NEW DELHI – India’s move to tax popcorn differently based on its sugar or spice content has drawn criticism from the opposition and sparked social media outrage, with two former government economic advisers questioning the tax system introduced in 2017. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, chaired by the finance minister and including state…
Cancer rates among younger Scots women are soaring in Scotland, new figures have shown. Diagnoses in women under 50 have risen, while cases of bowel cancer in both genders have soared. The figures are revealed in Scotland’s cancer statistics for 2022 and are the latest in a global trend of rising cancers in younger people….
LOOKING BACK, ALL the signs were there: fatigue, lower back pain, blood in his stool. But back then, in late 2022, Dan Ridge could explain them all. He was tired because he stayed up late. His back hurt because he had a tricky bowel and was often constipated. Even on the persistent blood in his…
