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People taking adult education classes have lower risk of dementia: Study

Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Researchers have found adult education reduces the risk of fluid intelligence and visuospatial memory by 19 per cent for middle-aged and elderly people within five years. The findings were published in Frontiers in Ageing Neuroscience by researchers from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan’s Institute of Development, Ageing, and Cancer. “Here we show that people who take adult education classes have a lower risk of developing dementia five years later,” said Dr Hikaru Takeuchi, the study’s first author. “Adult education is likewise associated with better preservation of nonverbal reasoning with increasing age.” Dr Ryuta Kawashima, a

Antilia bomb scare case: SC grants bail to ex-Mumbai Police officer Pradeep Sharma

New Delhi, Aug 23 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Mumbai Police officer Pradeep Sharma, who was arrested in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case and the killing of businessman Mansukh Hiran. On February 25, 2021, an explosives-laden SUV was found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence ‘Antilia’ in south Mumbai. Businessman Hiran, who was in possession of the SUV, was found dead in a creek in neighbouring Thane on March 5, 2021. Sharma along with police officers Daya Nayak, Vijay Salaskar and Ravindranath Angre was a member of the Mumbai Police’s encounter squad that killed

Resignation not equivalent to retirement for Leave Encashment unless enabled by statute: Kerala High Court

Kochi, August 22 The Kerala High Court recently held that an employee who leaves his service either on retirement, voluntary or otherwise, or on resignation, would have no vested or inherent right to claim leave encashment, unless it is otherwise enabled by the statute, rules, or norms regulating the conditions of service. The Division Bench comprising Justice Alexander Thomas and Justice C. Jayachandran, made the above observation while considering an appeal preferred by the National Insurance Company seeking to set aside the Single Judge’s order directing the Company to disburse leave encashment to the employee on the ground that the

President Biden to visit India from Sept 7-10 to attend G-20 Summit; VP Harris goes to ASEAN

Aug 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will visit India from Sept. 7-10 for a summit of the Group of 20 nations while Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Jakarta Sept. 4-7 to attend summits of Southeast Asian leaders, the White House said on Tuesday. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan announced the trips as the BRICS group of major emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — held a summit in Johannesburg. That bloc was founded in 2009 to provide a platform for its members to challenge a world order dominated by the

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