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Chennai, June 15 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Thursday allowed arrested Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji to be shifted to a private hospital from a government multi-specialty hospital where he is in judicial custody.The Minister and his family had moved the court to shift him to Kaveri hospital from the present Omandarur government hospital.A division bench of Justices Nisha Banu and Bharat Chakravarthy also considered the medical report of the minister from the government multi-specialty hospital.It, however, allowed the Enforcement Directorate to examine the minister using an expert medical board on his complaint about a heart ailment.Balaji, who held…

Shivamogga (Karnataka), June 12 (IANS) The incharge of a residential school in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district was on Monday arrested in connection with the death of a 13-year-old girl student.The victim died in suspicious circumstances on the way to the hospital from the school in Sagar town on June 8.The arrest was made following the statement of the victim’s two friends and classmates and her aunt. Sagar rural police have taken up further investigation.Police said the victim was a daughter of a farmer of village located near Sagar town in Shivamogga. With a dream to give his daughter education, he had…

Abu Dhabi, June 12 (IANS) A team of researchers have identified why some people with Covid-19 fare well, while the others end up in critical care.The team from NYU Abu Dhabi investigated the association between microRNAs, a class of small RNA molecules that regulate genes, and Covid severity among 259 unvaccinated Covid patients living in Abu Dhabi.The findings, published in the journal Human Genomics, showed microRNAs that are associated with a weakened immune response and admission to ICU.”This study demonstrates that microRNAs are promising biomarkers for disease severity, more broadly, and targets for therapeutic interventions,” said Youssef Idaghdour, Associate Professor…

Lucknow, June 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh will celebrate Yoga Week on a large scale in the entire state for a week from June 15 to 21.Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed that a unique feature will be that combined yoga practise will be prioritised at tourist destinations associated with the state’s ancient culture, historical sites, banks of significant rivers, lakes, ponds, and all Amrit Sarovars, as well as locations rich in scenic beauty.In addition, video links of the Common Yoga Protocol are also proposed to be disseminated for the convenience and awareness of people, a government spokesman said.On June 20,…

London, June 8 (IANS) Covid-19 survivors suffer immensely from fatigue in their daily lives, which affects their life quality more than some cancers, finds a new study.The research, published in BMJ Open, examined the impact of long Covid on the lives of over 3,750 patients who were referred to a long Covid clinic and used a digital app as part of their treatment for the condition.The researchers found that many long Covid patients were seriously ill and on average had fatigue scores worse or similar to people with cancer-related anaemia or severe kidney disease.Their health-related quality of life scores were…

Hyderabad, June 4 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar has said that the threat of pandemics is far from over and called for integrating and strengthening One Health-based surveillance system.She was addressing the third health working group meeting under G20 India Presidency which began here on Sunday.Underlining the importance of global collaboration and partnerships, she said “the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted that partnerships are most fruitful only when developed during peacetime and not amidst an ongoing pandemic; and that we need to focus on creating resilient health systems, with primary health as its cornerstone.”…

Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) Two environmental samples collected from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have tested positive for wild poliovirus, the Health Ministry said.Wild poliovirus type 1 was found in sewage samples collected from Naray Khuwar and Larama collection sites of Peshawar on May 9 and 16, respectively, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying.The isolated viruses are genetically linked to the virus cluster circulating in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, it added.As the only two endemic countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan are united in their fight against polio and both countries would not rest until they eradicate it, Health Minister Abdul…

Hyderabad, May 7 (IANS) There are at least 5 crore people in India who are carriers of Thalassaemia ailment, as per various studies, and at least 12,000 new-born babies get added to this each year.Under normal circumstances, though 50 per cent of thalassemia victims go on to live beyond 55 years of their age, quality of their life is not as desired, and there is a high possibility of them transferring the ailment to the next generations through their progeny.Since 1994, May 8 is commemorated as the International Thalassaemia Day to spread awareness about the ailment. This year, the theme…

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) For 28-year-old Sarika, a make-up artist, life came to a standstill after she was confined to a wheelchair with paralysis following gunshot wounds in her lower back.Joginder Sharma, 60, had a severe accident while walking, making his left hand and leg extremely weak.A fall from a horse ride left K.M. Aggarwal, 67, partially paralysed. He was not able to sit independently, and was also unable to stand and walk.Saloni Sabharwal, 26, had a spastic cerebral palsy, which meant she had difficulty in standing, walking, turning on her bed, and sitting from a lying position. Her…

Ottawa, July 1 (IANS) Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.4 per cent in May, according to the national statistical agency.Statistics Canada said on that advance information showed that the growth in May was led by the manufacturing and wholesale trade sectors, as well as by offices of real estate agents and brokers, Xinhua news agency reported.There was also a rebound in federal government public administration after the public sector contracted as strike by federal workers reduced activity in April, it said.According to the national statistical agency, a strike by federal government workers represented by the Public Service Alliance…