“Earthquake risk is very high in Gujarat and the state has suffered nine major earthquakes in the past 200 years.”
Ahmedabad: An earthquake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale, hit 83 km northwest of Rajkot, Gujarat on Tuesday. As per the National Center for Seismology (NCS), the quake hit at 12:57 pm today.
Its epicentre was 15 km North-North East (NNE) of Bachau, said a scientist from the Gandhinagar-based Institute of Seismological Research (ISR).
This is to be noted that as many as 14 aftershocks were felt in Gujarat’s Kutch district, a day after the state experienced tremors of 5.3 magnitude.
“We are analysing today’s quake scientifically to determine whether it is an aftershock or a new earthquake on a different fault line. As of now, we are counting it and other quakes in the region as aftershocks of the last night’s earthquake,” said ISR scientist Santosh Kumar.
Besides the earthquake of 4.6 magnitude, an aftershock of 3.7 magnitude was felt at 10.02 am today. Its epicentre was six km East-North East of Bhachau, said another ISR official.
Another aftershock of 3.6 magnitude was recorded at 1.01 pm with its epicentre being 11 km NNE of Bhachau.
The official added that earthquakes of various magnitudes of 3.1, 2.9, 2.5, 2.4, 1.7, 1.6 and 1.4 have been recorded till this afternoon.
The state had on Sunday night experienced tremors of 5.3 magnitude. Albeit the tremor was for a short duration, yet the intensity was so high that it triggered panic amongst people.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had last night ordered the district collectors of Rajkot, Kutch, and Patan to take stock of the situation.
So far, no report of any damage to life or property has come from any part of the state.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the exact location of the tremor, which was recorded at 8:13 pm, was in Kutch near Bhuj.
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead on Sunday afternoon at his Bandra residence in Mumbai. The ‘Kedarnath’ actor was found hanging at his sixth floor apartment in Bandra (West). The police confirms that the cause of death of suicide, however, no note has been found from his residence. A day after his death, the city police have recorded statements of five individuals in connection with the case. The Mumbai police have reported that the post-mortem was carried out by three doctors at Dr RN Cooper Municipal General Hospital located in Juhu, Mumbai. The post-mortem reports given by doctors show asphyxia due to hanging as the provisional cause of death.
“Provisional postmortem report has been submitted by doctors at Bandra Police Station. A team of three doctors conducted the autopsy of Sushant Singh Rajput. The provisional cause of death is asphyxia due to hanging,” statement by Abhishek Trimukhe, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).
The police are still investigating the incident of the 34 year old actor, which has left Sushant’s family and fans in shock. The actor had called his sister at 9 am on Sunday. About an hour later, he took his tablets and juice. Around 10:30, the cook knocked on the door to confirm the menu. After the cook and Shushant’s two friends got no response. They called a key maker to help open the door. They called up and informed the police and his sister.
Sushant Singh Rajput started his career from Indian daily soaps to film industry. His first show was ‘Kis desh mein hai mera dil’ which aired on star plus. Sushant’s next show was Pavitra Rishta which won him a lot of audience’s hearts and many awards for best male actor and most popular actor. After he landed in the Bollywood industry, his first film was ‘Kai Po Che’. Then he did several films like Shudh Desi Romance, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, Kedarnath and Chichhore. On his social media comments he used to reply to his fans’ comments and ask them to go watch his movie. In an interview he mentioned that nobody invites him to their parties and he feels left out. Kangana Ranaunt made a very bold statement recently where she said “ye suicide nahi planned murder tha, lekin Sushant ki galti ye hai ki vo unki baat maan gaya. Unhone kaha tum worthless ho, vo maan gaya.”( This is not suicice, it is a planned murder. But Sushant’s fault is that he believed them when they called him worthless).
A lot of bollywood actors including Salman Khan, Shoaib Akhtar, Alia Bhatt etc. Sapna Bhavnani, Sushant’s hairstylist tweeted, “It is no secret Sushant was going through very tough times for the last few years. No one in the industry stood up for him nor did they lend a helping hand. To tweet today is the biggest display of how shallow the industry really is. No one here is your friend. RIP.”
After working with the industry she must be spilling facts on social media that no one helped Sushant or stood up for him.
