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☆ Skyrocketing demand for ADHD meds is straining the U.S. health care system
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Charlotte Morabito | In Charlottemorabito | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions have been increasing across all age groups since before the days of social media. The number of ADHD diagnoses in 2010 were almost five times what they were in 1999. And between 2007 and 2016, the number of diagnoses of ADHD in adults more than doubled. "I think we've definitely moved into an area of talking about mental health that's really positive. Watch the video above to learn more about the rise in ADHD in the United States and whether the health care system can handle the increase in demand.

☆ Iraq and Iran Agree to Tighten Border Security Amid Unrest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Benoit Faucon | Ghassan Adnan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani said Tuesday that his country would tighten security cooperation with Iran, after Tehran strengthened its military presence along its western border to prevent the infiltration of Kurdish groups based in northern Iraq. “We will not allow the use of Iraqi lands to threaten Iran‘s security,” Mr. Sudani said in a joint press conference with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran. The two leaders agreed to form liaison committees on border security, Iranian and Iraqi state media reported.

☆ Of course audiobooks count as reading
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( Judi Ketteler | Judi Ketteler Frequently Writes About Self-Awareness. She Is The Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

This year, I joined nearly 6.5 million other people and set a reading challenge via Goodreads. I love to read, but these days by evening — the time of day I’ve always allotted for reading — I’m falling asleep. Not only is this argument insufferable, made — and I’m just guessing — by insufferable people, it’s also the worst kind of ableism. Either way, listening and reading both engage audiences in the same act of absorbing a story. This idea that listening to books is cheating still circulates, especially when people share their reading lists and brag about their reading challenges — which is when “counting” takes on an even more literal meaning.

[1/2] Police officers are deployed as fishermen protest near the entrance of the proposed Vizhinjam Port in the southern state of Kerala, India, November 9, 2022. "We won't let them in," a protestor was seen screaming at police officers near the port entrance site. The Adani Group has said the project was in full compliance with all laws and that many studies in recent years have rejected allegations linking the project to shoreline erosion. The Kerala state government says erosion has occurred due to natural disasters. A previous attempt by Adani in October to move trucks out of the port also failed.

☆ Takeover of NDTV a 'responsibility', says India's richest man Adani - FT
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The ports-to-energy conglomerate run by Adani, Asia's richest person, unveiled plans late in August to acquire a majority stake in NDTV, seen as a bastion of independent media. Founded in 1988 and owned by husband-and-wife team Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, NDTV previously said that the move by Adani Group "was executed without any input from, conversation with, or consent of the NDTV founders". "Independence means if government has done something wrong, you say it's wrong," Adani said in the FT interview. Adani added that he has invited NDTV's owner-founder Prannoy Roy to remain as chair when the acquisition is completed. NDTV's business rivals include Times Group's Times Now and Network18's CNN-News18, controlled by Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani.

☆ Nikki Hiltz: How this professional runner is making their sport more inclusive
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I was open about my sexuality at that point, but not my gender identity,” Hiltz tells CNN Sport. After coming out as trans and non-binary, Hiltz continues to compete in the women’s division. “You know, I have no business putting on an in-person race,” Hiltz jokes. Spencer Cox’s veto of a bill that bans transgender women from competing on women’s and girls’ sports teams. Since coming out as trans and non-binary last year, Hiltz has had conversations with race directors and announcers about making running more inclusive.

☆ India's Adani Group continues to seek equity partners, says CreditSights
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - India's ports-to-energy conglomerate Adani Group continues to seek strategic equity partners aligned with its long-term investment strategy, debt research firm CreditSights said in a report, flagging concern over the Group's elevated leverage. The Group, led by Asia's richest person Gautam Adani, is looking to expand its presence in power generation and infrastructure and ventured into cement-making operations earlier this year. Chairman Adani said late in September that the group will invest more than $100 billion over the next decade, most of it in the energy transition business. Adani Group did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. CreditSights added that the group continues to seek strategic equity partners that are aligned with its long-term investment strategy, such as sovereign wealth funds, and also maintains strong relationships with existing partners.

