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Covid-19 has stepped its foot in the India Open currently underway in New Delhi and as many as seven Indian players who tested positive had to withdraw from the tournament. The players include World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ashwini Ponnappa. The players along with their double partners have been withdrawn […]
From the time the pandemic began, scientists and researchers across the globe have been trying to find antibodies that can provide immunity against Corona virus. A recent study by Imperial College London has inferred that high levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can guard against COVID-19. Immunity against COVID-19 is a complex subject and […]
Covid rise is taking on an aggressive route. Thursday saw 4,213 new cases reported in Gujarat alone. And while vaccines remain the answer, many argue the efficacy of vaccines in dealing with newer variants. Meanwhile, masking up seems to be the only way out. However, experts opine that cloth masks are not a judicious choice. […]
On a cold winter night, a body was taken to a burial ground in an auto rickshaw in Ahmedabad. At the day end, the person takes the last ride of his life. This circle of life is captured by Vibes of India lensman Hanif Sindhi.
Two weeks ago, I had spoken about novels where characters grow through the different experiences that they accumulate in their lives. As ‘novels of growth’ or a bildungsroman, I had specifically spoken about two novels, which I have loved in my life, George Eliot’s Middlemarch and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a […]
Imagine going to a restaurant with your sixteen-month-old. How do you think your meal would pan out? Perhaps you would take out a prepacked home meal from the diaper bag and proceed to painstakingly feed your distracted toddler for thirty minutes while your food gets cold. Perhaps you’d offer them your phone so that they’ll […]
On a good day for Indian tennis, Sania Mirza and the men’s doubles pair of Ramkumar Ramanathan and Rohan Bopanna emerged victorious in their respective first round matches in the ATP and WTA tournaments on Tuesday. The Adelaide event is a tune-up for the Australian Open, starting on January 17 in Melbourne. Sania and Nadiia […]
My first introduction to the poems of Agha Shahid Ali was in 1995, reading works by different Indian poets in English as I worked for my M.Phil. dissertation on the poetry of AK Ramanujan. I was immediately enamoured of him. There was no way one could not be so. In fact, I found out that […]
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which read, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the hat – spare change from folks as they hurried past. A man was walking by. He took a few […]
Remember the friends you made in the early days of your career? You exchanged confidences, swapped gossip, has discussions involving this interesting new concept called “work” and at the end of the month, you went out and blew up your salaries together. Most of these friends may have been lost to time and performance appraisals, […]
Nocebo is the stark opposite of placebo. Both are Latin words, the former translates “I shall harm” and the latter meaning “I shall please.” Fitness freaks or even the ordinary folks looking at a fitter themselves, have opted for noceboes as a guide to a healthier life. A paradox, isn’t it? Let us explain. The […]
Researchers and scientists have recognized another muscle layer in the human jaw that helps it in stabilisation. This revelation was made by scientists at the University of Basil. The masseter muscle is the most noticeable of the jaw muscles, it’s connected to the strong or “coronoid” cycle of the lower jaw and can pull the […]
A definite milestone in a baby’s life is the day they get introduced to solid food. Before six months of age, a baby’s diet consists primarily of breastmilk, formula or a combination of both. Once they get a start on solids, they begin inching towards toddlerhood, and it’s goodbye to the newborn stage. When introducing […]
In a number of novels across world literature does a character grow and learn through one’s life experiences as the novel progresses. Such novels are known as a bildungsroman, a German term which means ‘novel of growth’. There are a lot of notable examples scattered through the realms of literature. Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks is one […]
Gujarat Income Tax Department won big at All India Civil Services Swimming Tournament in Gandhinagar. Income Tax Assistant Divya Satija won three gold medals at the tournament. The 25-year old has been with the I-T department since 2017. Over 200 members from across India participated in the tournament. She represented Regional Sports Board. Speaking to […]
No longer is depression a taboo subject. While hardliners accuse celebs of making it a fashion statement aka “depression is inversely proportional to your standing in the rat race,” some say India is coming out of being a promiscuous society. The recent name to have hinted at the blues taking over is fitness and yoga […]
A novel that I remember that I have liked ever since I have read is Lost Horizon by the English novelist, James Hilton. The novel was published in 1933. I read it many years ago, the first time over two decades ago and, ever since, I have returned to this novel quite a few times […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given a nod of approval to the Serum Institute of India’s (SII), emergency use vaccine Covovax. CEO of the Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla shared this news through his Twitter handle saying “This is yet another milestone in our fight against Covid-19, Covovax is now WHO approved for […]
A Covid outbreak has suspended the grand finale of Miss World 2021 in Puerto Rico. Around 17 contestants, including Mansa Varanasi (the present Miss India World 2020) have tested positive. According to organizers, the Miss World pageant will be held at a designated place within the next 90 days. Every contestant will be able to […]
Ever since the BCCI (The Board of Control for Cricket in India) announced Rohit Sharm as the new ODI captain, Indian cricket is going haywire. Sharma will be succeeding Virat Kohli in this role who had originally stepped down only in T20Is. However, this announcement from the BCCI has received mixed reactions from the masses […]
