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Amid Omicron, plans for Valentine's Day are still on the table
QuackQuack surveyed its users to understand how the rising cases of the new variant have once again affected their plans for this big day. Among the participants, 64 percent of the users live in the same city as their partners, while 36 per cent are in a long-distance relationship.
Most Indians adopt hybrid lifestyles in pandemic: Google
The Google annual Year in Search report for 2021 showed accelerated expansion of the internet user base in India over the past two years. It has also led to millions of new Google searches per day across user segments, channels, and needs making Search a key touchpoint for relevant and helpful information.
Happy Teddy Day 2022: 10 Best gift ideas to win the heart of your partner
Teddies could mean different things to different persons. Sometimes, teddies are a replacement for someone, and a comfort partner for someone, or just a toy to one. There are also some more things that teddies tell us, and that is through their color. Different colors of teddies mean and signify different things. But most importantly teddy helps people to convey the message of their feelings to their loved ones.
Explainer: Why is dust turning Mumbai's air quality unusually bad?
And if the experts are to be believed, the two back-to-back dust storms induced worst air quality may continue to be so for two more days. That is, if Mumbai and western coast are not hit by a third. Since Sunday, Mumbai's AQI has hovered above 300 ('very poor' as per meteorological classification in India) with even Tuesday morning recording 320, the Ministry of Earth Science's SAFAR forecast and advisory said.
UN report says most people worldwide plagued by feelings of insecurity
Even citizens in countries with some of the best health, wealth, and education outcomes are reporting greater anxiety than a decade ago, Xinhua news agency reported. "Despite global wealth being higher than ever before, a majority of people are feeling apprehensive about the future and these feelings have likely been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic," said UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner on Tuesday.
Covid vax in pregnancy produces persistent antibodies in infants: Study
The study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) showed titers -- or antibody levels -- were higher in vaccinated mothers and their umbilical cord blood at delivery than in those study participants infected with Covid.
Picasso's anti-war tapestry back at UN HQ in New York
The tapestry was restored at its original place outside the Security Council Chamber on February 5, reports Xinhua news agency. The owner of the tapestry, Nelson Rockefeller, Jr., retrieved it in February 2021. No reason was given at the time. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in February 2021 that the world body chief and others went to great lengths to keep the tapestry in the UN, but in vain.
Happy Propose Day 2022: 12 Best ways to propose to that special person in your life
On this day, one gets down on his/her knees and well pops the question from the love of their lives. The day is marked as the day of celebration by proposing to the love of your life.
British Council and Art X Company launch 'India Literature and Publishing Sector Study'
The study commissioned by the British Council and conducted by the Art X Company brings together insights from 100 stakeholders charting the current publishing and translation ecosystem across 10 Indian cities or states, to present insights covering eight focus languages. It closely examines the role of literary festivals and events, trends in digitization, perceptions of Indian literature in English translation abroad as well as its intersections with the National Education Policy, 2020.
Curb tobacco use to prevent millions from cancer deaths
Presently different kinds of cancer is taking into its grip around 14 lakh Indians, killing 8 lakh every year, as many as 27 per cent are attributed to tobacco use. The health experts also felt that passage of the proposed amendments for a stricter tobacco-control law, COTPA, will help reduce the menace.
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