Centre tightens control on Pregabalin amid rising abuse among youth | India News

NEW DELHI: Amid rising reports of young people misusing Pregabalin for its sedative, euphoric and dissociative effects, the Centre has brought the widely prescribed pain and neurological drug under the stricter Schedule H1 category, tightening rules on its sale and prescription.The Union health ministry amended the Drugs Rules, 1945 through the Drugs (Second Amendment) Rules,…

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Mental health crisis in UK: Nurses’ workload ‘unmanageable’ as patients face risk of harm, poll finds

The poll found that only around one in five specialist mental health nurses consider their workload manageable Mental health patients in the UK are “routinely coming to harm” due to rising caseloads, chronic understaffing and excessive administrative burden, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).The poll found that only around one…

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Weeks after Bill Gates announced his plan to shut down Gates Foundation; CEO sends ‘layoff memo’ to employees saying: This is a challenging time for our organization in …

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has started informing its employees about upcoming layoffs, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, the Foundation has sent a memo to its staff informing them to cut up to 500 jobs, or roughly 20% of its workforce. For those unaware, Gates has previously announced plans to…

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Octopus Intelligence: From opening jar lids to facial recognition: Why octopuses are considered smart and Earth’s oldest brainiacs?

Octopuses are surprisingly intelligent, with two-thirds of their neurons in their arms, allowing them to solve puzzles, escape enclosures, and even recognize human faces. These mollusks demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills, as evidenced by a lab octopus that raided fish tanks at night. Their intelligence evolved independently from humans, making them unique among invertebrates. Octopuses might…

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Goldman Sachs CIO Marco Argenti may have just told so many IT companies that you are doing AI wrong by telling your employees to …

Goldman Sachs tech boss Marco Argenti recently said that companies may be focusing on the wrong thing by measuring how employees use artificial intelligence (AI) at work. While many firms are pushing workers to use AI tools at work more often, Argenti believes that tracking employee’s AI usage is the wrong way to measure whether…

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