Skipping breakfast may be bad for your heart, doctors say

Planning meals and snacks in advance and eating breakfast every day may help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, new guidelines from U.S. doctors say. Eating more calories earlier in the day and consuming less food at night may also reduce the odds of a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac or blood vessel diseases, according to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association. "When we eat may be important to consider, in...

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Exercise during pregnancy may help obese women avoid dangerous complications

Exercise may be an efficient way for obese pregnant women to lower their risk of diabetes, dangerously high blood pressure and other complications, research suggests. "The study suggests that a prenatal exercise-based intervention leads to both decreased costs and improved outcomes in obese women," said Leah Savitsky, a medical student at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland who led the study. As reported at the 37th annual meeting...

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How your body shape may influence your disease risk

Could the shape of your body influence your risk of disease? Many doctors think so, and a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that those with a genetic predisposition toward one particular body type actually had a higher risk of conditions like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. That body type is what physicians call “apple-shaped”— when the circumference of your belly is larger than the circumference...

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Support programs help moms extend breast-feeding time

Support programs for new mothers help them to breast-feed their babies for longer periods and to keep breast milk as the baby's only source of nutrition, according to a new review of existing evidence. The researchers concluded that breast-feeding support - whether educational or just encouraging - by trained professionals or lay people generally benefited women and their babies. "Breast-feeding is really important," said lead author Alison...

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Walking linked to improved brain function

A moderate-intensity walking regimen may reduce symptoms of mild cognitive impairment that are linked to poor blood vessel health in the brain, a small study suggests. Participants with vascular cognitive impairment, sometimes called vascular dementia, who walked three hours per week for six months had improved reaction times and other signs of improved brain function, the Canadian team reports in British Journal of Sports Medicine. Vascular...

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Broccoli compound could help treat type 2 diabetes

Broccoli could hold the key to slowing, and potentially reversing, the disease, according to a new study. Some people don't like to eat their vegetables , but for obese people with type 2 diabetes , broccoli could hold the key to slowing, and potentially reversing, the disease, according to a new study. Scientists used both computational and experimental research to zero in on a network of 50 genes that cause symptoms associated with type 2...

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Bangladesh: 3 Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh members arrested

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Bangladesh arrested three members of  the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh's 'Sarwar-Tamim Group' after conducting raids at the Bakhtabali area in Narayanganj district. RAB claims that they are the members of the JMB's suicide squad. Kamrul Hasan, RAB-11 Commander Lieutenant Colonel, said that they were nabbed from Lal Miar Char of Boyrakandi area. The arrested terrorists are Mohammad Waliullah Chishti alias...

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We believe the foiled plane attack plot was Islamic-inspired terrorism: Australian Federal Police

"Exactly what is behind this is something that we will need to investigate fully," Australian Federal Police commissioner Andrew Colvin said. Security has been increased at Australian airports after police foiled "Islamic-inspired" plans for a bomb attack on an aircraft during counter-terrorism raids in which four men were arrested on Saturday, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have confirmed. "In recent days, law enforcement has become aware...

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Actor Ravi Teja appears before SIT in drug racket case

Popular Telugu film actor Ravi Teja on Friday appeared before the Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department’s special investigation team (SIT) in connection with a high-end online drug racket busted by it in Hyderabad on July 2. Teja is among the 12 personalities, including directors and actors, from the Telugu film industry summoned by the SIT, which is questioning several people as part of cases registered in connection with the racket. The...

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North Korea says second ballistic missile test puts much of U.S. in range

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday said the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) demonstrated that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that Mr. Kim expressed “great satisfaction” after the Hwasong-14 missile reached a maximum height of 3,725 kilometers (2,314 miles) and traveled 998 kilometers (620 miles) before accurately landing in waters off Japan. The agency said that the test was aimed...

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Who will be Pakistan's next Prime Minister?

With Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif quitting his job after the Supreme Court disqualified him on Friday, questions are swirling over who will succeed him. The court’s decision to dismiss the thrice-elected Prime Minister followed a petition by the Opposition, which had levelled corruption charges against him and his family members. Mr. Sharif will now face criminal charges. Legal experts say that under constitutional rules, Mr. Sharif...

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Now, IIITs can award MTech, PhD degrees

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Wednesday to enable Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) to award degrees, including M.Tech and Ph.D, as issued by autonomous universities. It also gives powers to Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) in Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) to award degrees to students.Once the law is finally enacted, IIITDM will be the fifth centrally-funded IIIT. he proposed law includes IIITDM, Kurnool, in the principal law Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT)...