☆ Flags at half-mast as India's Gujarat mourns deadly bridge collapse
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Shivam Patel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A man sits at the site of a damaged suspension bridge after it collapsed on Sunday, in Morbi town in the western state of Gujarat, India, November 1, 2022. Rescue workers would continue their search for any unaccounted persons for a fourth day, a government control room said, though local officials said on Tuesday that only one person was believed to be missing still. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has appealed to people in his state to pray for the departed souls and their families. A senior police official told Reuters this week that about 200 people were on the bridge when it collapsed. Local municipality officials said tickets for about 400 people had been sold, although not necessarily to be on the bridge at the same time.

☆ Edtech firm Classera raises $40 mln in round led by PIF's Sanabil
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Yousef Saba | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The Series A round was led by Sanabil Investments, fully owned by Saudi Arabia's sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF). Other investors were Global Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, 500 Global, Sukna Venture and Seedra Ventures. "The round additionally included a diverse set of investors from Silicon Valley, emerging markets, and global family offices," the company said in a statement, without naming them. "Many learning institutions, especially after the pandemic, are convinced they need the next generation of e-learning solutions," Classera co-founder and CEO Mohammad Almadani said in the statement. Sanabil said in the same statement it was "fully committed to enable Classera to further expand its reach to learners across all socio-economic backgrounds."

☆ More investors are betting on India. But not all of it is worth the hype, according to analysts
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Su-Lin Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But for the moment, I can understand why India is an attractive market for a lot of foreign institutional investors." Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has plans to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25. While downgraded, India's growth forecast still cuts higher than others in the Asia-Pacific. Modi has plans to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2024-25, while Adani said at a recent Forbes conference in Singapore that India will go from a $3 trillion economy to a $30 trillion one in the next 25 years. Adani said at a recent Forbes conference in Singapore that India will go from a $3 trillion economy to a $30 trillion one by 2050.

☆ Indian billionaire Gautam Adani was a college dropout. Now he may be too big to fail
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate had just launched a hostile bid to take over an influential broadcaster in the capital. Rupak De Chowdhuri/ReutersMuch of his fortune is tied up in the sprawling Adani Group, which he founded over 30 years ago. Most of the companies in the Adani empire are held closely by the billionaire, his family and associated firms, including nearly 75% stakes in AEL, Adani Power, and Adani Transmissions. Yet, the Adani Group has continued to raise billions from Indian and foreign banks. CreditSights, a research firm owned by Fitch Group, in August published a report about Adani Group titled “Deeply Overleveraged” in which it expressed strong concerns.

☆ Asia's richest man, Gautam Adani, feels China will be 'increasingly isolated' in current global turbulence — and says the country's bounce back will be harder than ever
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gautam Adani says China will feel "increasingly isolated," and sees a harder economic bounce back. However, the global turbulence has quicked opportunities for the rise of India, plugs Adani. "I anticipate that China – that was seen as the foremost champion of globalization – will feel increasingly isolated," Adani said in his keynote speech at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore on Tuesday. As the factory for the world, China has benefited from globalization, but its tide may be turning — and its bounce back will be challenging, Adani said. Meanwhile, global turbulence has "accelerated opportunities" for India, Adani said.

☆ India appoints Anil Chauhan as chief of defence staff
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

India's Adani Group to invest over $100 billion in next decade, article with imageIndia · September 27, 2022India's Adani Group will invest more than $100 billion over the next decade, most of it in the energy transition business, its Chairman Gautam Adani said on Tuesday, as the ports-to-energy conglomerate accelerates an already aggressive expansion plan.

