New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlight need for increased, sustained investment in the development of mental health services in areas affected by conflict. 

One in five people (22%) living in an area affected by conflict has depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, and about 9% of conflict-affected populations have a moderate to severe mental health condition, according to an analysis of 129 studies published in The Lancet. The figures are substantially higher than the global estimate for these mental health conditions in the general population, which stands at one in 14 people.

Depression and anxiety appeared to increase with age in conflict settings, and depression was more common among women than men. 

The findings suggest that past studies underestimated the burden of mental health conditions in conflict-affected areas – with higher rates of severe mental health conditions (5% at any one time in the new study compared to 3-4% over a 12-month-period in the 2005 estimates), and also of mild to moderate mental health conditions (17% at any one time in the new estimates compared to 15-20% over a 12-month period in previous estimates). 

Overall, the mean prevalence was highest for mild mental health conditions (13%), for moderate the prevalence was 4%, and for severe conditions the prevalence was 5%.

The revised estimates use research from 129 studies and data from 39 countries published between 1980 and August 2017, including 45 new studies published between 2013 and August 2017. Settings that have experienced conflict in the last 10 years were included. There was limited data for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, so estimates for these conditions were based on global estimates and do not take into account any increased risk of these conditions in conflict settings. Cases were categorised as mild, moderate or severe. Natural disasters and public health emergencies, such as Ebola, were not included. 

“I am confident that our study provides the most accurate estimates available today of the prevalence of mental health conditions in areas of conflict,” said lead author of the study Fiona Charlson of the University of Queensland, Australia and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, USA. “Estimates from previous studies have been inconsistent, with some finding inconceivably low or high rates. In this study we used more stringent inclusion and exclusion criteria for the literature search, and advanced search strategies and statistical methods.” 

Currently, there are major conflict-induced humanitarian crises in a number of countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. In 2016, the number of armed conflicts reached an all-time high, with 53 ongoing conflicts in 37 countries and 12% of the world’s population living in an active conflict zone. Nearly 69 million people worldwide have been forcibly displaced by violence and conflict, the highest number since World War II. 

“The new estimates, together with already available practical tools for helping people with mental health conditions in emergencies, add yet more weight to the argument for immediate and sustained investment, so that mental and psychosocial support is made available to all people in need living through conflict and its aftermath,” said study author Dr Mark van Ommeren, of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the World Health Organization. 

Dr van Ommeren concludes: “In conflict situations and other humanitarian emergencies, WHO provides support in many ways: firstly, by supporting coordination and by assessing the mental health needs of populations affected, secondly by determining what existing support is available on the ground and what more is needed; and thirdly by helping provide the capacity for support when it isn’t sufficient, either through training or bringing in additional resources. Despite their tragic consequences, when the political will exists, emergencies can be catalysts for building quality, sustainable mental health services that continue to help people in the long-term.” 

The authors note some limitations due to the complexity of data collection in conflict settings, which means that there is variation in the data used, and so there is uncertainty in the estimates. In addition, cultural variation in diagnosis and changes in diagnostic criteria might have affected prevalence estimates. 

Past research has suggested that psychosis is more common in populations affected by conflict. However, the new estimates for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are based on global averages, not specifically conflict settings, so these may underestimate the issue. 

This study was funded by WHO, Queensland Department of Health, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It was conducted by researchers from University of Queensland, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, WHO, and Harvard University.

Dilip Singh Rana aka The Great Khali of India who has played a major role in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) may have said goodbye to the WWE but his name is still discussed with respect.

In the WWE, Khali’s name has once again been discussed in the discussion. This time in the Khali discussions have come to a disciple who is going to step in the WWE soon.

The name of this disciple of Khali is Sagar Nama. Sagar, identified by the name of Ben Jacks, has been selected in the WWE. Sagar has already started training in USA & Japan.

Earlier, Sagar has also participated in Continental Wrestling Entertainment (CWE) organized by Khali in India. Sagar learned from the wrestling bet of his master Dilip Singh Rana (The Great Khali).

The 21-year-old Sagar has been taking professional wrestling training in Continental Wrestling Entertainment in Jalandhar for the past two years. Sagar has played more than 50 matches so far, out of which more than 30 have won.

It would be interesting to see that even if he can follow the footsteps of his Guru The Great Khali.

