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Bihar officials love liquor ban, for them it means big money, says Patna High Court

Patna, Nov 15 (PTI) The Patna High Court has lambasted Bihar government officials over the total liquor ban in the state, observing that they love the legislation since it means “big money” for them. The court also said that the police are working in tandem with liquor smugglers and the poor are bearing the brunt of the law. The Bihar government enacted a law in April 2016 prohibiting the manufacture, trade, storage, transportation, sale, and consumption of liquor in the state. However, despite stringent provisions of the Act, transport of liquor and hooch deaths have been reported a number of

Type 2 diabetes risk slashed by 15% by consuming vitamin D

More than 212 million Indians are currently living with diabetes, with majority of living with diabetes suffering from type 2, according to alarming figures from recent Lancet report. The chronic condition, which results in excessively high blood sugar levels, is linked to the shocking thousands of heart attacks and strokes happen every week across the country. However, a UK recent research offers a glimmer of hope against this debilitating illness. The vitamin D was found to slash personal risk of diabetes by 15% in a study of individuals with ‘prediabetes’ – or elevated blood sugar levels. The US research team,

Govt to soon come up with new policy for senior citizens

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) The government will soon come up with a new policy for senior citizens, said Amit Yadav, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. He was addressing an event organised by The Association of Senior Living India (ASLI). The association will hold The 5th ASLI Ageing Fest, scheduled for December 6, 2024, in Bengaluru. Yadav said the ministry will come up with a new policy on senior citizens. He said it has already hold consultations with all stakeholders. The secretary highlighted the government’s decision to provide health coverage to all the senior citizens aged 70 years

What nightmares tell us about our health

What’s your most frequent nightmare? Is it dreaming that you’re dying, or that one of your loved ones is suffering but you can’t do anything about it? Or maybe you’re waking up with confusion and a racing heart, simply glad that the dream ended. Nightmares are a core symptom of Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), probably because the difficulty with traumatic events lies in people’s inability to process them, says Neil Greenberg, professor of defense mental health at King’s College London. “So what happens is that their mind unconsciously tries to play around with them, tries to make sense of them,”

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