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Drinking milk increases risk of heart attack for around half of world’s population

Milk increases the risk of a heart attack for around half of the world’s population, research shows. All cow’s milk, even the low-fat skimmed, is said to be a danger because its sugar, lactose, triggers harmful inflammation and cell damage. This ages the heart faster, according to scientists’ brand new findings. But the issue was found to apparently only affect women, as the researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered men digest the sugar more effectively. The team carried out a study involving 101,000 people and found that consuming 400ml of the white stuff each day, about two thirds

“Important day for Muslims of India,” says Owaisi after Supreme Court overturns AMU judgement

New Delhi [India], November 8 (ANI): Shortly after the Supreme Court of India of India overruled its 1967 verdict on the minority status of Aligarh Muslim University, AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Assaduddin Owaisi hailed the decision on Friday, saying that the right of minorities to educate themselves has been upheld. “It is an important day for Muslims of India. The 1967 judgement had rejected minority status of #AMU when in fact it was. Article 30 states that minorities have the right to establish and administer their educational institutions in a manner that they deem fit,” Owaisi said in

Supreme Court overrules 1967 verdict holding AMU can’t be minority institution

New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the question of Aligarh Muslim Unversity’s minority status to a fresh bench and overruled the 1967 judgement that said the university cannot be considered a minority institution since it was created by a central law. Pronouncing the majority verdict, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud laid down tests for considering the issue of minority status of AMU. The apex court by a 4:3 majority said the judicial records of the case should be placed before the CJI for setting up a fresh bench to decide the validity of a 2006

Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flock to rivers for prayers to the sun god

NEW DELHI, November 8, 2024 (AP) — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked to rivers and bodies of water across India to pray to the sun god as part of the Chhath festival this week. In Noida, on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi, families gathered at the Yamuna river, which is covered with white toxic foam as a result of pollutants discharged from nearby industries. Women in brightly colored saris waded into the knee-deep water flecked with blobs of white foam. Some carried a coconut or other fruits as an offering to thank Lord Surya, the god

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