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London, Aug 26 (IANS) The landmark India Club in London, founded in 1951 as a way of furthering Indo-British relations, following Independence, will shut down next month after losing a protracted battle against its closure.Situated directly opposite the Indian High Commission and the BBC’s studios at Bush House, the club will shut its doors on September 17 after it was served a notice by the landlords to make way for putting up a luxury hotel, The Telegraph newspaper reported. The restaurant, with independent India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as its founding member, attracted a cosmopolitan clientele of employees from…

New York, Aug 26 (IANS) If you’re looking for health-giving flavanols from the berries in your smoothie, order the banana on the side, according to researchers from the US and the UK.Flavanols are a group of bioactive compounds that are good for your heart and cognitive health and are naturally found in apples, pears, blueberries, blackberries, grapes and cocoa — common smoothie ingredients. In a study, published in the journal Food and Function, scientists used smoothies to test how polyphenol oxidase — an enzyme found in many fruits and vegetables that is responsible for the browning when these are cut…

New York, Aug 26 (IANS) Scientists have found that erectile dysfunction (ED) is linked to undiagnosed prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in young men under age 40.ED is more common in older individuals with long-term type 2 diabetes.The study, published in the journal Preventive Medicine, found that ED patients have a 34 per cent increased risk for prediabetes or type 2 diabetes.Additionally, 75 per cent of patients developed prediabetes or type 2 diabetes within a year of ED diagnosis, said the team from Saint Louis University School of Medicine in the US.Jane Tucker, associate professor of family and community medicine…

Singapore, Aug 26 (IANS) Ahead of the September 1 presidential election in Singapore, Indian-origin candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam has said that the city-state is now ready for a non-Chinese Prime Minister. “Singaporeans today, compared with 40 or 50 years ago, look at all factors, not just race,” Tharman said in an election meeting with guests from the public on Friday, The Straits Times reported. Citing former US President Barack Obama, Tharman said in his 20-minute speech that “race is a factor in politics everywhere. “They look at people in totality… Singapore’s ready any time”. “If someone comes up who’s a superior…

New Delhi, August 26 (IANS) When Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, there were concerns that some of Afghanistan’s tiny non-Muslim minorities could vanish. Two years on, those fears are becoming realised a media report said.While Afghanistan’s last-known Jew fled the country shortly after the Taliban takeover, the Sikh and Hindu communities are believed to have shrunk to just a handful of families, RFE/RL reported.Under the Taliban, Sikhs and Hindus have faced severe restrictions, including on their appearances, and have been banned from marking their religious holidays in public, leaving many with no choice but to escape their homeland,…

Chicago, Aug 26 (IANS) At least two people were injured following a shooting incident in Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field baseball stadium during a match, leading to the cancellation of a ’90s-themed’ concert at the venue, authorities said. According to a police source, the incident occurred at around 8.45 p.m. during the Chicago White Sox game, reports NBC Chicago.Of the two people who were struck, neither were reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries, the source added.Meanwhile, the concert which was to take place right after the game, was cancelled due to “technical difficulties.””Attention Fans. Due to technical issues, tonight’s postgame concert…

London, Aug 26 (IANS) British Museum Director Hartwig Fischer has resigned with immediate effect following alleged thefts of artefacts from the London institution.In a statement on Friday, Fischer said that the museum “did not respond as comprehensively as it should have in response to the warnings (of thefts) in 2021” and that “the responsibility for that failure must ultimately rest with the director”, reports Xinhua news agencyThe British Museum said last week that it had dismissed a staff member after items from its collection, including gold jewelry and gems of semiprecious stones and glass dating from as far back as…

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is committed to providing quality healthcare services to all.“The Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to providing quality healthcare services to all. We are taking all necessary steps to ensure that the health services in the West Bengal are of the highest quality,” Mandaviya said after he reviewed various health-related programmes including Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) in West Bengal.He said that the state government should implement…

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Corneal tattooing offers an excellent solution to the people suffering from the end-stage opaque cornea and improves their aesthetic appearance, suggest eye specialists on Friday.Corneal tattooing is done for people with ocular injuries that can benefit cosmetically from a tattoo to make them more emotionally confident.The goal is to match the tattooed eye with the look of a normal eye.More than 6.8 million people suffer from vision loss in one eye and roughly one million in both the eyes because of corneal diseases.For common people, the opaque cornea is just a medical condition which makes…

London, Aug 25 (IANS) Astronomers have observed a large dark spot in Neptune’s atmosphere, with an unexpected smaller bright spot adjacent to it. This is the first time a dark spot on the planet has ever been observed with a telescope on Earth.These occasional features in the blue background of Neptune’s atmosphere are a mystery to astronomers, and the new results via ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide further clues as to their nature and origin.On Neptune, a dark spot was first discovered by NASA’s Voyager 2 in 1989, before disappearing a few years later.“Since the first discovery of a…