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READ MORE WEDNESDAY, May 30, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Abortion does not increase a woman’s risk for depression , according to new research. The study, of nearly 400,000 women in Denmark, challenges arguments that terminating a pregnancy takes a toll on a woman’s emotional well-being. “Policies based on the notion that abortion harms women’s mental health are misinformed,” said study leader Dr. Julia Steinberg. She’s an assistant professor of family science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. “Abortion is not causing depression . Our findings show that women were not more likely to suffer from depression after an abortion compared to beforehand,” Steinberg said in a university news release. Claims that the procedure harms women’s psychological well-being have been used to justify policies that restrict access to abortion in the United States, she and her colleagues said. For example, at least eight states r...

READ MORE The opposition BJP on Tuesday accused the government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of harassing and torturing Hindus by taking action against them following communal tension in several districts during Durga Puja. State BJP President Mangal Pandey said a delegation of the party met Governor Ram Nath Kovind and submitted a memorandum that the state government has targeted Hindus by taking one-sided action against them for communal tension. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (Photo: PTI) “; $(‘#mobileAds300x250’).html(mobileScript300x250); } Pandey said Hindus were arrested without their involvement in any crime during the communal tension. “We have told the Governor that police and administration have been taking one-sided action against Hindus and requested him to intervene,” Pandey told media persons here. Leader of Opposition Prem Kumar said the state government has targeted people from majority community to appease another community. ...

READ MORE Noting that the Centre has taken a number of initiatives for the protection of consumers’ interests, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan today said services and products in the health and food sectors would have to follow mandatory quality standards soon. Precious metals like gold and silver would have to bear a hallmark for the larger interests of consumers, he added. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan , file photo “; $(‘#mobileAds300x250’).html(mobileScript300x250); } The New Bureau of Indian Standards Act has been enacted for the purpose and the rules were being framed, said the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution while addressing the Regional Editors’ Conference organised by the Press Information Bureau (PIB). The two-day conference concluded here today. Paswan said his ministry was working on the new Consumer Protection Act which will have “more teeth...

READ MORE He may be a strident critic of Narendra Modi but Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan says he shares many of his qualities like “making tea”, “dressing properly” and “playing drums” and is a “fit candidate” for prime minister. “I have all the qualities of becoming Prime Minister. I can make tea, play the drum, cook food and I wear proper clothes. Besides, I am not all that bad looking or am I corrupt,” he said at an e-rickshaw distribution function here. Azam Khan (File pic) “; $(‘#mobileAds300x250’).html(mobileScript300x250); } Khan took jibes at Modi for his “chaiwala” beginnings, his “monogrammed suit” and his drum playing episodes in Japan and Tanzania. “If I become Prime Minister, I assure you, I will deposit Rs 20 lakh in accounts of 130 crore people within six months. I am not like those who don’t ...

READ MORE The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Bihar government’s plea that suspended RJD MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused in a rape case, be taken into custody so that the minor victim could testify before the trial court. A bench of Justices A K Sikri and N V Ramana however directed the trial court not to record the testimony of the minor rape survivor till October 24 after the state government submitted that she felt threatened with the MLA out on bail. File photo of Raj Ballabh Yadav “; $(‘#mobileAds300x250’).html(mobileScript300x250); } Bihar government standing counsel Gopal Singh said the rape survivor has given a statement that she felt scared and threatened and cannot depose before the trial court. “He (Yadav) be taken into custody and let the evidence be recorded. The trial court could not give time as High Court has directed day-to-day trial,” Singh said. To this, the bench said that respondent Yadav needed time to reply to the ple...

READ MORE A day after the JD(U) national council meeting which ratified his election as the new party president, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met senior party leaders to draw strategy for the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The meeting was attended by Kumar, former party chief Sharad Yadav, party secretary general KC Tyagi, Bihar party president Basistha Narayan Singh, Rajya Sabha member and Kumar’s close aide R C P Singh and two senior state ministers, Bijendra Prasad Yadav and Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lallan. CM Nitish Kumar (file photo) “; $(‘#mobileAds300x250’).html(mobileScript300x250); } Tyagi told PTI that the JD(U) chief of Uttar Pradesh Dr Ayub was also present at the meeting to draw strategy for the UP polls and said the meeting also deliberated on expansion programme of the party in other states. Tyagi said JD(U)’s main focus in UP would be to checkmate the BJP as it did successfully getting into an alliance with RJD and ...

