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How long will this silence prevail….
March 7, 2022, 8:31 AM IST
People in Maharashtra celebrated ‘Marathi Bhasha Divas’ on February 27 and the long-pending demand of granting ‘classical language’ status to Marathi once again gained momentum. In this backdrop, on one hand scholars, litterateurs, journalists and…
March 7, 2022, 8:31 AM IST
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To hear for life, listen with care
March 3, 2022, 2:41 PM IST
Today is World Hearing Day 2022, and this is the World Health Organisation’s theme this year. It “will focus on the importance and means of hearing loss prevention through safe listening.” Globally, one in four…
March 3, 2022, 2:41 PM IST
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Does size of penis matter?
March 2, 2022, 2:21 PM IST
A significant number of young men harbour the complex of ‘small size penis’. I have seen men who chose to remain single only because they presumed that their penis is small and they would not…
March 2, 2022, 2:21 PM IST
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Screening mammography saves lives
March 1, 2022, 9:19 AM IST
I wrote last week about how lung cancer screening in smokers saves lives. Most smokers in India are men and while lung cancer is the second commonest cancer in men in India, the commonest cancer…
March 1, 2022, 9:19 AM IST
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Jawed Habib writes: Hair care tips for travelling
February 28, 2022, 9:41 AM IST
Travelling is relaxing for us but not for our hair. We plan a lot for our dressing, skin care, make up and generally forget about our hair care that is also important. Our hair gets…
February 28, 2022, 9:41 AM IST
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Did you know this about erections?
February 25, 2022, 8:03 AM IST
What I am writing in this article… I wonder who could tell these things to growing children! Not just children, so many grown up men are so ignorant about something as natural and normal like…
February 25, 2022, 8:03 AM IST
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Good cyber habits to thwart ransomware attacks
February 24, 2022, 8:35 AM IST
Ransomware: The malicious phenomenon that has catapulted cybercrime to Numero-Uno crime syndicate in the world, easily surpassing syndicates like narco trafficking. The year was 2016–2017, the saga unfolded straight from Hollywoodesque sci-fi potboiler. Hactivists in…
February 24, 2022, 8:35 AM IST
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Lung cancer screening in smokers saves lives
February 22, 2022, 7:58 AM IST
Any hospital or diagnostic centre that does health check-ups will offer at least one cancer screening package with a bunch of laboratory and other tests performed to detect cancer in the body. In some countries,…
February 22, 2022, 7:58 AM IST
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Adventures in gadgetland
February 21, 2022, 3:27 PM IST
In the 70s, when we first bought a tape recorder, those little boxes with a few buttons, one of them red, their role was largely to record the sound of our own voices. The idea…
February 21, 2022, 3:27 PM IST
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Life insurance claim can’t be rejected for mis-statement in proposal after 2 years
February 21, 2022, 3:25 PM IST
The National Consumer Commission has ruled that a life insurance claim cannot be rejected for misstatement in the policy proposal after a period of two years. The law now provides three years. The present complaint…
February 21, 2022, 3:25 PM IST
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Keeping clean when you are a pre-teen
February 16, 2022, 1:04 PM IST
Here is a topic that may sound either academic or awkward to most readers, while it is one of very specific significance in helping in the ‘cultural de-stigmatization’ of openly talking to growing young girls…
February 16, 2022, 1:04 PM IST
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Maha Alliance is Maharashtra’s biggest traitor
February 15, 2022, 3:03 PM IST
It has been two years since the Maha Alliance government came to power in the state. But not a single leader has so far ever spoken about the progress of the state nor about the…
February 15, 2022, 3:03 PM IST
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It is better to not start smoking cigarettes than to try & stop
February 15, 2022, 12:59 PM IST
Cigarette smoking is waning across the world, due to a combination of laws preventing smoking in public places and offices, the increasing cost of cigarettes due to taxation, the increasing awareness among people of the…
February 15, 2022, 12:59 PM IST
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Different shades of social anxiety
February 14, 2022, 1:26 PM IST
And that girl smiled at me….and I froze…. We all know the feeling of being nervous in a social situation..wherein we do not know too many people. We might have a problem with talking on…
February 14, 2022, 1:26 PM IST
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Jawed Habib writes: Repair dry and damaged hair at home
February 10, 2022, 1:20 PM IST
Dry and damaged hair is a common problem. A lot of people don’t even know the reason – some people are born with hair that is dry in texture but a lot of others make…
February 10, 2022, 1:20 PM IST
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Postponing sexual intercourse at teenage
February 10, 2022, 10:47 AM IST
Ordinarily all parents wish that their growing children wait to have partner sex till they are adequately mature and have the psychological and emotional resources to manage relationships. It is so imperative for parents to…
February 10, 2022, 10:47 AM IST
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Darknet: Haven for illegal online activity
February 9, 2022, 1:14 PM IST
What ever the darkest corner of diabolical human mind can conceive, darknet can deliver with anonymity and impunity. Anything goes in darknet: -From urban legend of ‘Red rooms’ facilitating live streaming of brutal murders or…
February 9, 2022, 1:14 PM IST
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For the affluent, in the name of farmers
February 8, 2022, 2:18 PM IST
Opinions are being expressed from various quarters regarding the state government’s ‘shelf-in-shop’ decision i.e. to allow sale of wine at supermarkets and grocery shops. The alliance government claims that this decision has been taken in…
February 8, 2022, 2:18 PM IST
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Jawed Habib writes: Hair care tips to get rid of split ends
February 8, 2022, 12:01 PM IST
Prevention is the best way to deal with your hair having split ends and breakage. Yes, sadly split ends and breakage cannot be treated with products and treatments. The best solution to get rid of…
February 8, 2022, 12:01 PM IST
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To drink or not to drink…the light alcohol drinking conundrum
February 7, 2022, 11:38 AM IST
“One peg of whiskey a day or one glass of red wine a day is good for the heart”, is a statement we hear quite often, both from the press as well as sometimes, doctors….
February 7, 2022, 11:38 AM IST
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