The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR has rejected media reports attributing to its study regarding peak stage of COVID-19 in India. The reports while quoting a study say that the peak stage of COVID-19 in the country has been delayed by the eight-week lockdown and it may now arrive around mid-November.
In a tweet, ICMR said the news reports attributing this study to ICMR are misleading. It clarified that this refers to a non peer reviewed modelling, not carried out by ICMR and does not reflect the official position of ICMR.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said the road built by the Border Road Organisation in Lipulekh is very much in Indian territory. Mr Singh said Indo-Nepal ties are not ordinary, and both countries are bound together by ‘roti-beti’ and no power in the world can break it. He said if there is any misunderstanding between India and Nepal due to the road, it will be sorted out through dialogue.
The Minister said the link road to Lipulekh built by BRO will significantly shorten the time taken for the Kailash Mansarovar yatra.
He was speaking to party workers of Uttarakhand through a virtual rally.
Home Minister Amit Shah has said NDA government will take all necessary steps to check the spread of COVID-19 in Delhi.
Chairing a meeting of all political parties in Delhi on the COVID-19 situation in the national capital, Mr. Shah said everyone has to stand united under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this fight against the pandemic.
The Home Minister informed the all-party meeting of key decisions taken during a meeting convened by him on Sunday and appealed to all political parties to ensure that decisions are implemented in earnest at the ground level.
He called on the parties to mobilise their party workers to help implement the decisions taken by the Centre for the welfare of the people of Delhi.
He appealed all parties to rise above political differences in the interest of the people. He said political unity will create confidence among the public and lead to improvement in the pandemic situation in the capital.
The Home Minister said improve COVID-19 testing capacity has to be improved with newer techniques.
The meeting was attended by Sanjay Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party, Adesh Gupta, Delhi State President of the BJP, Anil Chaudhary, State President of the Congress and the representative of the BSP.
Leaders attending the meeting gave proposals regarding the fight against COVID-19 and assured full support to the Central Government, Delhi Government and the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi.
lay in bed the whole day. Tangled in a perfect white sheets with yourself pillows and puppy comforter. Drinking lots of tea, and even more coffee. Wander through the perfume section in stores and test every single scent. By yourself flowers because you are beyond worth it. Treat yourself to something pretty even if there is absolutely no reason to. Watch chick flick and ball your eyes out. Read a book and fall asleep while doing so. Taken adventure with a friend. Start yoga. Longing to bake? then do it. Taking long drive blast music and singing your heart out. Keep a journal so that you never forget a second half for exciting ever changing life. cry over stupid silly boys . Wear pretty High heels with red bottoms.Invite a friend over brunch and order the biggest stack of waffles. Go to school because you are excited to learn and not because you want straight A’s. Re-watch breakfast at Tiffany and aspire to be Audrey Hepburn. Buy insane amount of coffee table books even if you have no where to keep them. Save up for your dream car or the laptop for the iPad you desire. Take longer baths. Wake up early to go to farmers market at get the first batch of peonies. Discover some secret little coffee shops where you can plan out your biggest dreams. Really push your hopes up even if you know you will be disappointed. Twirl around in your white robe with the recorder playing Shania Twain. Take out your sewing machine and create something wonderful.laugh until your stomach hurts. Walk into Chanel and walk-out with a quilted purse. By a ball gown even if you have no place to wear it. Try your mother’s diamond rings and beautiful emerald necklaces and dream off when you will be with someone who buys you something sparkly. Drink too many Shirley temples. Daydreaming about your future wedding. Lose yourself in an art museum. Read poetry. Then write your own. Travel the world but all will return home. Have marble and gold everywhere. Dream of living in a house with turn around and range rovers lining in the drive. Throw parties bigger than Gatsby .always have fresh fruits in the fridge, make sure to eat too much chocolate. Where what you want you like not what everyone else was. Built the fort of pillows on rainy days. Always carry Barbie pens and a tub of mascara. Giggle on your own jokes. Be there for your friends when they need a shoulder to cry on. Read vogue. Send snail mail to someone who you haven’t spoken in forever. Dance until your feet hurt. Wear too many patterns at once. Don’t overthink things. Call your grandma every week. Be grateful for everything that your parents have done for you. Be less annoyed when your dad is worried that you not home yet, because you will always be his little girl.well work oh so hard, and when you are faced with a challenge welcome it with open arms. Be kind to everyone. Never let anyone say you can’t do something. Never give, give the right to anyone of hurting you, kiss and hug your boyfriend a little more tighter.never let anyone put you down because darling you so much stronger than you think, this is just the beginning you are about to do amazing things, and remember the best is yet to come. Ciao for now.
