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Stroke management exerts insurmountable societal burden on the patient as well as their caregivers. Despite concentrated efforts to develop a safe, effective drug for stroke, researchers have yet to discover one. However, when it comes to natural supplements, a certain pill containing powerful chemicals has shown impressive results in reducing the risk of having a stroke.

Blocked arteries, ruptured blood vessels, or blood clots can cause a stroke.

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) may help with stroke prevention and recovery.

Ashwagandha, also known as Indian ginseng, is one example of CAM and has antioxidant properties which may prevent and treat stroke.

Ashwagandha contains chemicals that might help calm the brain, reduce swelling, lower blood pressure, and alter the immune system.

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A study published in the National Library of Health looked at Withania somnifera (WS) as a therapy for stroke.

(WS), also commonly known as ashwagandha or winter cherry, has been used for centuries to treat ailments in the Ayurvedic as well as indigenous systems of medicine as an aphrodisiac, nerve-tonic, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer agent.

In addition to stroke, extracts and individual components of WS have been tested in various models of neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease, epilepsy, and stress disorders with successful results.

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In addition to stroke, extracts and individual components of WS have been tested in various models of neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease, epilepsy, and stress disorders with successful results.

The study concluded that ischemic stroke is a complex disorder that needs novel approaches aimed at its various facets. The combined neuroprotective and neurodegenerative potential exhibited by WS is one such strategy that might aid recovery after stroke by preventing cell death as well as stimulating repair.

However, this is just the surface of WS's potential as well the promise of neurodegenerative therapies in stroke," the researchers noted.

The best way to helpprevent a stroke is to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, and avoid smoking and drinking too much alcohol, said the NHS.

The health body added: These lifestyle changes can reduce your risk of problems like arteries becoming clogged, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.

If you have already had a stroke, making these changes can help reduce your risk of having another stroke in the future.

Its important to always consult your healthcare professional before embarking on any new supplements.

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THE SIGHT of 40,000 unvaccinated Austrians marching through their capital, Vienna, in recent days was troubling twice over. The tightly packed opponents of pandemic lockdown measures were at risk of spreading the coronavirus. They also threatened to stir up an already tense political situation. Karl Nehammer, Austrias interior minister, warned that anti-vaxxers in the Alpine republic are growing ever more radicalised. He called their demonstration incensed and aggressive. Some protesters were provocative in the extreme, carrying placards likening Alexander Schallenberg, Austrias new chancellor, to Josef Mengele, the sadistic physician at the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz. A few wore Judensterne, the yellow badges that the Nazi regime forced Jewish citizens to wear, with the inscription unvaccinated instead of Jew.

The protesters marched against Austrias increasingly tough measures against anti-vaxxers. On November 22nd the government imposed a full lockdown once again, to last for ten days, which compels Austrias 9m people to hunker down at home, leaving only for work, essential shopping and exercise. Officials urged those who can do so to work from home. Those in the workplace must be vaccinated, certified immune through recovery or tested daily. Though schools will remain open, parents have been urged to keep their children at home when they can. Austria is also the first Western democracy to make covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for all, starting on February 1st 2022. For a long timemaybe too longI and others assumed that it must be possible to convince people in Austria to voluntarily get vaccinated, said Mr Schallenberg when he announced his very difficult decision. So the voluntary option is to end.

Europe, once again, is at the centre of the pandemic. Cases are surging as the contagious Delta variant makes its way, belatedly, through Europes population. The World Health Organisation reported this month that coronavirus deaths in Europe rose by 5% in the week of November 8th--the only region in the world where covid-19 deaths increased. Hans Kluge, the boss of the WHO, warned that by March Europe could see another 500,000 deaths.

Will more countries respond with the sort of strict measures seen in Austria? As hospitals in central Europe fill up, anxiety grows. Around 65% of the total population in the European Union are fully vaccinated, but vaccination rates vary greatly between countries. Farther west, they are remarkably high. Among the over-12s in Portugal, more than 88% of the population is fully vaccinated. By contrast, in eastern parts of Poland, less than 40% are jabbed. In Bulgaria the share is below 25%. Within Germany, there are also large geographical variations. In some western parts of the country, such as the city-state of Bremen, nearly 80% of the adult population has had both jabs. In Saxony, however, little more than half the population is fully protected.

