Month: May 2014
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Himalayas- Heaven on Earth
‘Abode of Snow’ , The King of all Mountains, the Majestic and Gigantic Himalayas, the Highest Mountain Range in the World with spanning thousands of miles and far- reaching mountain peaks and ranges holds within itself an exceptionally diverse and rich ecology. From Coniferous forests to subtropical forests, Wetlands to Montane grasslands are as much…
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15 Healthy Foods for Weight Loss: For Real !
‘My life is over!’ cried a teary eyed Mihika as she looked at her reflection in the mirror, noticing a visible increment in her waist size. Most of us have this issue sometime or the other in life: The worry of having gained excess weight. Don’t over react. Check your Body Mass Index (BMI) and…
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Now you can stay fit without going to the gym!
Has the thought of going to the gym always eluded you? Or has exercising always been a tedious and monotonous task for you? In any case, you are not alone. Many people avoid the gym for various reasons- some don’t have the time, some don’t like it and some don’t feel it’s needed at all.…
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ORGANISM AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
ORGANISMS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS Imagine yourself on a nature exploration trip to a place with pristine beauty. To preserve the memory of your trip, while taking the photographs you may also like to note down the names of the organisms familiar to you, and make sketches of the unfamiliar ones. While going through this exercise,…
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Home décor- This is going green too!
What woman doesn’t love to do up their homes in a way that everyone would go WOW when they enter! Most of the ladies out there, especially the home makers are always finding new ways and ideas to design and decorate their living rooms and bedrooms… and especially the baby’s room! BUT… the furniture is…
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Is global warming actually slowing down?
The hottest topics of debate in the world scientific community of late have always seem to revolve around the issue of global warming. With one side emphasizing the ‘the doom is near’ scenario while the other accusing exaggerated predictions, we the general public are left baffled as to what to actually expect. And the popular…
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Hair colour- a big no-no
Many people colour their hair to look trendy and stylish. It is estimated that about seventy five percent of women in the world colour their hair. Rich hues of red, brown and blonde dominate the hair dye palette nowadays. Most of you have at some point in your lives, experimented with hair colour. It is…
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Water Saving this Summer: at Home
The queue of buckets and containers and people and bottles snaked its way from the municipality tap and farther. The scorching sun overhead, the farmer looked up one last time with a faint hope of rain clouds, standing on his parched land. The wandering street kid cannot even recall when was the last time that…
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BE PREPARED !!
You might be thinking everyday as usual and we all are safe all the time!! It is not. We are always surrounded by various hazards and to protect ourselves we need to BE PREPARED. There is no country that is immune from disaster, though vulnerability to disaster varies. Anything can happen anytime! To protect ourselves…
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The manifold importance of environmental education
At a time when the environment is being destroyed in more ways than one and we ourselves are to blame for most of it, it is important to start acting on its regeneration. We have to get conscious and act for the preservation of our environment and ecosystem. Nowadays, various efforts are being carried out…