Imagine if you have promised tomorrow. Like you know anything and everything that will happen to you. All the things that today you are unaware of you will be already informed about. as you flip a coin you already know that there is a different side to it. The same way Hannah’s story had in the Netflix series 13 reasons why.In the same way every situation that you look into or every sentence, song, story has a different side. Like every story has its many and many tellers. Each storyteller has its own version of that story. similarly this thought of mine has its two sides as well, namely the pros and cons. I know I might sound like a typical science student. But it is what it is. so when I say you already know your tomorrow, it always has the things which will please you and some won’t be as pleasing as it should be. So the pleasing instances would be something like you would already informed about what your career would be like and how good you would be at it. How fascinating right.
That you would already know which firm you would work in. Who is gonna be your boss and everything you have already known this and you start working on yourself to shape your career in a better way. Sounds very fancy and fascinating I know. If this was how it would be love would have been so much easier like you won’t force things instead take it slow. If you knew which person you were getting married in your future you would wait and not fall in love with the wrong person and wait for that right person to walk into your life at that moment. And then everybody would have learnt to love fearlessly without the fear of breaking someone else’s heart or without the fear of getting your own heart broken. if you would have had a promised tomorrow we had already been aware of all the small big or the life threatening events or the accidents that would occur in your life. We would be aware and not indulge in that activity which would lead your life to danger and millions and millions of life would have been saved. If we had a promise tomorrow we would work on your mistakes and also avoid them. working on mistakes is positive which also leads to growth but if you do not make any mistakes because you already are aware of them that you are gonna make it then there is no growth at all. So as I said everything has its pros and cons you can judge for yourself. we all know no mistakes would mean no growth. And life would just have gotten stagnant. A promise and unaware future would also mean no surprises. No surprise birthday parties, no surprise visit from your boyfriend or girlfriend, no surprise proposal, no being awestruck and so on. So when I would want to end it would say life as we know it is as good as it is full with surprises, mistakes, unknown love, uncertainty uncertain career but definitely an adventure. life is an adventure – go live it day by day to your fullest, give all of yourself to each day, to those around you, love a bit more harder, because you never know when your time to leave this world may come, because this is just an article and after all read the first word. And by the way fun fact:- There is a rapper in Atlanta named “future” if you knew him then you could say you knew the future. Haha. Ciao for now.
I know it aches, but I still wait for it like one true love.
I endure that pain like a knife striking my lower back, thousands of thorns piercing my abdomen, continuous disturbance between thighs and heavy soreness on breasts. Not knowing what to call it;
“The tears of grief of my aching body” or “The tears of delight of my soul celebrating womanhood”.
Taking bath quickly so that nobody could smell the disgust on my body, I wrap it inside black polythene because I don’t want to get judged on that.
Nevertheless, this one week of vital blood served me the sentence that I am a complete woman!
The mysterious creation of almighty. Poignant yet powerful, Tender yet tolerant!
Subh mangal zyada saavdhan is is a pure entertainment movie based on homosexuality. But some areas in the film need our special attentions. Through out the film you will laugh out loud. But there are few things which are quite disturbing and unexpected.
The first thing is beating up one person from the gay couple so badly until he fainted and that too was shown in a typical comic way by playing funny slow motion music with it which leads everyone in the cinema hall to a laugh riot during this scene. It is well known that the director wanted this film to be funny so that it can attract a huge crowd to witness it and through this laugh riot he wanted people to understand the need of acceptance for this community. But this scene was not necessary when everyday some or the other person is being beaten up even being murdered by their own family member just for being queer or exceptional. This scene was not at all necessary when the motive of the director was to normalise this relationship in the society.
The second thing is though they didn’t effeminate any one from the couple but they focused more on the acceptance of their relationship in their family than focusing on their relation and romance.
Films based on homosexuality had also been made before in our country but this was the first commercial entertainment film based on homosexuality. The expectations were higher. Everyday these people are suffering. This generation is suffering. Even the next generation will also suffer but may be a little less. In every friends group we can find some people who are against homosexuality. Either they are homophobes or borderline homophobes. Inspite of being a pure comedy film it failed to attract the majority of the mass. Even in 2020 after decriminalization of 377 we still have people who don’t like it. Who won’t accept their family members for being queer.
