Science Alert It’s called the widowhood effect: the increased chance of death, particularly in older couples, when a person loses their spouse. Now, scientists have discovered new evidence for why broken hearts and widowhood are in themselves a deadly danger to the recently bereaved – decoding hidden biological markers associated with severe cases of the…
Shafiqul Alam, International Climate Protection Fellow at Ecologic Institute, Berlin, supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany: Concerns over irreversible damage of anthropogenic climate change have changed the dynamics of energy use globally and forced the countries to reconsider the prevailing growth strategies and make a transition towards less carbon intensive and sustainable one. The…
NDTV: In the race to find an Australian role model that has demonstrated hard work, grit and honesty in the last year, one Aussie paper has decided the only one in the running is a horse. Finding a dearth of idols in the two-legged sporting, political, cultural or academic worlds, The Daily Telegraph on Thursday…
The Guardian: Men who consume a lot of added sugar in drinks, cakes and confectionery run an increased risk of depression, according to a new study. Researchers from University College London (UCL) looked at sugar in the diet and common mental health problems in a very large cohort of 5,000 men and 2,000 women recruited…
Ashik kabir The newly established Chinese communist regime in 1949, planned and executed economic development policies that led to an unprecedented annual average economic growth of 4 percent from 1953 to 1978. The growth was among the highest in the developing countries of the world at that time. When China began its post-Mao economic reform…
Hindustan Times: The water level in Kerala’s swollen Idukki reservoir fell to below 2,400 feet on Sunday following a brief let up in rain even as the toll rose to 37 in the worst natural calamity seen in the state in over nine decades. Union home minister Rajnath Singh will carry out an aerial survey…
CNN: An ancient Egyptian tomb hidden away from public eyes for more than 80 years has opened near Giza, the home of the ancient pyramids. The 4,000-year-old Tomb of Mehu belonged to a high-ranking official. Archeologists say its colorful wall decorations shed light on how Egyptians lived more than a thousand years before the pyramids…
Ismail Hussain Emu Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Haque advised that, all the police officers at the field levels should take on ultimate measures for stopping the spread of drugs in the society & its abuse. Police should also take the initiatives to see that, the drug addicts get treatments & get rehabilitated properly.AKM…
UNB: A show-cause notice has been served upon a doctor of BagerhatSadar Hospital for allegedly assaulting two patients and a guardian. The accused doctor is AbulKalam Azad, a senior consultant of Gynae Department of the hospital. A pregnant woman, Rozina Begum, 20, wife of Alam Sheikh of Hamchapur village in Morelganjupazila, was brought to the…
Wion News Desperately-needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia’s tsunami-struck coastline Tuesday, but humanitarian workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres. Fears about a public health crisis come as the death toll from Saturday’s volcano-triggered disaster topped 400 with thousands more displaced many left homeless…