☆ Gautam Adani: Asia's richest man sees growing isolation for China
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New Delhi CNN Business —Indian billionaire Gautam Adani says that China “will feel increasingly isolated” and the “foremost champion of globalization” would find it hard to bounce back from a period of economic weakness. Speaking at a conference in Singapore on Tuesday, Adani said “increasing nationalism, supply chain risk mitigation, and technology restrictions,” as well as resistance to Beijing’s huge Belt and Road initiative, would impact China’s global role. The US government ordered two of America’s top chipmakers to stop selling high-performance chips to China earlier this month. And, last week, leaders of America’s biggest banks said they could exit China if it ever attacks Taiwan. Adani also mentioned the challenges facing the United Kingdom, and countries in the European Union, because of the war in Ukraine and Brexit.

Amini’s death in the capital has ignited a wave of protests across the country, exposing a raw anger among Iranian women about their treatment by the regime and an unprecedented willingness to defy the government. She invites Iranian women to post their protest videos on social media under her #WhiteWednesdays hashtag campaign. At least four people have been killed so far by police in this week’s protests, according to Iranian-focused human rights organizations. Every prison sentence and arrest meted out by the regime has only radicalized Iranian women and served as a catalyst for more protests, Alinejad and other activists said. To me, I don’t see Iranian women like victims.

☆ India's Adani pledges shares of ACC, Ambuja Cements worth about $12.5 billion
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Amit DaveBENGALURU, Sept 20 (Reuters) - India's Adani Group has pledged shares worth about $12.5 billion in two cement units, days after the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani completed the purchase of stakes in those businesses from Switzerland's Holcim (HOLN.S). The pledged shares of ACC and Ambuja were worth around 989.46 billion rupees based on Monday's closing prices and accounted for a 57% stake in ACC (ACC.NS) and a 63% stake in Ambuja Cements (ABUJ.NS). (https://bityl.co/EZE6) (https://bityl.co/EZEE)Deutsche Bank AG's Hong Kong branch, which is the agent for the pledged shares in ACC and Ambuja, made the disclosure in filings to India's stock exchanges. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe group in May announced the acquisition of Holcim's cement businesses in India for $10.5 billion to become the country's No. read more($1 = 79.7210 Indian rupees)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'SilvaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Curious why you didn't get that job? HR execs reveal ways they warn other employers not to hire train-wreck candidates.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-28 | by ( Ebony Flake | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Some HR pros use coded language to warn counterparts about train-wreck job candidates. There are discreet signals human-resources pros flash to one another to warn about job candidates who look good on paper but are disasters in the workplace. This HR Morse code, often undetectable by job seekers, can determine whether someone lands a job or gets ghosted by a would-be employer. Loose lips can sink careersWhile employers are generally permitted to provide truthful information about former employees to prospective employers, Barreto advises clients to avoid discussing how former workers performed. Kelley warns that employers who make hiring decisions based on word of mouth risk missing out on strong candidates.

☆ Zimbru Chișinău a obținut cea mai categorică victorie în Divizia Națională din ultimii 7 ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Zimbru Chișinău a obținut cea mai categorică victorie în Divizia Națională din ultimii 7 ani. "Galben-verzii" au surclasat-o pe Speranța Nisporeni cu scorul de 6-0, într-un meci din cadrul etapei a 29-a din campionat.Cristian Dani și Saleh Yahaya au marcat câte un gol în prima repriză. După pauză, elevii lui Vlad Goian nu au scăzut din turații, iar mijlocașul nigerian a înscris încă o dată.Recitalul de goluri a fost continuat de Artur Patraș, Vasile Stefu și Prince Ebenezer. Ultima dată când Zimbru a marcat șase goluri într-o partidă din Divizia Națională a fost în octombrie 2014, când a învins-o pe Zaria Bălți.Într-un alt meci, FC Florești a dispus de Codru Lozova cu 2-1. Andrei Cobeț a reușit o dublă, iar Bohdan Mytsyk a înscris golul oaspeților.Partida dintre Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol și Petrocub Hâncești, care la fel a fost programată pentru etapa a 29-a a campionatului național, s-a încheiat cu o remiză albă.

