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Hyderabad, Oct 14 (IANS) Many women suffer from issues such as uncontrolled bladder movement and lower abdominal pain but do not seek medical attention due to shyness and embarrassment.Doctors at a summit on advances in urogynecology here have warned that these problems can worsen over time if left untreated.The three-day summit, which began on Saturday, focused on modern treatment protocols in urogynecology and included participation from foreign urogynecology experts who introduced the latest technology in treatment. KIMS Hospitals and Urogynecology Pelvic floor dysfunction and Incontinence Association (UPIA) are organising the summit.Doctors explain that many women avoid seeking medical attention for…

Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) The US has received enough petitions to reach the Congressionally mandated cap on H-2B visas for temporary non-agricultural workers for the first half of fiscal year 2024.The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that October 11 was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2024.The new cap-subject H-2B petitions, received after October 11, 2023 that request an employment start date before April 1, 2024, will be rejected.The immigration agency said it will continue to accept H-2B petitions that are exempt from the congressionally mandated…

Singapore, Oct 14 (IANS) A sports school in Singapore has fired a badminton coach for failing to check a 14-year-old Indian-origin student’s well-being before leaving the track, leading to his death, a media report said. Pranav Madhaik, a Secondary 2 student at the Singapore Sports School (SSP) felt unwell after a fitness time trial and subsequently died in hospital, The Straits Times reported.After conducting investigations, the SSP on Saturday said that the coach did not account for all his student-athletes before dismissing them from training, which was not in accordance with the school’s safety protocols.On October 5, after completing a…

Official figures released on Thursday show a 9.3% growth in the manufacturing sector during August but this is compared to a low base of the previous year when output contracted.Since the manufacturing sector holds the key to providing quality jobs to the country’s young graduates passing out of engineering institutes and universities, it needs to grow at a much faster and steadier pace.The Government’s National Manufacturing Policy has set an ambitious target to increase the share of manufacturing in the country’s GDP to 25 percent by 2025 from around 17 percent at present.The productivity linked incentive (PLI) scheme for a…

Unveiling the bi-monthly monetary policy review, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on October 6 that the domestic economy exhibits resilience on the back of strong demand.He said the economic growth in the current year is expected to be at 6.5 per cent with the risks evenly balanced.The projection is the same as was estimated in the August monetary policy.Despite geopolitical tensions and disruptions in global supply chains, the RBI governor reiterated his confidence in the resilience of the Indian economy and listed several reasons for projecting a 6.5 per cent growth estimate for 2023-24.Let us look at some of them:Despite…

The IMF said India has been doing better for a while now and that India is, in fact, one of the growth engines in the world economy at this point.The IMF said important divergences are appearing. The slowdown is more pronounced in advanced economies than in emerging markets and developing economies. Among the advanced economies, the US has been revised up, with resilient consumption and investment, while the euro area has been revised down, as tighter monetary policy and the energy crisis took a toll.There is divergence also among emerging markets and developing economies, with China facing growing headwinds, while…

Reacting to reports that “desertions were planned at his place”, Amarinder Singh said these reports were not only baseless but malicious and were being deliberately circulated to create confusion. He made it categorically clear that his decision to join the BJP was well thought and irreversible.He said he was committed to the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J.P. Nadda for whatever role and duty they assign him.The former Punjab Chief Minister also said he will be campaigning in the forthcoming assembly elections for the party.The two-time Chief Minister said earlier he had…

“The GST notice advises Deltatech Gaming Limited to pay the alleged tax shortfall along with interest and penalty failing which a show cause notice will be issued to the Company under Section 74(1) of the CGST Act, 2017,” the company said in a filing with the stock exchange.Deltatech Gaming, formerly known as Gaussian Networks, runs gaming apps Adda52 and Addagames.Delta Corp’s total tax liability has now gone up to Rs 23,206 crore. The amount is more than 6 times the company’s market capitalisation of Rs 3,749 crore.Earlier on September 22, the company had received a notice to pay upRs 11,140…

A country runs into a current account deficit (CAD) when the value of its imports of goods and services is greater than its exports. This weakens the macroeconomic fundamentals of an economy and turns the local currency more volatile.India imports close to 85 per cent of its crude oil requirement and any increase in global prices causes the import bill to shoot up. Since large payments have to be made in dollars to buy crude, the rupee takes a hit vis-a-vis the American currency.A weak rupee makes imports even costlier as more local currency has to be shelled out to…

This resulted in both damage to standing crops as well as a reduction in the sown area under key crops such as pulses and oilseeds this year since more than half of the country’s farm area depends on the rains for raising crops. This could spell more trouble ahead as recourse may now have to be taken to expensive imports to fill the gap and keep prices in check.The area under cultivation of pulses has shrunk by close to 9 per cent while the acreage under sunflower has plunged by as much as 65 per cent due to deficient rains.…