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Many states in North India are enveloped in severe air pollution accompanied by smog putting people at additional risk of serious health issues. The pollution is even getting worse. In this severe air pollution, it becomes particularly important to eat healthy foods so that your body is nourished and it has the energy to support your healthy breathing and other ...

The wedding season is right here. Everyone is busy searching for the perfect ensembles for them. But no outfit is complete without the right set of accessories. While these accessories look so pleasing, we all know the pain we bear to wear those accessories, especially a pair of earrings. To actually hold the weight of heavy earrings in that tiny ...

Fitness instructors point out that it is essential to keep the core muscles — the muscles around your trunk and pelvis — in better shape. Ever wondered why? When the core muscles, a complex group, is strong, the frame of the body is well-supported such that it takes away the stress from neck and shoulders, allowing the rest of the ...

It’s easy to forget that your skin is a vital functioning organ. With an average surface area of more than 21 square feet and 6 per cent to 10 per cent of your body weight, it’s actually the largest organ. Skin conditions like acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis are typically symptoms of something else in the body, especially your ...

Waddling up the beach in single file, their heads held high with an almost self-important demeanor, king penguins are a major draw in the Falkland Islands’ tourism industry. Their fluffy brown chicks are nearly fearless of humans, meaning tourists at Volunteer Point, a peninsula on East Falkland Island, might get almost close enough to touch one. “We’re the furthest location ...

Did well in school? Being good-looking might have helped. A new study by three academic researchers found that a person whose looks are a standard deviation above the mean stayed in school 0.4 years longer than peers with looks deemed to be more average. Reading and arithmetic scores also tended to be higher for those with “better” looks. Researchers controlled ...

Dhaka, Oct 27 : The 10th edition of Bhawaiya Fest was held on Sunday evening at Shilpakala Academy, marking the 118th birth anniversary of Abbasuddin Ahmed, known as the ‘Bhawaiya King’. Bhawaiya Angan, a research and performance institution dedicated to nurturing Bhawaiya song, arranged the programme hosted by its Chairperson Salma Mostafiz. Guests at the event included Md Enamul Haque ...

Dhaka, Oct 27 : Entrepreneurs and designers from across the country showcased traditional and heritage products at the four-day ‘Heritage Handloom Festival-2019’ that ended here on Saturday. The festival organised by SME Foundation and Association of Fashion Designers of Bangladesh (AFDB) with support from the Cultural Affairs Ministry began at Gardenia Grand Hall of Gulshan-2 on Wednesday to promote local ...

India’s oldest exponent and teacher of yoga, V Nanammal, has died at her home near Coimbatore, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. She was 99 and still teaching a hundred students a day until a few months ago. Born into an agricultural family, she was taught yoga by her father, reports BBC.She went on to master more than 50 ...

Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, one of the world’s best-known polymaths, was also an enigmatic genius whose private life was as mysterious as the smile of his most famous subject. Here are three things to know about the quintessential Renaissance Man, who died 500 years ago, reports AFP.Born out of wedlock to a well-to-do notary and a peasant woman, Leonardo ...