Other governments have imposed compulsory covid vaccinations for specific groups. Italys made them obligatory for health-care employees in May. In October the rules were expanded to cover all workers in public or private companies, unless they could prove they were immune or had tested negative within the past 48 hours. Those who did not comply faced suspension. Over 2,000 doctors were suspended by the end of October, according to Italys medical association, though many were eventually reinstated after getting the jab. Similarly, France made vaccination compulsory for health staff as well police and fire fighters in September. Those who refuse may be suspended without pay.

In Germany support for a nationwide vaccine mandate, previously a taboo, is rising. Prominent politicians had repeatedly promised that such a mandate would not be considered. But Daniel Gnther, the state premier of Schleswig-Holstein, and Markus Sder, his Bavarian counterpart, now back the measure for the entire federal republic. Many Germans agree. A survey of 7,500 respondents, conducted in the past few days by Civey, a pollster, suggests that 70% would favour an Austrian-style vaccine mandate, whereas only 20% would be against.

As such mandates are becoming likelier in many places, the polarisation between rival camps is growing. Anti-vaxxers consist mainly of supporters of populist and far-right parties, but also acolytes of alternative medicine, hippies and libertarians. Some are taking to the streets. Over the weekend thousands of opponents of measures to fight the pandemic marched in the Benelux countries, Italy, Switzerland and northern Ireland. In Belgium and the Netherlands rioters clashed with the police over three days. The mayor of Rotterdam lamented what he called an orgy of violence. The Dutch rioters were incensed by a partial lockdown that bars the unvaccinated from many public places and requires restaurants to close by 8pm. Thierry Baudet, leader of the far-right Forum for Democracy, recently said that he believes such measures make the unvaccinated the new Jews.

Andrea Ammon, the head of the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control, has warned that vaccine mandates could provoke more resistance from anti-vaxxers. That looks more than likely and especially in places, like Germany, where politicians had insisted for months that vaccinations would never be mandatory. Some degree of popular anger, though voiced in extreme terms, thus looks inevitable. Public officials made their promises when taming the pandemic looked doable. Now, however, just as winter weather is forcing more people together indoors and the Delta variant is thriving, the pressure to return to lockdowns and resort to tougher vaccine mandates looks ever harder to resist.

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In the past few weeks, Austria has hit many new Covid-19 records none of them good. On 18 November there were 15,145 new cases recorded, the largest number seen since the pandemic began. And the seven-day average for new confirmed cases per 100,000 people is at 1,395, more than double the rates in countries such as Germany, France and the UK.

On Friday the Austrian chancellor, Alexander Schallenberg, announced the countrys fourth national lockdown, beginning today and lasting between 10 and 20 days. This makes Austria only the second European country, after Latvia, to impose lockdown measures since vaccines became widely available earlier this year. Going even further, Schallenberg announced that Austria would also be the first in Europe to bring in compulsory vaccination beginning on 1 February 2022.

Schallenberg and his health minister, Wolfgang Mckstein, had previously said that lockdown measures would return only for the unvaccinated. They hoped this might be enough to bring the vaccination rate up and case numbers down. While the percentage of Austrians in receipt of first doses has crept up to 69%, from below 60% at the beginning of August, once intensive care units in the states of Upper Austria and Salzburg became full, another nationwide lockdown became inevitable. And a vaccine mandate once an unthinkable option has been broached.

Public discussion about a vaccine mandate began over the summer. But the former chancellor Sebastian Kurz resisted the idea, preferring to rely on appeals to responsibility and individual choice. By the summers end, however, the country seemed to have stalled at max vax, and its share of the population fully vaccinated against Covid-19 had fallen behind the EU average.

How a broad vaccine mandate could be enforced remains unclear though non-compliance could mean a fine of as much as 3,000, cabinet minister Karoline Edtstadler has said and it may be liable to challenge on constitutional grounds either at the domestic or European level.

Recent opinion polling indicates a slim majority in Austria in support of a vaccine mandate. When asked to choose between a potpourri of possible Covid-19 countermeasures, 41% of Austrians plumped for compulsory vaccination the most popular measure ahead of a lockdown, nightly curfew and vaccine mandate for particular professions. And 53% of viewers of the news channel Puls24 said they favoured a vaccine mandate, with 44% against.

But while a majority of citizens may actually support a mandate, Austrian society is deeply divided between those who have accepted vaccination measures thus far, and a hardened, unvaccinated residuum caught up in conspiracy theories and false information, and attracted to far-right politics.

