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Startups garnered around $617 million in funding from 26 rounds this week. The figure was a significant improvement over the previous week, according to data provided by market intelligence firm Tracxn. Between May 13 and 19, 2023, funding…

Another week, another podcast about a dubious cancer-related charity. Last week, we covered the launch of BBC Sounds’ excellent Believe In Magic and its tale of a controversial One Direction-backed charity (made even better by having…

More than 5,000 people have signed up to Race for Life in memory of Dame Deborah James.The campaigner, who died in June last year, raised more than £11.3million for Cancer Research during her lifetime and in the months following her…

In a lecture room at Ireland’s most elite university, a woman in a hoodie and jeans, her hair in a messy bun, was sorting out some chairs. A student came in and told her that she couldn’t clean in there because a class was about to start.…

Various vitamins and minerals are vital when it comes to our health and wellbeing.For this reason many people choose to take supplements if they feel they are not able to get enough of a certain nutrient through diet alone.Vitamin D is one…

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful man for two years. He has two grown children, 27 and 21. Both have good jobs and work full time. I have a son who is 12. The issue is family vacations, and paying for things while on vacation.I…

A diagnosis of dementia is a serious life-changing moment for both the patient and their loved ones.Due to the nature of dementia, symptoms will typically worsen over time as brain function becomes progressively more impaired.Although there…

The startup funding landscape continues to look bleak, with companies raising just $58 million over the last week, across 13 rounds, according to data provided by market intelligence firm Tracxn. Funding activity plummeted 94% from the same…

An 86-year-old man in Fergus, Ont. has dedicated the past nine years to giving back to an organization that changed his life so it can do the same for others. Larry Wainwright was declared legally blind in 1976.…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme Man Ki Baat on April 30 completed 100th episode. The episode was broadcast live across the country and in the United Nations headquarters in New York. “For me Man Ki Baat is like a…