This topic is really very sensitive and delicate topic. Making a comedy film on this is really commendable. Kudos to the directors and the actors who have made it happen. Nothing can be totally flawless. I just hope Bollywood to have more films like this one but better than this. WITHOUT THESE FLAWS.
Feminism isn’t about shaming or hating men and if you think it is, let me explain.
It is all about calling society on out how it treats men and women differently. It is about asking for the same freedom and opportunity. If you think we already have it, you are in denial! Feminism is a word that is empowering for some and hated by many.
Lately the word and the movement have been misunderstood by both men and women. It is now associated as “anti-men” or a “men-hating” movement by many. People think of feminism as angry women, asking other women not to wear hijabs and covered clothes, also criticising housewives for their choice. There are statements like “I believe in equality, but I am not a feminist” or “I am a humanist”; it doesn’t make you cool or less judged by society.
Pseudo feminism and feminazis are definitely noticeable. It isn’t about superiority or inferiority of any gender; especially it is not to degrade men. Both men and women fought for equality and basic human rights, TOGETHER in the past. As a human, I am delighted enough because I know that a good mass of women have struggled and fought for this basic tight to express themselves, back in the history.
We all have heard that if feminism is all about equality “can I slap back a woman of she slaps me?”, and according to me the answer is, violence against you must not be tolerated and no one has the right to hit anyone, irrespective of genders. But why the whole concept of feminism viewed with certain wrong instances in mind? Why is it all about “whether you can hit the opposite sex or not”. It is unfortunate to see people mocking feminism. But the fact is; there are individuals who totally misinterpreted the concept of feminism and use it against men, but it doesn’t really change what it is! Feminism is just an ideology that simply believes in equality. Real feminist are exclusively fighting to remove patriarchal society and gender roles. Using the word “real” before feminism is sad because some people out there doing wrong things under the name of feminism and they need to know the opposite of patriarchy is not matriarchy, it is EQUALITY!
Let’s try not to put someone down to uplift ourselves. It’s time to accept the fact that we all need each other’s support.
A Healthy life and lifestyle is what every individual desires along with money and better close relationships. These are the key factors to live a happy and satisfied life and disbalance in any of the above leads humans to a stage of depression, stress and tension. Humans have been working since ages and have somewhat been able to maintain balance between all these, but surely all these three pillars of happy and pleasure life are surely connected to each other. As an old proverb comes to our mind that “health is wealth”, and surely is the element which every one wants to be better. If one is healthy enough, he would be able to work and earn better money and similarly have less stress and tension, thus would also maintain better relationships with close ones.
Considering today’s scenario, the era of Pandemic Covid -19 , one needs to remain fit and healthy so as to fight back and eradicate the existence of this disease until it’s vaccine comes into action. But “which factor truly defines a healthy person and good Health”. Immunity, the factor which defines how a healthy any individual is based on his/ her own day to day activities including both diet as well as physical work efforts. Immunity is the element which is helping people to recover from this .So it surely explains the importance of strong immunity for any individual to be healthy.
But human immunity has been observed to fall the scale from past few years in various parts of the world. This is surely due to an unbalanced lifestyle, more stress , tension and limited physical exercise. Man has made himself weak by also eating more of the junk food which definitely lacks the desired proteins and nutrients, and thus basic requirements due to which the body does suffer.
So we clearly understand the importance of immunity and how it has a key role to help us fight back, bacteria and other diseases. But the question which comes to mind is “How are we losing down on our immunity or why immunity levels are decreasing day by day in individuals”. So the reason for the same include:
Lack of physical exercise – Exercise helps to reduce stress and releases various antibodies which are effective to fight these Diseases.
Junk foods
Less water intake
Consumption of excessive caffeine
Smoking
Excessive alcohol and drugs
Consuming foods with Fat and sugar content
Lack of inadequate sleep.
These factors surely have an effect on our health and day to day activities and thus do affect our immune system and reduce it’s capabilities to fight back viruses, bacterias and other infections .
Therefore one should definitely come up with the plans to fight back this issue letting to reduce the immunity of individuals by working on the elements they lack in daily activities. This could surely include:
1-2 hour of exercise and yoga
Restricting To Eat oily and other junk food.
