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Mental health lockdown

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Amid the lockdown what we all tend to ignore is our mental health

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Beauties may look beastly

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Amidst the lockdown, ladies are missing their salon and grooming routine. Bushy eyebrows, hairy arms, legs and face... a nightmare now!

Chef Floyd Cardoz (PTI)

Fond farewell, Floyd!

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Vikram and Bina Mehta’s palatial holiday abode surrounded by lush greenery

Several countries have employed robots inorder to decrease its medical staffers' exposure to virus. (AFP)

Jaipur hospital experiments with robot to prevent corona spread

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It's double-whammy for those battling mental issues

(From left) Title: Thirteen Kinds of Love. Author: Soumya Bhattacharya. Publisher: HarperCollins. Pages: 192. Price: 399. Title: The Hungryalists: The Poets Who Sparked a Revolution. Author: Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury. Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 188. Price: Rs.599. Title: Sarojini’s Mother. Author: Kunal Basu. Publisher: Penguin. Pages: 232. Price: Rs.599

Polyphony: The call of Bengal, the idea of Bengal

Actress Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Sara Ali Khan and Malaika Arora (Instagram)

Celebrities show how to stay fit while staying indoors

Malayalam novelist Benyamin

'My award will help regional writing’

Sunny Leone with her kid

Being proactive helped

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Download this MIT app to join efforts to trace the coronavirus route map in your area

The free and open-source prototype Private Kit app was developed by teams at MIT and Harvard as well as software engineers of Facebook and Uber who worked on it in their free time.

These COVID-19 trackers map the spread of infection by country, state and district

A screenshot of covindia.netlify.com shows a timelapse map of infections spreading through districts.

Quarantine in the lap of nature: Villagers camp in forest to elude Covid-19

These villagers of Markhal in Karnataka are camping in the forests of Charmadi Ghat in Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district to stay out of reach of Covid-19.

Even monkeys are starving

File picture of monkeys waiting for food delivery on the road to Srisailam passing through Amrabad Tiger Reserve.

How many labs in India can test Coronavirus?

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RiderGirl Vishakha: 'I love it when a man’s ego is hurt when I overtake him.'

RiderGirl Vishakha Fulsunge

Fake news buster: Is Ronaldo really converting his hotels into makeshift hospitals?

Cristiano Ronaldo (Twitter)

Caste kills more in India than coronavirus

File photo of Amrutha and Pranay Perumalla, and her father Maruthi Rao

‘Don’t give a damn’: Sanchaita fights uncle Ashok Gajapathi Raju to claim legacy

Sanchaita Gajapathi Raju, daughter of the late Ananda Gajapathi Raju, is at odds with her uncle Ashok Gajapathi Raju over her appointment as chairperson of the Simhachalam temple trust.

Savitribai Phule one of Google Assistant’s 12 global woman shakti icons

A Google doodle that celebrated Savitribai Phule's 186th birth anniversary on January 3, 2017. (Photo | Google)

Gallery

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

Framing the Mundane

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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

The dress featured a fairly simple silhouette with a plunging neckline. But the drama is brought by the feathered veil/cape element. It also had a bow at the neck for added drama. (Photo: AP)

Valentino fashionably interprets A Midsummer's Night Dream

Fashion and Beauty

Shilpa Shetty’s workout stands out not just for her moves but her gym wear too.

Frumpy gym wear is passe

Models walks the ramp during a Blenders Pride Fashion Tour in Mumbai back in February. (PTI)

Men won’t grab ’em... anymore

Nancy Pathak

A walk to set fashion free

Parade of fashion: Best from the past decade A flowery touch to your outfit Celebs clap back at trolls Thriving against the current It’s cool to be thrifty

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Health and Wellbeing

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Inhaling stale odor of tobacco too is passive smoking

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Child blindness campaign urges people to donate eyes

VMAT 1 contains two mutations or the genome changes which are human-specific. (Photo: ANI)

Dopamine and serotonin play significant roles in emotional and cognitive functions

Tongue-in-cheek chants to maintain your serenity. (Photo: AP)

What is immediate Gratification Meditation?

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Can masks and gloves actually stop coronavirus from spreading?

As definitions of ‘beauty’ change across cultures, more and more people are falling prey to eating disorders. Experts discuss the problem and its possible solutions.

Too much on your plate?

