Sakshi Malik, who made made India proud by bringing a Bronze medal in Rio Olympics 2016, has tied a knot with another wrestler Satyawart Kardian on April 2 and they reveal that they first met at 2014 Commonwealth games and then, they got engaged last October and about a week before, they had announced their wedding date..
This ceremony took...
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Fungus that devours plastic may help clean environment:solve garbage problem.
Ramesh Kolanthara -
Scientists have identified a novel soil fungus which uses enzymes to rapidly break down plastic materials, an advance that could help deal with the waste problem that threatens our environment.
The research team led by Xu Jianchu, a researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found an unexpected solution to the growing plastic problem in the form of soil fungus...
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Govt orders probe:70 girls in UP school allegedly stripped for menstrual blood check.
Roopa Kanthraj -
In a shocking and a shameful incident, as many as 70 girls of Kasturba Gandhi Residential School at Digri village were on Thursday stripped naked allegedly by a school principal to check for menstrual blood.
Specs of blood in a bathroom at a residential school in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar made the warden so furious that she allegedly forced some 70...
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WHO:300 million people suffer from depression and mental health issues:800,000 commit suicide yearly.
Roopa Kanthraj -
Depression is a common illness worldwide, with more than a whopping 300 million people affected according to World Health Organisation (WHO). Depression is different from usual mood fluctuations and short-lived emotional responses to challenges in everyday life.
Especially when long-lasting and with moderate or severe intensity, depression may become a serious health condition. It can cause the affected person to...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to undo Obama-era regulations to curb climate change, keeping a campaign promise to support the coal industry while calling into question US support for an international deal to fight global warming. A move meant to bolster domestic energy production and create jobs, but environmentalists say the order is dangerous and vow...
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Indian cities may face deadly heatwaves due to global warming: increasing droughts, heatwaves and floods:scientists
Ramesh Kolanthara -
‘Heat stress’,the effect on the human body,rises at a faster rate than temperature, partly because warmer air can hold more moisture. Humid air absorbs more liquid at a slower rate so human’s main method of cooling down, sweating, is less effective.
Global megacities like Kolkata could face annual deadly heat waves like the one that claimed over 2,000 lives in...
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Harsh Gupta Becomes IIT Gate Topper, Gets All India Rank 1 In Chemical Engineering:
Chinmayee Dande -
Happiness is spread everywhere in this Gupta family in Jaipur as by their younger son, Harsh Gupta has secured All India Rank 1 in chemical engineering. Results of Graduate Aptitude Test in engineering i.e GATE 2017 are just out and Harsh Gupta is clearly a topper by securing 999 out of 1000.
A BTech final year student at Malviya National Institute...
A new smartphone app and a device has been developed that is able to measure a man's sperm count and quality and let him know his level of fertility with up to 98% accuracy, in a matter of minutes whether he suffers from infertility, an Indian scientist and a team of US researchers said on Wednesday (March 22). So...
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Madhya Pradesh Government Hospital : SHOCKING! 70-Year-Old patient’s body found half eaten by dogs
Roopa Kanthraj -
Madhya Pradesh witnessed yet another horror show of healthcare, where dogs have eaten up the body of a woman aged 70 who went missing from a government hospital in Rajgarh on March 22. This is the fifth such incident recorded in the state in less than 10 months, and the second this year.
Some sanitation workers chanced upon the grisly...
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Stem Cell therapy reduces lung damage; COPD and cystic fibrosis cause the inflammations that can now be cured
Sowmya Seshadri -
With growing amount of industrial pollution, we expose our body to these harmful chemicals and dust, everyday. Instead of fresh air, we breathe in polluted air that in turn damages our lungs.
Lungs start losing their function because of chronic inflammation. Several diseases cause this chronic inflammation. COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) and cystic fibrosis are the main cause. These...