On Saturday, demonstrations in Vienna against the new lockdown and mandate announcements attracted 40,000 people, according to police estimates. Convicted neo-Nazi Gottfried Kssel and identitarian leader Martin Sellner were among those taking part. Several demonstrators wore yellow Stars of David or carried placards that compared the mandate to the Holocaust.

Austrias low vaccination rate and lashings of anti-vax and Covid-sceptic sentiment are reflected in its party politics. Austria has not one but two openly Covid-sceptic parties: the Freedom party (FP) and a new movement, the People-Freedom-Fundamental Rights (MFG) party, which won representation in the Upper Austrian state parliament in regional elections in September. The FP leader Herbert Kickl prone to throwing about terms such as vaccine apartheid and two-class society has promoted the horse deworming drug ivermectin as a treatment. Kickl makes a point of his unvaccinated status, and last week revealed that he had tested positive for Covid-19.

But there are also particular political, geographical and cultural differences that account for Austrias relatively low rate of Covid-19 vaccination. The government encouraged but never at any point attempted to force the hand of the unvaccinated. This was particularly evident during the September elections in Upper Austria, where the unvaccinated formed a large pool of potential voters and a vaccine mandate was perceived to be a vote-losing issue, a hill on which no party wished to die.

There are particularly low rates of jab uptake in more isolated and disconnected rural areas and less affluent, outer districts of Vienna in which the proportion of residents born outside Austria is larger. It is also worth noting that Austrians use alternative medicines, from homeopathy to home remedies, much more than in Britain. The health minister, for one, is a GP and a qualified practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. Though Austrias public insurance-based system produces better health outcomes than the NHS, it is not revered in the same way.

Austria has been a harbinger of European Covid-19 policy before. On 8 November, in a vain attempt to bring the case numbers under control, it introduced a so-called 2G rule at venues such as restaurants, cinemas and gyms, meaning only those who had been double-jabbed or had recovered from Covid-19 in the previous six months could enter. Where Austria led, others followed, including many German states. Nations that continue to struggle with outbreaks and stubbornly low vaccination rates will be watching Austrias vaccine mandate rollout closely, possibly as a roadmap of things to come.

Liam Hoare is Europe editor for Moment magazine and author of the Vienna Briefing newsletter

This article was amended on 23 November 2021. Due to an editing error, the infection rate in Austria was understated by a factor of 10.

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ILYA KLEYN, MD, CMO of NOIGEL LLC and TRIZ Biopharma International LLC was recently selected as Top CMO & Physician Researcher of the Year for 2022 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for his outstanding leadership, dedication and commitment to the Medical field and Pharmaceutical Research industry.

While inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only a few members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, longevity in the field, and contributions to their communities. All honorees are invited to attend the IAOTPs Annual Award Gala in the month of December to honor their achievements.www.iaotp.com/award-gala

With over 25 years of medical professional experience, Dr. Kleyn has certainly proven himself as an accomplished physician and talented medical researcher. He is a dynamic, results-driven leader who has demonstrated success specializing in infectious disease, wound care, modified probiotics effect on gut microbiome and on the immune system, hemostatic devices in acute bleeding, and novel noninvasive approach by stimulation of autologous latent stem cells.

As CMO of NOIGEL LLC, and its sister company, TRIZ Biopharma International LLC, Dr. Kleyn oversees a diverse research pipeline. NOIGEL is disrupting the drug development space by applying TRIZ theory, a unique problem-solving system in the pharmaceutical and medical industry. He has spearheaded NOIGELs and TRIZ Biopharma International entrance into the U.S. market.

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Dr. Kleyn earned his title of physician in 1996, serving at some of New Yorks premier hospitals including Mount Sinai, New York Presbyterian and the Northwell Health Hospital System. He also oversees a multi-site family and geriatric medical group practice, with strong relationships with several assisted living facilities, where he personally provides compassionate care to residents.

He practices Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Alternative Medicine collectively incorporating a fusion of traditional, and alternative medicine to treat his patients.

His impressive certifications include Osteopathic Manipulation, Balance Therapy and Fall Prevention, and Maitland (Australian Approach to Physiotherapy). He is certified by Empire Medical Training Inc. (CME Accredited) for Pain Management, Dermatology, Physical Therapy, Mesotherapy and Sclerotherapy.

