Your fitness routine is in full swing two months into the year: You’re eating right and you’re exercising, but you’re not yet seeing the results you want. What’s missing? It might be sleep. So say an increasing number of studies that show sleep deprivation causing such negative outcomes as weight gain, an increase in overuse […]
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It is rightly said that as long as the mind is active, everything else is alright. Keeping the mind active can help you in various ways, especially during old age. Some people even believe that it is the secret formula to slowing down the process of ageing. Moreover, it brings in a sense of purpose
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We have heard it several times that six to eight hours of sleep is essential for the body’s proper functioning. This is the time when the body relaxes and undergoes repair, so that you can be all up and about the next day. But the kind of lifestyles we lead today, it is easier said
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The ISIS group has made life threats to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a new video which shows their photos riddled with digitally added bullet holes, mocking the social media websites’ attempts to block terrorist content from their platforms. In the 25-minute video, the ISIS claim they are fighting back
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Book: Of Marriageable Age; Author: Sharon Mass; Publisher: Fingerprint; Pages: 510; Price: 350 There are some stories that leave a lingering after taste. Of Marriageable Age by Sharon Maas is one of those books. The entwined stories of Savitri, Nat and Saroj that come chapter after chapter start from their very childhood, which is set
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Ibn Battuta, the famous Moroccan traveller has mentioned that Kebab was an integral part of the daily diet of Indian royalty as early as 1200 AD. No wonder the Afghan plunderers and invaders brought it to the Indian kitchens long before the Mughals ventured in. If the pre-Mughal Kebab was more about marinade and meat-being
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For interfaith couples, marriage ceremonies represent so much more than tying the knot Planning a wedding is notoriously stressful. But for the growing number of people who are falling in love with a partner of a different faith, a wedding can come with the added challenge of trying to decide how to honour their two
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The more television people watch the thinner a female body they prefer, according to a new study. Claiming to have proved a direct link between TV and female body ideals, researchers said they were able to isolate the effects of media exposure from other cultural and ecological factors. Assessing groups of people from rural Nicaragua,
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In a first, researchers have developed a method to turn skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that can destroy brain tumours known as glioblastoma. The discovery can offer, for the first time in more than 30 years, a new and more effective treatment for the disease, the study said. “Patients desperately need a better standard
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Swedish researchers have developed a new magnetic imaging technique that utilises sugar to assess the malignancy of tumours in cancer patients. The new imaging technique has been combined with the testing of natural sugar as a replacement for metal in contrast agents. The results showed that malignant tumours (cancerous cells) show higher sugar consumption than
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Time to raise a toast to good health. A new research claims that alcohol may be good for your heart when consumed in moderation. The study also found that people drinking wine, liquor or beer regularly are less prone to heart failure and heart attacks than those who rarely or never drink. Three to five
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who was shooting for Gauri Shinde’s movie in Goa along with Alia Bhatt has completed the first schedule. Though the 50-year-old actor has headed back to Mumbai, his 22-year-old co-star is missing him. Alia took to her Twitter handle and shared a cute picture of her, SRK and Gauri. She
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Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that Turkey would not be bound by the Syrian ceasefire plan if its security was threatened, and would take “necessary measures” against the Syrian Kurdish YPG and Islamic State if needed. The ceasefire process, put in train by Russia and the United States, could be complicated by NATO
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In what would be a key move if implemented, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the government is “actively considering” a separate set up for defence acquisition. Many countries like France have exclusive organisations which deal with defence acquisition. This was also one of the recommendations of the Dhirendra Singh Committee, that was set up
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When he travelled half-way across the country to help his mother pay off a debt, 15-year-old Marimuthu had no idea that the he would end up having to escape an abusive employer and seek hospital treatment for serious burns on his legs. After working 15-hour days in a sweet shop in Pundarpur in Maharashtra with
