2019 – LEKH

Former India Test cricketer Madhav Apte passes away

September 23, 2019

Former India Test opener Madhav Apte, aged 86, passed away at the Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai on Monday morning. Apte played seven Tests for India in the early 1950s, five of which came in and against West Indies. Among the 542 runs (at an average of 49.27) that he finished his Test career with, there were two fine centuries (a highest score of 163) in the two Port-of-Spain matches – against a bowling attack that had Frank King, Gerry Gomez, Frank Worrell, Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin. Despite such a successful series in West Indies, Apte was never pickedRead More

Blog, Health

It’s Safe to Follow the Vaccine Schedule for Babies

September 23, 2019

An increasing number of parents are concerned about vaccinating their children, questioning doctors about the necessity and safety of following the immunization schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). However, decades of studies have demonstrated that vaccines are safe and that administering vaccines according to CDC guidelines is critical for building immunity in young bodies, experts told Live Science. Parents worried about vaccines tend to ask similar questions, said Dr. Robert Jacobson, a physician in pediatric and adolescent medicine with the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. They want to know if it’s more painful to get threeRead More

Blog, Health

Through my eyes: Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS)

September 22, 2019

There is a new condition that is affecting marijuana users at a growing rate, and it’s called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS). We had never heard of marijuana causing nausea or vomiting and were only familiar with its various health benefits. CHS causes abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, and the vomiting can result in dehydration. This dehydration can lead to a type of kidney failure that experts refer to as cannabinoid hyperemesis acute renal failure, and in severe cases, it can even result in death. The reason why I know so much about this is that it happened to my son.Read More

Blog, Technology

International Space Station

September 22, 2019

The International Space Station is an orbiting laboratory and construction site that synthesizes the scientific expertise of 16 nations to maintain a permanent human outpost in space. While floating some 240 miles (390 kilometers) above Earth’s surface, the space station has hosted a rotating international crew since November 2000. Astronauts and supplies are ferried by the U.S. space shuttles and the Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft. Astronauts who reach the facility aboard one of these missions typically live and work in orbit for about six months. Simply by spending time in orbit, astronauts reveal much more about how humans canRead More

Blog, Music

Thom Yorke opens up about death of former partner in emotional ‘Desert Island Discs’ interview

September 22, 2019

Thom Yorke has opened up about the death of his former partner in an emotional Desert Island Discs interview with Lauren Laverne. The Radiohead frontman spoke about the “hard time” he and his family went through after his former partner, Rachel Owen, died from cancer in 2016 aged 48. Prior to separating in 2015, the pair had two children together and were partners for 23 years. As reported in The Guardian, when asked about being a father Yorke told Laverne: “I can’t hope to be their mum but we’re alright. I’m just really proud of them both. It stuns meRead More

Blog, Politics

One Poll Result Gave Such Power?

September 22, 2019

Pune: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it was an insult to Lord Ram that people were being killed in his name as he hit out at the spate of lynchings in the country. “What have we seen in the past six years? It started with the killing of Mohsin Shaikh in Pune. Then, Mohd Akhlaq was killed because he was reportedly carrying beef. However, it was reported later that it was not beef. Even if it was beef, who gave anyone the right to kill a person?” he asked. The Congress leader, who was speaking at an eventRead More

Blog, Music

Selena Gomez en Español: Watch 9 Times She’s Connected to Her Latin Roots

September 22, 2019

The follow-up to pop superstar Selena Gomez’s 2015 Revival album is “finally done,” she recently revealed. While a release date hasn’t been announced yet, another question that’s surrounding the hotly anticipated record is the direction in which Gomez will take with it. The most recent singles that she’s jumped on have seen her cross over to the Latin music world. With her recent stint in Latin music, a feature on DJ Snake’s “Taki Taki” alongside Ozuna, Gomez notched a No. 1 hit on both Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart for 13 nonconsecutive weeks and the Latin Rhythm Airplay chart forRead More

Blog, Sports

Rankings Winners & Losers: Karolina Pliskova closes in on No. 1

September 22, 2019

“Tennis doesn’t have an idea problem,” former USTA head of pro tennis Arlen Kantarian told a group of our editors 20 years ago. “It has a get-it-done problem.” The question we were discussing wasn’t a new one: Why doesn’t tennis have its version of the Ryder Cup? Golf’s biennial team event was must-see TV, yet tennis remained stumped as to how to replicate it. Bringing the sport’s alphabet soup of stakeholders together was too daunting a task. More than a decade after Kantarian’s exit, tennis’ get-it-done problem remained. And then, over one weekend in 2017, the sport got it done. The Laver Cup,Read More

Blog, Business, Trade

UK and South Korea sign ‘continuity’ trade agreement

September 21, 2019

The UK has signed a “continuity” trade agreement with South Korea, allowing businesses to keep trading freely after Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss signed the agreement with her South Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-hee in London. The two countries agreed to a preliminary deal in June, marking the first post-Brexit deal secured in Asia. Trade between the UK and South Korea totalled £14.6bn ($17.7bn) in 2018. The agreement is roughly in line with the terms of the existing Korea-EU free trade deal. The UK has sought to secure agreements with its trading partners as it prepares to leave the EuropeanRead More