READ MORE BEIJING (Reuters) – China will cut import tariffs on nearly 1,500 consumer products ranging from cosmetics to home appliances from July 1, in a bid to boost imports as part of efforts to open up the economy. Workers load imported goods at a port in Nantong, Jiangsu province, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/China Daily/Files The move would be in step with Beijing’s pledge to its trade partners – including the United States – that China will take steps to increase imports, and offers a boon to global brands looking to deepen their presence in China. The finance ministry published a detailed list of products affected and their new reduced tax rates on Thursday, following early announcements of the broader plan. Starting next month, the average tariff rate on 1,449 products imported from most favoured nations will be reduced to 6.9 percent from 15.7 percent, which is equivalent to a cut of about 60 percent, the finance ministry said in a statement on its website...

READ MORE WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico retaliated against the U.S. decision on Thursday to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports and the European Union had its own reprisals ready to go, reigniting investor fears of a global trade war. The tariffs, announced by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in a telephone briefing on Thursday, ended months of uncertainty about potential exemptions and suggested a hardening of the Trump administration’s approach to trade negotiations. The measures, touted by President Donald Trump in March, drew condemnation from Republican lawmakers and the country’s main business lobbying group and sent a chill through financial markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1 percent and the SP 500 shed 0.69 percent. Shares of industrial heavyweights Boeing and Caterpillar both fell, with Boeing down 1.7 percent and Caterpillar down 2.3 percent. Tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum will be i...

READ MORE Alex Hales has picked up an IPL deal © AFP Notts Outlaws batsman Alex Hales has been signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad as a replacement for David Warner. The former Australian vice-captain was set to captain the franchise, but resigned and was then banned by the BCCI from playing in the tournament for his part in the ball-tampering scandal that emerged in South Africa this week. Sunrisers’ move for Hales means that his gamble to become a white-ball specialist despite missing out in the IPL auction has paid off – stressing his availability in the event of any replacements being needed. He was bought for his base price of INR 1 crore (USD 154,000) from the available player pool list. Hales’ failure to win a spot in the initial auction caused some surprise in England. He remains the only England player till date to score a T20I century and is also the only England batsman to feature in the top-10 list of the ICC T20I rankings. Hales, 28, had recently s...

READ MORE Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Irfan Pathan , the former India allrounder, has taken up a new role, that of player-cum-mentor of the Jammu Kashmir side for the 2018-2019 domestic season. The 33-year-old has played for Baroda right through his Ranji Trophy career, but was dropped and removed as captain after two matches of the 2017-18 domestic season, in which he took two wickets and scored 88 runs. “I will play and mentor the JK Ranji team, but will also travel to districts in a bid to unearth more talent.” Irfan told ESPNcricinfo after his appointment. “I hope to make it count and bring out the best of talent in the valley. We are having talks to organise small tournaments across the districts in April and May and want these cricketers to play not only for JK, but also in Tests. I will mainly be with the Ranji team, but will also advise the youngsters in the cricket board’s set-up.” Irfan also said he had been e...

READ MORE Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment A big thing happened in the life of Mohammad Amir today. For nearly every other elite athlete it isn’t a big deal at all. It is a duty they must fulfill but one they approach with various degrees of interest or disdain. Two days away from the second Test at Headingley, and 62 international matches into his second career, this was the first time Amir came out to face the media en masse. He’s given a few – very few – one-on-one interviews since he’s been back but generally within the team and management, it’s been known that Amir was the one guy they don’t put up to face the press. For obvious reasons – too many journalists means too many questions and too many questions means somebody is bound to ask about you-know-what, which is something Amir and Pakistan are trying to move on from. But today they brought him out and the rationale was as simple as it was logical...