He got injured during training twice, he tore his *shoulder cuff rotator* and also had an injury in his thigh. He used to face a lot of pain due to his injury and had made his mind about giving up and leaving this field forever.

But, His American Coach Ethan HD inspired him, Sagar recalls his words and says “There is no wrestling without pain”

He started his training again, under Coach Ethan HD inspiring guidance. 

Sagar says”Pain has become a part of me now”

He also shared that he eats over 20 eggs, half kg Chicken, almonds, protein shake, brown bread, milk, rice, and fruits. This is his diet per day, the diet also has to be changed according to the season change.

New Delhi : Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways and Steel Minister discussed the challenges being faced by the steel sector and the import-export trends with steel producers in New Delhi today.

Both the Ministers assured the steel industry that Ministries of Commerce & Industry and Steel will make all efforts to ensure that engineering goods exports double in the next 5 years and reach USD 200 billion by 2030.

This will not only boost India’s exports but will also generate jobs in the manufacturing sector especially the MSME sector.

Although India is the second largest manufacturers of steel but India is also a net importer of steel. Representatives of the steel industry and the Engineering Export Councils discussed in detail with Commerce and Steel Ministers the protectionist measures being imposed by other countries and the under-utilised capacity in steel manufacturing in India.

Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan discussed at length the measures that both Commerce and Industry and Steel Ministry may take, both tariff and non-tariff, to reduce unnecessary imports and boost exports.

The MSME sector steel manufacturers urged steel producers to supply raw material at concessional prices so that the MSME sector can compete in international markets.

The meeting was attended by Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Faggansingh Kulaste, MoS Steel, Secretary Steel, Binoy Kumar, Secretary Commerce, Anup Wadhawan, DGFT, Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi, senior officers of Department of Commerce and Steel Ministry, Chairman SAIL, all members of EEPCs, Indian Steel Association, steel makers and manufacturers and other associations of the steel sector.

The evolution of mankind into a superior species has been due to its supreme control over machines. For doing repetitive jobs without having human errors, machines are perfect. They deliver pre-defined outcomes with 100% efficiency. Algo trading in financial markets is essentially 

machine trading in almost the purest sense.

However, the pitch for Algo/HFT (High Frequency Trade) trading in India has been queered, thanks to unrelated issues. What started out as perhaps a corporate governance issue at a stock exchange due to purported misuse of co-location facilities by brokers, has quickly snowballed into a controversy, where technologies that deliver faster results seem to be at the receiving end. In the recent past, there have been a lot of media reports in respect of the Algorithmic / HFT debate and on the need for some tighter regulation. Regulating a technology may not be the best answer!

The issue appeared in the limelight when reportedly a Singapore based whistle blower complained to market regulator SEBI in January, 2015 regarding the ‘misuse’ of co-location facilities at a leading exchange by some brokers. While the regulator will ultimately take its views on the alleged transgressions, this episode has brought to the fore the burning issue whether the technology at collocation is being misused by some HFT trading firms, and indirectly putting pressure on SEBI to “do something”.

Two very different issues viz. corporate governance lapses and advent of a game-changing technology are being unfairly clubbed together, despite not a shred of evidence to conclusively prove that technology is indeed the villain. If anything, the ‘fat finger’ has caused more market disruptions. 

In essence the complaints have alleged two things. One, that there was favorable access granted to some firms and this happened by oversight in system design or by intentional collusion by certain people in the exchange. Second, some firms were allowed to install high speed links across exchanges using unlicensed vendors, by-passing an internal policy of the exchange. Clearly, these are essentially corporate governance matters.  

Algo/HFT trading is not an unfair advantage. Merely using a machine does not hand anybody any great advantage. Using a car, when people walk on roads or use a cycle to commute, would by that logic be illegal. The technology for accessing the exchanges ranges from manual order entry through exchange terminals and Order Management Systems (CTCL), Direct Market Access for sophisticated clients (DMA), Internet trading for retail investors and colocation facilities (colo) for proprietary traders and brokers offering lower latency access to clients. Faster and cheaper trades is the mantra and technology is driving this paradigm shift.

Algos are used for efficient trade execution. Some types of algos employ trading strategies that are more reliant on speed of execution and can be referred to as high frequency trading (HFT) algos. HFT algos are commonly used for market making. Floor brokers/jobbers offered manual market making in the past. However, technology evolution has largely automated this function and enabled market making in a wider set of the 35000 contracts and securities in India.