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Police in Jammu and Kashmir say they have arrested a fidayeen (suicide attacker) who was part of the ‘Afzal Guru Squad’ that attacked a Indian army camp near the border in Kupwor district. Five other locals who were allegedly part of the Jaish-e-Muhammad have also been arrested. A senior police official told Kashmir Dispatch that
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Russia has interest in conducting joint space missions with India including a manned flight to Mars, Russian Consul-General in Chennai Sergey Kotov said. According to him, the topic about a joint Indo-Russian space mission came up during a discussion with one of the top scientists in space research, who also headed ISRO earlier. “Though history
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With their star players back in the squad, a buoyant Sri Lanka would like to get into the groove when they face minnows United Arab Emirates first-up in a round robin league encounter of the Asia Cup T20 tournament in Mirpur on Thursday. The Sri Lankan team bears a formidable look with the comeback of
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Statistical highlights of the opening match of the Asia Cup cricket tournament between India and Bangladesh in Mirpur. # India have won all three encounters vs Bangladesh in T20Is — by 25 runs at Nottingham on June 6, 2009, by 8 wickets on March 28, 2014 and by 45 runs at Dhaka on February 24,
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There are two prominent routes to enter Bollywood – winning beauty pageants and starring in reality TV shows. Director Rohit Raj’s upcoming film ‘Ishq Vs Luv,’ produced by Arsalaan Khan Production’s will see winners from both these fields in leading roles. The lead actor, Rishabh Sinha was a contestant on reality TV show, ‘Bigg Boss
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India’s government is expected to deliver on promises to overhaul the tax regime and ramp up public spending in its budget Monday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bids to shore up his sagging reputation as a reformer. The business-friendly premier came to power almost two years ago with promises to overhaul Asia’s third-largest economy and
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India is sending at least 40 tonnes of medicines, food and tents through an Indian Air Force plane to cyclone-hit Fiji as the archipelago nation reached out for foreign help. IAF is flying a C17 transport aircraft from Delhi to Chennai with about 20 tonnes of medicine and food. From Chennai, another 20 tonnes of
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Exactly a year ago when India were playing the 50-over World Cup, it was difficult to imagine Yuvraj Singh making a comeback into the team that was brimming with youthful exuberance. Even more difficult was entertaining thoughts of Ashish Nehra, forced into international exile post the 2011 World Cup triumph, donning the blue jersey once
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Rohit Sharma has struck as many as 10 half-centuries in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket so far, in 51 games. Shikhar Dhawan, who is likely to remain Rohit’s partner at the top, recently scored his maiden fifty in the format. While the two Indian batsmen remain quite different in their approach and batting styles, it is
A few days ago, the India Today magazine predicted a revival of sorts for Rahul Gandhi, arguing that he was emerging as a challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Dissing the argument, somebody made an interesting remark. “Nobody can dislodge Modi till two factors do not change: oil prices and Rahul Gandhi.” On Wednesday, when
Bollywood Diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Selfie is doing rounds on social media. She was posing for a selfie along with Border Security Force jawan at Sarabjit Shooting. Sarabjit is a biopic drama directed by Omung Kumar. The movie features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Randeep Hooda in titular roles. Darshan Kumar, Richa Chaddha, Shiwani Saini, Charanpreet
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Amid a very public battle with the FBI over demands that it open a phone belonging to one of the San Bernadino attackers, a report has said that Apple is already developing new security measures that would make it impossible for the government to break into a locked iPhone. The report in the New York
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If the Maharashtra government had its way with its funny new rules, only cops can watch performances in Mumbai’s dance bars and not the patrons, who come there shelling out big bucks. The state government, which was in October 2015 ordered to lift the ban on dance bars while being asked to crack down on
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Sonam Kapoor thanked Pakistani activist and youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai for watching her latest release Neerja. The movie, which displays the real life heroic act of flight attendant – Neerja Bhanot, who lost her life while saving others on the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 in September 1986. Neerja’s lead actress Sonam Kapoor,
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Airlift done, actor Akshay Kumar is back, this time as a dashing naval officer in the first look of his upcoming period film Rustom. #RustomFirstLook has been among the top trends on Twitter since morning. Akshay, 48, who shared the first poster on Twitter, captioned it, “Decorated officer. Devoted family man. Defending his honour. His
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