Using fresh blood from single donors is better than using component blood from multiple donors in paediatric heart surgery patients, according to a new study.
Patients receiving blood or blood components face allergic and febrile (having symptoms of a fever) reactions, as well as serious complications such as lung injury and infectious disease.
US-led air strikes targeting the Islamic State group killed at least 52 civilians in a village in northern Syria, a monitoring group said today.
“Air strikes by the coalition early on Friday on the village of Birmahle in Aleppo province killed 52 civilians,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
“Seven children were killed, and 13 people are still trapped in the rubble.
Ahead of the 8th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) matches to be held on May 2, 11, 15 and 17 May at the Rajiv Gandhi Inetrnational Cricket Stadium at Uppal, the Cyberabad police today said about 1,200 police personnel will be deployed for checking the movements of anti-social elements.
‘SHE teams’ will also be deployed to keep watch on eve-teasers and extra security has been arranged in and around the stadium round the clock.
Mobile food delivery app Foodpanda on Friday announced raising of fresh funds to the tune of US $100 million (about Rs 635 crore) in a financing round led by Goldman Sachs. Existing investors, including Rocket Internet SE, also participated in the round.
The company will use the funds to expand its operations and strengthen last mile delivery, especially in emerging markets like India.
Apple has confirmed that permanent or temporary changes to the skin like tattoos can lead to inaccurate readings in Apple Watch.
According to the Verge, Apple said that the tattoo ink, pattern and saturation can block light from the sensor, making it difficult to get reliable readings.
However, Apple did not suggest what type of tattoos will pose a problem and which ones will not.
Apple suggested that darker tattoos cause major issues that prevent the Watch’s light from getting through.
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is furious and has slammed some online users, who have accused him of trying to garner “publicity” by talking about Nepal earthquake victims on his social media pages.
Bachchan, 72, has been active on Twitter, Facebook and blog with updates and appeals for the help of quake victims in the neighbouring country.
As per a new study, populations of some of the world’s large herbivores are dwindling, raising the threat of an “empty landscape.”
Many populations of animals such as rhinoceroses, zebras, camels, elephants and tapirs are diminishing or threatened with extinction in grasslands, savannahs, deserts and forests, Oregon State University scientists say.
As per a new survey, now just 9 percent of Germans consider the end of the Second World War as a defeat for their country, as compared to 34 percent a decade ago.
Most Germans, who no longer recognise they lost the war, claim that they were merely “victims” of Adolf Hitler and regard it as a victory because they were liberated from Nazi rule, the Daily Star reported.
The poll by the German Forsa Institute found that the younger generations now see their grandparents and great-grandparents as victims rather than the Fuhrer’s supporters
Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Saturday extended greetings to the people of country on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima.
“I extend my greetings and good wishes to the citizens of our country on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima . Lord Buddha’s timeless message of right conduct, universal love, compassion and tolerance continue to show the way to alleviate human suffering in our times,” he said in his message.
“On this happy day, let us commit ourselves to tread the path shown by Buddha so that we can build a truly peaceful and humane society,” he added.
Leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party-People’s Democratic Party (BJP-PDP) coalition on Saturday hit back at Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who hoisted Pakistani flags at a rally organised in Tral and called for legal action against the latter. BJP leader Hina Bhat said that such demonstrations would not have any effect and should not be paid heed to. “This has been happening since 20 years and it is not going to have any effect. It will definitely have repercussions but this matter should not be given so much weightage,” Bhat said.
At least 12 militants were killed and eight others were injured on Saturday in airstrikes conducted by military jets in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency.
According to security sources, military jets and helicopters targeted militant hideouts in Tirah Valley’s Kokikhel area, Dawn online reported.
The airstrikes came amid the ongoing “Khyber-2” operation launched by the army in the tribal region and are part of the military’s stepped-up efforts since a militant attack at Peshawar’s Army Public School in December 2014 killed over 140 students and staff.
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Josh Trank has quit the director’s chair for upcoming ‘Star Wars’ franchise flick.
The ‘Fantastic Four’ helmer said though he had an incredible year developing the project with talented people at Lucasfilm, it was his personal decision to “move forward on a different path,” Deadline.com reported.
He added that he had come to this decision after thinking through and even though the Star Wars universe had been one of his biggest influences, he wanted to pursue some original creative opportunities.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that nearly 1,250 people have died in just over a month of fighting in Yemen.
According to News24.com, the Yemen conflict has affected 7.5 million people, said the WHO.
The UN health agency the humanitarian situation in the country as deteriorating especially in Taez where there has been heavy violence.
According to the latest WHO toll, Saudi-led coalition airstrikes killed 1,244 and left 5,044 injured between March 19 and April 27.