READ MORE Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Yorkshire 192 for 8 (Kohler-Cadmore 81, Rampaul 5 for 48) beat Derbyshire 189 for 6 (Slater 109, Willey 4-47) by two wickets Scorecard Matthew Fisher boosted Yorkshire’s Royal London Cup hopes as they beat Derbyshire by two wickets with a ball to spare in a dramatic North Group game at Derby. Fisher blasted an unbeaten 24 from eight balls to chase down a target of 190 in a game reduced by rain to 24 overs a side despite Ravi Rampaul ‘s best limited overs figures of 5 for 48. Ben Slater made an unbeaten 109 from 82 balls in Derbyshire’s 189 for 6 with David Willey taking 4 for 47 but Tom Kohler-Cadmore replied with 81 off 63 balls before Fisher won it with consecutive fours off Hardus Viljoen. Yorkshire brought in Willey who only arrived back in England from India on Monday night but his first over went for 21 as Derbyshire got off to a flier. The first five-over Powerplay cost 52 runs with ...

READ MORE 23 Oct 2017 LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 23: Cristiano Ronaldo, his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez and his son Cristiano Ronaldo Jr are pictured inside the photo booth prior to The Best FIFA Football Awards at The London Palladium on October 23, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) © Getty Images Article source: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/congress-targets-r-ashoka-land-scam-issue-day-bjps-parivartan-yatra-70963

READ MORE The world’s best players between the sticks will also be out to make their mark – Manuel Neuer was memorably voted one of the top three players in the world in 2014, partly on the back of his impressive performances at that year’s World Cup. Guardians of the net now have their own award, with the race well and truly on to succeed inaugural victor Gianluigi Buffon as the Best FIFA Goalkeeper 2018. The 2014 FIFA/FIFPro World11 was overwhelmingly made up of players who reached the semi-finals of Brazil 2014, with nine of the 11 reaching the final four with their respective nations – and we could see the World Cup have a similar influence for the 2018 edition. With fans from across the globe flocking to Russia 2018, supporters could make their mark at the global finals too – with the potential for an outstanding fan moment or gesture demonstrated at the global finals to be nominated for the 2018 FIFA Fan Award. Article source: http://www.thenewsminute...

READ MORE Dinesh Karthik with his wife Dipika Pallikal Photo:INSTAGRAM Warm birthday wishes poured in for India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik as he turned 33 on Friday. Karthik’s wife and ace Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal Karthik shared a love-soaked picture of her husband on Instagram. Dinesh Karthik’s wife Dipika Pallikal shares a special picture on his birthday Photo:INSTAGRAM The International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a tweet: “Happy 33rd birthday to Indian keeper-batsman @DineshKarthik! What has been his finest performance on the international stage for India?” Happy 33rd birthday to Indian keeper-batsman @DineshKarthik ! What has been his finest performance on the international stage for India? pic.twitter.com/I1alBJd8iB — ICC (@ICC) June 1, 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, who finished the season on the third position under the leadership of Karthik, tweeted: “Happy Birthday Skipper @Di...

READ MORE Indian women’s hockey team will report for the camp at the Sports Authority of India in Bengaluru. (Source: File) Veere Di Wedding movie release LIVE UPDATES: Review, audience reaction and more World XI vs West Indies T20: West Indies win by 72 runs Bhavesh Joshi Superhero movie review: The Harshvardhan Kapoor starrer suffers from having too much to say Hockey India announced on Wednesday a 34-member squad for the women’s national camp beginning Friday as chief coach Harendra Singh emphasised on the need for speed and agility ahead of a busy year. “Since 2018 is extremely important with mega events in the pipeline it is necessary for the team to stay fit and injury-free but at the same time the players need to be fast and agile,” Singh said ahead of the camp. “Keeping this in mind we will have a series of classes and sessions to guide players and educate them on significance of fitness and achieving our target in major competitions,...

READ MORE Sardar Singh returns for the Champions Trophy. (Source: File) Sardar Singh, Birendra Lakra return to India squad for Champions Trophy ICC set for back-to-back World T20s in place of Champions Trophy BCCI set to roadblock attempts to convert 2021 Champions Trophy to World T20 After just one tournament, the Indian hockey team management has ditched its philosophy of blooding in young players into the squad as veterans Sardar Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Birendra Lakra returned for Champions Trophy in Breda, Holland, scheduled in the last week of June. Harendra Singh, who took over as coach from Sjoerd Marijne earlier this month, said it was important to select players on the basis of form and fitness, instead of simply looking at the age. Harendra has made five changes to the squad that travelled to Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games, where the performance of a young side was criticised so severely that Marijne ended up losing his job. While Harendr...