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Bengaluru, Sep 7 (IANS) Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Thursday that 4,427 dengue cases have been detected till date this year in Bengaluru alone, adding that the cases will now be monitored through an app which will be released on Friday.At a meeting with the officials of the health department and the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) over rising cases of dengue in Bengaluru, Rao directed the concerned authorities to take appropriate measures to contain the disease. “People need to be educated by utilising the services of local health workers. There is a need to increase testing. Dengue…

Tokyo, Sep 7 (IANS) The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Thursday said that typhoon Yun-yeung formed over the seas south of the country is likely to hit the eastern Pacific Ocean side and make landfall on Friday.The JMA said Yun-yeung was traveling north-northeast over the sea south of Japan at about 25 km per hour as of 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, adding that extremely heavy rain accompanied by thunder is expected in the eastern and northern regions through Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency.Weather officials said that bands of heavy rain clouds may form around the Izu Islands in…

Perth, Sep 7 (IANS) Police in Western Australia (WA) on Thursday issued an alert after a man was shot dead at a grain silo in a small town east of state capital Perth.According to the latest update by the WA Police Force, the gunman has been located in a rural location outside of Kellerberrin, reports Xinhua news agency.”We are attempting to negotiate a peaceful resolution. However, the situation is still unfolding,” said the police, urging residents in the area to remain alert.At about 8.40 a.m. on Thursday morning, emergency services received reports of a firearm incident at Kellerberrin, a town…

Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) A grizzly bear linked to a woman’s death weeks ago in the US state of Montana has been euthanised, authorities said.”A grizzly bear with a history of conflict with people was euthanised Saturday (September 2) after breaking into a house near West Yellowstone,” the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks said in a statement on Wednesday.A local resident reported a bear with a cub broke through a kitchen window of an occupied residence early morning on September 2. Later that evening, staff from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and local law enforcement captured the cub…

Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) A storm battered parts of the US state of Arkansas with heavy rain and hail, causing damage to homes and businesses and leaving thousands of residents without power, local media reported.Arkansas Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Carmen Rose said the storm on Wednesday appeared to be a microburst, composed of powerful downbursts from thunderstorms in tightly compacted areas that are usually less than 2.5 miles wide, reports Xinhua news agency.Experts said the high heat and humidity of Arkansas’s capital city, Little Rock, had fuelled the storm.As of 9 p.m. on Wednesday night, around 18,000 customers were without…

London, Sep 7 (IANS) High intake of industrially processed and packaged foods may raise risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to the increased presence of several emulsifiers used to improve texture and extend shelf-life, warned a study.Given that these food additives are used ubiquitously in thousands of widely consumed ultra-processed food products, these findings have important public health implications, said the researchers from Universite Sorbonne Paris Nord and Universite Paris Cite in France.Emulsifiers are often added to processed and packaged foods such as pastries, cakes, ice cream, desserts, chocolate, bread, margarine and ready meals, to enhance their appearance, taste, texture…

Lucknow, Sep 7 (IANS)  One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer every four minutes in India while the average age of Indian women at diagnosis is almost a decade younger to their western counterparts.Prof Anand Misra, HoD endocrine surgery department, King George’s Medical University, gave this information, citing the Globocan 2020 study.“This increase in the incidence of breast cancer in India has dramatically increased the need for qualified breast surgeons equipped to treat these patients,” said Prof Mishra.“KGMU Breast Update 2023, a two-day conference beginning Friday will focus on early breast cancer diagnosis and oncoplastic surgery techniques under the theme…

Kochi, Sep 7 ( IANS) In a major breakthrough in Indian marine fisheries research, a team of scientists at the ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has decoded the whole genome of the ‘Indian oil sardine’ (Sardinella longiceps), a popular food fish.Incidentally, this is the first time that the genome of a marine fish species from the Indian subcontinent has been decoded.CMFRI Director Dr A Gopalakrishnan described this development a ‘milestone’ in Indian marine fisheries, saying that the decoded genome will be a valuable resource for understanding the biology, ecology and evolution of the oil sardine.“This critical genome data could…

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) As many as 71 new cases of Covid were registered during the past 24 hours in the country, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.With the addition, the total caseload rose to 4,49,97, 537.According to the Ministry’s latest update, 68 more people have recovered from the disease, taking the tally to 4,44,65,019. The recovery rate standsat 98.82 per cent.While the active caseload stands at 494, the death toll is being pegged at 5,32,024.More than 220.67 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered so far, shows the data.–IANSstd/shb

Houston, Sep 7 (IANS) A federal judge has ruled that the state of Texas must remove floating barriers it set up to deter migrants from crossing the US-Mexico border in heavily trafficked areas of the Rio Grande river.”Unfortunately for Texas, permission is exactly what federal law requires before installing obstructions in the nation’s navigable waters,” Federal District Judge David A. Ezra wrote in his order on Wednesday, issuing a preliminary injunction to remove these barriers and stop building further obstructions in the river.Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office immediately appealed Ezra’s ruling to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth…