
Sensex down by 281 pts, 3-week-low
Industrial production (IIP) grew at a slower pace of 3.8 per cent in September, mainly due to subdued performance of the manufacturing sector coupled with contraction in output of consumer durables. Uncertainty over USA tax reform, slowdown in Chinese factory output and growing political issues in the United Kingdom weaned investors away from placing more bets.
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NZ joining battle to raise awareness around use of antibiotics
Dr Katie Laird, Head of the IDRG and Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, said: "The issues surrounding antibiotic resistance is of paramount importance and the IDRGs overall aim is to conduct research that focuses on this issue and has an impact on people's lives".
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New blood pressure guidelines released
Blood pressure of 120/80 or above is considered elevated; 130/80 to 139/89 is now considered Stage 1 hypertension and anything 140/90 or above will be considered stage 2 hypertension . "We want to be straight with people - if you already have a doubling of risk, you need to know about it", said Dr. Paul K. Whelton, the lead author of the AHA's new guidelines.
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Bashir defies ICC arrest warrant, visits Uganda
Uganda will be hosting the 6th Session of the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) by March 2018. President Al-Bashir is accompanied by Ministers, Senior Officials and a business delegation in various sectors, with a Sudan-Uganda Business Forum expected to be held.
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Salvation Army signing up bell ringers
Susie Chitwood, director of the Salvation Army Tifton Service Center, said that they want to get people signed up early this year, since the bell ringing starts in November. Volunteers are needed to help organize Angel Tree items into bags for distribution, ring bells for the Red Kettle Campaign and various other tasks this holiday season.
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10-Month-Old Baby Weighs As Much As A Fourth Grader
The baby's mother Isabel Pantoja, 24, from Colima, Mexico, expressed her concerns Sunday as she spoke to Daily Mail about her son's condition that has left the doctors baffled. His family said one-day his pram collapsed due to Luis's hefty sizet. Luis is taken to the hospital 4 times every week and his father felt emotional telling that the nurse used to struggle to find a vein of Luis's hand.
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Bill Gates makes $100-m personal investment to fight Alzheimer's
Gates said this is a personal investment, not one offered through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested in research to stop the spread of diseases such as HIV. That's, in part, because it's personal. "I know how terrible it is to watch people you love struggle as the disease robs them of their mental capacity".
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How heart-stopping is sex, really?
Of the nearly 5,000 sudden cardiac arrests identified by the scientists, 34 were linked to sexual activity. A new study may lay your fears to rest: The risk that sex would trigger a sudden cardiac arrest is exceedingly small. That report suggested additional risk factors for men who died during sex: "The majority (75%) were having extramarital sexual activity, in most cases with a younger partner in an unfamiliar setting and/or after excessive food and alcohol consumption".
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India, US, Japan, Australia hold first quad talks on Indo-Pacific cooperation
US President Donald Trump has been increasingly using the term "Indo-Pacific" for Asia-Pacific to clearly signal the inclusion of India in the Indian Ocean. Both the Japanese and Australian press releases mentioned that discussions were on ensuring "rules based order" and "freedom of navigation". He cited India's trilateral discussions with China and Russian Federation on the Asia-Pacific as one such example.
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Researchers say former National Football League player Aaron Hernandez had severe CTE
Aaron Hernandez was a victim of the most severe form of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) discovered in someone his age, The Washington Post reports. This graphic shows the classic features of CTE in the brain of Mr. Hernandez. Researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine CTE Center released scans of the brain of Aaron Hernandez following a post-mortem stud on Thursday.
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Amaechi, Wike's Security Convoy Clash in Port Harcourt
Amaechi's convoy attacked his own convoy. In a statement released by Simeon Nwakaudu , the governor's media aide, the incident occurred in Nwanja Junction, Trans Amadi Road, while the governor inspected an ongoing road construction. Wike, and Amaechi have since that time seemingly declared war on each other, accusing each other of virtually everything, in efforts to assert their control over the politics in RIvers State.
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Iran urges France to be realistic, not to act under influences
The president proposed revising the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, saying it " must be preserved ", but " complemented with two pillars ", which would include " a negotiation on the ballistic activity of Iran, with sanctions if necessary , " and a discussion on " restraining Iranian hegemony in the region ".