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May 17, 2024 3:54 PM

Obesity and high blood sugar play ever growing role in ill-health, study shows

Obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure among other metabolic issues now lead to almost 50% more years of healthy life lost to either disease or premature death than in 2000, a major international study showed on Thursday. Over t...

May 17, 2024 3:30 PM

Efforts to prevent, control hypertension need to be further strengthened to meet global, national targets: WHO regional director

An estimated 294 million people in South-East Asia are living with hypertension, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for the region, Saima Wazed. On World Hypertension Day, observed annually on May 17, Wazed emphasiz...

May 17, 2024 8:25 AM

Delhi: 13-year-old girl in coma wakes up after liver transplant

A 13-year-old girl in Delhi, who had been in a coma, regained consciousness after undergoing a liver transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) team, under the guidance of senior consultants in pediatrics including...

May 16, 2024 12:10 PM

Taiwan’s incoming president faces angry China, fractured parliament

Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped up military drills, as well as a fractured parliament at home where no party has a majority. Lai, vice presiden...

May 15, 2024 3:22 PM

US-China tariff war presents trade opportunities for India

The latest round of the tariff war between the US and its largest trade partner, China, is set to present a significant opportunity for India. US President Joe Biden, in a move that is seen as a protectionist measure to reduce trade imbalance, impos...

May 14, 2024 6:02 PM

MHA warns against cyber criminals impersonating government officials

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a cautionary advisory regarding cyber criminals who are adopting deceptive tactics such as 'blackmail' and 'digital arrest', posing as officers from various government agencies. These fraudulent individua...

May 14, 2024 5:25 PM

The water tanker drivers keeping ‘India’s Silicon Valley’ Bengaluru running

Basavaraj, a water tanker driver in India's tech hub of Bengaluru, has to make sure he leaves home by 6:30 a.m. each day to collect enough water for his customers, who now depend on his services for a very basic need. Residents of the southern city,...

May 14, 2024 3:32 PM

New breast cancer genes found in women of African ancestry, may improve risk assessment

Twelve breast cancer genes identified in women of African ancestry in a large study published on Monday may one day help better predict their risk for the disease and highlights potential risk differences from women of European descent. Studies to i...

May 14, 2024 2:05 PM

For elephants, like people, greetings are a complicated affair

People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say "hello," "guten tag," "hola," "konnichiwa" or "g'day." They might shake hands, bump fists, make a fist-and-palm gesture or press their hands together with a gentle head bow. They might kiss...

May 14, 2024 11:19 AM

OpenAI unveils new AI model as competition heats up

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Monday it would release a new AI model called GPT-4o, capable of realistic voice conversation and able to interact across text and image, its latest move to stay ahead in a race to dominate the emerging technology. New a...

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