After 4.8 years of follow-up a primary endpoint event (the composite of MI, stroke, and death from CV causes) occurred in 3.8% of patients in the Mediterranean diet extra-virgin olive oil group, 3.4% in the Mediterranean diet with nuts group, and 4.4% of patients in the control group.

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The director of Hyderabad meteorological centre, CV Bhadram, says the hot weather will continue and the monsoon - normally due in the state around 8 June - may be delayed by more than a week.

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