Before embarking on his most current career path, Dr. Kleyn earned his medical degree from Azerbaijan Medical University in 1992. He chose Internal Medicine for his residency and finished with a geriatric fellowship at New York Medical College at St. Vincents Catholic Medical Center. Dr. Kleyn currently practices at Modern Medical Center, NYC Medical Doctor PC, Atria Assisted Livings and is affiliated with New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan, Beth Israel Medical Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center and Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Kleyn is fluent in Russian, Spanish, and Turkish languages, which gives his patients a helping hand to understand their specific ailments.

In addition to his seasoned clinical background, Dr. Kleyn has contributed to clinical research, serving as Principal Investigator on many important studies for companies including Boehringer-Ingelheim, Pfizer, and Bio delivery Sciences. He has performed research in a variety of areas and helped bring new treatments to the public. He applies his extensive medical experience to support scientific development in finding solutions to address unmet medical issues. Dr. Kleyn as a CMO of NOIGEL LLC and TRIZ Biopharma International has been focused on varies medical disciplines, including infectious disease, endocrinology, oncology, regenerative medicine and gastrointestinal disease.

He is open to collaborating on other research opportunities and novel treatments which could help his patients.

He served as a keynote speaker at an international TRIZCON2019 conference, Purdue University 2019, and also at TRIZCON International 2021, Sponsorship at SMI international conference Superbugs and Superdrugs USA. Dr. Kleyn presented various topics related to infectious disease, polymyxins and nephroprotection, multi-drug resistant bacteria and novel methods to reverse bacterial resistance and regain antibiotics efficacy, as well as future approaches to wound healing, novel stimulation of autologous stem cells, and Gemma as a novel biodegradable hemostatic device to stopbleeding of large vessels.

Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Kleyn has received many awards, accolades and has been recognized worldwide for his outstanding leadership and commitment to the medical profession. In 2022, he will be considered for an exclusive feature in TIP (Top Industry Professionals) Magazine, and he is also being considered for IAOTPs Lifetime Achievement Award. Furthermore, Dr. Kleyn will receive his recognition from 2020 as Top Doctor of the Year while in attendance of IAOTPs 2021 Annual awards Gala, being held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City this December.

Dr. Kleyn attributes his medical research success to his perseverance, integrity and his well-versed education and diverse experience. In his spare time, Dr. Kleyn enjoys spending time with family and friends and traveling. In the future, Dr. Kleyn will continue applying his knowledge and expertise to advancing novel approaches in medical research.

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About IAOTP

The International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) is an international boutique networking organization that handpicks the worlds finest, most prestigious top professionals from different industries. These top professionals are given an opportunity to collaborate, share their ideas, be keynote speakers, and to help influence others in their fields. This organization is not a membership that anyone can join. You have to be asked by the President or be nominated by a distinguished honorary member after a brief interview.

IAOTPs experts have given thousands of top prestigious professionals around the world, the recognition and credibility that they deserve andhave helped in building their branding empires.IAOTP prides itself to bea one of a kind boutique networking organization that hand picks only the best of the best and creates a networking platform that connects and brings these top professionals to one place.

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After the pandemic outbreak, having a well-covered health insurance plan has been inevitable than ever before. However, buyers ask whether they should opt for a regular health plan or go with a comprehensive health plan.

Both plans cover basic hospitalization expenses required for the treatment during medical emergencies. However, regular plans might not cover certain conditions and have a limited sum insured.

Rakesh Goyal, director, Probus Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd, said, The benefits of having a comprehensive health insurance plan is that it covers the cost of regular health checkups, critical illness, known and unknown diseases, such as covid-19. It also includes benefits of cashless treatment in network hospitals, coverage for an ambulance, daycare procedures, alternative treatment options, consumable expenses, and pre and post-hospitalization."

Moreover, most comprehensive health insurance plans cover outpatient department (OPD) expenses and come with certain add-on covers and few riders. It also provides coverage for pre-existing diseases after a specific waiting period," he added.

Some insurers also provide limited cover for physiotherapy, homoeopathy, acupuncture and osteopathy.

On the other side, a regular health insurance plan comes with limited coverage. It covers the medical expenses incurred for pre- and post- hospitalization and other medical expenses if the insured is admitted for more than 24 hours, including diagnostic fees, medicine costs, doctor consultation fees, room rent, etc. It also covers ambulance costs, daycare procedures, pre-existing diseases (with certain waiting periods), medical checkups, etc.

