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Just the last few weeks of 2024 took away Nikki Giovanni, Zakir Hussain and Shyam Benegal, people who enriched our lives with beauty and wisdom, showing us ways to live together. For many people far away from us—in Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine—it has been a year of unrelenting loss, of feeling abandoned by the world, as if we do not know what it means to live together. Then came news of the AAP government’s circular asking Delhi government schools to ensure they do not give admission to ‘illegal Bangladeshi migrants’ in contradiction to its own April 2024 admission circular that stated ‘Admission will not be denied to any divyang child, destitute child, refugee/ asylum seeker, homeless, migrant, orphan...’ ’ The year ends with this reinforcement of political battles being fought on the bodies of children. How can the planet survive when new kinds of borders keep getting drawn—as if a gated-communities perspective is a sustainable one? And yet, how do we live till the time the planet survives? Scrolling through my feed every morning this year showed me that we have much to learn from the Palestinian people in thinking about how to live through these times. In the past two years, Palestinians of all ages have taught us that the time to give up hope is—never. They have documented war crimes, reported the hypocrisy of first world countries, investigated concocted stories and called out corporate media for its biased and partisan journalism. And just as importantly, they have continued to do everyday things—grow vegetables, cook, fly kites, cycle, tell stories, paint pictures, look at the beauty of a sunset and hold on to the awe it inspires. Also Read: 22 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza So, really how can we despair when they continue to fight for justice and equity with spirit, resilience and dare we say it, joy? Children’s writer and scholar Katherine Rundell made a post on Instagram for teens and young adults who were asking how to survive this time with the little power they feel they have. She offered two ideas. The first—‘the no pasarán of the human soul’, protecting our inner self so that the evil of the world shall not pass and breach our hearts and minds. And the second—‘to insist... on hope— not passive complacency, but furious, active, politically informed, iron-willed hope—because it’s our duty to the future to refuse despair’. I see children like 10-year-old Renad Attalah take pleasure in cooking everyday Palestinian dishes in the midst of the horrific circumstances in Gaza. I see Bisan Owda reporting day after day, updating us on the latest attacks and still finding time to play with children or sharing the joy of finding books. I see the Gaza Sunbirds continuing to train on their bicycles and finding ways to provide aid. These are reminders of hope. These are bricks to build the no pasarán barricade. (Samina Mishra is a documentary filmmaker, writer and teacher based in New Delhi ) Follow us on: Facebook , Twitter , Google News , Instagram Join our official telegram channel ( @nationalherald ) and stay updated with the latest headlines
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Liverpool remain the only team with a 100 per cent record in the Champions League after five rounds, but Inter and Atalanta are very close to securing qualification while Milan leapfrog Juventus. The new format was introduced this season where all the results The top eight will go directly into the Round of 16, while the teams from ninth to 24 will face each other in a play-off stage. As for the sides in the bottom sector, they are simply eliminated from Europe at the end of this phase. Liverpool beat Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid 2-0 this evening and are on 15 points, so effectively already guaranteed at the very least a play-off spot. Inter are in second place on 13 points and one more victory would Atalanta aren’t far behind in Milan have now leapfrogged Juventus in the standings on nine points, Bologna are to all intents and purposes doomed to an early exit, in five Champions League games. 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No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" 1914 translation by H. Rackham "But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?" To keep reading, please log in to your account, create a free account, or simply fill out the form below.As her students finished their online exam, Arlet Lara got up to make a cafe con leche. Her 16-year-old son found her on the kitchen floor. First, he called Dad in a panic. Then 911. “I had a stroke, and my life made a 180-degree turn,” Lara said, recalling the medical scare she experienced in May 2020 in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The stroke affected my left side of the body.” Lara, an avid runner and gym-goer couldn’t even walk. “It was hard,” said the 50-year-old mom from North Miami and former high school math teacher. After years of rehabilitation therapy and a foot surgery, Lara can walk again. But she still struggles with moving. This summer, she became the first patient in South Florida to get an implant of a new and only FDA-approved-nerve stimulation device designed to help ischemic stroke survivors regain movement in their arms and hands. Every year, thousands in the United States have a stroke, with one occurring every 40 seconds, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority of strokes are ischemic, often caused by blood clots that obstruct blood flow to the brain. For survivors, most of whom are left with some level of disability, the Vivistim Paired VNS System — the device implanted in Lara’s chest — could be a game changer in recovery, said Dr. Robert Starke, a neurosurgeon and interventional neuroradiologist. He also serves as co-director of endovascular neurosurgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Lara underwent the procedure. The Vivistim Paired VNS System is a small pacemaker-like device implanted in the upper chest and neck area. Patients can go home the same day. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the stroke rehabilitation system in 2021 to be used alongside post-ischemic stroke rehabilitation therapy to treat moderate to severe mobility issues in hands and arms. Lara’s occupational therapist can activate the device during rehabilitation sessions to electrically stimulate the vagus nerve, which runs from the brain down to the abdomen and regulates various parts of the body’s nervous system. The electrical stimulation rewires the brain to improve a stroke survivor’s ability to move their arms and hands. Lara also has a magnet she can use to activate the device when she wants to practice at home. Her therapy consists of repetitive tasks, including coloring, pinching cubes and grabbing and releasing cylindrical shapes. After several weeks of rehabilitation therapy with the device, Lara has seen improvement. “Little by little, I’m noticing that my hand is getting stronger,” Lara said in September. “I am already able to brush my teeth with the left hand.” Since then, Lara has finished the initial six-week Vivistim therapy program and is continuing to use the device in her rehabilitation therapy. She continues to improve and can now eat better with her left hand and can brush her hair with less difficulty, according to