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Obesity, Chronic Illnesses, And Mental Health: Study Says US Children Are Sicker Than Ever

The foundation of a nation’s health and prosperity lies in the well-being of its children. However, a concerning trend has emerged in the US, where children’s health has declined over the past 17 years, with alarming increases in obesity, chronic diseases, and mental health issues like depression, threatening their future and the nation’s prosperity.The study…

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Orissa HC Grants Bail To Ex-DRDO Contractual Staff Accused In Espionage Case

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has granted bail to Basant Kumar Behera, a former contractual AC operator at the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, who was arrested in 2021 for allegedly leaking sensitive defence-related information to a Pakistani woman. Justice Gaurishankar Satapathy, heading the single-judge bench, passed the order…

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Over 400 Suspected Illegal Bangladeshi Immigrants Detained In Jharsuguda For Verification

Jharsuguda: A total of 444 individuals suspected to be illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have been detained across Jharsuguda district as part of an extensive verification drive ordered by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), senior police officials announced on Tuesday. Addressing the media, Inspector General of Police (Northern Range), Himanshu Kumar Lal, stated, “444 suspected individuals have…

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BRICS not working to undermine other nations: Kremlin after Trump’s tariff threat

Moscow, 7/7: The Kremlin said on Monday that the BRICS group of nations had never been working to undermine other countries after US President Donald Trump said he would impose a 10 per cent tariff on those aligning themselves with its “anti-American policies”. Trump made the comments as BRICS leaders kicked off a summit in…

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“Wearing saffron clothes does not make one a Baba, thoughts & conduct do”: Akhilesh’s swipe at Yogi

Lucknow, 7/7: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a swipe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath saying that wearing saffron clothes did make one a ‘Baba’ and that the true identity of a ‘Baba’ lay in one’s thoughts and conduct. One doesn’t become a Baba simply by putting on saffron clothes….a…

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