Algos do not make any unauthorized use of the market and are operated from the colocation facilities as well as broker and client/investor offices. Algos from non-colo locations largely use CTCL and DMA technology access. Market participants use this diversity of algos and technology access to trade as per their specific needs and the economics of their business models. 

The other perspective to understand is whether the collocation provides unfair access to certain participants. Time is essentially money in the stock trading business. Even when electronic trading started prior to availability of colo facilities, participants outside Mumbai were at significant disadvantage as compared to those located within Mumbai – due to the distance their orders had to travel electronically. Collocation access has now leveled the playing field.

With algos becoming the dominant tool for execution of investment ideas, traders’ success is now tied to adopting algo technologies that are now increasingly available at lower costs as the number of vendors increase. Brokers too are emerging that offer algo-ready platforms, reducing the need for traders to themselves invest heavily in technology. 

Globally, collocation is a common feature across all mature markets and the market share of algo /HFT is more than half of the volume. The automation in algos enables programs to offer bid/offers in a large number of products concurrently, increasing market efficiency. Despite all the hullabaloos, no major market has curtailed algorithmic trading as they recognize that the system wide ramification of such a move is disastrous.   

Painting algo/HFT trading in bad light is the easiest recourse any authority can take, but that would be unfair.

The two separate issues of corporate governance and technology use need to be treated independently.  The use of a technology can be broadened but organization-level misuse is not connected to a particular technology. However, this is what is precisely happening with algo/HFT trading.

While it is irrefutable that when a new technology is adapted in an industry there can always be a few hiccups, but stifling the technology keeps the playing field uneven for a longer period of time.

Bhavya Munjal a 22 years old prominent dietitian, nutritionist and owner of the company BFitWorld from Delhi, India has been changing the dynamics of the health and well-being game from the past 10 years and ever since his sole initiative has been to learn and grow in the same field. 

Bhavya’s Diet consulting proficiency spans most nutrition sub-specialities like paediatrics, adolescent, adult and sports. He is dedicated to forging and maintaining a beautiful bond with food. Be it a special diet for running your next marathon, modifying your lifestyle for certain medical condition, or simply staying in shape, Bhavya hold your hand from the beginning to the finish line.

Bhavya in the recent years has gained a vast amount of expose for himself and his company BFitWorld, by consulting clients against supplement but natural nutrition usage. Bhavya Munjal strongly believes in the fact that most people don’t need to take vitamin supplements and are able to get all the vitamins and minerals they need by eating a healthy, balanced diet. He believes, by taking supplements people are harming their own body as many supplements contain active ingredients that have strong biological effects in the body. This could make them unsafe in some situations and hurt or complicate people’s health and according to him supplementing your diet without a proper consultation can cause weight gain and more harm to the health

He has worked with clients from all walks of life, from mothers, families, businessmen, sportsmen to artists and celebrities. Bhavya believe that healthy foods and eating habits are determined by choice, not compulsion. He also believe that taste should not be sacrificed to make way for health, in order to guarantee clients great results he take into account clients full medical history, their personal preferences along with their health goal and plans their diet and modifies their lifestyle.

Press Releases were originally defined as an official statement issued to newspapers giving information on a particular matter, as defined by Wikipedia. With the world going digital, news became digital too and so did the forms of news, press releases and advertisements. With the advent of digitisation all over the world, India to joined the league. We called it the ‘Digital India Campaign’. It brought a large mass of people online and gave them an active presence in the world. 

Attention Span Of The Millennials

The Millennials don’t indulge in conventional newspaper reading anymore. They are more interested in grabbing bits and pieces of information from every possible information source, irrespective of the medium. Here, the attention span is less so the idea conveyed needs to be crisp and clear. Not only this, entrepreneurs, success coaches, business gurus swear by saving time as the key to productivity. 

Digital Image- The Most Credible Reputation

Search Engine Reputation is the most credible nowadays. Most viewers don’t recheck the news they consume from their favourite news channels. You are considered to be more or less what the top online channels and search engines portray you. This makes Online Press Releases one of the easiest ways to build your reputation. 

