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Planet-based diet may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease: Study

New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Plant-based and traditional diets found in countries such as China, Japan and India may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, especially when compared to the Western diet, according to a study. Researchers from the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center, US, found that Alzheimer’s disease rates rise in these countries as they make the nutrition transition to the Western diet. The study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, discusses in detail the role of diet in modifying the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. It identifies dementia risk factors, including higher consumption of saturated fats, meat,

INDIA bloc leaders strategise for Day 2 of Parliament Session

Visuals from the meeting (Photo/ANI) New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): Ahead of the second day of the winter session, the meeting of INDIA bloc Parliamentary leaders was held at the office of the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge. The meeting was called by Congress president, Mallikarjun Kharge. Several leaders including AAP MP Raghav Chadha whose suspension was revoked in the Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, TMC MP Derek O’Brien, LoP in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Jairam Ramesh are present in the meeting. Meanwhile, Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday gave an Adjournment Motion Notice

Nine killed as southern India braces for Cyclone Michaung

BHUBANESHWAR, India, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Heavy rains submerged roads in southern India on Tuesday, where at least nine people, including a child, were killed in the flooding and the havoc hours before a severe cyclone was due to make landfall. Cyclone Michaung is expected to hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh state around 11 a.m. local time (0530 GMT), the weather office said, gusting in with winds of up to 110 kph (70 mph). Parts of the state are expected to be pelted with more than 200 mm (8 inches) of rain over the next 24 hours, the weather

TMC raises seat sharing issue at opposition meet

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) Ahead of the December 6 meeting of the INDIA bloc, the issue of deciding on seat sharing was raised by leaders of the TMC during a meeting of opposition leaders held on Monday to decide the strategy for the Winter Session of Parliament, according to sources. TMC was represented by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha floor leaders – Sudip Bandyopadhyay and Derek O’Brien – in the meeting held in Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s chamber in the Parliament. It is learnt that at the meeting, TMC leaders said that seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha

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