LIFESTYLE

Let's embrace the skin we are in
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This Women's Day, let's embrace the skin we are in. Our skin protects us from the outside world, it is the body's largest organ; and so it is important that we maintain good skin health to feel comfortable in our own skin. Many women experience conditions like dryness, flakiness, dark spots, stretch marks and some even have prominent scars from past experiences.
Tips for preventing premature hair graying
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When you are youthful from within, it shows from the outside as well, through your skin, body and hair. Hair that is healthy and shiny is a manifestation of good overall health as well as youthfulness. However, some of us often tend to battle premature graying. We are told it's hormonal and all attempts to prevent it would be futile? Is it really so? The answer is definitely not. There are a lot many ways with which we can treat or nourish our strands and scalp so that premature graying is prevented.
Zorawar Kalra enters the Food Metaverse
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The collaboration will enable Massive Restaurants, known to celebrate modern Indian cuisine, to enter into the Metaverse, and create its first experience restaurant in OneRare's Food Metaverse. Massive Restaurants will present NFTs celebrating their signature dishes on the blockchain for the first time ever, as well, create virtual restaurants, interactive experiences and more.
Cervical cancer most common after breast cancer in women: AIIMS
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Talking to IANS, Dr Neerja Bhatla, Head Of Department, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, said that in Indian women, cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer, but is preventable and curable, if found early and effectively treated. However in India, an estimated 123,907 new cases and 77,000 deaths are reported each year, or one woman dying every 8 minutes, she said.
Levi's unveils #IShapeMyWorld Season 7
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Beyond talking about inspiring stories and aims at enabling and empowering women through live sessions highlighting the protagonists' journey, periodic masterclasses as well as flagship internship programs, this year's Levi's #IShapeMyWorld campaign, is rooted in the concept that behind every successful woman is another woman who has inspired, supported and cheered her on.
Even mild Covid can shrink brain regions related to smell: Study
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Researchers from the University of Oxford looked at changes to the brains of 785 people, aged 51-81, on average of 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study, published in the journal Nature, identified a number of effects, including a greater reduction in grey matter thickness in the regions of the brain associated with smell (the orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus).
Drinking wine with meals linked to lower type 2 diabetes risk: Study
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Drinking wine, with meals is associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes, suggests a new study. The study indicated that consuming moderate amounts of alcohol (no more than 14 grams per day for women and 28 grams per day for men), especially wine, with meals was associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Celebrating food as culture
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The ongoing five-day Mahindra Sanatkada Lucknow Festival (MSLF) with its theme 'Lucknowi Bawarchi Khane', showcasing the city's street food, home food, food served in marriages and the one relished during the religious festivals, aims to go beyond the pampering the palate. Also being showcased are exhibits, installations and photo exhibitions around the theme besides an elaborate craft & weaves bazaar with craftsmen and weavers across the country in attendance.
BookEnds | Clandestine Conflict: Literary portrayals of (first?) Cold War
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It is not certain how the situation in Ukraine will pan out, but it is certain, given the western response to Russian actions and the heated rhetoric, that a new Cold War is set to begin. Or rather, the old one is set to resume after a hiatus -- but millennials and further generations may hardly be very familiar with it, notwithstanding the Bond films.
It's baby season in Bollywood
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Many Bollywood celebrities have had a joyous 2021, as they welcomed a new member to their family, embracing parenthood and embarking on a new chapter in their lives.
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