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Faecal Disease Outbreak Hits Australian Music Festival, Affecting Hundreds

March 20, 2024 admin

Health officials are warning attendees at a popular festival to improve their hygiene. Music fans who attended Australian State Victoria’s Esoteric Festival are being warned about a shigellosis outbreak, a contagious bowel infection. The Department of Health confirmed the outbreak after festivalgoers reported symptoms consistent with shigellosis, which include diarrhoea, fever, nausea, and cramps, according…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 20, 2024

March 20, 2024 admin

Lokpal orders CBI probe into charges against Mahua Moitra The Lokpal has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to further probe the allegations made against former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra and submit a report on its findings within six months. “After careful evaluation and consideration of the entire material on record, there remains no doubt regarding…

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These Are The World’s Happiest Countries In 2024

March 20, 2024 admin

Finland remained the world’s happiest country for a seventh straight year. Helsinki: Finland remained the world’s happiest country for a seventh straight year in an annual UN sponsored World Happiness Report published on Wednesday. And Nordic countries kept their places among the 10 most cheerful, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland. Afghanistan, plagued by…

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Norway will invest half of $100 billion under EFTA: Norwegian envoy May-Elin Stener

March 20, 2024 admin

Norwegian Ambassador to India May-Elin Stener. Photo: Special Arrangement Switzerland being the largest player is likely to contribute more than half of the $100 billion free trade pact India recently signed with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), while Norway will bring in the rest, with Iceland and Liechtenstein contributing as well, Norwegian Ambassador to…

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Donald Trump Says Any Jews Who Vote For Democrats “Hate Their Religion, Israel”

March 20, 2024 admin

Trump said that the “Democrat Party hates Israel.” Washington: Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump drew outrage from the White House, Democrats and leaders of Jewish groups for saying Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats hate their religion and Israel. “Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion, they hate everything about Israel…

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The way we name cancers could affect access to treatment, researchers say

March 20, 2024 admin

The way we classify metastatic cancers may need to be revamped, scientists have said, proposing in its place a classification system that places the molecular characteristics of the cancer over the tissue of origin. Traditional approaches to treating cancer – including surgery and radiation – target the organs in which the tumour is present. This…

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Delhi Court Allows Ukrainian Woman To Travel Back With Her 5-Year-Old Son

March 19, 2024 admin

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed a Ukranian woman to travel back to her native country Ukraine. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed a Ukranian woman to travel back to her native country with her five-year-old son, who was brought to India by her Ex-husband after the Russia-Ukraine war broke out…

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Gaza Hunger Warnings Grow Amid Ceasefire Talks

March 19, 2024 admin

A UN-backed assessment meanwhile said 300,000 people in the territory’s north would face famine. Palestinian Territories: Tensions surged as Hamas’s chief accused Israel on Tuesday of sabotaging talks for a Gaza truce after it raided the devastated Palestinian territory’s largest hospital for a second time. Months of war have pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians…

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Guaranteed MSP is an ethical imperative

March 19, 2024 admin

The perennial issue of fair pricing of farm produce reigns supreme, now coupled with calls for legal assurances of Minimum Support Price. File | Photo Credit: PTI As the general elections draw closer, agrarian concerns have once again taken centre stage. Farmers from the heartland of the Green Revolution have travelled to the border of…

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Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal Faces Backlash Over ‘Pure Veg Mode’ Service

March 19, 2024 admin

Mr Goyal elaborated upon the reason behind introduction of the company’s “Pure Veg Mode” service. New Delhi: After facing a backlash online from a section of people over the launch of the “Pure Veg Mode” service, Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Tuesday said the food delivery platform will “roll it back in a heartbeat” in…

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