Online Press Releases: Eco-Friendly News Distribution

The world can’t deny the harm that has been done to nature, in segments of vested interests. But slowly people and mindsets are changing to save paper and trees. The old age concept of newspaper publishing, distribution and dedicated readership is fading away. Therefore, Online Press Releases are the replacement of newspapers. This is because newspapers are valid only for a few minutes of skimming and scanning. However, the Online Press Releases may be live for a period of 9-12 months or even longer over the web. 

News Source: DIGPU

For more information on Online Press Releases, visit www. digpu.com

Himanshu Bansal is an Entrepreneur who also works as a social media expert. He works with celebrities that make him popular as well. His social media work also helps him to socialize with big celebrities personally.

When asked about his experience while working as social media expert Himanshu says, “I’m working as a social media expert for a long time. I’ve designed many campaigns that help in brand building. This helps me established me as a social media expert as well as earn a good name in the entertainment industry. Whenever I helped celebrities getting their profile verified, they support me by giving shout-outs among their followers. This makes me popular among celebrity fan base as well helps me socialize among celebrities. In addition, many other benefits that strengthen my career as a social media expert.

Himanshu, who is now a successful name in the world of social media management, shared the importance of social media in establishing brand popularity. While sharing his experiences Himanshu explained the importance of social media for brand building. According to him, the effective use of social media helps in establishing the business and its potential growth. Brand awareness involves the creation of the content that will drag users attention, generate leads, increase brand visibility and make a strong follower base.

He manages celebrities accounts so that they get a good exposure on social media accounts in a more effective way. He also curates a campaign to help them reach the set target and solve their social media problem. His works makes him popular both in India as well as overseas.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee has voted in favour of the effectiveness and safety of a new combination drug for highly drug resistant forms of Tuberculosis. 

In a statement issued here, TB Allaince claimed the FDA had said that there is substantial evidence of the effectiveness and sufficient evidence of the safety of pretomanid as part of a combination regimen with bedaquiline and linezolid, in adults for the treatment of pulmonary extensively drug resistant (XDR) or treatment-intolerant or non responsive multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis.

Pretomanid, an investigational anti-TB drug, is the subject of a New Drug Application (NDA) currently under Priority Review by the FDA and a Marketing Authorization Application under review by the European Medicines Agency. It has been developed by TB Alliance, a non-profit drug developer, as part of an all-oral combination therapy known as the BPaL regimen (comprised of bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid).

“We are encouraged by the advisory committee’s vote in favor of pretomanid for use in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid for the treatment of highly-resistant forms of TB and we look forward to the FDA’s final action,” said Mel Spigelman, president and CEO of TB Alliance.

The committee’s vote was based on a review of safety and efficacy data from 19 clinical studies, including an interim analysis of the pivotal Phase 3 Nix-TB trial of subjects with XDR-TB or MDR-TB who were treatment-intolerant or non-responsive. A modified intent-to-treat analysis of Nix-TB data included in the regulatory submission indicated that treatment with the BPaL regimen resulted in a favorable outcome in 90 percent of patients after six months of treatment and six months of post-treatment follow-up.

The advisory committee’s non-binding vote is taken into consideration by the FDA as part of its evaluation of the NDA. The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) action date for an FDA decision is in August 2019.

Tuberculosis is a global disease, found in every country in the world. It is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people fell ill from active TB and 1.6 million died. It is an airborne disease that can be spread by coughing or sneezing. Cases of drug-resistant TB continue to increase, with more than half a million cases of drug-resistant TB reported in 2017 and an estimated 127 countries reporting cases of XDR-TB.

TB Alliance is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding faster-acting and affordable drug regimens to fight TB. Through innovative science and with partners around the globe, we aim to ensure equitable access to faster, better TB cures that will advance global health and prosperity. TB Alliance operates with support from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research through KfW, Global Health Innovative Technology Fund, Indonesia Health Fund, Irish Aid, Medical Research Council (United Kingdom), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Kingdom Department for International Development, and the United States Agency for International Development.

Dreams and aspirations know no boundaries. Dreamers have surpassed borders of limited means to achieving ultimate goals in their life. At a time when cricket pundits are biting nails after watching the immensely talented Mumbai-based cricketer, Prithvi Shaw hitting the ball out of the park effortlessly, a 20-years-old boy, Aniket Shaw is spinning the 5.5 ounces leather ball for crafting his way to the pride of the Indian cricket.