her occupational therapist, Neil Batungbakal. Starke sees the device as an opportunity to help bring survivors one step closer to regaining full mobility. Strokes are a leading cause of disability worldwide. While most stroke survivors usually can recover some function through treatment and rehabilitation, they tend to hit a “major plateau” after the first six months of recovery, he said. Vivistim, when paired with rehabilitation therapy, could change that. Jackson Health said results of a clinical trial published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet in 2021 showed that the device, “when paired with high-repetition, task-specific occupational or physical therapy, helps generate two to three times more hand and arm function for stroke survivors than rehabilitation therapy alone.” The device has even shown to benefit patients 20 years after their original stroke, according to Starke. “So now a lot of these patients that had strokes 10 to 15 years ago that thought that they would never be able to use their arm in any sort of real functional way are now able to have a real meaningful function, which is pretty tremendous,” Starke said. Vivistim’s vagus-nerve stimulation technology was developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas’ Texas Biomedical Device Center and is being sold commercially by Austin-based MicroTransponder, a company started by university graduates. Similar devices are used to treat epilepsy and depression. For Lara, the device is a new tool to help her recovery journey. “Everything becomes a challenge, so we are working with small things every day because I want to get back as many functions as possible,” Lara said. Patients interested in Vivistim should speak with their doctor to check their eligibility. The FDA said patients should make sure to discuss any prior medical history. “Adverse events included but were not limited to dysphonia (difficulty speaking), bruising, falling, general hoarseness, general pain, hoarseness after surgery, low mood, muscle pain, fracture, headache, rash, dizziness, throat irritation, urinary tract infection and fatigue,” the FDA said. MicroTransponder says the device is “covered by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance with prior authorization on a case-by-case basis.” Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Blame it on the food and drink?( MENAFN - NewsIn Asia) Nov 28 (AFP) – India's Adani Group conglomerate said Wednesday it had suffered a staggering loss of nearly $55 billion since US corruption charges against top officials, accusations the company denies. “Since the intimation of the US DoJ (Department of Justice) indictment, the group has suffered a loss of nearly $55 billion in its market capitalisation across its 11 listed companies,” it said in a statement. The November 20 bombshell indictment in New York accused billionaire industrialist founder Gautam Adani and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of the bribery scheme. It said they had“devised a scheme to offer, authorise, make and promise to make bribes payments to Indian government officials”. Adani Group issued a stiff denial, describing the charges as“baseless”. A statement on Wednesday said Adani officials are“only charged” with securities fraud, wire fraud conspiracy and securities fraud. Adani is a close ally of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was at one point the world's second-richest man, and critics have long accused him of improperly benefitting from their relationship. The group said the action had led to“significant repercussions”, including“international project cancellations, financial market impact and sudden examination from strategic partners, investors and the public”. With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, Adani Group has weathered previous corporate fraud allegations and suffered a similar stock crash last year. The conglomerate saw $150 billion wiped from its market value in 2023 after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research accused it of“brazen” corporate fraud. Denying Hindenburg's allegations, Adani called its report a“deliberate attempt” to damage its image for the benefit of short-sellers. MENAFN27112024000191011043ID1108934473 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said he and his colleagues "escaped death narrowly" while being caught up in an Israeli air strike on an airport in Yemen. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recounted feeling "completely exposed" during the attack, which killed at least six, in an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme. He and other UN staff had been leaving Sanaa, in western Yemen, on Thursday following a trip to negotiate the release of UN detainees and assess the humanitarian situation in the country when the airport was hit. Israel's military said it carried out "intelligence-based strikes on military targets" belonging to Iran-backed Houthi rebels. "It was very chaotic, you know, people were in disarray and running everywhere," Dr Tedros said on Saturday. He added there was "no shelter, so we were completely exposed. It's a matter of luck, otherwise if the missile deviated just slightly it could have been on our heads". "So my colleague actually said, after all that, we escaped death narrowly," he said. The WHO chief - who has led the organisation since 2017 and made regular public appearances during the Covid pandemic - said his presence at the airport was public knowledge prior to the strike. But he added: "It doesn't matter whether I'm there or not. Any civilian life is life - my life is not better than another human being." Dr Tedros said the airport is a civilian facility and therefore should not have been attacked by Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the airport had been used by Houthi rebels "to smuggle Iranian weapons into the region" which it used to attack Israel, as well as to welcome "senior Iranian officials". "This is a further example of the Houthis' exploitation of civilian infrastructure for military purposes," it added. The Houthi-run Saba news agency said three people were killed at the airport and a further 30 injured. It said another three people were killed and 10 wounded in other strikes, which targeted power stations and a port in the region. It is unclear whether the fatalities were civilians or Houthi rebels. The Iran-backed group described the attacks as "barbaric" and "aggressive". It vowed to continue launching strikes on Israel until the conflict in the Gaza Strip ceased. Houthi rebels have been attacking Israel since the first months of the war, which began in October 2023 when Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing around 1,200. Israel has retaliated against Houthi attacks with intermittent strikes. On Saturday, the Houthis said they had launched a strike on the Nevatim airbase in central Israel. The IDF said a missile from Yemen was intercepted by the air force before crossing into Israeli airspace. The Houthis are an armed political and religious group backed by Iran. The group has ruled large parts of western Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, since ousting the internationally recognised government in 2015.National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal crucial to make India leading maritime nation Sonowal
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