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Tokyo, Aug 20 (IANS) The disapproval rate of the Japanese government headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reached 50 per cent for the first time since last December, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.The approval rate for the cabinet remained low at 33.6 per cent, according to the nationwide survey conducted via telephone by the national news agency Kyodo News from Saturday to Sunday, citing public concerns over the national identification card system and soaring prices, Xinhua news agency reported.The support rate has declined in recent months and is now only a tad higher than the lowest level since Kishida…

Islamabad, Aug 20 (IANS) Thirteen labourers were killed in a terrorist attack in North Waziristan district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the media reported.The incident occurred late Saturday night, when terrorists blew up a private vehicle carrying the labourers by detonating explosives in the Gull Meer Kor area, Geo News reported quoting Deputy Commissioner Rehan Gul Khattak said.Mobile services have been suspended in the area.Soon after the blast, Pakistan caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar strongly condemned attack.Taking to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, Pakistan caretaker prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar posted, “Heartbreaking to know about the terrorist attack…

San Francisco, Aug 20 (IANS) Increasing the consumption of legumes, such as peas and faba beans and reducing red meat consumption is safe for bone health and protein intake, a new study has shown.According to a study by University of Helsinki, the partial substitution of red and processed meat with pea and faba bean–based food products ensured sufficient intake of amino acids in the diet and did not negatively affect bone metabolism.”Decreasing the consumption of red and processed meat in the diet to the upper limit of the Planetary Health Diet while increasing the consumption of legumes cultivated in Finland,…

Seoul, Aug 20 (IANS) The latest trilateral summit among the leaders of South Korea, the US and Japan at Camp David has helped establish a “basic framework” for coping with North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, Seoul’s presidential office said on Sunday.President Yoon Suk Yeol, US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed Friday to significantly expand trilateral security cooperation, pledging to immediately consult one another in the event of common threats, hold annual joint military exercises and closely cooperate to deal with North Korea’s threats, Yonhap news agency reported.”(With the trilateral summit), a basic framework to…

Moscow, Aug 20 (IANS) A state of emergency was declared in Russia’s Buryatia Republic on Sunday after a dam collapsed, a river overflowed and railway tracks eroded, the regional head said.Alexey Tsydenov, head of the Buryatia, said on his social media channel that he held a commission on the situation in the Severo-Baykalsky district, where the Cold River and the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) were affected by heavy rainfall, Xinhua news agency reported.He said an operational headquarters was formed to coordinate the relief efforts, and road and construction equipment was being used to restore the damaged infrastructure.He added that the water…

San Francisco, Aug 20 (IANS) An Apple Watch’s Cardio Fitness notifications have helped a healthy man by identifying a major heart issue, the media reported.A 40-year-old man who was wearing Apple Watch Series 6 kept receiving notifications for low VO2 max, reports AppleInsider.Researchers at Shackler School of Medicine and Leviev Heart Center in Israel conducted tests on the man and diagnosed a major heart problem: familial nonischemic cardiomyopathy with greatly reduced left ventricular systolic function.After treatment began, which included additional cardio exercise routines, the symptoms started to get better.Familial nonischemic cardiomyopathy occurs by the thinning and weakening of the heart…

New York, Aug 20 (IANS) An augmented reality (AR) walkthrough before the surgery may be a useful tool for reducing pre-operative anxiety in patients, a new research has revealed.Both AR and virtual reality (VR) have had increasing applications in medicine, including medical training, psychology, physical medicine, rehabilitation, and surgical specialties, such as neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery.However, there is little data on AR’s effect on patients’ anxiety and experiences.In a randomised clinical trial in the US that included 95 patients, patients who received the preoperative AR experienced a significant decrease in pre-operative anxiety score compared with the control group that received…

Seoul, Aug 20 (IANS) In a step to lift all antivirus curbs and fully return to pre-pandemic normalcy, South Korea is likely to downgrade the infection level of COVID-19 to the lowest category on par with seasonal flu this month, health officials said Sunday.Currently, the infection level of Covid in South Korea is categorised as Class 2, on par with chickenpox or measles. If the level is lowered to Class 4, or the lowest level, the virus will be on par with the seasonal flu, Yonhap News Agency reported.Health authorities plan to hold a meeting on Monday, and they are…

Colombo, Aug 20 (IANS) Sri Lanka has ruled out a shortage of rice until the harvest of the next cultivation season despite the impact of dry weather on the current crop, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement on Sunday.Quoting Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera, the statement said that 503,000 hectares of paddy fields have been cultivated in the current season, with some of them affected by drought.The minister said there will not be a shortage of rice in the future as a successful harvest was received in the last cultivation season, Xinhua news agency reported.Sri Lankan meteorology department has…

New York, Aug 20 (IANS) He has been indicted four times, but former US President Donald Trump’s support within his Republican Party and the electorate is unwavering.”So far, Donald Trump remains the clear Republican frontrunner, unscathed among his Republican base amid mounting indictments,” said Lee Miringoff, the director of the widely respected polling organisation, Marist Institute for Public Opinion.According to his poll just before the latest charges were filed against Trump in Georgia, 65 per cent of Republicans and sympathisers said they will back the former president in next year’s election — an increase of 8 per cent from a…