In India, cricket is like a religion. Like any other passionate Indian child, Aniket too was driven by the feeling of playing cricket. Hence, in the year 2011 when team India lifted the Cricket World Cup after 28 years, Aniket lifted willow and wicket-keeping gloves to hit the 22 yards. Initially, Aniket aspired to become a wicketkeeper-batsman but could not prove his mettle with bat and gloves.

One day during his net practice session in Kolkata, he picked up the Kookaburra ball and started spinning it on the pitch. To his disbelief, the coach of Aniket was surprised and impressed at the talent of the boy and insisted him to stick to balling only. Aniket marks this incident as a breakthrough and turning point in his cricketing career.

After rigorous training and practice sessions on nets, Aniket finally played his debut match as a right-arm spin bowler at Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. The debutant picked up and a hattrick against Rajasthan in that match and left the spectators stunned.  

“Everyone appreciated the variations in my ball that day. It filled me with more and more confident about my bowling abilities and motivated me to work harder on polishing my skills.”

With every noble goal there are psychological and physiological challenges waiting in the way, Aniket was not different. He had to hold his training and drop cricket ball for next year because of his intermediate studies. After one year he did his comeback and once again he excelled by saving 13 wickets in his kit in 5 different matches on a tour to Haryana. For his phenomenal performance as the highest wicket-taker in the tournament, he was awarded the Man of the match trophy and was facilitated by the Haryana government. The same year Aniket was signed up by a Kolkata first division club in 2016-17 domestic session. Hereafter he was called for the Indian Premier League practice sessions for senior IPL players.

Aniket remembers, “I was selected as a net-practice bowler for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) club. It was a golden opportunity for me. In that season I was fortunate to bowl to Gautam bhaiyya (former cricket batsman Gautam Gambhir). He was quite impressed with my bowling and gave me some learning. He also recommended the Eden Garden management to arrange a practice session for me the next year as well.”

“..The same year I also practiced with the Indian team at Eden Gardens in November 2017.  It was a great opportunity for me. I was destined to share nets with the senior bowlers and interact with them.”

So far Aniket has practiced in three different IPL sessions and once with the team India. In 2018-19, he was picked up by a team in North East India for under-19. His performance was again up to the mark as per the composition of the other players. This year also he has played three practice matches with the KKR team which he marks as the boost in his career.  

As currently, the Indian team in England is eyeing for another World Cup win, Aniket is looking forward to the prestigious ‘Ranji Trophy’.

With a smile on his face, Aniket says, “There are a few teams who are in sync with me for Ranji and trying to sign me up for the squad this season. I am confident enough to get a place in the squad. There is the contribution of many people in my life so far, but my mom has always been the most supportive of all.” Aniket is also pursuing his B.Tech 4th year.  

The dream becomes a reality if you have the passion and belief in yourself and the capacity to work hard to achieve your goals in real. Boopesh Reddy, a well-known businessman from Bengaluru and petro head, MD of Bren Corporation he is in infrastructure and development and property development business from a long time.

Boopesh Reddy is also famous for his car collection supercar collector he has given a name for his  Garage “BrenGarage” where you find his super collection, and he has all the beast car in his Garage. His dream was to collect top vehicles of the world when he started his business in stating he did not have that much capacity, but as we say when you have the passion for achieving something in life and guts to work hard for it, then nothing is impossible in this world. This line suits perfectly to Boopesh Reddy, who is now having a top collection, and his dream has become a reality because of his hard work.

Boopesh Reddy not only collects cars, but he likes to drive on speed circuits in Chennai and other circuits like buddha circuit to feel the heat, sound of beast cars. He also goes to long drive he recently went to Assam Shillong for a long ride with one of his supercar, he shared the photos of his driving journey on Instagram.  

Boopesh Reddy also keeps cars shows at his BrenGarage in Bengaluru for all the car enthusiast every time. He feels we did not have such collectors in our time else he would have visited that place every day to see his dream cars.

It is great to see a businessman takes out his time for his hobbies and love of his life not all can do it. But Boopesh Reddy is different from others, and he has balanced his life beautifully. He is growing in business and also living his personal life royally with luxurious wheels which no one has till now in India. If you see his whole collection, it is simply outstanding and inspiration to all the businessman how to live life when you have the money to purchase it.

It will be interesting to see now which Super-car will make a place in Boopesh Reddy’s BrenGarage.