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BP, diabetes in pregnancy may up hot flashes later

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New York, Oct 4 Women with high blood pressure and gestational diabetes during pregnancy are likely to experience more hot flashes during their menopause, a new study reports.

According to researchers, an estimated 60 to 80 per cent of women experience hot flashes as part of menopause.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and gestational diabetes may be modestly associated with a greater number of hot flashes.

It could be because of the cholesterol-lowering and diabetes medications, the findings revealed.

In contrast, women who had never been pregnant experienced fewer hot flashes.

“Women with a history of these pregnancy disorders were heavier and more likely to be taking lipid-lowering medications and diabetes medications,” said lead researcher, Rhoda Conant, from the University of Oklahoma in the US.

In the study, published in the journal Menopause, the team examined data on more than 2,200 women.

“With so many women affected by hot flashes, healthcare providers need to understand all the underlying risk factors that could influence hot flashes at the time of menopause,” said JoAnn Pinkerton, Executive Director from The North American Menopause Society in the US.

(IANS)

New variant of Vivo ‘Y81’ now in India

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New Delhi Chinese player Vivo on Thursday launched the 4BG vartiant of its “Y81” smartphone with fingerprint unlocking and “FullView” display 2.0 in India at Rs 13,490.

The 3GB variant of Vivo “Y81” was launched in June for Rs 11,390 with a 6.22-inch screen and fueled by MediaTek OctaCore (Helio P22) processor along with 3260 mAh battery, the company said in a statement.

“Y81” sports a 13MP rear and 5MP front camera with modes including HDR, portrait bokeh, Artificial Intelligent (AI)-face beauty, palm capture and group selfie.

Vivo has also announced festive offers on its other Y-Series smartphones including Y71i, Y83Pro, Y81 and the newly launched Y81 4GB variant.

“We want to continue the momentum and further enhance the customer experience by kick-starting the festive season with offers that add to the happiness to our consumers,” Jerome Chen, Chief Marketing Officer, Vivo India said in a statement.

As part of the offers, the company is bringing cashbacks, no cost EMI options and Jio vouchers and offers both, online and offline.

As part of the “Make in India” initiative, all these devices have been manufactured at Vivo’s Greater Noida facility, the company added.

(IANS)

Heavy rain forecast for Karnataka as cyclone looms

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Heavy rains have been forecast for Karnataka over the weekend due to a low pressure trough that is expected to form over Arabian Sea, an official from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

“A low pressure is expected to form over southeast Arabian Sea, which can further intensify into depression and form into a cyclone,” IMD Bengaluru Director-incharge C.S. Patil told IANS here.

As a result of the low pressure in Arabian Sea, the coastal and south interior districts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, are expected to receive heavy widespread rains, Patil said.

Neighbouring districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu are also likely to receive heavy rains due to the low pressure effect.

The southern state capital has been receiving rains over the past week. The heavy rains during the last week of September had inundated several low-lying areas of the city, uprooting trees and flooding arterial roads.

Bengaluru, which received intermittent rains due to the southwest monsoon from June to September, however, continues to face about 20 per cent deficit of rainfall.

The city received a total of 38.6cm of rains during the monsoon season against the normal of 47.5 cm.

The state, which was reeling under drought conditions due to deficit rains over the past few years, has received an average of 78 cm of rains till September 30 since the onset of southwest monsoon on June 4.

The average rainfall across the state due to the monsoon is only about 6 per cent below the season’s normal of 83 cm.

(IANS)

Apple world’s top brand, Facebook slips to 9th spot: Report

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 Apple displaced Google to become the top brand in the world in 2018 while Facebook, mired in data breach controversies, fell to ninth place in the top 100 brands globally, an annual report said on Thursday.

According to global brand consultancy Interbrand’s “Best 100 Global Brands 2018” report, Amazon achieved a 56 per cent growth to become the third top brand globally.

According to the ranking, Apple’s brand value grew 16 per cent (year-on-year) to $214.5 billion. It went on to become the first company in the US to hit the $1 trillion market cap.

“In second place, Google was up 10 per cent to $155.5 billion while Amazon is valued at $100.8 billion,” campaignlive.co.uk reported, citing the report findings.

Microsoft (valued at $92.7 billion) was fourth while Coca Cola (valued at $66.3 billion) came fifth followed by Samsung on sixth spot.

