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Chandigarh: A man whose family operated a wholesale business of soft drinks in Amritsar allegedly faked his own murder after eliminating someone else for loan waiver and insurance money, police said on Saturday. The Tarn Taran police said Anoop Singh did this to have financial gains over Rs 1 crore. He was charged with murdering a homeless man and destroying evidence, police said, adding that his brother Karandeep Singh and domestic help Karan, alias Kaka, had been arrested for the planning, preparation and execution of the murder plot, a Punjab Police spokesperson said in a release here. "Further, the role of other family members, including Anoop Singh's father, is being investigated," he said. The Harike SHO on December 5 had received information that a charred body was lying on the Harike-Patti road. A car with a registration number of Punjab was found parked next to the body. "On the examination of the body, it was concluded that it was burned after pouring oil," the spokesperson … [Read more...] about Amritsar Man Fakes His Murder for Loan Waiver and Insurance Money

In fact, YouGov Galaxy’s Heart Health Study — commissioned by News Corp Australia in partnership with the Heart Foundation — reveals that a staggering 51 per cent of Aussies wouldn’t be overly concerned if diagnosed with the condition — and one million would rather risk a heart attack than take medication. These are hard truths to swallow, but not surprising, according to cardiologist Professor Garry Jennings. You can take control of your heart health. Picture: GettySource:Getty Images “I do sense a kind of complacency in our community when it comes to heart disease,” he says. “People don’t think it can affect them or understand how common it is. A 45-year-old woman has a one-in-three chance of developing a heart problem sometime in her life while a man of the same age has a one-in-two chance. “It’s currently Australia’s biggest killer and unless something changes, it will stay that way for some time.” … [Read more...] about How to prevent heart disease and lead a healthy life

The loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks “dire effects” on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body said on December 7. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels — up from only 45 in the 1960s.In the same period, the group warned, the volume of anoxic waters — areas totally devoid of oxygen — have quadrupled.The ocean absorbs around a quarter of all fossil fuel emissions, but as global energy demand continues to grow, there are fears that the world’s seas will eventually reach saturation point.Oceans are expected, on current trends, to lose 3-4% of their oxygen globally by 2100. However, most of that loss is predicted to be in the upper 1,000 metres, which is the richest part of the ocean for biodiversity. “With this report, the scale of damage climate change is wreaking upon the ocean comes into … [Read more...] about Marine life under threat from plummeting oxygen levels, says report

The Madras High Court has clarified that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) can make changes to the names of students and their parents in the Class X and XII mark statements after obtaining affidavits of indemnity against the use of new certificates for impersonation to escape from any civil or criminal activity. First Division Bench of Chief Justice Amreshwar Pratap Sahi and Justice Subramonium Prasad provided the clarification while disposing of a writ appeal preferred by the CBSE against a single judge’s order to change the name of a student’s father as Shaik Fazul Rahiman instead of Fazal Rehmaan in his Class X mark statement. “On the other hand, we find that if correction has been genuinely and bona fide sought and no prejudice is caused, then in that event the conclusion arrived at by the learned single judge cannot be said to suffer from any infirmity. We dispose of the appeal with the said observations and without interfering with the directions … [Read more...] about ‘CBSE can make changes to names in mark statements’

Do  you wear a seat belt in your car and on the plane? Do you lock your house when you go out? Do you use sun-block, umbrella, mosquito repellent? Do you invest more in low-risk bank products? Yes to most of them? Anecdotal evidence shows that we are risk averse in our living and investing habits. However, we leave unprotected the biggest risk to dependent families, that of being left without a source of regular income in case of an untimely event that causes a loss of life.The resistance to life insurance comes at various levels. There are families in which any discussion of an insurance policy, for cover and not investment, leads to emotional scenes - to think of a life without the other is considered to be tempting fate. The other reason, of course, is the belief of immortality that we all live with. Untimely death is something that happens to other people. So, life insurance is bought, but for the wrong reasons. It is bought to save taxes and for investment. There is a … [Read more...] about When to buy life insurance, and how much