People living with dementia and carers experience embarrassing situations, feel strongly disconnected, feel less competent and sometimes feel useless, a new survey has found. In a survey conducted by Alzheimer’s Australia, 94 per cent of respondents who have a diagnosis of dementia felt that they encountered embarrassing situations as a result of their dementia, while […]
The new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus went on sale at Telstra on Friday with thousands of Australians visiting stores across the country to get hands-on with the new phones. Telstra is also offering the new Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular), which adds built-in mobile connectivity to the world’s number one watch. […]
Long thought to be a carbon sink, the world’s tropical forests now release more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere than they remove from it, thanks to their continued deforestation and degradation, warns a new study. The study published in the journal Science, analysed the carbon density of woody live vegetation across tropical America, Africa […]
A day after backing former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s views on the economy, actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Friday advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “come forward and face the people”. “It’s high time and right time that the Prime Minister and head of this democracy comes forward and faces the public and the press for […]
The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam has once again got delayed by one more month to November 3, the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) said on Friday. The mega nuclear power plant was shut down on August 4 due to hydrogen concentration in the stator was originally expected […]
A youth was critically injured as protesters clashed with security forces in old city area after the congregational Friday prayers, police said. Protesting youth pelted stones at security personnel in Nowhatta area after prayers at the Jamia Masjid and security forces used tear smoke shells and pellets to disperse them. An unidentified youth was seriously […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday deplored the lack of world attention to human trafficking, a menace that he said is omnipresent. “Too often, human traffickers operate with impunity, and receive much less attention than, for instance, drug traffickers. This must change,” Guterres told a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly. “I have […]
Libya’s interim government on Wednesday announced it would ban entry of US citizens into Libyan territory in response to a decision by Donald Trump to suspend the entry of Libyans. The eastern government called the move by the US a “serious escalation” targeting Libyans, accusing the country of placing Libyans “in the same place with […]
Israel on Wednesday fumed over a vote by the Interpol that approved the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) as a member in the international police body. Earlier in the day, Palestinian membership to the Interpol was approved by 74 to 24 votes, exceeding the two-thirds requirement of the yes-to-no ratio. The decision was made despite Israel’s […]
Scientists announced on Wednesday they have detected a fourth gravitational wave signal coming from the merger of two black holes. It’s the first time this phenomenon has been measured simultaneously by both the US-based LIGO and Italy-based Virgo detectors. Originally predicted in the early 20th century by Albert Einstein, gravitational waves — ripples in space […]