Facebook’s brand value has declined 6 per cent this year in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

“A decade after the global financial crisis, the brands that are growing fastest are those that intuitively understand their customers and make brave iconic moves that delight and deliver in new ways,” Charles Trevail, Global Chief Executive of Interbrand, was quoted as saying.

Spotify and Subaru made it to the global top 100 brand list for the first time.

Elon Musk’s Tesla made into the top 100 in 2017 but lost the race this time owing to several controversies around the brand and its future.

When it comes to Apple, it has proved highly adept at maximising the value from its hero product, the iPhone, exemplified by its recent launches of the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR.

“At the same time, it is tapping into the desire for useful apps and services, with sales from its services division growing by 23 per cent to $30 billion in the 2017 fiscal year,” said Mike Rocha, Global Managing Director at Interbrand Economics.

The Interbrand report values a company on the basis of the financial performance of the branded products or services, the role the brand plays in purchase decisions, and the brand’s competitive strength and its ability to create loyalty.

IANS

Key Indian equity indices open lower

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Taking a cue from Asian markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened lower with fears over the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) turning more hawkish in its monetary policy stance.

The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 35,975.63 points on Wednesday, opened lower at 35,820.53 points.

Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 35,603.53 points, down by 372.10 points, or 1.03 per cent.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broader 51-scrip Nifty, which had closed at 10,858.25 points on Wednesday, was quoting at 10,697.15 points, down by 161.10 points or 1.48 per cent.

Rise in crude oil prices, along with a weak rupee and outflow of foreign funds, had dragged the key domestic equity indices lower over one per cent on Wednesday.

In addition, fears over the central bank turning aggressive in its monetary policy stance due to a rise in inflationary pressure also led to erosion in investors’ risk-taking appetite.

The Sensex was down by 550.51 points or 1.51 per cent at the Wednesday’s closing. In the day’s trade, the barometer 30-scrip sensitive index had touched a high of 36,602.85 points and a low of 35,911.82 points. The Nifty, was down by 150.05 points or 1.36 per cent.

On Thursday, Asian indices were showing a negative trend. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was quoting in red, down by 0.72 per cent while Hang Seng was down by 1.80 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi was also down by 1.41 per cent.

Overnight, Nasdaq closed in green, up by 0.32 per cent while FTSE 100 was also up by 0.48 per cent at the closing on Wednesday.

India to bat against West Indies in 1st Test

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India won the toss and elected to bat against West Indies in the first Test here on Thursday.


For India, Kuldeep Yadav, Umesh Yadav and Mohammad Shami are starting while Prithvi Shaw is making his debut.

For West Indies, Sherman Lewis will be the debutant.

Squads:

India: Lokesh Rahul, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav

West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite(c), Kieran Powell, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Sunil Ambris, Shane Dowrich(w), Keemo Paul, Devendra Bishoo, Sherman Lewis, Shannon Gabriel

 

IANS

Putin calls ex-Russian spy Skripal ‘traitor’

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Russian President Vladimir Putin called former spy Sergei Skripal, who was poisoned along with his daughter in the UK, a “traitor” and suggested that the incident was being “artificially blown up” by the media.

Asked at an energy forum on Wednesday in Moscow to comment on the case and its consequences, the Russian President launched into a tirade against Skripal, who was hospitalised along with his daughter Yulia after exposure to a military-grade nerve agent in Salisbury in March, reports CNN.

“I see that some of your colleagues are pushing the theory that Skripal is almost a human-rights activist,” Putin said.

“He’s just a spy. A traitor to the Motherland. There’s such a thing as a traitor to the Motherland. He’s one of them. He’s just a scumbag, that’s all.”

Putin said that the Salisbury affair “is being artificially… blown up” by the media, but added: “It’ll pass, eventually… The sooner it’s over, the better.”

The comments come amid a deepening diplomatic clash between Moscow and the UK, which has blamed the March 4 poisonings on the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency.

UK investigators have also formally linked the attack on the Skripals to the June 30 poisoning of Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley, a couple living in Amesbury, near Salisbury.

Sturgess died on July 8 after applying a substance to her wrists from a perfume bottle found by Rowley.

The Kremlin has consistently dismissed official British allegations.

(IANS)

BJP appoints poll managers ahead of Assembly elections

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The BJP on Wednesday appointed three senior Central Ministers as poll managers for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana.