Persons: Saleh, Vlad Goian, Artur Patraș, Prince Ebenezer, Andrei Cobeț Organizations: Zimbru, Divizia Națională, verzii, FC Florești, Dinamo - Auto Locations: Zimbru Chișinău, Nisporeni, Codru Lozova, Dinamo - Auto Tiraspol, Petrocub Hâncești

☆ Sebastien Ogier, lider la Monte Carlo. Francezul conduce după două zile de concurs
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-23 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Pilotul francez Sebastien Ogier este lider în prima etapă a Campionatului Mondial de Raliuri. După două zile de concurs la Monte Carlo, campionul în exercițiu are un avans de 13 secunde faţă de britanicul Elfyn Evans şi de 56 secunde faţă de finlandezul Kalle Kovanpera. Belgianul Thierry Neuville şi spaniolul Dani Sordo ocupă locurile 4 şi respectiv 5. Ziua de sâmbătă a fost marcată de abandonul estonianului Ott Tanak, campionul mondial din 2019, care a suferit două pene de pneu şi nu avea decât o singură roată de rezervă. Ultimele patru probe speciale ale Raliului de la Monte Carlo sunt programate pentru duminică.

Persons: Elfyn Evans, Thierry Neuville, spaniolul Dani Sordo Locations: Monte Carlo, spaniolul, Carlo

☆ Sebastien Ogier a devenit pentru a șaptea oară campion mondial de raliuri
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

După ultimele trei probe speciale, în clasamentul final al cursei din Italia, Ogier a încheiat pe primul loc, fiind urmat de estonianul Ott Tanak și campionul mondial en titre, spaniolul Dani Sordo.Ogier ocupa locul doi în ierarhia dinaintea competiției din peninsulă, fiind devansat cu 14 puncte de Elfyn Evans, dar galezul a ieşit din cărţi după ce a derapat de pe traseu în timpul cursei de sâmbătă. Într-un final, grație victoriei de la Monza, Ogier s-a clasat pe primul loc în clasamentul general al sezonului. La constructori, Hyundai a câştigat titlul mondial cu 241 puncte.Sebastien Ogier a ajuns la a 49-a lui victorie din Mondialele de raliuri şi are acum şapte titluri cucerite, cu trei echipe diferite. Francezul s-a apropiat astfel la două titluri de recordmenul absolut, compatriotul Sebastien Loeb, cu 9 titluri mondiale în palmares.

Persons: Ogier, Dani Sordo.Ogier, Evans, Francezul, Loeb Organizations: Hyundai Locations: Italia, titre, Monza

Ogier ocupa locul doi în clasamentul dinaintea raliului italian, devansat cu 14 puncte de Elfyn Evans, dar galezul a ieşit din cărţi după ieşirea în decor de sâmbătă. După ultimele trei probe speciale de duminică, în clasamentul final al Raliului Monza, Ogier a ocupat primul loc, fiind urmat de estonianul Ott Tanak (Toyota), campionul mondial en titre, la 13sec9/10 şi de spaniolul Dani Sordo (Hyundai) la 15sec3/10, citează Agerpres. În ierarhia finală a piloţilor, Ogier ocupă primul loc cu 122 puncte, urmat de Elfyn Evans 114, Ott Tanak 105, etc. În clasamentul constructorilor, Hyundai a câştigat titlul mondial cu 241 puncte, urmată de Toyota 236, M-Sport Ford 129 şi Hyundai 2C cu 8 puncte. Ogier s-a apropiat la două titluri de recordmanul absolut din WRC, francezul Sebastien Loeb, cu 9 succese mondiale.

Persons: Evans, Ogier, Sordo, Elfyn Evans, Toyota ., Sebastien Loeb Organizations: Toyota, Hyundai, Ford 129, Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota . Ogier Locations: Monza, titre, piloţilor, Elfyn

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