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Almost 10 pc of students suffer from active cases of HIV/AIDS in Tripura; CM expresses concern

Agartala (Tripura) [India], December 2 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha on Friday expressed concerns over the rising cases of HIV/AIDS in the state and said that the number of active cases among the students is causing worry. Tripura has reported a total of 5,269 cases of HIV/AIDS, with 575 of them being students. As of October this year, the total number of HIV/AIDS patients in the state is 5,269, including 1,022 women, 4,246 men, and 1 third gender. “Among them, 575 are students, a matter of concern for the state. The state government is focusing on AIDS awareness,

ED officer ‘caught red-handed’ while taking bribe Rs 20 lakh

Chennai, Dec 1 (PTI) an ED officer was ‘caught red-handed’ and arrested by vigilance sleuths for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from a doctor, police sources said here on Friday. After he was taken into custody in Dindigul, a team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) officials held ‘enquiries’ at the sub-zone ED office in Madurai, with state policemen standing guard outside the central government office. Sources in the DVAC, a special anti-corruption unit of the Tamil Nadu police, said ‘searches’ were held in a premises linked to the accused. After the arrival of

How alleged India plots to kill Sikh separatists in the US and Canada unfolded

NEW YORK/NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S. soil began in May, with a text message between what the American indictment says was an Indian security official and an alleged drugs trafficker. “Save my name,” the official wrote to a man named Nikhil Gupta over an encrypted messaging application on May 6, according to U.S. prosecutors. The official told Gupta – who the prosecutors described as an Indian national involved in drugs and weapons trafficking – about a “target” in New York. The official wanted Gupta to orchestrate the target’s murder,

Abnormally high levels of HDL-C (> 80 mg/dL) are linked to increased risk of dementia in older adults: Study

California [US], December 1 (ANI): An increased risk of dementia in older persons has been linked to abnormally high levels of HDL-C, also referred to as good cholesterol, according to a Monash University-led study. Extremely high levels of HDL-C associated with dementia risk were unusual, unrelated to food, and more likely to be indicative of a metabolic condition, according to researchers. The results could aid medical professionals in identifying an elderly patient population that may be susceptible to dementia, especially those 75 years of age and above. One of the largest investigations on the relationship between elevated HDL-C levels and

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