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Paracetamol may be used to provide symptomatic relief from post vaccination adverse reactions. (PTI/file)

Pregnant, lactating women should not be given COVID-19 vaccine now: Health ministry

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The ministry has listed precautions and contraindications for COVID-19 vaccination along with a comparative factsheet for both the vaccines

Cover page of Hellfire by Leesa Gazi

Book REVIEW | What happens to women in a matriarchy, and other secrets

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Mouthwatering descriptions of food have become a requisite for such novels but Gazi adds a twist to her descriptions

The online classes also added to the problem of obesity. A study revealed the children ate extra food with rich fats and were sleeping an extra two hours per day. (Representational photo:AFP)

More of eating, no excercise in lockdown days

Team The Lazy Bartender

Happy hours, now delivered home

Maharashtra generated 5,367 tonnes of COVID-19 waste in seven months since June, followed by Kerala. (PTI)

India generated around 33,000 tonnes COVID-19 waste in seven months

As per the findings, the day-time orders for condoms on Dunzo were on average three times more than the night orders. (AFP)

Sales of contraceptive tablets and condoms go up sharply amid lockdown

Shikha Goel with children Yutika and Tavashya

Sailing through the turbulence

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BOOK REVIEW | What are the books we are excited about in 2021?

IVF specialists say there’s a steady climb in the number of couples opting for the procedures. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Rise in pregnancies, abortions with more than 40 per cent rise in hospital visits

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma in this file photo.

Virat and Anushka are most popular on social media

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A farewell to @realDonaldTrump, gone after 57,000 tweets

The suspended Twitter account of President Donald Trump. On Friday, the social media company permanently suspended Trump from its platform, citing "risk of further incitement of violence." (AP)

Top 10 Indian Best Selling Books: Fiction and Non Fiction

This cover image released by Grove shows "Shuggie Bain," a novel by Douglas Stuart. The Scottish writer has won the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel about a boy’s turbulent coming of age in hardscrabble 1980s Glasgow. Stuart won the prestigious 50,000 pound ($66,000) award for his first published novel. (Grove via AP)

‘Even forthright women can be submissive’

Relatively speaking, compared with her older siblings, Saeeda Bano was definitely the rebel in her family, says Shahana

The etiquette of dignity

DC Edit | The lingo of Year 2020

Waqyanawis | Gandhis in a dilemma as Ashok Gehlot kept enemies closer

In this file photo the rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot (R) is seen with the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot during a party function in Jaipur. PTI Photo

Exclusive | Kiran Majumdar Shaw on how Biocon hopes to beat COVID-19

Kiran has also been conferred with the prestigious IMC Ladies’ Wing —Woman of the Year Award 2019–2020

Shashi Warrier | Here’s to you, Dr Mary Kuriakose

Not all cancers yield readily to treatment, but there are new ways to detect cancer early, and to treat it successfully. Representational Image

When the wild world beckons

Black Panther clicked by Shaaz Jung

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the fashion industry hard

Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designer

Gallery

Without fail every morning, an orderly (please don't call them ward boy) came by to change my bed clothes. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

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Without fail every morning, an orderly (please don't call them ward boy) came by to change my bed clothes. (DC Photo: Rajesh Jadhav)

My life in Covid-19 quarantine

Having made Mumbai’s streets his canvas and DSLR camera his paintbrush, photographer Star Udyawar’s narration of everyday life in the maximum city is riveting. As can be seen in his various portrayals of the city like the historic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), Dhobi Ghat with its colourful backdrop, and the famous Sea-link. For Udyawar, perspective is key as it defines the in-depth relationship between the objects in a picture along with the dimensions that a viewer perceives.

Framing the Mundane

A model walks the runway at the Pamella Roland fashion show during New Yo)rk Fashion Week at Pier 59 Studios on February 7, 2020 in New York City. (AFP

The best pictures from New York Fashion Week

T K Sandeep is a photographer whose work consists of moody video poems and photo poems. One of his recent projects was a calendar in which he got hijras and transgenders in Kerala to tell him their dream professions, and then he photographed them dressed as those professionals.

A selection of photographer TK Sandeep's work

Fashion and Beauty

Malaika Arora

No more bad hair day

Protective clothing has been mandatory for cabin crew as domestic flights resumed in India on May 25, 2020.

Welcome to the flight, I'm your air-hostess, not a nurse

Giorgia Andriani wearing Diseno

Pants-free style

Unmasking the truth about sheet masks Say hello to Male 2.0 transformations we like to see Know thy shape For that instant fashion boost... DIY beauty tutorials are the new craze

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Health and Wellbeing

The number of vegans in India has considerably shot up over the last decade

Vegan, a fad no more

Hyderabad’s Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has also begun the Phase-1 human clinical trials for Covaxin from July 20.

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin shows ‘encouraging results’ in phase-I of human trials

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The healing touch

Dr Giuditta De Lorenzo

The Rat Race for COVID Vaccine - Part II

People wear face masks to protect themselves from contracting Coronavirus.

Experts advise to wear two masks when in contact with many people in festival season

Those who have recovered from Covid-19 are also suffering from anxiety as they are scared that they will contract the infection again.

Despite unlocking, many still suffer from anxiety, adjustment disorders

Culture and Society

Parents of pre-schoolers and kindergarteners are especially a harried lot as their children are too young to operate technology

The travails of schooling online amid a pandemic

While schools want to re-open, fear of the disease is making them continue with online classes

Bright kids find online classes tough

Bhujanga Rao Madaavi in his village working on Dokra items

A vanishing ancient craft form

Winning is a habit; don’t lose it says Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna Nisha Jamwal | Can’t judge a person on the first meet COVID-19: Digital divide deepens, so does student despair Traditional masculinity stereotypes may help explain the support Trump is getting Lockdown creates more troubles for kids with special needs

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Food and Recipes

Everybody reacts differently to various types of foods and ingredients.

