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LONDON: Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of progressive and irreversible sight loss, known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a long-term study that could pave the way for new treatment options for the disorder. The researchers, including those from the University College London, UK, noted that AMD is the leading cause of irreversible blindness among the over 50s in high-income countries, with the numbers of those affected projected to reach 300 million by 2040. Known risk factors include older age, smoking, and genetic make-up, they said. Given that ambient air pollution is associated with heightened risks of heart and respiratory diseases, the study, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, analysed if it might also be associated with a heightened risk of AMD. The researchers drew on data from 115,954 UK Biobank (UKBB) study participants aged 40-69 with no eye problems at the start of this study in 2006. Measures of ambient air … [Read more...] about Air pollution can permanently harm eyes, may result in irreversible blindness

Mr. Sethuraman said this was not the first time that a circular had been misused. “We regularly send circulars regarding COVID-19 and the rules regarding the reopening of the college from time to time. Some students have misused the letters. Since we send it by mail and such reworded letters come only through social media, we are unable to trace those involved,” he said. … [Read more...] about SRMIST files police complaint after viral circular

In April 2020, when Yom HaShoah, the Israeli National Holocaust Remembrance Day, was marked just after the country's first national lockdown had been lifted, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center based in Jerusalem, initiated a new way to honor the memory of the Holocaust victims. It used the hashtag "#RememberingFromHome" to call on people to keep social distance and recreate its annual victim name reading ceremony online. … [Read more...] about Holocaust memorials make digital shift amid pandmic: study

“As a key adviser to President Biden on national security issues that involve the most powerful and sophisticated tools of economic statecraft, it is critical that you demonstrate to Congress that your decisions will be informed by a clear-eyed view of the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the United States,” the senators wrote. … [Read more...] about Janet Yellen becomes US’ 1st woman treasury secretary

"He (Modi) then said that the Rajya Sabha TV was not favourable to the government. My response was that while I had a role in the establishment of the channel, I had no control over the editorial content and that a committee of Rajya Sabha members, in which the BJP was represented, provided broad guidance to the channel, adding that from all accounts, the channel's programmes and discussions were appreciated by the viewers," he adds. … [Read more...] about Two happenings in my last week in office tended to cause offence in some quarters, says Hamid Ansari