Raw is the way for good mental health

Raw fruits and vegetables may be better for your mental health than cooked, canned and processed products, a study reveals. Public health campaigns have historically focused on aspects of quantity for the consumption of fruit and vegetables. However, the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, found that for mental health in particular, it […]

Another reason to love rice

INDIA’S MOST ‘BELOVED’ CROP, CAN DO MORE THAN JUST SATISFY YOUR HUNGER. HERE’S WHY… Rice is the number one staple crop of the world. It is consumed in various ways in different countries. It possesses nutrients, which are of vital importance to human beings. But generally, people are not aware of it and eat it […]

Attack on AAP politics

THE SACKING OF ATISHI MARLENA HAS LEFT EVERYONE WITH A QUESTION: HOW CAN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SACK AN ADVISOR TO THE DELHI GOVERNMENT? The cancellation of Atishi Marlena’s appointment as advisor to Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia is one of those occasions when the Narendra Modi-led central government has taken  direct aim at the Arvind […]

Capital’s rapists

While experts feel the ‘Rape Capital’ tag given by the media to Delhi is unfair, it seems to be true that most predators work in private spaces like homes, not in the public sphere In Delhi, from 2017 to March 31, 2018, approximately 3.75 per cent rapes were committed by strangers while almost 96.5 per […]

‘Naughty boy’ behaves

On March 29, the geosynchronous rocket which was given a nickname by scientists after many of its launches failed, finally performed under ISRO chief K Sivan’s watch India has scripted yet another success as it put into orbit its latest communication satellite GSAT-6A after a perfect launch of its powerful geosynchronous rocket that will help […]

Will Pak poll be free and fair

In a fair election, Nawaz Sharif’s party, the PMLN, would be in a pole position. If it doesn’t manage to get a simple majority, it would at least be the single largest party Despite being badly wounded and pushed into a corner, the tiger (election symbol of Nawaz Sharif’s party and his own image among […]

Kidney crunch

Only 3.3 per cent of 1.8 lakh people suffering from renal failure every year find a donor in India. But there’s never a shortage of donors for politicians or the influential Here is an interesting paradox. While politicians and sportspersons make a beeline for the US and Europe for treatment, India has become one of […]

Criminal mindsets

Encounter killings will hardly be able to decriminalise UP if the chief minister continues to extricate the BJP’s own legislators accused of crimes as heinous as rape and murder The BJP-government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh seems to have been caught into its own web. Taking in turncoats having criminal antecedents […]