Indraneel Chatterjee, co-founder, RenewBuy, said, The most common form of health insurance is the regular or standard health insurance policy, where the insurance company provides a standard plan cover between 1 lakh (minimum) and 5 lakh (maximum). Of late, the standard health insurance formulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has mandated 29 health and general insurers to offer health insurance coverage to take care of the basic needs of policyholders."

What you should do: It would help if you opt for comprehensive health insurance as it can protect you and your family with extended coverage, which a standard health insurance policy might not suffice, said Chatterjee.

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Without Traveling to a Retreat, Meditation Helped Me Find Peace Internally

Before the start of nearly every week, my mom picks up her phone and looks through the messages of a WhatsApp group for weekend retreats. What first began as a short trip once a month evolved to a trip nearly every weekend, almost like a weekly routine she follows with more discipline than anything else.

Theres a new trip to Siwa, do you want to come? she once asked me as she handed me her phone to show me the pictures of the place. It looks magical. Please come along to get your mind off everything.

I told her I was busy. Not because I did not want to go, but because I was trapped in a mindset that believed comfort and rest can only come after all the work is completely done, and it always felt like the work was never done.

This all changed when I discovered Deepak Chopra a holistic health coach and an alternative medicine advocate. I used to perceive meditation or holistic health in a very superficial sense, and associated it with typical Instagram photos of models with organic food, spa retreats or yoga classes by the beach. It was hard to take these kinds of practices seriously when I realized that most of them required a lot of money, and so it came off more as a lifestyle for the rich or a business rather than a true transformation in ones sense of being.

But Chopra helped me realize that the key to healing and rest does not have to be about being surrounded by gorgeous scenery in the Maldives or seeing the stars sparkle above the mountains in a serene, quiet desert. It does not have to be about escaping to any retreat or place and then coming back to the same routine and same lifestyle. He helped me understand that it is not about the environment, but it is about the peace and state of awareness I hold within.

Even if I am in the middle of Cairos bustling streets where it is full of chaos and noise, I can still pause and carry a meditative state of mind. Because as long as we are living in this confusing, complex and big world of madness; as long as we are choosing to stay alive and serve others whether it is in our jobs or our families, then we will always have to face discomfort, drama, and stress.

The trick is to stay present in the discomfort, and to sail through the storms without trembling or constantly seeking an escape. This is also proved by science, as research has found that mindfulness techniques enables patients to monitor and skillfully cope with discomfort associated with craving or negative affect.

It may seem like a contradiction, but when you gently turn towards pain, you actually experience less of it.

One of my favourite techniques is the I Am meditation. At the end of each day, I practice this meditation in my room listening to his meditation guides that are found on YouTube or the Chopra app.

Figuring out the most comfortable position comes over time, but later I realized that meditation doesnt have to be about sitting in a specific pose or cross-legged, it can also be lying down or simply closing my eyes.

The purpose is to quieten down the internal dialogue or the annoying voice that wraps us in a never-ending cycle of stories and thoughts, and to simply focus on observing the breath and repeating a single mantra (sound) to attain stillness.

There is a quote by Chopra that says, meditation is a way of entering the quiet thats already there buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks a day.

As the breath slows down, Chopra asks the questions: Who am I? What is my deepest desire? What is my true purpose? What am I grateful for?

Without answering these questions directly, the next step is to simply repeat I am [your name] over and over again as different emotions and sensations come up, whether it is memories from childhood or reconnecting with past experiences and selves, and simply letting all of these emotions to swim through without having any reaction to them.

Dissociate from the world and the surroundings, and simply let the music take you to where your heart desires. I usually visualize a serene and empty desert, and I sit there repeating the mantra I am [my name] slowly for a few minutes until I feel that I am immersed in a deeply relaxing state, where I am reconnecting with myself and God. This moment is always the most precious for me, because it revolves around simply me, my mind and my spirit. Away from the noise, and away from the world, I connect with the spirit of the universe through the sounds of nature in the meditation music.

This meditation allows me to create a connection with my deeper core self everyday, and to discover more and more things about myself that not even a real life experience can teach me.

My world is too fast, and too loud. But I am no longer going to let the noise derail me; instead, I am choosing to find the peace within, and move slowly as I observe every breath I take, and every emotion I feel deep inside.

Even if I am not able to physically travel with my mother to a retreat somewhere in Siwa or Dahab, Ive learned to carry the feeling of serenity wherever I go and wherever I stay.