New Zealand spinner Mark Craig believes that his side will not be the favourites in their upcoming series against England, which starts this month.
He said that the team would be looking to continue their form of the World Cup when they face a resurgent England team, insisting that the Brendon McCullum-led team would have to be at their best to beat England, especially on their home turf, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Craig added that the players would look to ride on the wave of public support that they received during the World Cup.
Nearly 20 million students in Bihar’s government-run schools have been affected due to an indefinite teachers’ strike in support of over 3.5 lakh contractual teachers, officials said here on Saturday.
The teachers’ strike has badly hit class 1 to 12 students.
The contractual teachers of around 72,000 primary and middle schools went on strike last month demanding pay at par with regular teachers and better working conditions in schools.
Thousands of high school teachers have also gone on strike to support these contractual teachers.
An Indian-origin candidate for the far-right UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been suspended over alleged anti-Jewish remarks ahead of the May 7 General Elections.
Jack Sen, whose grandfather was Indian and served as a doctor in the British Indian Army during the Raj era, was to contest the seat from West Lancashire.
Sen, who describes himself on Twitter as “unapologetically politically incorrect pro-British”, directed abuse on the social networking site at Luciana Berger, the Labour party’s candidate who is Jewish.
Grammy Award-winning singer Sam Smith, who was forced to cancel his Australian tour due to vocal exhaustion, is on the road to recovery and says he is much better.
Smith took to image-sharing website Instagram on Friday to let everyone know about the news, reports people.com.
“Just to let all my beautiful fans know, I’m ok, I am insanely relaxed and am somewhere in the middle of Australia with no phone, no laptop and I haven’t spoken a word in three days,” he wrote.
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (Pemra) has stopped broadcast media from airing hate speeches or any any similiar material that may harm national interest, media reported on Saturday.
Earlier, Pemra had issued notices to 14 TV channels for airing Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s speech and noted this was against the integrity of the country and its institutions, Geo News reported.
Teenagers who mix alcohol with energy drinks are four times more likely to face a drinking problem disorder than those who have tried alcohol but never mixed it with an energy drink, a new study says.
“Abusive alcohol use among adolescents is a dangerous behaviour that can lead to injury, chronic alcohol use and abuse, and even death,” said first author Jennifer Emond from Norris Cotton Cancer Centre at Dartmouth School of Medicine.
“The mixed use of alcohol and energy drinks may signal the development of abusive drinking behaviours among adolescents,” Edmond pointed out.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh today condemned the waving of Pakistani flags at Hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s rally and said he was confident that the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government would rise to the occasion and take steps to ensure such incidents do not recur.
“We (BJP and Central government) expect that he (Chief Minister) will live up to the expectations of people and the nation (by ensuring swift action in such incidents),” Singh, whose party BJP is part of the ruling coalition government in the state, said.
Punjab Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra today triggered a controversy by making an insensitive comment that the death of the teenage girl, who was molested and thrown off a bus belonging to the ruling Badal family, was God’s will. ‘Nobody can stop accidents. Whatever happens does so by God’s will.
“We can always meet with an accident. We will do more for the people….What has happened is unfortunate. You cannot go against nature’s will,” he said.
Firing yet another salvo at Narendra Modi government, Rahul Gandhi today claimed it had diluted provisions of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill making the legislation pro-builders from being pro-buyers.
After meeting several NCR flat buyers today, the Congress Vice President, who has been attacking the Centre over land bill issue and the plight of farmers, said that he had learnt that it is not just farmers and tribals but also the middle class people that are “suppressed” on matters related to land.
In February 2015, Maharashtra held its annual evaluation tests for teachers of government-run schools. Only one percent of more than 245,800 primary teachers who took the test passed. Upper-primary teachers did better, somewhat — 4.9 percent cleared the tests.
This is the situation in a state where 99 percent of children aged 6-14 years are, officially, enrolled in schools, and there are 25 teachers for each student, near the global average.
The Congress Party on Saturday sided with former NDA minister Arun Shourie over his remarks about the functioning of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government and said the present government was furthering ‘unilateralism, autocracy and subjugation of institutional mechanism of governance at the hands of a chosen few’.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala suggested an alternative career of an ‘event manager’ for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Firing yet another salvo at Narendra Modi government, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed it had diluted provisions of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill making the legislation pro-builders from being pro-buyers.
After meeting several NCR flat buyers on Saturday, the Congress Vice President, who has been attacking the Centre over land bill issue and the plight of farmers, said that he had learnt that it is not just farmers and tribals but also the middle class people that are “suppressed” on matters related to land.