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Enzyme deficiency in brain linked to extreme hunger, severe obesity: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 14 (ANI): U.S. researchers have found that the deficiency of an enzyme -prohormone covertase (PC1) - in the brain is linked to neuro-hormonal abnormalities, a genetic condition that causes extreme hunger and severe obesity beginning in childhood.
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Richard Verma lays emphasis on Indo-US commitment to break vicious cycle o
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): U.S. Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma, who today inaugurated the third U.S.-India triangular training on "Emerging Trends in Fruits and Vegetable Marketing" at the CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing (NIAM) here, emphasize
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Odisha: Parents on hunger strike until third child recovers from Japanese
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Malkangiri (Odisha) [India], Nov.7 (ANI): Fearing that their third child would meet the same end after their other two children became victims to Japanese Encephalitis, the distraught parents in Odisha's Malkangiri have been on a hunger strike ever since their child has been admitted to
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Your dinner is one key factor to manage your body fat
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 6 (ANI): The first human test of early time-restricted feeding found that this meal-timing strategy reduced swings in hunger and altered fat and carb burning patterns, which may help with losing weight. In early time-restricted feeding (eTRF), people eat their las
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There will be no hunger, poverty in Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct.26 (ANI): Upholding the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that she wanted to see her country free from hunger and poverty.
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Man dies of hunger in UP, while wife fights for her life
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct 24 (ANI): A 28-year-old jobless Dalit man allegedly died of hunger in a village of Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad district on Sunday morning.
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KFC offers a bucket of 'Hope'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 7 (ANI): To further strengthen its commitment towards fighting hunger through its add HOPE initiative, KFC India today announced that it will be contributing up to Rs. five from the sale of every bucket, through the month of October.
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Ex-PM Deve Gowda sits on indefinite hunger strike against SC's Cauver
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 1 (ANI): Former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda began an indefinite hunger strike on Saturday here in protest against the latest order of the Supreme Court with regard to the sharing of Cauvery river waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
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Will go on hunger strike if tension prevails between Karnataka and TN: Uma
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 (ANI): Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Thursday said that if the tension between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka prevailed with regard to the sharing of the water of the River Cauvery, she would sit on hunger strike on the border of that separates the two st
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Sindhu will satisfy nation's hunger for Gold: Mary Kom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 19 (ANI): Ahead of PV Sindhu's final clash in women's singles event against world number one Carolina Marin at the Rio Olympics, Olympic medallist MC Mary Kom has exuded confidence that the ace Indian shuttler will satisfy the nation's hunger for a gold medal.
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Irom Sharmila released on bail, next hearing on Aug. 23
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug. 9 (ANI): Manipur's human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who had been on a hunger strike for the past 16 years protesting against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), was released on bail today by an Imphal court.
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Irom Sharmila to end 16-year-long fast today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Imphal, Aug 9 (ANI): Human rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 16 years against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), will break her fast today.
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