BJP President Amit Shah appointed Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan as party’s election incharge for Madhya Pradesh, Prakash Javadekar for Rajasthan and Health Minister J.P. Nadda for Telangana, a party statement said.

In Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where elections are due by the end of this year, the BJP and the Congress will be in direct contest. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao dissolved the Assembly nearly nine months before its term was to end to clear the way for early elections. Elections in Telangana are likely in January or February.

New appointments in BJP’s West Bengal unit, where ruling TMC and the BJP are at loggerheads, were also announced. Former Trinamool Congress leader and Union Minister Mukul Roy, who joined the BJP last year, was appointed coordinator of election management committee of the party.

The BJP has appointed RSS pracharak Arvind Menon as co-incharge of West Bengal. Menon served as BJP’s General Secretary (Organisation) in Madhya Pradesh and will now work under party General Secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya.

The BJP has been ruling Madhya Pradesh since 2003 after ousting the Digvijay Singh government of the Congress from power.

The BJP is ruling Rajasthan since 2013 when it swept the polls by bagging 163 of the 200 assembly seats under the leadership of present Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.

(IANS)

Justice Ranjan Gogoi sworn in as Chief Justice of India

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Justice Gogoi was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan, attended by PM Narendra Modi.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday sworn in as the Chief Justice of India, becoming the first chief of the apex court from the northeast.

He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind at a function in the Rashtrapati Bhawan, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Arun Jaitley, Rajnath Singh and Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh, HD Deve Gowda, along with Leader of Congress Party in the Lok Sabha Malikarjun Kharge were also present.

Justice Gogoi is the nation’s 46th Chief Justice succeeding Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who demitted office on October 2. He will be in office for 13 months and 15 days till November 17, 2019, when he will turn 65.

Significantly, Justice Gogoi is one of the four senior-most judges of the Supreme Court who had risen in revolt against Justice Misra in January when they held a press conference criticising him on constitution of benches.

Attorney General KK Venugopal, former AG Mukul Rohatgi, eminent jurist Fali Nariman and Supreme Court Bar Association President Vikas Singh were also present on the occasion.

Justice Gogoi was enrolled at the Bar in 1978 and practised at the Gauhati High Court of which he was made a Permanent Judge on February 28, 2001.

He was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court on September 9, 2010 and became its Chief Justice on February 12, 2011. He was elevated as a Judge of the Supreme Court on April 23, 2012.

With just a little over a year at the helm, Justice Gogoi’s hands are full with pressing matters like Ayodhya, appointment of Lokpal, setting up of more fast track courts to try lawmakers facing criminal cases involving heinous crimes and other issues.

Justice Gogoi has set the task of addressing the issue of the huge backlog of cases that is plaguing the justice delivery system which he had said was threatening its credibility including its relevance.

With over 2.6 crore cases pending and with every fourth position in subordinate judiciary and nearly half of the High Court posts vacant — the task set by the Chief Justice is a mammoth one.

He had earlier said that he had a plan to address the issue which will be unfolded in due course.

Speaking at a seminar last week, Chief Justice Gogoi said: “Pendency is bringing a lot of disrepute. In fact, if I may say so, it has the potential of making the system irrelevant” and “I have a plan and will unfold it.”

IANS

Indian man faces jail, caning over bid to extort bank

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A 35-year-old Indian national faces a jail term of 2-5 years and caning over his bid to extort half a million dollars from Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, the media reported on Wednesday.

According to court papers, Nagarajan Balajee had allegedly threatened to publish a libel concerning Aalishaan Zaidi, 47, the global head of digital banking at Standard Chartered Bank, unless he paid 500,000 Singapore dollars, the Straits Times reported.

Zaidi was one of a few bank employees who received the threatening e-mails sent anonymously. He earlier made a police report on the bank’s behalf.

The Indian man was arrested on Sunday and several laptops as well as mobile phones were seized from him in connection with the case, the report said.

According to the daily, the bank had made a police report last Thursday about how it had been threatened with a leakage of confidential information. Balajee was believed to have used multiple fictitious e-mail accounts to deliver the threats anonymously.

Preliminary investigations by the police also found that the suspect might have used overseas-registered mobile lines and virtual private network services to mask his identity to evade detection. A VPN allows unauthorised content from overseas to be accessed by users.

Balajee is out on bail and due to appear in court on October 30.

IANS

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