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Gender contest: Indian men and Indian women are drinking to death — the country is ranked second after China in the number of alcohol-related deaths among men, and third on alcohol-related deaths among women.

Safety's off: The findings were the result of a global study that says that there is no safe level of alcohol. Period. That occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems, and early death, according to a major study on drinking carried out between 1990 and 2016 in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths globally each year to booze.

Total abstinence: Compared with teetotallers, imbibing one 'standard drink' —10 gm of alcohol (think a small beer, glass of wine or shot of spirits) — per day, for example, ups the odds of developing at least one of 23 health problems by about 0.5%, pointed out the researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle, Washington.
An average of two drinks per day translated into a 7% rise in disease and injury, compared with those who opt for abstinence. And five drinks per day? A 37% hike.
Globally, alcohol consumption was the seventh-leading risk factor for premature death and disease in 2016.

Ten minutes that could make your air tickets cheaper

Test case: India's first flight to operate on biofuel could take off as early as Monday, if all goes according to plan. Budget airline SpiceJet is planning to fly a turboprop Bombardier Q-400 over Dehradun for a 10-minute test flight; if that goes well, it will fly from Dehradun to Delhi. Precedence: In January this year, Australian carrier Qantas operated the world's first commercial flight using biofuel: a Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 from Los Angeles to Melbourne. The 15 hour flight used a blend of biofuel derived from mustard seed and aviation turbine fuel (ATF) in the ratio of 1:10. What's in it for you? Usage of biofuel will bring down the consumption of costly ATF, which should reduce the airlines' operating costs — and the carriers may eventually pass on the benefits to the passengers through cheaper air tickets.

Gender contest: Indian men and Indian women are drinking to death — the country is ranked second after China in the number of alcohol-related deaths among men, and third on alcohol-related deaths among women.

Safety's off: The findings were the result of a global study that says that there is no safe level of alcohol. Period. That occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems, and early death, according to a major study on drinking carried out between 1990 and 2016 in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths globally each year to booze.

Total abstinence: Compared with teetotallers, imbibing one 'standard drink' —10 gm of alcohol (think a small beer, glass of wine or shot of spirits) — per day, for example, ups the odds of developing at least one of 23 health problems by about 0.5%, pointed out the researchers at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation in Seattle, Washington.
An average of two drinks per day translated into a 7% rise in disease and injury, compared with those who opt for abstinence. And five drinks per day? A 37% hike.
Globally, alcohol consumption was the seventh-leading risk factor for premature death and disease in 2016.

Sunday, 26 August 2018