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Long Covid involves a range of symptoms that persist or develop about a month after initial infection. These symptoms are associated with significant morbidity or reduced quality of life.For about 16 per cent of the Covid-positive people, symptoms lasted for at least a year, but for others, they came and went.The study appears in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).”It was common for symptoms to resolve then re-emerge months later,” said lead author Juan Carlos Montoy, Associate Professor at University of California’s Department of Emergency Medicine.”A lot of prior research…

Wellington, Aug 11 (IANS) New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is cautiously optimistic about getting fit for the ODI World Cup to be held in India in October-November this year. Williamson, who is recuperating from a knee injury, on Friday gave some hope to the New Zealand fans by informing them that his recovery was ahead of schedule and on track for selection when the World Cup squad is picked next month.“If the knee is at a stage where that can be a reality, that’s great, but it very much is about getting it right and making sure it is ready…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has sent the Asian Games-bound six Greco-Roman wrestlers along with three support staff members to Romania for a 15-day special training and competition camp ahead of the mega event in Hangzhou, China in September-October.The six Greco-Roman wrestlers that have been picked for this camp in Romania are Gyanendar (60kg), Neeraj (67kg), Vikas (77kg), Sunil Kumar (87kg), Narinder Cheema (97kg) and Naveen (130kg).The six Asian Games-bound wrestlers have departed for Romania and the proposal was cleared under the Ministry’s ‘Assistance to NSF Scheme’, it was informed on Friday.During the…

Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) Crypto asset trading platform Bittrex and its co-founder and former CEO, William Shihara, have agreed to settle charges with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for $24 million over charges that they operated as an unregistered exchange, broker and clearing agency.Bittrex’s foreign affiliate, Bittrex Global GmbH, also agreed to settle charges that it failed to register as a national securities exchange.“For years, Bittrex worked with token issuers to ‘scrub’ their online statements of any indicia that they were investment contracts — all in an effort to evade the federal securities laws. They failed,” said Gurbir…

The deceased, Pranab Mili’s body was found in the early morning hours by locals in the area who informed the police.A team from the Dispur police station rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem.Meanwhile, the victim’s family members have alleged that he was murdered by some miscreants, who later hung his body later from the tree make it look like suicide. However, the police are yet to ascertain whether it was murder or suicide. A senior police officer said: “We have started an investigation. A preliminary conclusion can be drawn only after we receive the post-mortem report.”…

“People of the country know that BJP only believes in publicity. No development work has been done. In Bihar, whatever development has been done, it was by us. Still, BJP is trying to take credit for it,” Kumar said while interacting with media persons in Patna on Friday.The Chief Minister also slammed Narendra Modi for not giving a statement over Manipur ethnic violence.“The parliament was underway in New Delhi and PM Narendra Modi was not present in the parliament. Such a thing would not have happened in the past. When I was in the central government during Atal Ji’s tenure,…

The partnership combines Verizon’s networking power, solutioning, and scale with HCLTech’s market leading Managed Service capabilities to usher in a new era of large-scale wireline service delivery for enterprise customers.Verizon Business will continue to lead all customer acquisition, sales, solutioning, and overall planning and development with its customers. HCLTech will lead post-sale implementation and ongoing support. To execute the tightly coordinated balance of responsibilities at enterprise scale, a select group of Verizon Business Global Customer Operations staff will transition to HCLTech.Verizon Business’s global reach and localized enterprise presence together with HCLTech’s digitally optimized platforms for MNS give customers a flexible…

Earlier on August 3, the Collegium had proposed the transfer of Justices Prakash Padia, Rajendra Kumar-IV and S.P. Kesarwani to the High Courts of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Calcutta, respectively.Justice Padia made a representation requesting a reconsideration of his transfer to Jharkhand High Court and in alternative, he sought transfer to the Madhya Pradesh or Patna or Uttarakhand High Court.“We have considered the requests made by Mr Justice Prakash Padia. The Collegium does not find any merit in the requests made by him. The Collegium, therefore, resolves to reiterate its recommendation,” the Collegium said in a resolution uploaded on the…

On Thursday, Congress MLA from Hisua in Nadawa district, Neetu Singh, said: “If Rahul Gandhi will give a flying kiss, he will give it to a girl and not to 50 year-old Budhiya (old lady). The allegation leveled against him is baseless.”The Congress MLA was reacting to Smriti Irani’s ‘flying kiss’ allegations against Congress former president Rahul Gandhi.“Despite being a woman leader, it is extremely unfortunate that a Congress woman MLA gives such a statement. It indicates her low mentality. Such kind of mentality is possible only in the Congress party,” Arvind Kumar Singh said.He said that we always respect…

However, how many employees will be affected is not confirmed.According to TechCrunch, citing sources, the company is undergoing its second round of layoffs in just six months.“As set out earlier this year, we have a renewed global strategy in response to changing market dynamics and client demands. These macro forces are affecting the industry as a whole, which is why we must establish strong foundations for the future,” an NCC spokesperson was quoted as saying.“Regrettably, this means that a relatively small number of our talented colleagues are in consultation and some based in North America have already left NCC Group.”The…