Rising levels of pollution have led to an increase in the number of strokes, revealed a study, reaffirming the growing evidence that climate change and overall air quality contributes to heart disease. The results showed that particles less than 2.5 mm in diameter (PM2.5) pose the greatest health risks due to their small size (1/30th […]
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Four professionals, who have physically demanding jobs, tell us how they stay healthy. MILIND BHARAMBE, Joint CP (traffic), 44 I joined the Maharashtra cadre in 1997 and have served the force in Ahmednagar, Kolhapur, Naxalite prone Gondia, Sangli, BrihanMumbai, Nasik Rural. Currently, I work as the joint commissioner of police (traffic) in the city. My
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One of the most important things, of course, is to make sure that you keep yourself adequately hydrated. This doesn’t just mean guzzling water when you feel thirsty. This is a common mistake that many people make. Instead of reaching out for that glass of water when you feel thirsty, make it a habit to
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A new study has good news for egg lovers according to which, eggs’ cholesterol neither hurts the heart nor puts your health at risk. Eating them every day was considered unhealthy due to its cholesterol levels that were regarded dangerous for the heart. The research involved a 20-year study of the dietary habits of 1,000
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As many as 24 students had a narrow escape on Friday when the school bus they were travelling in overturned here. The bus belonged to Partap World School and it was on way to the school from Sundarchak area. After picking students, when the bus reached near Pangoli Chowk at Kahnpur village, the driver lost
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India blanked Sri Lanka 3-0 at home recently, following their triumph Down Under, which has given the team hope of regaining the trophy it won in its inaugural edition in 2007 under the leadership of Dhoni. The 34-year-old said, “We have played T20s in Australia and the at home in recent times. The team is
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Noida-based company Ringing Bells Pvt Ltd said on Saturday it has closed online booking of Freedom 251, touted as the “world’s cheapest smartphone”, well before it was scheduled to end on February 21. “Till 11am on Saturday, a total of 7.35 crore people have booked the Rs 251 smartphone. We had to shut down online
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Desi Girls Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone are giving some Bollywood touch to Hollywood clearly, and we are loving it! The actresses are all over the news lately especially because they have made their way to Hollywood and the country just cannot stop going gaga over it. While Deepika has been keeping fans posted with
Sounds of explosions caused South Korean residents of a front-line island to prepare to evacuate early Saturday, but it was later determined the noise came from a North Korean artillery drill across the rivals’ disputed maritime border, officials said. The false alarm was indicative of the high anxiety between the Koreas in the wake of
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Flights to and from Fiji were cancelled on Saturday as the country braced itself for the arrival of Cyclone Winston. Winston was forecast to pass between the two main populated islands on Saturday night. Many domestic and international flights were cancelled as authorities urged people to secure their homes and not venture outside. Fiji’s prime
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Brussels for the EU-India summit on March 30, which is being held after a long gap of four years that have also seen the suspension of talks on the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA), sources confirmed to The Hindu. Officials say they hope that the visit by
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A day after a new government was sworn in Arunachal Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended best wishes to it and expressed hope that the new dispensation would fulfill the aspirations of the people. “My best wishes to the new Government of Arunachal Pradesh in fulfilling the expectations & aspirations of the people,” Modi
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Pune-Mumbai Expressway witnessed a massive traffic jam today after an oil tanker toppled blocking the busy road route between the two cities. Maharashtra Rural Development Minister Pankaja Munde tweeted a photo of the expressway advising people to avoid the route. “Plz avoid Pune Mumbai travel on Expressway. Huge traffic jam,” Munde tweeted. An oil tanker
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“The University of Hyderabad (UoH) has turned into a police camp,” said Srikanth K., member of the Ambedkar Student Association in UoH, to which research scholar Rohith Vemula also belonged. The statement ironically came during a discussion on ‘Democratic campuses for education’ organised by the Karnataka Vidhyarthi Sanghatane on Wednesday. Mr. Srikanth, a PhD scholar
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Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi, who is facing a lot of flak for his handling of the JNU row and the eventual clashes at the Patiala House Court complex, today fell for a parody Twitter account of NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar and responded to it. This was reportedly the second time in a fortnight that
Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued in Rohtak and Bhiwani in Haryana and curfew clamped down Friday in these two violence-hit districts and Jhajjar too. Three people have been killed, reports IANS even as the Army was rushed in Friday night across eight districts. Security forces opened fire after large-scale violence by Jat community protestors on
Fishermen from eight coastal districts in Tamil Nadu have decided to ‘lay siege’ to the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission at Chennai on February 29, demanding release of 29 fishermen from the state, lodged in prisons in the island nation. They have also demanded release of 78 fishing boats. A decision to this effect was
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After nearly two months, the Indian cricket Board has decided to express its reservations over the implementation of recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee. The BCCI, which has been maintaining that it had an obligation to implement the Committee’s recommendations and fully respected the directives of the apex court during the special general meeting
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Indian cricket has a definite dearth of fast bowlers. But selecting an unfit player in Mohammed Shami in the hope that he’d fire on all cylinders in next month’s ICC World T20 championship is either taking a huge leap of faith or scraping the bottom of a barrel. Take your pick. Consider the facts: The
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Garry Kasparov would leave his opponents in a trance and the mesmerising impact was transferred to 600 top entrepreneurs from across the globe here on Friday. In the Capital at the invitation of Entrepreneurs’ Organisation which organised the RIE 2016 event, Kasparov shared his life experiences in sport and in politics. As the EO president
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For India, the roadmap is going perfectly to plan. Their build-up to ICC World Twenty20 (WT20) will hit the home straight in Bangladesh. After conquering Australia Down Under and Sri Lanka at home, Asia Cup will be the perfect precursor to the big-ticket WT20. A series win over possibly their biggest challengers and the defending
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Kainat Soomro was 13 years old and on her way to buy a toy for her newborn niece when three men kidnapped her, held her for several days and repeatedly raped her. Eight years later, she is still battling for justice. She sits on a steel-framed bed in her parents’ three-bedroom home, and holds her
Bollywood actress Kajol was today appointed as a part-time member of the Prasar Bharati Board which runs public broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR). The actress, known for starring in hit films like Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Baazigar, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai etc., will serve as a part-time member on the Board till November
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Partial results in Uganda’s chaotic election gave veteran president Yoweri Museveni a solid lead as the US urged him to “rein in” the police after his main challenger was detained for the third time this week. As voting concluded yesterday, provisional results gave the 71-year-old leader 63 per cent of the vote with nearly half
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U.S. warplanes launched air strikes against a suspected Islamic State training camp in western Libya on Friday, killing more than 40 people, likely including a militant connected to two deadly attacks last year in neighbouring Tunisia. It was the second U.S. air strike in three months against Islamic State in Libya, where the hardline Islamist
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David Cameron hailed a landmark deal on Friday he said gave Britain “special status” in the European Union and pledged to campaign heart and soul to stay in the EU at a deeply uncertain referendum expected in June. At a summit that ran into overtime, EU leaders agreed unanimously on a package of measures aimed
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In the wake of North Korea’s nuclear tests and satellite launches, some conservatives in South Korea are championing a strategy that was once seen as unthinkable: arming their own country with nuclear weapons. Several members of President Park Geun-hye’s party have called for developing a nuclear program, a view that for now is contained to
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Firing a fresh salvo at the Delhi government, the Centre has asked it to pay outstanding arrears of over Rs. 1,127 crore for medical benefits provided to employees in the national capital under the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948. Warning the Aam Aadmi Party government that medical care facilities could be suspended for nearly 50
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To end the confusion created by the answer key of an exam held by a Rajkot local body, the Gujarat High Court today declared that it was Rabindranath Tagore who gave the title of ‘Mahatma’ to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Justice JB Pardiwala, while disposing of a petition, said that all school textbooks give the credit
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Kalikho Pul, sworn-in as the ninth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh late on Friday evening, will be the first Congress CM, probably in India, to be installed with support from arch rivals BJP. This is not the first time that the ‘impossible’ has happened in the northeast. Last year, Congress and BJP came together to
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