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Hyderabad drug case: Dutch techie in drugnet, cops blow lid off conduit

HYDERABAD: In another big catch, excise sleuths have arrested a Dutch software professional, Mike Kamminga, for peddling drugs in the city.The sleuths recovered 2.6 gms of DMT (Dimethyltryptamine), a psychedelic substance, from his possession. Mike, a solutions architect with US' San Francisco Bay-based company Innominds, was arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) sleuths of the excise department from his flat at Nanakramguda, where he has been living with his Indian wife and a child, on Tuesday night. Police got initial leads about...

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10,000 evacuated over new wildfire in France

MARSEILLE: At least 10,000 people were evacuated overnight after a new wild fire broke out in southern France, which was already battling massive blazes that have consumed swathes of forest, authorities said today. The new fire came a day after France asked for Europe's help to tackle the flames already raging in the tinder dry south, including near the popular resort of Saint-Tropez. "The evacuations, at least 10,000, followed the progression of the fire. It's an area that doubles or triples its population in summer," said a fire service official...

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26 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attack on Kandahar base: Defence ministry

KANDAHAR: At least 26 Afghan soldiers have been killed and 13 wounded in a Taliban attack on a military base in Kandahar province, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, the latest blow to struggling security forces. The militants "attacked an army camp in Karzali area of Khakrez district of Kandahar last night," MoD spokesman General Dawlat Waziri said. Afghan soldiers "bravely resisted", he said, killing more than 80 insurgents. Residents in the area described an hours-long attack launched by a 30-strong convoy carrying "hundreds" of Taliban...

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US Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House

NEW YORK: US Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump's presidency, but also have received more support from individual Americans, and remain hopeful they can eventually be fully accepted in American society, a new survey finds. Nearly three-quarters of US Muslims view Trump as unfriendly to them, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Tuesday. Sixty-two per cent say Americans do not view Islam as part of the mainstream after a presidential election that saw a surge...

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Qatar says new Saudi bloc blacklist 'disappointing

DOHA: Qatar said on Wednesday that a new blacklist released by Saudi Arabia and its allies came as a "disappointing surprise" in a diplomatic crisis that has split the Gulf. The four Arab governments named 18 organisations and individuals on Tuesday that they accused of links with Islamist extremism and Qatar. The move by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain came despite mounting international pressure to compromise in their weeks-old boycott of their fellow US ally. Qatari government communications director Sheikh Saif bin...

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US attorney general to unveil leak probes soon: Media reports

WASHINGTON: US attorney general Jeff Sessions plans to announce soon several criminal investigations into intelligence leaks, news outlets reported on Wednesday, as the nation's top law enforcement official faced mounting criticism from President Donald Trump. The announcement has "been in the works for some time and will most likely happen sometime in the next week," Fox News reported, citing an unnamed US official. The Washington Post also reported the planned announcement, citing multiple unnamed officials. The investigations will look at news...

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Wildfires prompt 10,000 evacuations on French Riviera

MARSEILLE: Firefighters evacuated thousands of campers and local residents after a wildfire broke out on France's tourist-thronged Riviera coast overnight. The blaze was the latest of several wind-whipped fires that are ravaging forest and scrubland on the hills and slopes that spill into the Mediterranean sea between the Marseilles and the city of Nice in the southeastern corner of France. Not far west of the yacht-filled marinas of Saint-Tropez resort, 10,000 people were evacuated - 3,000 of them from campsites - as a fast-encroaching fire ripped...

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Donald Trump bans transgenders from serving in US military

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a ban on transgenders serving in the U.S military, opening up another political firefight while for the most part pleasing his conservative, Middle American base. "After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," Trump wrote on Twitter in a surprise announcement. "Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot...

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Hurriyat officials being used as ATMs? Terrorists even threaten Separatists for money, reveal documents

NEW DELHI: Letters written to Hurriyat members on Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba letterheads, recovered by NIA during raids, reveal that terror funding in the Valley could be a two-way phenomenon, with LeT and HM cadres turning to separatists for finances from time to time. The demands made on Hurriyat separatists by local LeT and Hizbul terrorists, citing dire need of finances on account of illness of fellow cadres and other problems, range from a few thousand rupees to lakhs and include mobile phones as well. Several Hurriyat members...

