BBC The number of people taking ADHD medication is at a record high – and the NHS is feeling the strain as it tries to diagnose and treat the condition. Since 2015, the number of patients in England prescribed drugs to treat ADHD has nearly trebled, and BBC research suggests that it would take eight […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved MVA-BN as the first pre-qualified vaccine against monkeypox virus. “This first pre-qualification of a vaccine against mpox is an important step in our fight against the disease, both in the context of the current outbreaks in Africa and in future,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The […]
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary and former Rajya Sabha member Sitaram Yechury passed away in a Delhi hospital on September 12 after battling a severe respiratory infection. He was 72. People from across the political spectrum mourned his passing, recalling his commitment to the working class, the Constitution, and social justice and equality. […]
Bob Casey’s Senate campaign in Pennsylvania says it won’t renew an ad that drew a complaint from the widow of a U.S.-based journalist who was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The campaign said in a statement Friday that it sympathizes with the widow of Jamal Khashoggi, but didn’t plan to immediately […]
A tsunami stemming from a landslide in a Greenland fjord, caused by melting ice, was behind a surprising seismic event last year that shook the earth for nine days, a researcher told AFP on Friday. According to a report recently published in the scientific journal Science, tremors that were registered in September 2023 originated from […]
Trouble from allies seems to be mounting for the BJP, especially from its partners in Bihar, where the Assembly election is due next year. While K.C. Tyagi of the Janata Dal (United) or JD(U) suddenly resigned from the key role of party chief spokesperson on September 1, days after he made statements distancing the JD(U) […]
Finding a solid gaming laptop within a budget can be tricky, but it’s possible. If you’re aiming for a powerful gaming laptop under Rs. 1 lakh, MSI has some fantastic options that won’t disappoint. Let’s walk through what makes a good gaming laptop and have a closer look at three excellent AI-backed choices: the Cyborg […]
A fundamental difference between venom and poison is how toxins enter the victim’s body. As a venom evolution expert describes it, “If you bite it and you die it’s poison, but if it bites you and you die, that’s venom.” The telltale sign of venom is that it is introduced via a wound. In much the […]
Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to make Windows more resilient to incidents caused by security firms, such as the global outage caused by CrowdStrike earlier this year that took millions of Windows computers offline for more than a day. At a security summit hosted by the company, the Windows maker said it would assist these […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened with a significant surge on Friday, gaining 999 points, pushing the KSE-100 index to surpass the 80,000-point mark, a level restored after recent economic developments. The index reached 80,016 points at the start of trading on Friday. The bullish trend is largely attributed to the anticipated finalization of a […]