Consuming desired water content each day.
Reducing the content of caffeine in their drinks.
Stop smoking and it’s consumption
Adequate sleep.
“Weall know that health is surely the best and the most precious element which a human has and if he has it, then he could surely achieve heights and thus become successful. So in order to remain healthy one must focus on improving their immunity by boosting it with desired exercises and food and these small steps toward securing our own health, we would definitely make ourselves and also our surrounding healthy thus leasing to our neighborhood be stress free, relaxed and much happier”.
Mental health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is all about how people think, feel, and behave. People sometimes use the term “mental health” to mean the absence of a mental disorder.
However, this link also works in the other direction. Factors in people’s lives, interpersonal connections, and physical factors can all contribute to mental health disruptions.
Looking after mental health can preserve a person’s ability to enjoy life. Doing this involves reaching a balance between life activities, responsibilities, and efforts to achieve psychological resilience.
Conditions such as stress, depression, and anxiety can all affect mental health and disrupt a person’s routine.
Although the term mental health is in common use, many conditions that doctors recognize as psychological disorders have physical roots.
In this article, we explain what people mean by mental health and mental illness. We also describe the most common types of mental disorders, including their early signs and how to treat them.
What is mental health?
Mental health disorders are one of the leading causes of disability in the U.S.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO):
“Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.”
The WHO stress that mental health is “more than just the absence of mental disorders or disabilities.” Peak mental health is about not only avoiding active conditions but also looking after ongoing wellness and happiness.
They also emphasize that preserving and restoring mental health is crucial on an individual basis, as well as throughout different communities and societies the world over.
In the United States, the National Alliance on Mental Illness estimate that almost 1 in 5 adults experience mental health problems each year.
In 2017, an estimated 11.2 million adults in the U.S., or about 4.5% of adults, had a severe psychological condition, according to the National Institute of Mental Health
Risk factors for mental health conditions
Everyone has some risk of developing a mental health disorder, no matter their age, sex, income, or ethnicity.
In the U.S. and much of the developed world, mental disorders are one of the leading causes of disability.
Social and financial circumstances, biological factors, and lifestyle choices can all shape a person’s mental health.
A large proportion of people with a mental health disorder have more than one condition at a time.
It is important to note that good mental health depends on a delicate balance of factors and that several elements of life and the world at large can work together to contribute to disorders.
The following factors may contribute to mental health disruptions.
Continuous social and economic pressure
Having limited financial means or belonging to a marginalized or persecuted ethnic group can increase the risk of mental health disorders.
A 2015 study of 903 families in Iran identified several socioeconomic causes of mental health conditions, including poverty and living on the outskirts of a large city.
The researchers also explained the difference in the availability and quality of mental health treatment for certain groups in terms of modifiable factors, which can change over time, and nonmodifiable factors, which are permanent.
Modifiable factors for mental health disorders include:
socioeconomic conditions, such whether work is available in the local area
occupation
a person’s level of social involvement
education
housing quality
Nonmodifiable factors include:
gender
age
ethnicity
The study lists gender as both a modifiable and nonmodifiable factor. The researchers found that being female increased the risk of low mental health status by 3.96 times.
People with a “weak economic status” also scored highest for mental health conditions in this study.
Biological factors
The NIMH suggest that genetic family history can increase the likelihood of mental health conditions, as certain genes and gene variants put a person at higher risk.
However, many other factors contribute to the development of these disorders.
Having a gene with links to a mental health disorder, such as depression or schizophrenia, does not guarantee that a condition will develop. Likewise, people without related genes or a family history of mental illness can still have mental health issues.
Mental health conditions such as stress, depression, and anxiety may develop due to underlying, life-changing physical health problems, such as cancer, diabetes, and chronic pain.
Common mental health disorders
The most common types of mental illness are as follows:
anxiety disorders
mood disorders
schizophrenia disorders
Anxiety disorders
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness.
People with these conditions have severe fear or anxiety, which relates to certain objects or situations. Most people with an anxiety disorder will try to avoid exposure to whatever triggers their anxiety.
Examples of anxiety disorders include:
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
The American Psychiatric Association define GAD as disproportionate worry that disrupts everyday living.
