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    Here are 3 amusing short stories with deep meaning that bring smiles to you instantly.

    1. "Profound" I saw a little kid eating ice cream in the elevator. Out of concern, I casually said, "It's such a cold day; you'll get sick eating that!" The kid replied, "My grandma lived to be 103." I asked, "From eating ice cream?" He said, "No, because she never meddled in other people's...
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    133 planes from Indian carriers are grounded, according to Niti Aayog report

    New Delhi: A flight technician left India at the first opportunity and secured a job in Dubai. He said he left due to long work hours of up to 12 hours a day, low pay, and poor upkeep of flights. He added that there is a night and day difference between aircraft maintenance in India and Dubai...
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    Chikungunya Vaccines

    Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an RNA virus belonging to the Alphavirus genus within the family Togaviridae. Primarily transmitted by bites from infected Aedes mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), the disease is characterized by...
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    IA 787 Disaster - Both Blackboxes Found

    Both blackboxes have been now recovered,,,, (y)
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    What Caused Air India 171 Crash, Mysterious Sound Before Impact.

    Another theory.... Nothing is definite at this stage.
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    The Milli-Spinner

    Blood clots can be extremely dangerous, potentially blocking oxygen from vital organs including the lungs and brain. One surgical treatment involves using suction to remove them from blood vessels but this isn’t always successful. Now a surprising observation of the effect of spinning on blood...
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    TikTok "Dusting" challenge ends up being "Dust to Dust"

    A 19-year-old girl in the US died on Sunday after taking part in a deadly social media trend called "dusting". Renna O'Rourke from Arizona died after spending four days in the intensive care unit (ICU). Her parents said that she and her boyfriend ordered aerosol keyboard cleaner without their...
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    NB.1.8.1 Variant

    The World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) on May 23 announced that it has designated NB.1.8.1 as a SARS-CoV-2 variant under monitoring (VUM), noting that, although proportions are growing rapidly, the virus seems only marginally more immune-evasive...
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    Not all Sugars are equal.

    A massive new study reveals that the source of sugar makes all the difference. While sugary drinks like soda and even fruit juice sharply increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, sugars in solid foods—especially nutrient-rich ones—may actually be less harmful or even protective. The findings...
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    US Travel Ban for 12 Countries.

    Order bans travel to US from 12 countries Travel from 7 other countries restricted Trump cites national security concerns Ban becomes effective on June 9 The countries affected by the latest travel ban are Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya...
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    How not to do Gender testing in Pattaya.

    A Sri Lankan tourist was assaulted by a transgender woman armed with high heel shoes on the city’s beach road Saturday night after he daringly touched her genitals twice to verify her gender--then refused to pay or proceed with any services. Police and rescuers from Sawangboribul Foundation...
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    The Trojan Drones.....

    Ukrainian security services conducted a massive drone attack against Russian military airbases on Sunday, striking thousands of kilometres from the front line in what President Volodymyr Zelensky said was their longest-range operation ever. The operation, code-named "Spider's Web," required...
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    Major progress towards an effective HIV Vaccine.

    In the long battle to create an effective HIV vaccine, scientists have made a major leap forward. A new study shows that a series of vaccines can coax the immune system to produce powerful antibodies capable of blocking a wide range of HIV strains-including those that are typically the hardest...
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    Grand Hyatt Colombo: 21 Years of Delays, Debt, and Disappointment

    Once envisioned as a symbol of luxury and ambition, the Grand Hyatt Colombo remains an incomplete monument to Sri Lanka’s turbulent economic and political history, even 21 years after construction began. Originally launched in 2003 as Ceylinco Celestial Residencies by the late billionaire...
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    Genetic Link to Long Covid Discovered.

    Recently, the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm carried out a groundbreaking genome-wide association study (GWAS) focused on long COVID using HGI data. This extensive study analyzed information from 24 research projects conducted in 16 different countries, involving 6,450 patients diagnosed...
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    Waist to Height ratio is a better predictor of Heart Failure risk.

    Recently presented research at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). shows that the Waist to Height Ratio (WtHR) is much better predictor than the BMI for Heart Failure risk. "The median WtHR in our analysis was considerably higher than 0.5, the cut-off for increased cardiometabolic risk...
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    Another Gene-Editing Milestone.

    Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment. US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with severe genetic disorder in medical first. The doctors carried out the painstaking process of identifying the specific mutations behind the infant's...

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