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Psychedelic companies feel that Compass Pathways results validate efforts to develop next-generation medicine for treating mental health issues

Hours after psychedelic leader Compass Pathways (NASDAQ:CMPS) announced Phase IIb results fromthe largest modern study on a psychedelic substance, the stocks of most psychedelic companies holistically took a nosedive despite generally positive results.

Peter Theil-backed Compass published datarevealing that a strong dose of its Comp360 medication (a psiloCybin (NEO:CYBN)-derivative in a crystalline form)helped reduce depression in patients suffering from the treatment-resistant mental health issue.

While overall positive, results indicated that 179 of the 233 participants in the trial experienced treatment-emergent side effects. Compass, however, said that except for 12 patients, the rest experienced mild adverse events like headache, nausea, fatigue, and insomnia.

Still, the news generated mixed feelings in investors and drove the stocks of the London-based biotech company down more than 22% when the results were published in early November, and they have been trading low ever since.

Not only did Compass stock nosedive, other big firms in the psychedelic space including MindMed (NASDAQ:MNMD, NEO:MMED), Cybin (NEO:CYBN), and ATAI were also affected by the study results. The Horizons Psychedelic Stock Index ETF fell 11% after the study was published, signaling a broader dissatisfaction amongst investors.

However, psychedelic companies feel that Compass Pathwaysresults validated their efforts to develop next-generation medicine for treating mental health issues.

We think the results are really positive,James Lanthier, CEO of Mindset Pharma told Proactive. We think that Compass stock had risen before the news of the result, and, this [stock changes] was probably retail profit-making, that I don't think has anything to do with the actual substance of the news.

Lanthier noted that the results validate Mindsets strategy to make superior next-generation drugs. Mindset is working on developing several families of psychedelic compounds, as well as an innovative process to chemically synthesize psilocybin.

I think it's a great milestone for the psychedelic space. Its a statistically significant improvement on the depression endpoints that they chose to study, Lanthier said. In terms of our dialogue with investors, we don't view this as negative at all. I think the overall trajectory of medical psychedelic space, if anything, is even better than it was before.

Numinus Wellness Inc, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based biotech organization, also said that the results work in favor of the companys vision.

The results announced by Compass Pathwaysprovided further validation for the industry, and especially for organizations like Numinus, whose mission is to advance the technology and scale accessibility for patients who would benefit from psilocybin-based therapies, Payton Nyquvest,Numinus CEO told Proactive.

Nyquvest said: The Numinus model, comprised of the bioscience lab, R&D clinical trials, and patient-serving clinics, is strategically positioned to support the ever-increasing demand for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and supportive treatments.

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Indian Planning Commission (Now NITI Aayog) reasoned slow growth in the region and attributed it to various factors. It said the climate of armed militancy in Kashmir and low productivity in agriculture and allied sectors has impeded employment and income generation. Poor industrial infrastructure along with the poor investment climate has left the industrial sector in its infant stage. It mentioned that there has not been a suitable strategy for the potential sectors to achieve higher economic growth. It further mentioned that the lack of sound fiscal management has also been responsible for the poor economic growth of the UT.

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) figures, stated J&K has a 21.6 percent unemployment rate, which is the worst among states/Union Territories in India. The CMIE has pegged Indias unemployment rate at 6.9 percent which means J&K has much higher unemployment rate than the national average. To keep in pace with Main Land India Jammu Kashmir has to take drastic steps in Technology adoptions.

Rapid technology advancements will also help Indias less-educated workers leapfrog to productive work. Technology has been reshaping the labour force since the Industrial Revolution, but a more fundamental disruption is on the cards. In the past, machines took over tasks that were largely manual, forcing workers to adapt and learn new skills to carry out higher-value tasks. But now, the intelligence of computing machines is adequate to perform work that requires specialised knowledge or cognitive and judgement-based abilities. Will Indias large, young population its demographic dividend turn into a demographic disaster as millions of workers are displaced by technology?

Research has shown the Impact of 12 technologies (including the mobile internet, cloud computing, the automation of knowledge work, digital payments, verifiable digital identity and the Internet of Things) and concludes that, indeed, the application of these technologies will force millions of workers to acquire new skills, as the jobs they perform are rendered obsolete. Yet, rapid advancements in the same technologies will create new opportunities for millions of workers, including many less-skilled ones, and help them raise their incomes.

