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Court grants Delhi cops time to reply to NewsClick HR head Amit Chakravarty’s bail plea

New Delhi, Nov 4 (PTI): A Delhi court on Saturday granted the city police time till November 17 to respond to the bail application of NewsClick human resources department head Amit Chakravarty in a case lodged under anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. Special Judge Hardeep Kaur adjourned the matter following a request made by the police. The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Chakravarty along with NewsClick founder and editor in-chief Prabir Purkayastha on October 3. Both are currently in judicial custody. According to the FIR, a large amount

US, Arab leaders to meet over Gaza as Palestinian deaths mount

GAZA/AMMAN, Nov 4 (Reuters) – Gaza health officials said 15 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on an ambulance that the military said targeted Hamas militants, and Washington’s top diplomat was due to hear Arab demands for a ceasefire in a meeting on Saturday in Jordan. The ambulance hit by the Israeli strike was part of a convoy carrying injured Palestinians at Gaza’s biggest hospital, al-Shifa, health officials in the Hamas-run enclave said on Friday. “Upon their arrival to al-Shifa, (Israel) directly targeted the convoy’s second vehicle, committing a terrible massacre that claimed the lives of 15 and

Is salt really a new culprit in type 2 diabetes?

Is salt really a new culprit in type 2 diabetes?

Birmingham (UK), Nov 4 (The Conversation) When people think of foods related to type 2 diabetes, they often think of sugar (even though the evidence for that is still not clear). Now, a new study from the US points the finger at salt. The study, conducted by researchers at Tulane University in New Orleans, used data on about 400,000 adults, taken from the UK Biobank study. This observational study followed the participants for nearly twelve years. In that time, around 13,000 developed type 2 diabetes. In a press release, the principal investigator on the study said that “taking the saltshaker

Kidney disease in people with diabetes

New Delhi, November 4, 2023: Type 2 diabetes raises the risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), which affects roughly 40% of people with diabetes. In many cases, CKD symptoms go unnoticed until the disease has progressed to a more severe stage, which is why it’s so important to catch and treat it early on. Definition Kidney disease or kidney damage often occurs over time in people with diabetes. This type of kidney disease is called diabetic nephropathy. Alternative Names Diabetic nephropathy; Nephropathy – diabetic; Diabetic glomerulosclerosis; Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease. Causes Each kidney is made of hundreds of thousands of small units

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