be an option
"We have to differentiate between central bank digital currencies that are backed by the state and stable coins, and crypto assets that are privately issued," Georgieva said. "There has to be very strong push for regulation… if regulation fails, if you're slow to do...
Jack Ma-backed Ant Group to reduce stake in Vijay Shekhar’s Paytm
The deliberations follow Ant affiliate Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s sale of its stake in Paytm, as the e-commerce giant pared back investments in India amid growing geopolitical tensions. Ant’s sale would be for technical and not political reasons, the people added...
Rising heat across parts of India raises alarm on another energy crunch
Temperatures have been as much as 11C above normal in some regions in the past week and prompted the India Meteorological Department to advise farmers to check wheat and other crops for signs of heat stress The unusually early onset of hotter weather — and forecasts...
Agriculture budget rises 5 times in 9 years to over Rs 1.25 lakh cr: PM Modi
The Prime Minister also highlighted that the Budget focuses on agri-tech startups and an accelerator fund too has been proposed to create new funding avenues for them He observed that the number of startups in the agriculture sector has increased to more than 3,000...
Sebi proposes changes to rules for REITs, InvITs
Coming out with a consultation paper on the subject, the markets regulator said the changes are being proposed keeping in mind the interest of unit holders and the structural vulnerabilities associated with absence of a sponsor for Real Estate Investment Trusts...