Your belly is targeted to get digital ads

Good journalism needs to dissect bad science Do you want to burn those pesky belly fat? According to NDTV, fruits, tulsi tea, juices, nuts, homemade drinks, laughing, NDTV special belly-shrinking citrusy tea, seeds, hung curd, ghee, vegetables, quinoa, cumin, carbon dioxide, chicken soup, milk, raw garlic, egg and frankly almost anything left in your kitchen […]

HOW THE DOERS DRESS

Freed from old-world ideas on dressing formally for office, millennials make sure they convey professionalism in how they show up for work A ballerina shows off her sharp moves in a crisp tutu. A Bharat Natyam dancer poses in a carefully pleated silk skirt. Various performers use their ensembles to get into the mood of […]

How to make an informed choice

When it comes to abortion and contraception, women need to be aware of the medico-legal status and their sexual and reproductive rights. Here is some expert advice India was amongst the first few countries to create a legal and policy framework guaranteeing access to abortion and contraception. Despite this, women and girls continue to experience […]

Young lives on the rails

At Delhi’s busy railway stations, child traffickers use every trick up their sleeve to evade detection, but social workers are close at their heels A sea of people, some making their way to trains, some getting off, others waiting, occupying every inch of space on the platforms. This is a common feature in Delhi’s train […]

Women cops save the day

If you’re a woman and you find yourself in some kind of trouble and need help, the reflex action  is to instinctively dial 1091. The women constables who receive your call, the ones that set the ball rolling, are actually sitting in a room surrounded with telephones, wires, and beeps and boops, trying to get […]

Access allowed

With the launch of ‘e-Abhilekh’, a Department of Archives website, almost 4 crore documents dating back to Mughal era are being digitised. Patriot finds out the importance of these documents Ever wondered who owns the heritage buildings in Chandni Chowk? Or what the 19th century farmans of Mughal emperor Shah Alam II look like? Documents […]

Business as usual

Local traders say there is no need to blame anyone for the hotel fire that killed 17, it was an “accident” A day after the ghastly fire at Karol Bagh’s Hotel Arpit Palace that killed 17 people, life goes on uninterrupted. There are crowds on the streets, Tank Road and Gurudwara Road markets are doing brisk […]

When roofs came down

The hailstorm created snow-like vistas in Noida but brought disaster to a village in Greater Noida — in a matter of seconds “There was a sudden bolt of lightning and something that looked like a ball of fire. It sounded as if an aeroplane or a helicopter was landing. We lost everything in the blink […]