Dhara On June 7th, the FDA approved the use of a weight loss device that has often been described as “Assisted Bulimia”. It pumps food out of the client’s stomach, removing about 30 percent of the stored food before it causes weight gain. Named AspireAssist, critics say that this might be the most peculiar invention…
Abrar Hussain: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly written to US President Donald Trump, asking for a follow-up to their historic summit, the White House says. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the administration is already looking at scheduling a new meeting, as the letter showed Pyongyang’s “continued commitment to focus on denuclearization”. Negotiations…
BSS: The construction of the 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge is progressing fast as its five more spans will be installed soon. “Six spans have already been set up while five more will be installed soon. One will be set up in the current month and another next month,” Project Director of Padma Multipurpose Bridge M Shafiqul…
Reuters: President Salva Kiir granted a general amnesty to rebels in South Sudan’s civil war, including his former deputy Riek Machar, as a rights organization said authorities in Africa’s youngest country should also free its unarmed critics. The amnesty order was read out on state-run television late on Wednesday, three days after Kiir, SPLM-IO leader…
BSS Sitting on the floor of a rehearsal room in east London in leggings, T-shirts and headbands, a group of teenage dancers laughed about how quickly their language changes, rattling off “old” words still unfamiliar to many older English speakers. “Safe” meaning good, “boomting” or “chungting” meaning good-looking, and “a lie!” as an exclamation of…
NDTV : Cyclone Phethai, which made a landfall near Katrenikona in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district claimed two lives in the state, before the storm weakened into a deep depression with wind speed of 55-65 kmph gusting to 75 kmph. The Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) said that the cyclone was centred at Tuni. According to…
Science Alert Bacteria are slippery little suckers. They evolve rapidly, developing resistance to antibiotics and therefore becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. For the first time, researchers in 2018 caught on film one of the mechanisms the microbes use for this speedy evolution. Two Vibrio cholerae bacteria – the pathogen responsible for cholera – sit…
MedicalDaily It is known that poor mental health can affect appetite in a harmful manner. But how much of an influence do poor eating habits have on our susceptibility to mental health problems? Researchers at the University College London, England reviewed several studies published in recent years to find out. Their review titled “Healthy dietary…
NDTV: Bodies of 14 newborns were found wrapped in plastic bags in an empty plot of land in south Kolkata during a cleaning programme on Sunday, the police said. The bodies wrapped in plastic bags were found on the grassy land on Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani under the Haridebpur Police station area when labourers were…