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Modified lifestyle, herbal drugs BGR-34 can help manage diabetes within 14 days: Study

New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) Amid a surge in diabetes cases in the country, a recent study has suggested that a healthy lifestyle and diet coupled with anti-diabetic properties enriched herbal formulations like BGR-34 can help control blood sugar levels in diabetic patients within 14 days. The study, conducted by a team of researchers from Patna-based Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital on a patient suffering from high levels of blood sugar has been published in the International Ayurvedic Medical Journal (IAMJ). The team, led by Assistant Professor Prabhas Chandra Pathak, prescribed the patient a combination of research-based traditional medicines, including

India’s October services growth at 7-month low as demand cools

BENGALURU, Nov 3 (Reuters) – India’s dominant services industry expanded at its slowest pace in seven months in October while a slight tapering in demand led to sluggish job creation, but underlying activity remained solid and exports continued to rise healthily, a survey showed on Friday. Taken together with a cooling in the manufacturing sector last month, the result may still pose a challenge for India’s economic growth outlook which a recent Reuters poll pegged at 6.3% this fiscal year, the fastest among major countries. The S&P Global India Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (INPMIS=ECI) fell to 58.4 last month from

Air pollution in India’s New Delhi turns ‘severe’, some schools shut

NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (Reuters) – People in New Delhi woke up to a thick layer of toxic haze on Friday, and some schools were ordered to be shut for two days as the air quality index (AQI) entered the “severe” category in several parts of the Indian capital. A filthy smog forms over Delhi every winter as cold, heavy air traps construction dust, vehicle emissions and smoke from crop stubble burning in neighbouring states, causing a surge in respiratory illnesses among the city’s 20 million people. Residents on Friday complained of irritation in the eyes and itchy throats with

Govt launches Campaign Promotes Digital Life Certificates for Pensioners

In our ongoing commitmеnt to еnhancе thе “еasе of living” for cеntral govеrnmеnt pеnsionеrs, thе Dеpartmеnt of Pеnsion & Pеnsionеrs’ Wеlfarе (DoPPW) has launchеd a comprеhеnsivе month-long nationwidе campaign. This initiativе aims to raisе awarеnеss about thе utilization of digital lifе cеrtificatеs (DLC) among cеntral govеrnmеnt pеnsionеrs. As part of our еndеavor to modеrnizе and strеamlinе pеnsionеr sеrvicеs, wе arе advocating thе adoption of ‘Jееvan Pramaan,’ thе digital lifе cеrtificatе. Evolution of Digital Lifе Cеrtificatеs Thе journеy of digital lifе cеrtificatеs bеgan in 2014 with thе introduction of biomеtric dеvicеs for cеrtificatе submission. Subsеquеntly, thе DoPPW collaboratеd with thе Ministry

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