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  • BBC Chairman resigns after Boris Johnson loan row

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    London, April 28 BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigned on Friday over a report into whether he failed to properly disclose his involvement in the facilitation of a loan to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Barrister Adam Heppinstall was appointed by the Commissioner of Public Appointments to investigate the claims ...
  • Eating handful of walnuts daily may boost attention among adolescents

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    London, April 27 Boys and girls who eat a handful of walnuts a day, or at least three times a week can have substantial improvements in cognitive abilities, including attention, suggests a study led by Spanish researchers. The study, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, showed that eating walnuts on a ...
  • Britain evacuates over 300 people from Sudan

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    London, April 27 Britain has evacuated 301 people from conflict-ridden Sudan in four flights, a spokesperson of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. The spokesperson told reporters that four more flights, arranged by the British government, have left Sudan by the end of Wednesday. Violent clashes erupted between the Sudanese ...
  • Walk 3 minutes every half an hour to keep Type-1 diabetes in check

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    London, April 26 Long periods of sitting time can be harmful to our health, even if you exercise regularly. Light intensity walking for 3 minutes every 30 minutes can help people with Type 1 diabetes to manage their blood sugar levels, according to a study. Type 1 diabetes is a ...
  • Antibiotic use in farming may spur bacteria resistant to human immune system

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    London, April 26 Increased use of antibiotics in agriculture, to control infections and as growth promoters, may breed bacteria that is resistant to the immune system -- human body's first line of defence, warned a study. Drug-resistant infections are one of the most serious threats to global health. In the ...
  • Vitamin D levels may affect body’s response to cancer treatment: Study

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    London, April 24 Vitamin D levels may be key in determining the human body's response to anti-cancer immunotherapy, especially among people with advanced skin cancer, according to a study. The findings, published online in the peer-reviewed journal CANCER, showed that for patients with advanced melanoma, it may be important to ...
  • Kiptum wins London Marathon men’s race with second fastest time in history

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    London, April 23 Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya finished first in the London Marathon men's race here on Sunday with a winning time of 2:01:25, the second quickest in history. In the women's elite race, the 5,000m and 10,000 Olympic champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands won her marathon debut in ...
  • UK Deputy PM Dominic Raab resigns over bullying report

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    London, April 21 UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab on Friday resigned over a report investigating bullying allegations against him. In his resignation letter, Raab said that he was "genuinely sorry for any unintended stress or offence that any officials felt, as a result of the pace, standards and challenge ...
  • Scientists develop mini-heart sized 0.5 mm in lab

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    London, April 20 (IANS A team of German scientists has developed a 'mini-heart' that is just 0.5 millimetres in size to study the earliest development phase of the human heart and facilitate research on diseases. The team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are the first researchers in the ...
  • South Asians in UK with darker skin suffer bullying, insults from kin: Study

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    London, April 20 People of colour, including South Asians and Blacks, with darker skin in the UK were sometimes stigmatised by their parents, siblings and other relatives, a new research has found. The study by King's College London revealed that within families children with lighter skin were often favoured, while ...