Millions of yoga enthusiasts bent and twisted their bodies in complex postures across India and much of the world on Sunday to mark the first International Yoga Day.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had lobbied the U.N. to declare June 21 as the global Yoga Day, spread his mat among rows of people, including his Cabinet members and foreign diplomats, ...
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Links between birth month and health
People born in May have the lowest disease risk, and those in October have the highest risk, a computational method developed by scientists to investigate the relationship between birth month and disease risk shows.”This data could help scientists uncover new disease risk factors,” said study senior author Nicholas Tatonetti, assistant professor of biomedical informatics at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).Earlier ...
Read More »Every child has the right to education
Child labor refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives them of their childhood and denies their fundamental right to education. Child labor is considered exploitative and legislations across the world prohibit this practice.However, these laws do not consider ‘all’ work by children as child labor. Exceptions include work by child artists, supervised training and certain categories ...
Read More »Beat the heat of summer
After a week’s hard work, a luxuriously relaxing massage spells a well-spent weekend rejuvenation. A good pair of hands can smooth the knots in the muscles caused by excess exposure to computer or mental stress. The Signature Massage at NeoVeda spa, The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa, Delhi, offers 90 minutes of uninterrupted massage, coconut scrub and a cucumber wrap ...
Read More »Humans have more than 5 senses
It turns out, there are at least nine senses and most researchers think there are more like twenty-one or so, according to the website todayifoundout.com. Just for reference, the commonly held definition of a “sense” is “any system that consists of a group of sensory cell types that respond to a specific physical phenomenon and that corresponds to a particular ...
Read More »Better ways to cook vegetables
Brimming with the goodness of vitamins, minerals, fiber and anti-oxidants, vegetables are among the healthiest foods available. In fact, people who consume veggies on a regular basis, research shows, have a lower risk at developing chronic diseases like heart disease, type 2 Diabetes, and some forms of cancer.Eating vegetables in raw or cooked form is a highly debatable question ...
Read More »Think before biting into that ‘fresh’ apple
You are what you eat. It’s what every mother tells her child as she forces those green vegetables and lentils to be cleaned off the plate. But today, not just eating, even shopping for your daily needs has never been more complex. From reports of pesticides injected into vegetables to chemical wax on apples to make them shine, in some ...
Read More »Decoding modern dress code
Last week I was unceremoniously evicted from the bar of one of Delhi’s last remaining bastions of old gentility. Unaware of the rule that jeans are permitted but torn ones are not, I was guilty of showing up in a pair of (brand new) fashionably ripped denims. This prestigious private club, known for its buzzing Thursday nights, where several generations ...
Read More »Summer health hazards
The South Asia is seeing higher heat wave deaths than ever before and medical authorities are issuing regular health warnings and precautions to cope with such conditions.Exposure to extreme heat can result in some serious health issues. Heat stroke, heat stress, heat rash, heat cramps, and exhaustion are among the top health hazards that can lead to life threatening events ...
Read More »Paying for sex now illegal in Northern Ireland
Paying for sex became illegal in Northern Ireland on Monday, making it the only part of Britain to adopt more stringent legislation aimed at punishing clients of prostitutes instead of sex workers, reports Times of India. Those caught breaking the new law, which passed last year in the Northern Ireland assembly by 81 votes to 10, face up to a ...
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