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Diabetes is becoming a common disease today. Monitoring lifestyle, routine, diet, and physical activity are effective ways of reducing chances of developing diabetes. Once diabetes starts, it cannot be completely reversed. The most important thing in diabetes is to control blood sugar level. This requires a change in eating habits. There are some white foods that […]
India is among the few nations that boast a varied architectural heritage. From temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and synagogues, even in its places of worship, no other country has such diversity. With Eid just a day old, we look at some of the most beautiful mosques in India: 1) Hazratbal Masjid, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir: […]
Anxiety is one of the most common psychological problems in present times and is affecting people of almost all age groups. Recently Bollywood superstar Amir Khan’s daughter Ira Khan shared on Instagram how she deals with anxiety. Ira wrote, “1 thing that helped my anxiety. I used body scrub for the first time in my […]
IPL table toppers the Gujarat Titans squad on Sunday celebrated Gujarat Day with a tradition-inspired event in their team hotel. The purpose of this festival was to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of Gujarat’s founding. The Gujarat Titans’ players and support staff gathered in their team hotel on Sunday evening to bond over Garba and Gujarati […]
The rest of the IPL 2022 matches for Chennai Super Kings will once again be played under the captain cool- MS Dhoni as Ravindra Jadeja has opted to step down from the position and has handed over the captaincy to the former CSK skipper. “Ravindra Jadeja has decided to relinquish captaincy to focus and concentrate […]
Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore will face off in the IPL 2022 season’s next match. The match between GT and RCB is set to take place on April 30 at Brabourne Stadium (Saturday). Gujarat Titans’s Performance:In their previous encounter, Gujarat Titans defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad. SRH batted first and put up a massive score of […]
The opening conference of the fifth edition of the endourology workshop ‘Advancement In Enduorology’ (AIE) was held today in Forum Convention Centre, near Club O7 in Ahmedabad. Specialists from France, Nepal, Poland, Switzerland and Turkey attended the workshop organised by Dr Kandarp Parikh, a renowned Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Urosurgeon. This workshop is said to be […]
The Islamic calendar (called Hijri) is a lunar calendar comprising 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the annual period of fasting and the month of pilgrimage, Hajj. In most countries where the predominant religion is Islam, the […]
Rajasthan Royals settled their IPL 2022 dues of their first match loss against Royal Challengers Bangalore by handing them their fourth defeat in IPL 2022 and has acquired the top spot on the points table. After winning the toss, Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to field and the Faf Du Plessis’ army was successful in restricting […]
Kane Tanaka, the world’s oldest person, died in Japan aged 119, on April 19. Japan’s age demographics have been shifting and now the country has entered a “super-aged” society. Senior citizens aged 65 and above account for more than 28 percent of its population. We are quick to attribute good eating habits and exercise as […]
Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by nine wickets at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium on Friday for their fifth straight win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The Orange Army started their IPL 2022 campaign with defeats against Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants but they have now moved up to second place […]
Harper Lee addresses a number of problems in her story, the most crucial of which is prejudice. However, she has decided to focus on the themes of family life and courage throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, which, along with the issue of prejudice, can all be observed through Tom Robinson’s trial and the daily lives […]
“Christ the Lord is risen today, sons of men and angels say. Raise your joys and triumphs high; sing, ye heavens and earth reply.” – Charles Wesley Happy Easter to all! It is time to rejoice and celebrate as the day of Easter offers us the greatest gift of hope. We all must have heard […]
Breaking unfounded beliefs such as “old age comes with its pangs” needs researched validation. It is one thing to point at “healthy living” examples and entirely another to gather sufficient data, process in a scientific manner with assessment tools and then arrive upon the sum total. To her credit, Yale professor Becca Levy’s book “Breaking […]
The year 2021 has been described as the year of The Great Resignation, a term coined to describe the increased number of people who left their job during the pandemic. Professionals resigned in large numbers and continue to do so into the new year for multiple reasons – frustration with the current role, disengaged with […]
The digestive system plays a crucial role in our overall health and well-being, and taking prebiotics and probiotics either in the form of food or supplements is one way to help it continue to work efficiently. On World Health Day, observed every year since 1948, team VOI decided to address issues related to the digestive […]
A study published in The BMJ showed that people suffering from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have an increased risk of developing blood clots for up to six months after the infection. Researchers found that deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding occurred up to two and six months after COVID-19 infection, respectively. Additionally, […]
The scorching sun, dry heat, and bright sunny days have announced the early arrival of Indian summer. While kids take a break from the ongoing vacation, adults are left in their usual routine plus planning activities or a family trip during the break. All good. But the skin is left exposed to the sun and […]
Today, April 3, is the second day of Chaitra Navratri. Each of the nine days is imbued with significance and today, the day is set aside for Maa Brahmacharini, one of the nine forms of the Mother Goddess. In this incarnate of Brahma, the deity is worshipped as “the giver of eternal results.” She is […]
This week, I want to talk about Oscar Hijuelos. An amazing writer, Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013) was born to Cuban immigrant parents in New York. He was also the first Hispanic author to win the Pulitzer Prize. In 1990, he won the Pulitzer for his second novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989). The […]
