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Why I would rather live with strangers than friends in London
25Jan By No Comments
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Why I would rather live with strangers than friends in London

He was earning well at his job in the City, while I was in my first publishing job and had very little disposable income, so our lifestyles simply weren’t aligned. Inviting him for walks or coffee dates, I tried to remind him that, first and foremost, we were friends. He’d look at me, confused, and say, “But I can just see you at home?”. Source link
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome cases in Pune: What you need to know about the disorder
25Jan By No Comments
Health

Guillain-Barre Syndrome cases in Pune: What you need to know about the disorder

Guillain-Barre Syndrome -- a rare nerve disorder -- that has affected 73 people in Pune is a life-threatening condition, said health experts on Saturday. GBS is often followed by a bacterial or viral infection that wreaks havoc on the nerves. In people afflicted with GBS, the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, leading to weakness and, sometimes, paralysis, or even death. "The total number of GBS cases increased to 73, comprising 47 and 26 women. Of these, 14 are on ventilator support," a state health department official was quoted as saying to the media. A person A 64-year-old female patient, undergoing treatment at Pimpri`s Post Graduate Institute-Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH), has reportedly succumbed to an acute motor axon...
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B.C. documentary about residential school atrocities nominated for an Oscar
25Jan By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Entertainment, Movies

B.C. documentary about residential school atrocities nominated for an Oscar

WARNING: This story contains details that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. A documentary following an investigation into allegations of abuse and missing kids at the former St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School in Williams Lake has been nominated for an Oscar.Sugarcane is up for the Best Documentary Feature award at the Academy Awards later this winter.Secwepemc filmmaker, Julian Brave NoiseCat, and Toronto journalist, director, producer and cinematographer, Emily Kassie, explore allegations that the priests who fathered children with students at the school sent the infants to be killed in the incinerator.“This film has meant the world to me,” NoiseCat told Global News, explaining his father was born at the school.“The thing that really would hang over me about t...
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Gul Panag calls her ‘Paatal Lok’ character, the ‘emotional anchor’ for Hathi Ram
25Jan By No Comments
Entertainment, Movies

Gul Panag calls her ‘Paatal Lok’ character, the ‘emotional anchor’ for Hathi Ram

Actress Gul Panag, who essays the role of the wife of the lead character of Hathi Ram Chaudhary in the streaming show ‘Paatal Lok’, has said that her part in the show is the emotional fulcrum for Hathiram.  The second season of ‘Paatal Lok’ is getting a lot of positive response. Nearly five years after the debut season, the show has not only stood the test of time, but it has also pushed creative boundaries, exploring new depths in storytelling, cinematography, and character development in season 2. Reflecting on her character’s evolution, Gul Panag shared, “Renu is the emotional anchor for Hathiram. Both seasons capture the safety and peace of Hathiram’s family space, and I tried keeping that intact in the second installment. However, with 5 years passing, it was important to embrace ch...
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Trump says Canada is a bad trade partner. Are his tariff threats justified?
25Jan By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Trump says Canada is a bad trade partner. Are his tariff threats justified?

As Ottawa floats possible solutions to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, it faces a dilemma: does it appease the United States and open up the domestic market, inflicting volatility and job losses but potentially driving down consumer prices, or does it stand firm with retaliatory threats to protect Canadian industries? Canada is bracing for the impact of Trump’s threats to levy blanket tariffs of 25 per cent on all goods entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico, with much being said about price hikes for certain consumer goods if the tariffs come into force, but little attention paid to what possible solutions, like opening up the market, could mean.“I’m not going to sugarcoat it, there will be job losses if we open up those protected industries,” says Ian Lee, associate profe...
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Why an adult interrailing trip around Europe should be your next summer holiday
25Jan By No Comments
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Why an adult interrailing trip around Europe should be your next summer holiday

In the summer of 2017, during those fleeting months of bliss between finishing sixth form and starting university, I made the questionable decision to spend all my Saturday job savings on a boozy (and disastrous) week in Ayia Napa. As well as it being a total car crash, it also meant I missed out on the British rite of passage: the post-A Level summer interrail trip. I had, for a long time, consigned this to the scrap heap of teenage regrets. Until, feeling shamefaced about my carbon footprint while planning my summer annual leave last year, the idea returned. There is, after all, no statute of limitations on an interrail pass. Emma outside Seville cathedral Emma LoffhagenIn the past few decades, there is a sense that the world has shrunk at an alarming pace. It is easier than it has ever ...
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Soumya Swaminathan: Zoonotic diseases, climate change threaten human health
25Jan By No Comments
Health

Soumya Swaminathan: Zoonotic diseases, climate change threaten human health

Former chief scientist of the World Health Organisation Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that most emerging viral threats are zoonotic infections transmitted from animals to humans. Swaminathan, who is also the former Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research, emphasised the critical role of integrated research, including data from weather, climate, health, and environmental sources, to predict and prevent future outbreaks. She was speaking after the launch of various initiatives undertaken as part of a major research project on water quality assessment of Vembanad Lake and water-borne infectious diseases at ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in Kochi. She said that most health threats today originate from environmental factors and suggested estab...
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‘I’m homeless’: Jasper residents rally for housing as government negotiations stall
25Jan By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

‘I’m homeless’: Jasper residents rally for housing as government negotiations stall

An Albertan who lost her home in the devastating Jasper wildfire last year says broken promises by the United Conservative Party government in setting up interim housing for those displaced are unacceptable. “I don’t know why the UCP would commit and promise something and then just completely revoke it,” said Sabrina Charlebois, who has been living in a hotel in town since November.“Because they’re not getting their way, they’re just pulling out completely? That’s unacceptable.” Charlebois helped organize a protest Friday on the six-month anniversary of the blaze that displaced an estimated 2,000 Jasper residents.More than 200 people marched through town, stopping in front of the municipal library.Social Services Minister Jason Nixon announced in October that the province would spend $...
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Energy industry on both sides of border pushes back on tariffs: ‘Too many jobs on the line’
25Jan By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Energy industry on both sides of border pushes back on tariffs: ‘Too many jobs on the line’

While United States President Donald Trump continues to talk about tariffs on Canadian exports, his plans are being criticized by some industry groups in both the United States and Canada who say changing the status quo will hurt everyone involved. “Both of our economies, particularly when it comes to energy, are highly integrated and highly efficient,” said Mark Scholz, the president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC).He explained trade over the past 50 years or so has created wealth and prosperity for both Canada and the United States and any export tariffs, taxes, or bans on either side of the border would hurt both nations.“This is too important of a trade relationship, too many jobs are on the line both in Canada, the United States to take this for grant...
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Blair says Canada can hit NATO spending target sooner but doesn’t commit – National
25Jan By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Blair says Canada can hit NATO spending target sooner but doesn’t commit – National

Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada could hit its NATO defence spending target within just a few years if need be but didn’t commit to doing so. NATO members have all committed to spend the equivalent of two per cent of its GDP on defence but Canada has consistently failed to reach that target.Last summer, following backlash from Republican lawmakers in the U.S., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian defence spending would hit the two per cent marker in 2032.But there was no clear plan to get there, and some military analysts have questioned whether 2032 was possible.Today when Blair was asked by a reporter if Canada could reach that mark in two years, Blair replied that is “absolutely achievable” but didn’t say it would happen. Story continues below advertisement ...
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