People might also experience physical symptoms, including
restlessness
fatigue
tense muscles
interrupted sleep
A bout of anxiety symptoms does not necessarily need a specific trigger in people with GAD.
They may experience excessive anxiety on encountering everyday situations that do not present a direct danger, such as chores or keeping appointments. A person with GAD may sometimes feel anxiety with no trigger at all.
Panic disorders
People with a panic disorder experience regular panic attacks, which involve sudden, overwhelming terror or a sense of imminent disaster and death.
Phobias
There are different types of phobia:
Simple phobias: These might involve a disproportionate fear of specific objects, scenarios, or animals. A fear of spiders is a common example.
Social phobia: Sometimes known as social anxiety, this is a fear of being subject to the judgment of others. People with social phobia often restrict their exposure to social environments.
Agoraphobia: This term refers to a fear of situations in which getting away may be difficult, such as being in an elevator or moving train. Many people misunderstand this phobia as a fear of being outside.
Phobias are deeply personal, and doctors do not know every type. There could be thousands of phobias, and what might seem unusual to one person may be a severe problem that dominates daily life for another.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
People with OCD have obsessions and compulsions. In other words, they experience constant, stressful thoughts and a powerful urge to perform repetitive acts, such as hand washing.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
PTSD can occur after a person experiences or witnesses a deeply stressful or traumatic event.
During this type of event, the person thinks that their life or other people’s lives are in danger. They may feel afraid or that they have no control over what is happening.
These sensations of trauma and fear may then contribute to PTSD.
Mood disorders
People may also refer to mood disorders as affective disorders or depressive disorders.
People with these conditions have significant changes in mood, generally involving either mania, which is a period of high energy and elation, or depression. Examples of mood disorders include:
Major depression: An individual with major depression experiences a constant low mood and loses interest in activities and events that they previously enjoyed. They can feel prolonged periods of sadness or extreme sadness.
Bipolar disorder: A person with bipolar disorder experiences unusual changes in their mood, energy levels, levels of activity, and ability to continue with daily life. Periods of high mood are known as manic phases, while depressive phases bring on low mood.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD): Reduced daylight triggers during the fall, winter, and early spring months trigger this type of major depression. It is most common in countries far from the equator.
Schizophrenia disorders
Mental health authorities are still trying to determine whether schizophrenia is a single disorder or a group of related illnesses. It is a highly complex condition.
Signs of schizophrenia typically develop between the ages of 16 and 30 years, according to the NIMH. The individual will have thoughts that appear fragmented, and they may also find it hard to process information.
Schizophrenia has negative and positive symptoms. Positive symptoms include delusions, thought disorders, and hallucinations. Negative symptoms include withdrawal, lack of motivation, and a flat or inappropriate mood.
Early signs
There is no physical test or scan that reliably indicates whether a person has developed a mental illness. However, people should look out for the following as possible signs of a mental health disorder:
withdrawing from friends, family, and colleagues
avoiding activities that they would normally enjoy
sleeping too much or too little
eating too much or too little
feeling hopeless
having consistently low energy
using mood-altering substances, including alcohol and nicotine, more frequently
displaying negative emotions
being confused
being unable to complete daily tasks, such as getting to work or cooking a meal
having persistent thoughts or memories that reappear regularly
thinking of causing physical harm to themselves or others
hearing voices
experiencing delusions
Treatment
There are various methods for managing mental health problems. Treatment is highly individual, and what works for one person may not work for another.
Some strategies or treatments are more successful in combination with others. A person living with a chronic mental disorder may choose different options at various stages in their life.
The individual needs to work closely with a doctor who can help them identify their needs and provide them with suitable treatment.
Treatments can include:
Psychotherapy, or talking therapies
This type of treatment takes a psychological approach to treating mental illness. Cognitive behavioural Therapy, exposure therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy are examples.
Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, and some primary care physicians carry out this type of treatment.
It can help people understand the root of their mental illness and start to work on more healthful thought patterns that support everyday living and reduce the risk of isolation and self-harm.
Medication
Some people take prescribed medications, such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, and anxiolytic drugs.
Although these cannot cure mental disorders, some medications can improve symptoms and help a person resume social interaction and a normal routine while they work on their mental health.
Some of these medications work by boosting the body’s absorption of feel-good chemicals, such as serotonin, from the brain. Other drugs either boost the overall levels of these chemicals or prevent their degradation or destruction.
