Cut salt intake, exercise to avoid high BP
byShruti Jain was a busy working mother juggling children, work and household chores with aplomb, until she suddenly collapsed in office one day. Diagnosed…
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Water for the gods – now being conserved in temples
byJaipur, March 31 (IANS) An astrologer and social activist has turned the religious practice of offering water and milk in temples into a unique…
Manipur’s HIV-affected women suffer for husband’s sins (Feature)
byImphal, March 31 (IANS) For Rachel, 34, the journey from being an abandoned child to a widow, whose emaciated body battles HIV and cancer,…
‘Mandela now breathing without difficulty’
byJohannesburg, March 31 (IANS) Nelson Mandela was breathing without difficulty, South Africa’s presidency said Saturday, as he spent third day in the hospital due…
Home of Allapalli teak to get enhanced state protection
byNagpur, March 30 (IANS) The Maharashtra government will soon declare a tiny forest, ‘Glory of Allapalli’, famous for the Allapalli Teak, as a bio-diversity…
‘Good education limited to cities’
byVasco (Goa), March 30 (IANS) Educational researcher Sugata Mitra said here Saturday that good education in India was limited to only those in cities…
Vedanta group’s copper plant ordered to be shut down
byChennai, March 30 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) Friday ordered closure of the Tuticorin copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries, part…
Hazare to begin nationwide tour Sunday
byMumbai, March 30 (IANS) Anna Hazare will embark on a year-long, all-India tour from Sunday to campaign for a stronger Lokpal bill, electoral reforms…
Chewing gum can make you chubby
byLondon, March 30 (IANS) A new study has found chewing gum could make people fat since its minty taste makes sugary food more tempting….
Tamil Nadu copper smelting plant ordered to stop operations
byChennai, March 30 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) Friday ordered closure of the Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant at Tuticorin with…