Category: Health
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The Great Smoke: The Wake-Up Call of 1952
It was, by all means, just another early December day in 1952 London. There was a heavy smog cast over the city that lasted four days, till 9th December, but the citizens were used to that kind of weather. Nobody thought very much of it at all, until the following weeks where government reports calculated…
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Make your skin glow- naturally!
Due to life shifting to the cities from the suburbs and villages and tremendous amounts of pollution thereafter, taking care of our skin has become a pretty important issue, with tonnes of cosmetic companies making gazillions of dollars on women worried about getting wrinkled faster. And why not- after all, our skin is the basic…
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Why you should Rethink your Early Morning Jog
Has the desire to seize every moment of the day ever taken hold of you? To live life to the fullest, cultivate a healthy lifestyle? Wake up early, start the day with a vigorous activity, perhaps an early morning jog? I would not recommend it. Those early morning outings may just kill you sooner. Yes,…
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Make your home more eco-friendly
With the burgeoning environmental crisis threatening to reach alarming levels, adoption of environment-friendly practices is the need of the hour. You can integrate simple eco- conservation measures in your daily lifestyle which will not only be a boon for the environment but can be cost effective as well. The question is where do you start?…
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All for Convenience’s Sake
Every Mumbaikar has a friend who is never far away. He has a way of greeting you the moment you step out onto the streets. At times his presence is very strong. At other times he’s a passive companion. He is a friend we affectionately call garbage. We are all well aware of terms like…
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Carbon Credits, Hoax or Hope?
What our environment craves for is to curtail the amounts of carbon emissions. Heeding to its carbon-less call, Carbon credits were developed by neo-liberal economists to shake hands with the environmentalists swapping environmental policies with economic incentives to battle against pollution. What are carbon credits? A grant or sanction certifying a particular company, individual or…
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Green Cleaning Products to keep your Home Safe
How we live determines how we feel. Therefore, we all want to be living in an attractive setting and for that cleanliness is a necessity. We may have a clean house but the various cleaning products that we use every day without putting much thought into how we are choosing them are very much responsible…
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Urban Heat Islands. What are they?
Globalization facilitates many social and economic process, one of the major being migration. Rural population migrates to urban areas in search for employment. About half the world’s population lives in these urban areas. With the ever increasing cluster of the masses, it is no surprise of how it is affecting the environment, making it more…
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Are we killing ourselves by using too much wood?
Green symbolizes well-being and is the colour of nature, fertility, harmony, peace, health and life. If you are not willing to go into such mundane definition of its essence just think about the importance of plants as taught to you in your initial days of introduction to Science. The emphasis put on the necessity of…
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Summer Fruit Bonanza
It is really not a debatable issue that in India the best things about summer include only a handful of things, our vacations and summer fruits being the race winners for favourite positions. Right from big, juicy watermelons (the colour itself calls out to you!) to oranges and grapes and cherries, plums, mangoes, lemon and…