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Study finds how social isolation generates astrocyte-mediated deficits in
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A study revealed a crucial reason to keep in touch with friends and family. Social isolation promotes memory and learning deficiencies, as well as other behavioural abnormalities
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London-based rights activist raises issue of deprivation of basic rights o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has raised concerns over the deprivation of basic rights of people in Gilgit Baltistan.
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Dharti Agro in Hybrid Seed Revolution: Launches one of the World's First G
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], December 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Present conditions are severe towards agriculture. Rising human population, fluctuating climates, depleting arable land, coupled with lower productivity and post-harvest losses contributing substantially to food insecurity in the fu
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Warming climate spurs harmful oxygen loss in lakes: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification in lakes, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) and negative consequences for fish and other specie
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Afghan economic stability 'critically dependent' on humanitarian aid: Rep
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The economic stability in Afghanistan is extensively dependent on humanitarian aid flows as the country faces hunger and deprivation for a second winter in a row, the US Institute for Peace (USIP) report said.
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Baloch group raises concerns about killings of missing persons in fake enc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The delegation headed by activist Sammi Deen Baloch complained about killing the missing persons in fake encounters. She also raised concerns about the harassment of Baloch students and other issues concerning the minority community.
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Study finds childhood deprivation related to impulsive behaviour as adults
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers from the School of Psychology at Aston University found a link between deprivation in childhood and impulsive behaviour - leading to addictions later in life. The findings, which are a culmination of six years of research, also found a further link between impulsivity, obesity an
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New theory explains recovery delays in COVID-19 and cardiac patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
COVID-19 patients placed on ventilators can take a long time to regain consciousness. New research from Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, MIT, and Massachusetts General Hospital is now illustrating that these delays may serve a purpose: protecting the brain from oxygen deprivatio
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Pak rights group voices concern about enforced disappearances bill
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Enforced disappearances must be treated as a separate, autonomous crime. Any legislation to curb this practice must provide guarantees that anyone deprived of their liberty is kept in a fully authorised place of detention and victims, their families and witnesses provided protection in case
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New research reveals human tendency to hit the snooze button
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI): If you were late getting out of bed this morning, you're not alone, according to a study conducted by academics at the University of Notre Dame which has drawn a clearer picture of the human proclivity to click the snooze button.
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Pak Army intensifies Baloch genocide from aid by Canadian firm: Baloch Nat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], October 21 (ANI): Drawing parallels with the exploitative projects of China in Balochistan, Baloch activists termed the international investment by a Canadian firm, Barrick Gold, in the province a "double standard" by the west and urged the firm to avoid investing in
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Afghanistan's economy faces critical challenges as it adjusts to new reali
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI): The Afghan economy is adjusting to a "new normal" following the events of August 2021, which brought about a significant economic contraction and widespread deprivation, according to the World Bank's new Afghanistan Development Update.
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