Category: Health
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Carbon Footprint- The Only Thing you can’t Afford to Leave Behind
To denote the amount of carbon dioxide and other green house gas discharges in the environment, environmentalists have come up with an interesting new term- carbon footprint. A carbon footprint traces the total extent of carbon emissions of an individual, organisation, community or a society. All of us are responsible for some amount of carbon…
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Migratory Birds Bringing Delight,
Bird lovers are having a good time spotting several feathered friends at the water bodies in India. Along with flamingos, other birds like the Grey-headed Canery Fly, Black Red Start, Rose Flinch, Comb Duck and Sterling have been spotted by nature lovers. Indian subcontinent plays host to a number of migratory birds in summers as…
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SPF Protection
Have you heard those glorious people share their beauty secrets and tips? Yes it includes a variety of homemade face packs with fruits and other natural ingredients and a range of products from their trusted brands. Very well. But have you noticed that almost all of them seem to name some sunscreen lotion or cream…
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Mangroves- Man’s Best Friend?
Coastal areas all around the world are different, but they have one sight in common. No, not the sea. Okay, maybe two sights then… The sea, and mangroves. Yes mangroves, something we mumbaikars are very familiar with, if only to stay far away from them. We associate them with garbage, awful smells, and a waste…
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Make your Own Health Drink at Home
In our busy day-to-day life the one thing we neglect the most is our health. In the morning while rushing to college or work we tend to skip the most important meal of the day-breakfast. Or when we come back late at night, tired and exhausted, what do we do? We go straight to bed, not…
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Everything to Do With Noise Hazards
The other day I was sitting in my room reading a book and suddenly came this loud boisterous voice of a man shouting political slogans in a mike outside our house. This went on for a while. Now this is not the first time something like this has happened. I tried closing the window and…
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Smoking: Cheap tobacco, Costly Life
The doctor’s clinic was spilling with patients. People of all ages: thirteen year olds to seventy year olds. Men, women, students, etc. they were all sorts of people. The doctor was certainly making a lot of business, yet he was disappointed and sad even. For anyone who sees people die and fight fatal fights on…
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How to Eliminate Stress from your Life?
Stress- a five letter word has the power to change your life completely. Stress is the root of many problems in your life- ranging from psychological to physical. Stress dominates your life all the time but it doesn’t have to be so. You can take measures to rid your life of unwanted stress. Stay calm…
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Fake Eggs: Made in China
Gone are the days when China sold counterfeit handbags, mobile phones and various other gadgets under the name of popular brands like Louis Vuitton, Apple, Samsung. China has even tried its hands on fake baby formula, water melons and beef. There can be many items on the list we would not even know about. With…
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Go for a Foreign Packaging, as Long as It is not Chinese
A few years ago in 2008 a scandal that rocketed China was the milk scandal that had sickened 53,000 babies and killed 50 infants. You would wish that the country would learn from its mistakes and stop obsessing itself over dummy technology and fake inventions but with the kind of replicates China has been constantly…