Beijing: Researchers have found that drinking alcohol three months before pregnancy or during the first trimester was associated with a 44 per cent raised risk of congenital heart disease for fathers and 16 per cent for mothers. Binge drinking, defined as five or more drinks per sitting, was related to a 52 per cent higher […]
Apr 24, 2021
Berhampur: Unable to bear with his alcoholic and unemployed son’s constant demand for money, a 50-year-old man allegedly hacked him to death in Odisha’s Ganjam district, the police said on Tuesday. The father was arrested from Kerikerijhola village under Sheragada police station limit on the charge of the killing that occurred on Monday night. Inspector […]
Apr 24, 2021
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has got the kick. The State has seemingly gone the binge way as the per capita annual alcohol consumption here has zoomed up by a whopping around 371 per cent in over a decade-and-a-half. The per capita consumption of liquor that was 700ml in 2001-02 has tanked up to 3.3 litres in 2018-19, […]
Apr 23, 2021
Rayagada: At a time when the State’s excise department has proposed to open more Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) shops and reward successful licensed traders, women of Dumaguda and Mariguda villages under Rayagada Sub-Division are leaving no stone unturned to crackdown the liquor menace. Reportedly, the women members of the self-help groups (SHG) of both these […]
Apr 22, 2021
London: A pattern of harmful alcohol consumption, or heavy drinking, increases level of blood biomarkers indicating heart tissue damage, according to a new study. “By measuring the level of certain molecules in the blood, we were able to find that heavy drinkers are much more likely to have subclinical heart damage than people who drink […]
Apr 22, 2021
The Station Master of Nayagarh Railway Station was allegedly attacked and his office was ransacked by some miscreants on Sunday (April 11). The official was allegedly attacked for prohibiting consumption of alcohol on station premises. As per sources, station master Sanjay Pradhan noticed a group of 8-10 people consuming alcohol and chit-chatting on the station premises and stopped them from doing so, citing it to be illegal. However, the group allegedly turned violent and attacked him. They overpowered Pradhan and beat him black and blue leaving him seriously injured. Later, they terrorized the other railway staff present at the spot. Before leaving the station, they ransacked property inside offices and also set fire to some equipment at the railway station. After receiving a formal complaint, police launched an investigation into the matter.
Apr 20, 2021
New Delhi: Twitterati added mirth and sarcasm to reports that said the residents in a Kerala building recently got a “boozy surprise” as the liquor flowed from taps in their building. According to media reports, it all began six years ago when a bar named ‘Rachana’, located near the building, was charged with unlawfully storing […]
Apr 20, 2021
New York: Researchers have found that exposure to alcohol advertising changes teens’ attitudes about alcohol and can cause them to start drinking. In the study, published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, researchers used a framework developed to show causality between tobacco advertising and youth smoking and applied it to alcohol advertising. […]
Apr 19, 2021
New Delhi: With 39 individuals diagnosed with the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in India, everyone seems to be going into a state of panic. And as a fallout, people are believing just about anything and everything they are coming across on the internet. Among several pieces of information, there is one that asks people to […]
Apr 19, 2021
New Delhi: The government cautioned people against the use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers before lighting candles or diyas on Sunday as they are inflammable. The Army also made a similar appeal and said use soap to wash hands. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday had urged people to switch off lights at their homes and […]
Apr 18, 2021
London: In a warning for heavy drinkers, new research says that higher alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of having a stroke or developing peripheral artery disease (PAD). While observational studies have consistently shown that heavy alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of certain cardiovascular diseases, they often use self-reported data […]
Apr 17, 2021
New York: Female college students are more likely to depend on alcohol to improve mental well-being, say researchers, adding that the young women appear to be more affected by high alcohol use than men, which may lead to less interest in academics. “Cognitive aptitudes of young women appear to be more affected than for men […]
Apr 16, 2021
New Delhi: Alcohol-based hand sanitisers will attract 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST), according to a ruling by Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR). The ruling came in the case of Springfield India Distilleries which had approached the Goa bench of AAR to seek classification of hand sanitisers supplied by the company and its […]
Apr 15, 2021
‘Drinking is injurious to health’. We have all heard this warning before multiple times. However, this warning is actually the sad reality of this village in Odisha. This village called Madhabpur is located around 55 kilometres away from Boudh district headquarters is witnessing an alarming growth in the number of alcoholics. Unfortunately most men from this village are alcohol addicts.
Apr 13, 2021
Nayagarh: The Station Master at the Nayagarh railway station sustained multiple injuries after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of miscreants late on Sunday night. The Station Master,…
Apr 12, 2021
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