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New York, July 6 (IANS) Older people who have fluctuating levels of cholesterol and triglycerides may have a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias compared to people who have steady levels, according to a new research.People with highest variation in total cholesterol showed a 19 per cent increased risk of dementia and those with high variation in triglycerides showed a 23 per cent increased risk.Researchers, however, did not find a link between variations in low-density lipoproteins (LDL) also called the “bad” cholesterol and high-density lipoproteins (HDL) known as “good” cholesterol and an increased risk of dementia. While the…

San Francisco, July 6 (IANS) Gfycat, the Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, has announced that it will be shutting down the service on September 1.”The Gfycat service is being discontinued. Please save or delete your Gfycat content by visiting https://www.gfycat.com and logging in to your account. After September 1, 2023, all Gfycat content and data will be deleted from gfycat.com,” the company wrote on its website. Users only have two months to save content before the company discontinues the service forever. However, it’s unclear whether Snap intends to integrate Gfycat content into Snapchat or delete years’ worth of GIFs, reports TechCrunch. “Snapchatters…

According to Russia’s integrated nuclear power global major Rosatom, the first component of the nuclear reactor core melt localisation device (CMLD, core catcher) has been installed. The core catcher is an essential part of the prevention system ensuring the safety of beyond-design-basis accidents, installed in the design position. The core catcher installed on supports under the reactor vessel is made as a globe-bottom container that weighs more than 156 metric tons. The total weight of the entire device exceeds 800 metric tons. Apart from a casing, the main CMLD components include: cartridge units filled with special non-metallic materials, maintenance platform,…

Bonne also met Prime Minister Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the course of his visit.According to sources, Doval and Bonne took forward the strategic dialogue between India and France.The main point of discussion was Modi’s forthcoming visit to France next week, where he will be the guest of honour during the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on July 14.French president Macron has invited Modi to visit France.The Bastille Day parade will witness a 269-member tri-services contingent of the Indian armed forces marching alongside their French counterparts.France is a key partner of India in the field of defence, space…

The India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) conducted a five-nation study of input tariffs in electronics sector across India, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Mexico, covering 120 key components.It found that India’s tariffs are higher for up to 98 per cent lines compared to Vietnam (for free trade agreement tariffs) and 90 per cent of the lines compared to Thailand.The competing economies have approximately double or more zero tariff lines than India. India’s MFN tariff average is 9.7 per cent, compared to averages from 3.2 per cent in China.“Over 80 per cent of Vietnam’s imports for 120 tariff lines are under…

India reclaimed the Asian Kabaddi Championship title after beating Iran 42-32 in the final at the Dong-Eui Institute of Technology Seokdang Cultural Center in Busan, Republic of Korea, last week. It was India’s eighth title in the last nine editions played so far while Iran won the title once, in 2003.The tournament saw the 26-year-old kabaddi star in competitive action for the first time since an ACL injury sustained in the opening stages of the 2022 Pro Kabaddi League.”I was making sure I was giving clear instructions to the new players part of the squad, especially the new raiders like…

According to the latest Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study, a tenth of all Indians have diabetes, and high levels of other non communicable diseases like hypertension and cholesterol, which not only raise mortality risk but also increase economic burden.Speaking to IANS, Dr V Mohan, chairman of Dr Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre and one of the authors of the study, said that one should try to prevent diabetes, but among those already diagnosed, disease progression must be controlled so as to prevent severe complications, because “just like diabetes is silent, the complication around it is silent”.”Diabetes will keep…

They said that the woman was gunned down when she came to the Shishu Nishtha Niketan school at Kwakeithel for some work.Police and a forensic team immediately rushed to the area and have recovered the body while the security forces have also launched a search operation to nab the perpetrators.The incident comes a day after 4,521 schools for classes 1 to 8 reopened across Manipur on Wednesday, more than two months following the violence which erupted on May 3.Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF), reiterating its demand to impose President’s rule in Manipur, said that a Kuki-Zo tribal woman who did not…

The ‘Advanced Lovense ChatGPT Pleasure Companion’, which was released in beta in the company’s remote control app, invites users to indulge in juicy and erotic stories that the Companion creates based on their chosen topic, reports TechCrunch.Users will need to pick their topic and then the Companion will voice the story and control their Lovense toy while reading it to them.”Our Advanced Lovense ChatGPT Pleasure Companion now allows you to design a story you want, to embody any of your fantasies or dreams, and to fully immerse you into them,” Dan Liu, Lovense CEO was quoted as saying.”With our Companion’s…

“All these talks of change of guard in the state are baseless and false. He will lead the three-party coalition of BJP-Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) for the Lok Sabha and the Assembly polls next year,” he said. Bawankule also denied any “unrest” within the BJP legislators after the NCP split and Ajit Pawar joining the state government of Shinde and BJP’s Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis as a second Deputy CM along with 8 other ministers. “The 3-party coalition is now a formidable force with Shinde, Fadnavis, and Ajit Pawar joining hands. It has made the alliance a lot…