Understanding food allergies

The whole dining protocol has changed.

Is dining out the done thing yet?

Chef Reetu Uday Kugaji

Nutritionists and holistic foodies share the insider track to healthy eating

BADAMI HAALU

Eat right this Navaratri

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Celebrating in the time of the Coronavirus

Several food items are making claims of boosting immunity to ward off the coronavirus.

Modern’s ‘immuno bread’ pulled out of shelves

Simple but superfoods

Shri Bala says she cannot think of a better chance to showcase the varieties of traditional south Indian food to the world

Chennai chef turns the tables and teaches Gordon Ramsay

Sex and Relationship

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No love no more

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Yin & Yang | Sex isn't about quantity, so stop counting

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Yin & Yang | Mind your sex position

An extra-marital affair is messy The many forms of violence Be Himbo, it's charming

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Environment

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Five lives lost in tiger reserves in last one and a half months

The two African lion cubs are one month old.

Newborn lion cubs freed from lockdown at Hyderabad zoo

India’s three main cities, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, were on the list of the world’s 20 worst polluted cities, Swiss air quality technology company IQAir reported. (DC Image)

Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019: Lancet study

Effective steps for people’s safety should be formulated by governments and regulatory agencies and these be made available for implementation when flooding occurs (DC Image: Surendra Panishetty)

Steps to reduce greenhouse gases key to checking floods

India has a total of 41 Ramsar sites, including three more new sites identified this year.

Environmentalists seek Coringa, Pulicat to declare RAMSAR Sites

A medic carries waste materials that were used during the treatment of COVID-19 patients to throw in a dustbin. (PTI)

Mumbai HC seeks government's clarification on disposal of COVID-19 biomedical waste

The scientists, who published their findings in peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science, said areas with more floating rubbish generally had more microplastic fragments on the sea floor. (Representational Image: AFP)

World's sea floor littered with 4 million tonnes of microplastics: Study

Studies revealed the amplification of expected 141 bp DNA in P. azadirachtae isolated from the diseased trees of different regions in Anantapur and Kurnool

Dieback disease threatens to destroy neem trees in Anantapur, Kurnool

Books and Art

Cover page of A Ridge Too Far: War In The Kargil Heights 1999

Book REVIEW | A captain’s frank perspective on an unjust and devious war

Cover page of Red Pill

Book REVIEW | A middle-aged writer navigates an alt-right world

Cover page of Serious Men

Book REVIEW | Will social distances widen or reduce in a post-Covid world?

Legendary Urdu poet Rahat Indori dies hours after testing positive for coronavirus Top 10 Indian Best Selling Books: Fiction and Non Fiction BOOK REVIEW | A whitewashed portrait shorn of biases, insights

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Travel

Hurrack or Feni

As liquor stores down their shutters, Goa goes traditional

Vasundara Singh.

Solo travel for the soul

Travel to unwind and discover yourself. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Explore unexplored destinations in India

Ravi Shastri enjoying with Shah Rukh Khan, Gautam Singhania and Raveena Tandon

Begin on a cheerful note

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Travel safe, not sorry

Filmmakers also come to Jordan to shoot because they are attracted to the diverse and rich landscape they find in the desert kingdom. (Photo: AFP)

Jordanian authorities promote diverse landscape in Hollywood movies

In a few months, it changed its methods to give elephants more space, fewer interactions, and an environment resembling life in the wild. (Photo: AFP)

Thai elephants are tortured for sake of tourism

With no-fuss convenience for both the city and transport links, digital connectivity and a social side among their chief selling points, the capsule hotels target the Generation Y crowd. (Photo: AFP)

Stacked rooms are helping Italian city cope with exploding tourist numbers

Viral and Trending

Santhosh Bhadran, Harshad Bhutada, Subham Mishra, Arun Kumar and Adhip Gupta.

Running the full marathon

Bizzare bag that looks like a subway sandwich

Twitter in splits over a $1,170 Baguette

Mukesh Ambani with his grandson

Nita-Mukesh welcome their grandson

Melania Trump dress in focus on India trip The second gentleman of USA Meet the sharks of Indian Navy

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In Focus

Elie Saba.

Elie Saba keeps a vision to change the nightlife Industry of Dubai

(L to R) Sonali Raut, Lizaa Malik, Gizele Thakral, Big Daddy Director Lakhram Goyal, Badshah & Aastha Gill.

Goa casino Big Daddy hosts Badshah and other Bollywood stars at its grand NYE event

Buying Covid insurance cover is an ideal way to ensure that your loved ones are being taken care of even in your absence.

Is COVID Insurance Different From Term Insurance?

Jaime Manteiga

Jaime Manteiga, one of US's top experts and researchers in information security

Vivek, who is still in his 20s, manifests immense power in the boardroom because of his balanced execution of traditional as well as new-age business techniques.

Young entrepreneur Vivek Patni is all set to take Wonder Cements to next level

Joon is a popular Indian singer, songwriter-lyricist and a music composer.

Sohini Ghosh aka Joon's life journey is inspiring

The book consisting of 7 essays, 6 of which are written by Prof. V. Suryanarayan elaborates on the plight of refugees tracing the historical, social and political origins of the conflict in the island nation to the contemporary challenges that they face.

3 youngsters & professor found a collective solution for Sri Lanka refugee crisis

Adult diapers are extremely useful for people suffering from incontinence.

Buying Adult Diaper Pants: Everything You Need To Know