Globally, the automation of knowledge work, or machine learning and intelligent applications, can generate a 40 to 50 per cent productivity gain in work that involves processing data and information, interacting with customers or making decisions. In India, we estimate that automation and digitisation across sectors could drive productivity improvements equivalent to the output of some 19 million to 29 million workers in 2025 .These workers cut across functions such as clerical and customer service, business process outsourcing and information technology, as well as those in manufacturing supply chains, the construction sector and workers engaged in retail trade and transportation.

The overall impact on net job creation could, however, be neutral to positive as technology opens new geographical markets and under-served segments of consumers. But the labour market will adjust to fill potential jobs only if workers are equipped to shift to the more value-added work.

Education and skill-building systems need to be up to meeting this challenge. Technology itself can provide solutions. Skill-building courses can be made available short online modules that workers can take at frequent intervals focussed on what employers need and are willing to pay for. Adaptive learning systems that customise lessons according to how each student performs, simulated learning that uses technology to impart vocational skills.

Technology-enabled labour marketplaces help better matching of jobs and skills, creating millions of micro-entrepreneurs. As digital technologies achieve mass adoption, Indias legions of small-scale, unorganised and independent service providers can use the internet to reach new customers, establish their reputations, collaborate with others, and get more work.

Project-based or piecemeal work assignments could be funnelled to technology-based aggregators representing large numbers of professionals such as designers, tax specialists or teachers who want part-time or temporary employment. Certified service providers (such as trained and licensed electricians, nurses or taxi drivers) could connect with customers and find decent paying work.

Rapid technology advancements will also help Indias less-educated workers leapfrog to productive work. Advancements in voice, language, and graphical interfaces will make complex knowledge and expertise available to workers on inexpensive hand-held devices that are easy to navigate. Even a semi-skilled person could become a knowledge-enabled worker in fields such as health care, financial services and logistics, or functions such as marketing and inventory planning, with just a few weeks of basic training in using these tools. Such workers can be deployed in local communities to deliver essential services. Several factors must fall in place to improve the odds so that technology becomes a positive force for the labour market on a large scale.

Partnerships need to flourish, for instance, between technology companies, domain experts who can impart skills (such as agricultural universities or colleges of alternative medicine) and organisations with grass-roots experience. Standards and certification systems must evolve to help build mutual trust between customers and service providers in order to clear the market and in addition to high-speed internet access, the widespread use of digital payments and verifiable digital identity will be essential to ensure that workers end up as winners in the race against technology.

While Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir needs to plan in advance for this change and take lead, in my opinion the key task for the UT Government is to get youth Skilled and drive self-entrepreneurship culture in them. UT can solve its big unemployment problem and make the youth employable if the technology is implemented rightly with time bound actionable tasks.

The skilled youth can act as one of the vital factors to transform the Union Territory economically which will lead to peace and prosperity & make Modis -Naya - kashmir Reality.

(The Author is a Technocrat. He can be reached on: Sapru1971@gmail.com)

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Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) will be organising one training session for Reflexology (Foot Therapy) at Uttarkashi for a month and in Rudraprayag for 15 days free from charges. This also aims to generate employment opportunities near Char Dham Yatra and 13 Trekking Traction Centre. Four experts from Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Jammu, Katra will be organising the training program which will benefit nearly 70 people which will be starting from November 23, 2021.

Briefing the media, Satpal Maharaj, Tourism Minister of Uttarakhand, said, "Reflexology (foot massage) is our ancient technique. Reflexology is a type of alternative medicine, which is quite popular in other Asian countries including India. Reflexology works on a theory that is related to the organs and systems of the body. Giving pressure to certain parts of the body has many benefits for the body. The gentle art of reflexology focuses on massaging specific reflex points located on feet, hands and ears that correspond to every area of our body. This initiative will be beneficial for the pilgrims and tourists coming for trekking including our Dhams."

Tourism Secretary Dilip Jawalkar said, Many people seek reflexology treatments to help with the physical symptoms of illness, such as headaches, fatigue, and insomnia. It is also said that the knowledge and techniques of this 2,000-year-old massage therapy were the hidden secrets of Buddhist monks. Those were kept alive and passed down through the generations. Along with this, the doors of employment will also open for the local people.

Additional Chief Executive Officer (Adventure Tourism), UTDB Col Ashwini Pundir, said, "Trained foot therapists charge Rs 150 to 300 for reflexology and can earn Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 per day. Not only will this it also provide great relief to the pilgrims/tourists/trekkers while walking on the mountains of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. A large number of reflexologists around the world are offering such facilities."

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