Category: World News

Study confirms zinc deficiencies’ link to early development of autism

A link between zinc deficiency and the development of autism has been confirmed in a study of brain cells’ connections from rats’ hippocampal neurons. Although researchers said their findings don’t show how to prevent autism, they help explain developmental abnormalities and could lead to eventual treatment. The findings […]

Study: Infant girls fed soy formula more often develop severe menstrual pain risk

  Infant girls who were fed soy formula had a greater risk of developing severe menstrual pain as young adults, according to a study of African Americans. The findings, which were published Friday in the journal Human Reproduction, build on other research suggesting exposure to soy formula during early life […]

Facebook ends forced arbitration of sexual misconduct claims

  Facebook is dropping a requirement for mandatory arbitration of sexual misconduct allegations, acceding to a demand recently pressed by other Silicon Valley tech workers. Google made a similar change on Thursday, a week after thousands of employees briefly walked off their jobs to protest how the company handled sexual-misconduct allegations against […]

Bilateral Exercise Between Indian & Republic of Singapore Navies – SIMBEX 18 – marks Silver Jubilee this Year

open view web desk The 25th edition of SIMBEX, an acronym for “Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise” is scheduled from 10th to 21st November 2018 off Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. Bilateral cooperation between Singapore and India was first formalised when RSN ships began training with the Indian Navy in 1994. […]

MHA delegation meets Governor

open view web desk JAMMU, NOVEMBER 9: A delegation of Central Government Officers led by Sh. Gyanesh Kumar, Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (J&K) met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here today. Sh. Manish Garg Joint Secretary, MHA accompanied the delegation. Governor discussed […]

Governor chairs security review meeting

open view web desk JAMMU, NOVEMBER 9: In a meeting involving senior Civil, Police, Central Armed Police, Army, and State and Central Intelligence Agencies Governor Satya Pal Malik undertook a detailed review of security management related issues at the Raj Bhavan. The meeting was attended by Sh. Vijay […]

Exclusive: ‘Can’t eat, can’t sleep’ – Rohingya on Myanmar repatriation list

COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – For Nurul Amin, a Rohingya Muslim living in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, the days since learning he and his family were among a group of people set to potentially be repatriated to Myanmar have been among the most frightening since they fled their […]

India clears sale of “enemy shares” held by people who moved to Pakistan

The stocks worth at least 30 billion rupees ($412.26 million) are part of what India calls “enemy properties” that once belonged to people who went to Pakistan and China, with which India also fought a war. Once these Indian nationals became citizens of these two countries, they were […]

Conjoined Bhutanese twins separated in Australia surgery

Australian surgeons on Friday successfully separated 15-month-old Bhutanese twins, Nima and Dawa, who had been joined at the torso. The team of more than 20 doctors and nurses spent six hours operating on the pair, who shared a liver but no other major organs, to the relief of […]

Baby boom for some nations, bust for others: study

Soaring birth rates in developing nations are fuelling a global baby boom while women in dozens of richer countries aren’t producing enough children to maintain population levels there, according to figures released Friday. A global overview of birth, death and disease rates evaluating thousands of datasets on a […]

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