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Uncertain about your career options? Low on self-confidence? This Q&A column may help
Dear Harikaa,
Candidates being stressed out, worried and anxious prior to the USMLE is common. However, please watch her closely and get her assessed or evaluated immediately if she is not eating or sleeping well, experiencing mood-swings, exhibiting lack of self-confidence and low self-esteem, becoming crabby and irritable, not being able to concentrate and study at all. She will benefit from meeting an encouraging counsellor and start ‘talk-therapy’ to stay calm and rebuild her confidence. The professional will also be able to help her discern what course her heart is in during their various conversations.

Watch out for symptoms of Nipah virus infection, no need to panic, says Directorate of Public Health
Stay alert for Nipah virus symptoms, avoid unwashed fruits, and practice good hygiene to prevent infection, DPH advises.

Naam Tamilar Katchi would stage a protest in Theni on August 3 with cattle to press for the rights of cattle-rearers on grazing lands in forest areas. Addressing ‘Adugal, madugal” (goats/sheep, cows/buffaloes) conference’ on ‘Grazing land our rights’, organised by the party near here on Thursday, party chief coordinator Seeman said he would mobilise lakhs of cattle farmers and animals to uphold the grazing rights along the foothills of the Western Ghats in Theni district.