Cardiovascular-disease (CVD) is responsible for deaths among two in three people with a high body mass index (BMI), according to a study.

The study comes as the global prevalence of obesity more than doubled over the past four decades, currently affecting more than a billion individuals.

“Notably, 67.5 per cent of deaths related to high body mass index (BMI) are attributable to cardiovascular disease (CVD),” said Professor Emeline Van Craenenbroeck, Antwerp University in Belgium

Six people, including two children, have died with two others injured after their car plunged off a highway in Sarangani Province in the southern Philippines, police said Friday.

Police said the victim's silver sedan vehicle carrying eight people, including the driver, plunged into a cliff before 3 p.m. local time Thursday in Malungon town while traveling north, news agency reported.

Police said the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn, tumble down, and plunge into the cliff.

According to the initial investigation, the accident occurred when the victims were heading home to Davao Oriental Province after attending a family reunion in General Santos City.

Deadly road accidents are common in the Philippines, where drivers frequently flout the rules and vehicles are often poorly maintained or overloaded.

Public sector oil marketing giant BPCL has lined up a capex of Rs 1.7 lakh crore for expanding its existing refineries, and also plans to set up new integrated refining and petrochemical capacities within the next five to seven years to meet the rising demand in India’s growing economy, company Chairman G. Krishnakumar said on Friday.

India’s booming economy is driving a significant increase in energy demand. Petroleum product consumption is expected to rise steadily by 4-5 per cent annually for the foreseeable future. Similarly, the demand for major petrochemical products is also expected to rise by 7-8 per cent annually. This presents a strategic opportunity to expand refining capacity alongside the development of integrated petrochemical complexes, he explained.

Actress Raveena Tandon on Friday shared some throwback pictures of her four children, getting nostalgic about how fast the time passes by, and shared that the most 'heartbreaking' time for mothers is to let go of their kids.

Raveena is apparently dealing with the 'Empty nest syndrome', which is a feeling of grief and loneliness that parents feel when their children move out of the family home.

Taking to Instagram, Raveena, who has 8.5 million followers shared a string of unseen throwback photos.

The pictures feature her two adopted girls, Pooja and Chhaya, and her daughter Rasha, and son Ranbirvardhan.

India's fintech revolution is improving financial inclusion as well as driving innovation and in the last 10 years, the industry has received a record investment of more than $31 billion, along with witnessing a startup growth of 500 per cent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday.

Addressing the 'Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2024' in the country's financial capital, PM Modi highlighted affordable mobile phones, inexpensive data, and Jan Dhan Bank accounts, starting with zero balance, for bringing in a revolution.

"Today, the total number of broadband users in the country has increased from 60 million to 940 million. More than 530 million people in the country have Jhan Dhan accounts. In a way, we have connected a population equivalent to that of the entire European Union to banks in just 10 years," he said.

Tokyo Paralympics gold medallist Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal have qualified in the women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 final at the Paris Paralympics, here on Friday.

Avani finished second with 625.8 points while Mona was placed fifth after scoring 623.1 points in the 17-woman qualification round.

Ukraine's Iryna Shchetnik, meanwhile, topped the qualifications with a Paralympic qualification record of 627.5. The previous record was held by Chinese shooter Zhang Cuiping, which she set in the Tokyo Games.

SH1 category is for shooters with lower limb impairments like amputations or paraplegia with the ability to hold their gun without difficulty and shoot from a standing or sitting position.

A public health warning has been issued after two people died of drug overdoses in Australia's capital city in 24 hours.

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Policing on Friday issued a health alert after two fatal drug overdoses occurred in Canberra on Thursday, news agency reported.

Police said a woman died in Canberra's central business district on Thursday morning followed by a second death in the evening.

Authorities did not identify which drugs were involved in the deaths -- or whether the incidents were related to each other but urged drug users to be as safe as possible.

"If you use illicit drugs, or you know people who do, please spread the word," ACT Policing said in a statement posted on social media.

The ACT in October 2023 became the first Australian jurisdiction to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of illicit drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine.

A teenager died by suicide at a youth detention centre in Western Australia (WA), two days after being brought to the facility.

Roger Cook, the premier of WA, on Friday, confirmed that a 17-year-old Aboriginal boy was found unresponsive by staff in a cell at the Banksia Hill Youth Detention Centre in the southern suburbs of the state capital of Perth on Thursday night, news agency reported.

Paramedics were called to the facility at approximately 10 p.m. local time but were unable to revive the teenager, who had arrived at the centre two days earlier.

Cook described the teenager's death as distressing and a traumatic event.

"An internal investigation is now underway, and police are preparing a report for the coroner," he said at a press conference.

"A failure has occurred, but we'll continue to make sure we do everything we can to improve the lives of people, not only those who work at the facility but those who are at the facility," Cook said.

Dengue cases in Patna have been increasing for the past few days, with 15 to 20 patients being admitted to hospitals daily, said officials here.

The city marked the season's first dengue-related death on Thursday.

“Unfortunately, a critically ill dengue patient, Aryan Kumar of Patna City, who was admitted to NMCH, passed away on Thursday. This marks the first dengue-related death in Bihar this session,” Dr Subhash Chandra Prasad, the district infectious disease control officer said.

The number of dengue cases in Patna from January 1 to August 29 has reached 240.

According to an official, several localities in Patna, including Kankar Bagh, Patliputra Colony, Kumhrar, Agam Kuan, Kadam Kuan, Anisabad, Gardanibagh, Jakkanpur, and others, have become hotspots for dengue, reporting the highest numbers of patients.

Twelve people were killed when a landslide hit a house in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday morning, rescue teams said.

According to the statement released by the state-run rescue organisation, the accident happened in the Upper Dir district which has been experiencing heavy monsoon rains for the last few days, news agency reported.

The deceased, including three women, six kids and three men, were members of the same family who were sleeping inside the house when the calamity hit, the statement added.

All bodies were recovered from debris, and rescue work was still underway to clear the area from the rubbles of the landslide.

Parts of Pakistan are currently facing torrential rains, leading to flash floods, urban flooding and landslides in several districts.