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Amit Shah to contest Rajya Sabha poll from Gujarat

NEW DELHI: BJP president Amit Shah is set to make his debut in Parliament as he will contest the Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat on August 8. Shah is a sitting MLA from Naranpura in Ahmedabad. Health minister J P Nadda made the announcement after the party's parliamentary board meeting on Wednesday. I&B and textiles minister Smriti Irani will be BJP's other Rajya Sabha nominee from Gujarat. Irani's tenure as an MP of the Upper House ends on August 18. The parliamentary board, attended by PM Narendra Modi, also named Sampatiya Uikey, a tribal...

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Nitish Kumar again sworn in Bihar chief minister, BJP's Sushil Modi is deputy CM

NEW DELHI: Fewer than 24 hours after resigning from the post, Nitish Kumar once again became chief minister of Bihar after he was sworn in on Thursday morning to form a government in the state, this time with the support of the BJP and the NDA. Even as the ceremony was on, RJD workers in Patna set up blockades and protested Nitish forming the government with the BJP. Also sworn in on Thursday morning, as deputy chief minister of Bihar, was the BJP's Sushil Modi, considered by many to be the man who deflated the not-so-grand 'mahagathbandhan',...

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The Lingerie Shop’s Be Mine brand is disrupting the innerwear space in India

You need sexy lingerie? Shapewear,? Basic wear to work underwear or everyday sleepwear? You don’t know where to go and even if you did, you don’t feel like going there alone? If your answer to all these questions is yes, then The Lingerie Shop is for you. The Lingerie Shop is changing the cultural attitudes towards shopping for women’s lingerie in India. A one-stop-shop, covering a range of all categories, The Lingerie Shop has you covered with...

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Aryabhata’ was my happiest moment, Rao had told students

“We have always been proud that such an eminent scientist studied in our school. We always tell our students to emulate him,” says Helen V. Salins, Headmistress of Christian High School at Udupi, about their most illustrious alumnus, former ISRO chairman U.R. Rao, who passed away on Monday morning. She recalls he had last visited their school about 15 years ago. Born in Admaru village of Udupi district, Dr. Rao had his early education at the...

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Govt. to get tough on unapproved buildings

The government has decided to ban registration of sale deeds for resale of unapproved buildings after December 21. Any owner who fails to submit an application online for regularisation of unapproved buildings by December 21 will not be able to register the sale deed of such property after the deadline. Power supply, water supply and sewer connections will be disconnected for such buildings. Speaking at a public consultation, Housing and Urban...

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Kushner denies Russia collusion, Trump lashes out

Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, said on Monday he “did not collude” with Russia and had roughly four meetings with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign and presidential transition. In a written statement released ahead of his scheduled appearance before lawmakers in closed-door sessions, Mr. Kushner said his initial security clearance form had been submitted prematurely in error...

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Polish president blocks judiciary reforms after days of protests

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday that he would veto two of three bills passed by Parliament in a judicial reform that has triggered nationwide street protests and raised EU and U.S. concerns about a politicisation of the courts. Mr. Duda is an ally of the ruling right-wing, eurosceptic Law and Justice Party (PiS) and, although he had threatened to water down one of the bills, his veto of a second bill was a surprise. “I have decided...

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Maldives Opposition says govt. locked down Parliament

The Maldivian Opposition said that the military locked down Parliament on Monday on the orders of the country’s President in a bid to prevent lawmakers from taking part in a vote to impeach the parliamentary Speaker. The main Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party said that on the orders of President Yameen Abdul Gayoom, the gates of the Parliament were padlocked by members of the armed forces on Monday morning and lawmakers “were forcibly prevented from entering the parliamentary compound”. In a statement, the Opposition party called Mr. Yameen’s...

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20 dead, 30 injured in suicide blast near CM's residence in Lahore

A suicide blast near the residence and office of Pakistan’s Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore on Monday killed at least 20 people, including policemen, and wounded 30. Lahore police chief Capt (R) Amin Wains said the “target of blast was police.” He also confirmed that it was a suicide blast. “Police and the Lahore Development Authority officials were busy in removing encroachments outside the Arfa Karim Tower, located...

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Congress levels charges against Venkaiah Naidu

Ahead of the vice-presidential polls, the Congress levelled charges against the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) vice-presidential candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday, accusing him of misusing his position to derive benefits for himself and his family. Mr. Naidu, on his part, sought to refute all the charges through a written statement. Citing four cases of grave irregularities, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh sought answers, saying,...

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SC ‘no’ to plea for probe into massacre of Kashmiri Pandits

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition seeking investigation into the alleged mass murder of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley in 1989-90, during the heights of militancy. “How can there be a probe into a matter that happened 27 years ago?” a Bench led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar asked the counsel representing an organisation called the Roots In Kashmir’. The court in its order explained that the instances of alleged...

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