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Lifestyle : The Benefits of Fasting

February 12, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: A time of partial or total absence from all or specified foods is known as fasting. Fasting can be observed for health, religious, or several other reasons. Fasting regularly has been linked to decreased incidence of heart failure and better metabolism. Though several researchers have demonstrated the effects of fasting in general, more evidence is needed to support fasting as a weight-loss approach. The first important thing to […]

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Travel: Reasons to carry a travel journal

February 11, 2022 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: There are many benefits of maintaining a journal. From acting as a stress-coping mechanism, to helping with physical and mental health, a journal is an affordable way of keeping mental health in check. A travel journal includes a chronological list of places one wishes to visit and the activities one aims to participate in […]

Business

Pay checks: Now, IndiaMART to pay weekly salaries to employees!

February 7, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a strange era when millions of employees lost jobs worldwide in the wake of the pandemic or resigned in several countries in what is now known as “The Great Resignations”, homegrown IndiaMART, a business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce country, has announced to pay weekly salary to its employees. The move, perhaps […]

Business

Aviation: Scindia advises airports, airlines to play Indian music

December 29, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Following a suggestion from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has advised airlines in India to play Indian music at all airports and on flights. The minister took the step after he attended an ICCR event where the cultural body, in a memorandum, […]

Defence

Roving Periscope: the US tightens screws with sanctions on China-plus

December 11, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: There already were straws in the wind. In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping had turned down his US counterpart Joe Biden’s appeal for an in-person Summit, ‘unless America first rescinded’ some of its ‘anti-China’ decisions. In November, the White House sent out invites for a virtual “Summit for Democracy” to […]

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Vehicles contribute 50% to air pollution in New Delhi: Study

November 12, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that vehicular emissions contribute to half of the air pollution in the national capital. The CSE analyzed real-time data on the contribution of different pollutants as provided by the Decision Support System (DSS) for Air Quality Management of the Indian […]

Beauty

Srinagar joins UNESCO Creative Cities Network

November 9, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Srinagar, the capital of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, has become the latest Indian city to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu tweeted, “Great news for Srinagar! Srinagar has been inscribed as the UNESCO Creative City of Art and Craft.” United Nations Educational, Scientific and […]

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Life expectancy in India reduced by two years due to coronavirus: Study

October 23, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The latest research done by the scientists on coronavirus effects on human life shows very horrible data. In the latest research, scientists found that the covid-19 pandemic has affected the lives of people worldwide, has also caused a drop in the life expectancy in India by almost two years. A statistical analysis by […]

Business

Covid-19: ‘For goal of a $5 trillion economy, India must grow at 9% for five years’

October 8, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Now that the Covid-19 pandemic has made it impossible to achieve India’s hope of becoming a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025, what the country can do now is to grow at a rate of nine percent for the next five consecutive years to realize this aim, former Reserve Bank of […]

Education

Hinduism: Many US states officially declare Oct as “Hindu Heritage Month”

September 30, 2021 virendra pandit

Mukund Patel Chicago (USA): Several states across America have declared the month of October 2021 as “Hindu Heritage Month” at a time the Indian-American community is preparing for the festive season next month. American states of Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Ohio, Georgia, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have officially declared October as Hindu Heritage […]