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People who cultivate their own vegetables tend to eat more healthy, live longer: Study

Sep 13 (PTI) The rising cost of living is making it harder for people, especially those on lower incomes (who often have poorer diets), to afford to eat healthily. Despite this, households in the UK continue to waste a shocking amount of food – including around 68 kg of fruit and vegetables each year. Food waste is not only damaging to your pocket, it’s also bad for the environment too. Globally, 1.3 billion tonnes of food are wasted every year, generating about 8% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions arise from unused food at all stages of the food

CBI arrested Principal Chief Material Manager of railway for accepting bribe of Rs 3 lakh, Rs 2.61 cr recovered

New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): CBI has arrested a Principal Chief Material Manager of North Eastern Railway (NER) in Gorakhpur for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 3 lakh from the complainant. Later, searches were conducted at the official and residential premises of the accused at Gorakhpur and Noida (Uttar Pradesh) led to the recovery of cash of Rs 2.61 crore (approx) and incriminating documents. The arrested person has been identified as K C Joshi, Principal Chief Material Manager (IRSS: 1988), NER, Gorakhpur. According to CBI, a case was registered on complaint against the Principal Chief Material Manager

Night owls are more prone to type 2 diabetes

New Delhi, Sep 13(CNN) — If you’re groggy in the morning but perky in the evening, you may be a night owl — a sleep pattern or chronotype that makes you more inclined to want to stay up late and sleep in. If so, you could be at higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes as well as a number of unhealthy lifestyle habits, a new study found. “When we looked at the relationship between chronotype and diabetes we found night owls had a 72% increased risk of developing diabetes over the eight years of our study,” said lead author Sina Kianersi,

TMC MP Abhishek appears before ED in connection with Bengal school jobs scam

Kolkata, Sep 13 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection with its probe into the alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal, officials said. Banerjee, the party’s national general secretary, reached the ED office here around 11.30 AM, they said. “Banerjee has been called to provide evidence in connection with the school recruitment irregularities. Our officers are also likely to ask him a few questions in connection with the scam,” an ED official told PTI. The Diamond Harbour MP skipped the coordination committee meeting of the opposition bloc INDIA, scheduled

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