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London, Aug 8 (IANS) Popular weight loss drug Wegovy can lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke by 20 per cent, according to the results of a major trial announced on Tuesday.  Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide (sold as Wegovy) is a once-weekly injection used to help in weight loss. In a five-year, double-blinded trial, the company studied Wegovy against placebo in addition to standard of care for prevention of major adverse cardiac events in 17,604 adults aged 45 years or older with overweight or obesity. The participants had cardiovascular disease (CVD) but no prior history of…

London, Aug 8 (IANS) A high level of troponin — a protein normally used to exclude the possibility of a heart attack in patients with chest pain — may signal a heightened risk of death from any cause within the next couple of years, even in the absence of known or suspected cardiovascular disease, suggests new research.High cardiac troponin levels are often seen in hospital patients who don’t have specific signs of a heart attack, but the clinical significance of this has never been clear, said the researchers from the University of Southampton, UK. To explore this further, the team…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced the latest feature on WhatsApp that enables screen sharing during video calls.The users can initiate screen sharing by clicking on the ‘Share’ Icon and choosing between sharing a specific application or sharing the entire screen.“Whether sharing documents for work, browsing photos with family, planning a vacation or shopping online with friends, or just helping grandparents with tech support – screen sharing lets you share a live view of your screen during the call,” the company said in a statement.The WhatsApp users can also enjoy video calls…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India achieved an overall score of 43 per cent in the Internet Resilience Index (IRI), ranking sixth in the South Asian region, a report said on Tuesday. According to the global non-profit organisation Internet Society, India’s security is ranked above average, attributed to having the highest IPv6 (the newest Internet Protocol to accommodate growing networks) adoption globally.Counties like Bhutan (58 per cent), Bangladesh (51 per cent), Maldives (50 per cent), Sri Lanka (47 per cent), and Nepal (43 per cent) are ahead of India in the IRI ranking.In terms of market readiness — the ability of…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday started paying Indian creators their share of ads revenue in the second lot under its newly launched ‘ads revenue sharing programme’ for creators. After receiving their share, several users on X posted screenshots of the message they got from the platform.”Hello! Your Rs 13,527.16 payout from X (formerly Twitter) is on its way,” a message read.After receiving the amount, one user wrote on Twitter: “Twitter Blue was worth it imo.””Blue tick ke paise vasool (Money paid for Blue tick recovered),” wrote a user who goes by the name Gabbar,…

London, Aug 8 (IANS) Scientists have found that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are overweight and people with obesity when compared to people who are a healthy weight. The findings add further evidence to the relevance of brain structure to weight and food consumption.Current estimates suggest that over 1.9 billion people worldwide are either overweight or obese. This increases an individual’s risk of developing a number of health problems, including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, cancer and poorer mental health.What happens in our…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The confidential images of upcoming Ola Electric e-scooters, set to be launched on August 15, have allegedly been leaked, which has forced its CEO Bhavish Aggarwal demand an apology from the media person who leaked those images.Aggarwal also said that going forward, the electric vehicle company may not showcase their products to journalists before the official launch.The images, likely to be of Ola S1X e-scooter, were part of an auto media event the company held on Monday “and content from this event was supposed to be embargoed and confidential”, according to Aggarwal.”Auto media does their…

London, Aug 8 (IANS) Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heat waves and ice loss will almost certainly become more common and more severe, according to researchers.With drastic action now needed to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, the scientists warn that recent extremes in Antarctica may be the tip of the iceberg.The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, reviews evidence of extreme events in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, including weather, sea ice, ocean temperatures, glacier and ice shelf systems, and biodiversity on land and sea.It concludes that Antarctica’s…

Police constable Nadeem Patel, who was driving at a speed of 83.9 mph while responding to an emergency 999 call, admitted to causing the death of Shante Daniel-Folkes, 25, in Brixton on the night of June 9, 2021.He was dismissed without notice after a misconduct hearing on May 4.Despite all efforts by officials and paramedics, Daniel-Folkes died at the scene.The Old Bailey court in London heard on Monday that a collision occurred as two separate police cars responded to an emergency call.Daniel-Folkes was struck by the second car, which was driven by Patel.Police constable Gary Thomson, who was driving the…

According to a TechCrunch report on Tuesday, the Bengaluru-based startup initially announced its plans to cut jobs to employees last week.It later “sent a formal communication” to affected employees. “As a digital company, our variable costs predominantly involve people, server, and office infrastructure. Therefore, we must take steps to bring these expenses down in order to survive and to ensure that the business remains viable,” wrote Sai Srinivas, founder and chief executive of MPL in an internal email. MPL has Peak XV, Times Internet, MSA Novo, Crown Capital, Composite Capital and Moore Strategic Ventures among its investors. MPL, one of…