Chefs on the forefront: Important to balance innovation and experience in culinary world, says Chef Dane Fernandez

Chefs on the forefront: Important to balance innovation and experience in culinary world, says Chef Dane Fernandez

Cooking for long has been an invisible occupation, with chefs rarely getting acknowledgment for their work. Due to this, many youngsters who do have the potential, possibly ignore cooking as a career option. This is especially true in India. For example, the Michelin Star rating has recognised chefs and restaurants for their quality all around … Read more

China: Locked-down Shanghai residents barter for what money can’t buy

China: Locked-down Shanghai residents barter for what money can’t buy

For many of Shanghai’s 25 million residents, the city’s strict Covid lockdown has made procuring food and daily necessities a struggle money can’t resolve. They’re resorting instead to bartering, trading neighbors ice cream for vegetables or wine for cake. The availability of many goods in Shanghai has been strained by clogged logistics into the city … Read more

In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion

In U.S., Price Tag for MS Care Tops $85 Billion

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, April 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — In 2019 alone, multiple sclerosis (MS) cost Americans an estimated $85.4 billion, a new study finds. That amount included over $63 billion in direct medical costs and $22 billion in indirect non-medical costs. “The findings of this study help underscore the burden … Read more

Tick Spraying May Not Guard Against Lyme Disease

Tick Spraying May Not Guard Against Lyme Disease

April 14, 2022 – Two widely used and environmentally safe tick control measures may slash the number of bloodthirsty bugs in your neighborhood, but they won’t reduce your chances of contracting Lyme disease, researchers have found. The results of a 4-year study, which appears in the May 2022 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, showed a … Read more

Ukraine eyes future power trade with EU after emergency grid link

Ukraine eyes future power trade with EU after emergency grid link

Ukraine could increase electricity exports to the European Union and is working to enable power trade with Europe in the future, the country’s top utility and its electricity grid operator said on Thursday. The EU and Ukraine linked Europe’s electricity system to Ukraine’s grid on March 16 in response to Russia‘s invasion. The move increased … Read more

Canada to deploy military personnel to Poland to support Ukrainian refugees

Canada to deploy military personnel to Poland to support Ukrainian refugees

Canada will deploy up to 150 military personnel to Poland to support Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s war and address a growing refugee crisis, Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Thursday. Most of those military personnel will assist with the immediate care and processing of Ukrainian refugees at reception centers across Poland, Anand said. “Our people will … Read more