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“We showed for the first time a reduced risk for ischemic stroke incidence associated with higher peanut consumption in an Asian population,” said lead study author Satoyo Ikehara, PhD, specially appointed associate professor of public health in the department of social medicine at the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in Suita, Japan.
Study finds regular exercise may lower risk of developing anxiety
Anxiety disorders – which typically develop early in a person’s life – are estimated to affect approximately 10 per cent of the world’s population and have been found to be twice as common in women compared to men. And while exercise is put forward as a promising strategy for the treatment of anxiety, little is known about the impact of exercise dose, intensity, or physical fitness level on the risk of developing anxiety disorders.
Vaccination is the medicine to boost economy: FM
”All our prayers are not for a third wave (of the Covid-19 virus). Suppose, if it occurs, then one has to think about the availability of hospitals, even if there is a hospital, does it have an ICU, and even if there is an ICU, does it have oxygen support? For all these questions, the Ministry announced a scheme allowing hospitals to ramp up the expansion when there was a huge impact in the country caused by the second wave (of Covid-19),” she said.
Cybersecurity seen as rising risk for airlines after 9/11
the embrace of digital technology has created new opportunities for trouble, with hackers able to penetrate systems through suppliers’ software, online services or WiFi offered to passengers.
Experts consider the potential for a hacker to take control of the plane itself as unlikely, since flight controls are separate from systems used by customers.
India, US agree to collaborate on emerging fuels
”Minister Puri emphasized that the revamped clean energy partnership will intensify the efforts from both sides to take advantage of the complementarities that exist between the US and India – advanced US technologies and rapidly growing India’s energy market, for a win-win situation through a cleaner energy route with low carbon pathways,” said a statement from the oil ministry
Biden’s vaccine rules to set off barrage of legal challenges
The White House is gearing up for legal challenges and believes that even if some of the mandates are tossed out, millions of Americans will get a shot because of the new requirements — saving lives and preventing the spread of the virus.
Biden is putting enforcement in the hands of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is drafting a rule “over the coming weeks,” Jeffrey Zients, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said Friday.
He warned that “if a workplace refuses to follow the standard, the OSHA fines could be quite significant.” \\ Courts have upheld vaccination requirements as a condition of employment, both before the pandemic — in challenges brought by health care workers — and since the coronavirus outbreak, said Lindsay Wiley, director of the Health Law and Policy Program at American University Washington College of Law.
China launches wealth management product pilots for retirement in four cities
Last month, China set up a state pension company with registered capital of 11.2 billion yuan, with 17 bank-affiliated wealth management units, insurers and state institutions taking stake, to help boost funds for retirees.
Despite looming changes, China’s retirement age is 60 for men and 55 for women, civil servants and white-collar workers.
Australia appoints former Macquarie boss to supervise financial regulators
U.S. Treasury climate official seeks insurance changes for extreme weather
The Federal Insurance Office will accept input for 75 days and then come up with recommendations for better pricing the risks that climate change posed to insured properties and activities, John Morton, Climate counselor, U.S. Treasury
said.
“The question is, how do we … better understand and begin to price the risk inherent in the underlying activities,” he said.
Poor countries say lack of vaccines may exclude them from climate talks
“Delegates from the LDC Group remain concerned about the logistics of getting to Glasgow,” Sonam Phuntsho Wangdi of Bhutan, chair of the group of the 46 Least Developed Countries, said in a statement.
“Our countries and our people are among the worst affected by climate change – we must not be excluded from talks deciding how the world will deal with this crisis, determining the fate of our lives and livelihoods.”
Medicine delivery by drones to be piloted in 16 zones in Telangana: Scindia
Launching Medicines from the Sky’ project here, Scindia said the new Drone Policy brought out by the NDA government at the Centre recently eased rules regarding drone operations in the country by reducing the number of forms that need to be filled to operate them from 25 to 5 and decreasing the types of fee charged from the operator from 72 to 4. Under the Green zone, no permission is needed to fly drones.
Want to make India a destination for international arbitration: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
Addressing the event, Rijiju said, “We want to make India, a destination for international arbitration. To improve our judicial system, we must target to deliver justice to the common man. We must focus on how common man is delivered with justice on time and bridge the gap between common man and justice.”
Heavy rains in Delhi as Monsoon breaks 46-year record; Airport forecourt, key roads waterlogged
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said the waterlogging at the forecourt was “for a short period” and operations have been back to normal since 9 AM.
Sources said four domestic flights — two of SpiceJet and one each of IndiGo and Go First — were diverted to Jaipur. One international flight — Emirates flight from Dubai to Delhi — was diverted to Ahmedabad, the sources mentioned.
They also said that three IndiGo flights that were scheduled to depart from Delhi were cancelled due to bad weather.
NE needs more Ayush colleges, Centre keen to support: Sonowal
UK’s Sunak wants insurers to explore products for social care costs
Social care refers to long-term health care outside hospitals.Sunak has asked officials to work with insurers to consider “new products” that can help with social care costs, the treasury source said.
“We’re hopeful that in time the cap on costs will provide the clarity insurers need to create new products,” the source said.
ICICI Lombard ceases to be ICICI Bank subsidiary post Bharti AXA merger
Govt launches drive to on-board 8.68 lakh street vendors for digital payments
”The special drive aims to accelerate on-boarding of street vendors on the UPI QR code and handhold them to start accepting and making digital payment transactions. Five major aggregators including Paytm, Phone Pe, Bharat Pe, Mswipe and Aceware have agreed to participate in 45-day special drive for digitally onboarding the street vendors with BHIM-UPI QR code on pro-bono basis,” Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a statement.
IBM Watson launches new AI and automation features to help businesses transform customer service
“We believe industries in India such as BFSI, Retail, Telecom, e-commerce etc. will benefit from these features to seamlessly automate tasks by providing a superior customer and agent experience,” said Viswanath Ramaswamy, Vice President, Technology, IBM Technology Sales, IBM India / South Asia.
“One critical challenge facing nearly every business today is the need to better communicate with their customers and employees across all channels,” said Daniel Hernandez, General Manager of Data and AI, IBM. “We’re continuously delivering new innovations in natural language processing, automation and advancing responsible AI, and building a strong, open ecosystem with partners like IntelePeer to help businesses transform customer care with Watson Assistant.”