A new study claims that, contrary to the long-standing belief that sugar-free diets are beneficial, they may be counterproductive. “Mice on a sucrose-free low-fat diet showed worse blood sugar control, increased inflammation, disrupted gut bacteria, and signs of fatty liver compared with mice that consumed some sucrose,” the study presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual...
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti (PTI photo) SRINAGAR: With the 57-day Amarnath Yatra set to begin on July 3, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Monday said protecting the pilgrims was not just the responsibility of the security forces, but a collective duty of the people of Kashmir.“Every Amarnath pilgrim who visits us is a guest of Kashmir....
UK PM Keir Starmer LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday announced a ban on social media for under-16s in the UK “to give children their childhood back”.The ban will be modelled on the one in Australia and be on platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, but not on services like...
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Monday said his recent meeting with PM Narendra Modi hasn’t changed his party National Conference’s plans to stage a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on the first day of the Parliament’s monsoon session to press for the restoration of...
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Unit-3 (ANI photo) MUMBAI: The fifth unit of the 1,000-MW Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project in Tamil Nadu—a joint Indo-Russian project—crossed a significant milestone on Monday with the erection of reactor pressure vessel inside the reactor building for its fifth unit, according to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). Current indications...
Cochin International Airport is considering using CSR funds to compensate homeowners whose houses are damaged by low-flying aircraft KOCHI: In the wake of repeated cases of houses getting damaged due to aircraft ‘flying at low altitude’ near Cochin International Airport Ltd (Cial), the airport authorities are exploring the possibilities of providing compensation to the owners...
Generative image NEW DELHI: The government Monday increased the windfall tax on exports of diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) for the fortnight starting June 16, while leaving the levy on petrol exports unchanged.Under the revised rates, the special additional excise duty (SAED) on diesel exports has been raised to Rs 14 per litre from...
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While surface ozone — a pollutant harmful to the heart and lungs — already exceeds safe limits across much of India in the hot pre-monsoon months, a new study finds that heatwaves push it to still higher levels, thus adding several hundred deaths to a far larger toll that the study links to ozone across...