Self-help
A person coping with mental health difficulties will usually need to make changes to their lifestyle to facilitate wellness.
Such changes might include reducing alcohol intake, sleeping more, and eating a balanced, nutritious diet. People may need to take time away from work or resolve issues with personal relationships that may be causing damage to their mental health.
People with conditions such as an anxiety or depressive disorder may benefit from relaxation techniques, which include deep breathing, meditation, and mindfulness.
Having a support network, whether via self-help groups or close friends and family, can also be essential to recovery from mental illness.
Suicide prevention
If you know someone at immediate risk of self-harm, suicide, or hurting another person:
Ask the tough question: “Are you considering suicide?”
Listen to the person without judgment.
Call 911 or the local emergency number, or text TALK to 741741 to communicate with a trained crisis counselor.
Stay with the person until professional help arrives.
Try to remove any weapons, medications, or other potentially harmful objects.
Space may be the final frontier, but it continues to pose myriad technical challenges as commercial and government-driven space investment continues. One of those challenges is developing more effective space-based communication systems for the increasing number of satellites and spacecrafts that need to interact with one another in the void. A team of researchers has developed an algorithm to enable cognitive radio functions on satellite communications systems to adapt themselves autonomously.
Current space communication systems deploy radio-resource selection algorithms, but they are rudimentary and work with a pre-programmed look-up table. Furthermore, they have little flexibility regarding the various parameters for the performance goals the system needs to achieve. Researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Pennsylvania State University and NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center, have designed a new algorithm that allows autonomous parameter selection for radio resource allocated using a novel artificial intelligence architecture.
Credit : Third Party Reference
Autonomous space communication is critical because space is a harsh environment. A number of things can go wrong in space, which why space communications systems should be able to operate without human intervention. The team’s algorithms could serve as the core of a new cognitive engine (CE) used as a baseline for developing communication systems for the next generation of spacecraft and satellites.
The team developed a CE design that autonomously selects multiple radio transmitter settings while attempting to achieve multiple conflicting goals in a dynamically changing communications channel. It accomplishes this by leveraging reinforcement learning (RL) and “virtual exploration” structures studied in the author’s previous research. The CE integrates these with a novel artificial neural network ensemble design and new algorithms to implement the exploitation aspect of multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL).
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Through RL, the artificial neural network can be trained to adapt to the dynamic conditions of space through multiple trials and experiments, as the algorithm is set up to learn in a manner similar to the human brain by weighing inputs to achieve a goal. In the researchers’ CE, the system can learn how to adapt to achieve multiple goals for satellite communication.
The proof-of-concept design was created through computational simulations as well as ground- and spaced-based experiments. It successfully addresses the limitations of current technology by enabling:
Table-free state-action mapping with fixed memory size;
Operation over dynamically changing channels;
Decoupling of states from actions &
Usage of continuous action and state spaces.
As space exploration continues to develop with trips to the moon and Mars, cognitive radio and communication systems will be essential for space flight. There will be a need for space “internetworking” to manage the interaction of user spacecrafts, relay spacecrafts and ground stations. This new CE could be a needed progression for space communication to be more efficient and reliable for any situation encountered during space travel.
Typhoid Fever or Typhoid is a systemic enteric infection caused by bacteria usually through ingestion of contaminated food or water. The disease is also referred by several other names such as Gastric Fever, Enteric Fever, Abdominal Typhus, Infantile Remittent Fever, Slow Fever, Nervous Fever, and Pythogenic Fever. The disease causes several symptoms causing mild to severe problems for the patients. The symptoms are generally seen from six to thirty days after exposure. Generally there is the gradual onset of high fever for several days, weakness, abdominal pain, constipation, headaches, and vomiting. Some people also develop a skin rash with red colored spots. The cause of the disease is the bacterium Salmonella typhi which is also known as Salmonella enterica serotype typhi , mainly growing in the intestines and blood. Risk factors include poor sanitation and poor hygiene. Diagnosis of the disease is done by either culturing the bacteria or detecting the bacterium’s DNA in the blood, stool, or bone marrow. Culturing the bacterium is little bit difficult so Bone marrow testing is the mostly used method. It has been observed that a typhoid vaccine can prevent about 40-90% of the infection during the first 2-7 years. But this vaccine is always recommended for the people at high risk or travelling to the places where this disease is so common. Other efforts which can be done to prevent the disease are clean drinking water, good sanitation, and hand washing. The disease is usually treated with several antibiotics such as Azithromycin, Fluoroquinolones or third generation cephalosporins.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Usually, the complete course of untreated typhoid fever is divided into 4 different stages, where the each stage lasts for a week which makes the patient completely exhausted. • In the first week, the body temperature of the patient rises slowly, and the fever fluctuations are generally seen with relative bradycardia, malaise, headache, and cough. A bloody nose is also seen in this quarter of the disease and abdominal pain is also possible. There is also a decrease in the number of WBCs. Widal test is negative in the first week of the disease.
