The 14th edition of the Conference of Parties (CoP-14) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) concluded here on Friday with rather ambiguous resolutions on land titles and drought — two major sticking points that the 12-day high-level meet was expected to take up. Though the Delhi Declaration released ... Read More »
Did you know prolonged sedentary time could lead to health risks? Sitting for too many hours per day or sitting without a break is known to harm your body, a new study reveals. While the evidence on the adverse effects of prolonged sedentary time continues to increase, further studies are ... Read More »
So many people around us are looking to lose weight. But there are times when you may end up losing weight without having tried hard. And this is not always good news. It is completely natural for your weight to fluctuate; it could be because of hormonal changes, PMS, water retention, ... Read More »
Ever feel sluggish after a rubbish night’s sleep? This could be the tip of the iceberg for our brain function, reveals a new study from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Tel Aviv University, Israel. Researchers found that a lack of good sleep has severe consequences on our ... Read More »
The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a student should be 17 years old to take the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to MBBS/BDS courses. The high court bench of justice RK Jain, while dismissing the plea of a Jind resident, Ranbir Singh Malik, said that a ... Read More »
Photo If it becomes law, the American Health Care Act will have the biggest effects on people who buy their own insurance or get coverage through Medicaid. But it also means changes for the far larger employer health system. About half of all Americans get health coverage through work. The ... Read More »
They have long been dismissed as primitive and unintelligent brutes. But now, an ‘interesting’ stone has added to mounting evidence that Neanderthals had their own relatively sophisticated culture and may have cherished symbolic objects. Researchers discovered a brown piece of split limestone in a site in Croatia that suggests a ... Read More »
It is premature to imagine that the real estate regulator which comes into existence, as and when the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act is notified, will act as a panacea for all the ills of the realty sector in India. There is no reason why doubts shouldn’t rise on the ... Read More »
Victoria Sanchez, who created the master bedroom suite in this year’s DC Design House, joined Post staff writer Jura Koncius last week on our Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt: Q: How many pillows do you think is too many to have on your bed? A: ... Read More »
The chairman of Cawston Press, who turned the New Covent Garden Soup Company and Green & Black’s into major brands, talks to Anna Isaac about building a crack team, selling your first company and why a minute without a good finance person is a minute wasted. How did you get ... Read More »
Brushing aside objections from partner RJD and main opposition BJP, the Nitish Kumar government is bringing in several amendments to tighten the prohibition law in Bihar, including one that will make culpable all adults of a family if any member is found drinking, possessing or selling liquor from the premises ... Read More »
Eroding people’s memories and wearing down the body, Alzheimer’s is a particularly startling and upsetting disease both for sufferers and their loved ones. And as the world’s population ages at an unprecedented and enduring rate, experts are racing to find a cure for a condition which blights an increasing number ... Read More »