• In the second week, the person is often too tired to get up, with a very high fever and bradycardia is continued in this stage also with dicrotic pulse wave. In this stage, Delirium is frequent which gives the typhoid another name i.e. NERVOUS FEVER. Rose spots also appear on the lower chest and abdomen. Rhonchi are heard in lung bases. Diarrhea can occur in this stage : six to eight stools in a day, green, comparable to pea soup, with a characteristic foul smell. However, constipation is also frequent. The spleen and liver is enlarged and liver transaminases are elevated. Patients can still test positive.
The major symptoms of this fever is that the fever usually rises in the afternoon up to the first and second week.
• In the third week of the fever, a number of complications can occur like : Intestinal hemorrhage due to bleeding in congested Peyer’s patches: it can be very serious but is not usually fatal. Intestinal perforation in the distal ileum: this is a very serious complication and is usually fatal. Encephalitis. Respiratory diseases such as pneumonia and acute bronchitis. Neuropsychiatric symptoms with picking at bedclothes or imaginary objects. Metastatic abscesses, cholestasis, endocarditis, and osteitis. The fever is usually very high and oscillates very little over 24 hours. Dehydration is also caused. Platelet count goes down and risk of bleeding rises.
Product dupes/counterfeit products are doing the rounds in the market, they are available at cheap prices and are sold by squatters and illegal traders, they can be found at every other corner of the city and are even found online, they can be harmful to our health and many of us are obsessed with buying such products. Be it cosmetics, hand bags, watches or even clothes. An awareness surrounding this topic is necessary along with the precaution to stop the cycle of fake products in the market.
Cosmetic products–
You can easily find thousands of bad quality dupes available online or in stores and they have the most disgusting and ghastly chemical used to make them, they can damage your skin cause irritations and even allergies. Just because they are available at a cheap prices we are lured into buying them. Be it nail polishes, lipsticks or even eye makeup. Most of them contain toxic resins, glues and even fake colours which can harm us.
Handbags and purses–
They are found online and even in many tiny markets or flea markets, one can differentiate between a branded handbag and a fake handbag based on the quality of the leather or material or the straps and even the interior of the bag, even the sloppy stitching, the weight of the bag and the lock of the purse or bag can give one an idea about its brand.
Shoes/Footwear–
Many of these small stores or markets sell fake shoes and there are many factories and business which mint a lot of money, the quality is quite bad and by the weight of the shoe and the shoelaces one can easily figure out if its fake or real, There are many online sites which actually sell fake shoes at whole sale prices and most of the markets in south Asia harbour this business along with the production of fake shoes.
Clothing–
This is one of the biggest market which mints a huge amount of money, and its present all over the world, even though people are aware about the fake products, they still go ahead and buy the fake clothing as it available at a cheap price and is in trend. Many of us really don’t need a reason to shop. By checking the stitching on the cloth/clothing products one can identify if it real or counterfeit, even the zipper of the real product be it a jacket or a pair of jeans should move easily. Mostly the buttons of the branded products would have the signature logo name or design on it. The fabric would be of a good quality.
Accessories–
Watches, goggles or sun glasses can also be counterfeit, it’s very important that one checks the durability of the product along with the warranty as well as the price and, in case of watches on one needs to check behind the dial to see the embossed logo and also to check the strap and the documents guaranteeing the originality, in case of sunglasses it better if bought from the brand store itself, if buying online one needs to be very cautious.
It’s mostly the road side sellers and other mini markets which tend to sell counterfeit products and even on online e-commerce sites one should check the reviews, the seller, the description of the product and also the number of buyers to be sure if its real or not. Hence one needs to be careful before buying products.
Eduindex 
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