Culture and Society

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India’s transition towards rental economy

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UK is most popular study destination overseas

The first war resulted due to the mass-exploitation of people of Manipur and the Second war was triggered by indiscriminate export of rice from Manipur. (Photo: ANI)

Women’s War Day observed in Manipur

Tech and globalisation homogenising young people; shares Pope Pope Francis condemns exploitation of women during Thailand visit Pope Francis ushered in Christmas celebrations with midnight service British public sceptical about Royal Family after forgettable year Outdoor loos in Paris get historic status

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Food and Recipes

With safety measures in place, people can enjoy food 160 feet up in the air. (Photo: ANI)

Eat scrumptious food at 160 feet in Noida

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How to stick to healthy food resolutions

People from Telangana and West Bengal in particular enjoy chicken, mutton and fish delicacies served mainly with rice.

Time for a Dasara feast

As a cocktail has been designed to be enjoyed at a particular temperature, allowing it to warm up too much can throw the balance while drinking. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

The importance of ice in cocktails

The production of foie gras is banned in several countries, including Britain. (Photo: AFP)

Foie gras to be taken off New York menus from 2022

Hungry? Get Set and…

Posen has also served as a judge on TV’s “Project Runway.” And in 2017, he was the subject of a documentary , “House of Z.” (Photo: AP)

Zac Posen shuts down namesake label

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Not soy or almond, oat milk may soon become vegan favourite

Sex and Relationship

With Women’s Day a short while away, we need to commemorate women who lived their life by these tenets, women who had the courage to make choices like Sheila did than only those who rose up in the ranks in male dominated companies.

The right choice

Even outside work, her social circle comprises women who look up to her. Many girls in her group find it really difficult not to be in awe and feel dismally shoddy and unaccomplished in comparison. Many of her friends are after all “just housewives.”

Choosing contentment

It’s definitely been a year for the LGBTQIA movement and the gender dialogue has assumed new contours in our country. DC speaks to the country’s most prominent LGBTQIA voices.

Taking pride in 2019

The best of both worlds Five effective ways to enhance customer-brand relationships Self-love trumps all

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Environment

In this Jan. 11, 2020 photo, heavy surf surrounds the legs of a bridge as an extreme high tide rolls into the harbour in Depoe Bay, Ore. during a so-called "king tide" that coincided with a big winter storm. AP photo

Extreme high tides on shorelines signal climate change risk

G.V. Praksh Kumar, A.R. Reihana, Ramesh Kanna and N.B. Nirmal were among those present during The Loyola ExNoRa Tree Challenge at Loyola College Campus.

Cool Earth!

Forest rangers hurl stones to drive away an elephant on the other side of the railing in the Antarasante forest range in Mysuru. The incident took place in 2015-16 but a video of it went viral this week.

Is it bad manners to throw stones at an elephant to shoo it away?

Most of the turtles caught in the study were green turtles (86 per cent), though loggerhead and olive ridley turtles were also caught. (Photo: ANI)

Underwater species saved due to fishnet lights

Long walks can be tiring and not every place during the trail will have a loo facility, unless one reaches a checkpoint. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Oxfam India sets precedence for others to follow; going eco-friendly and sustainable

India home to 21 of world’s 30 most polluted cities

According to animal rights organisations, only between 3,200 and 3,900 tigers live in the wild worldwide. (Photo: AFP)

Five of nine tigers narrowly survived gruelling journey across Europe

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Heartbreaking: Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse

Books and Art

Title: Jaipur Journals. Author: Namita Gokhale. Publisher: Penguin. Number of pages: 201. Price: Rs 499.

Book review: Being a wannabe, being a writer, being a bit or a lot of both

Manoranjan Byapari: 'Casteism decides on your behalf, it clips your wings, it curtails you.'

Manoranjan Byapari: ‘I haven’t written my best story yet’

Librettiist, essayist and short story writer Shreya Sen-Handley.

Shreya Sen-Handley becomes the first Indian woman to write opera

‘No feeling is final’ in this string of 12 gripping war stories Once lured by Canadian dream, a ‘good wife’ grows up Realities & fantasies about life

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Travel

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

Vacation or fakeation?

Travel: passion or FOMO?

Trackside cafes are a popular attraction in Hanoi. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Trackside cafes shut down in Hanoi

Machu Picchu is one of the Seven Wonders of the world. (Photo: Pexels)

Machu Picchu’s location attributed to terrain

Kausalya Padmanabhan of Destinations Unlimited shares cruise ships are quite popular these days.

No more boring travel

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

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

Begin on a cheerful note

After the ridiculous statement made by Guru Krushnaswarup Das about women being born as bitches if they cook during menstruation, netizens are sharing pictures of the fabulous life of their pets.

Yeah! It’s a dog’s life

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Skull breaker challenge could be fatal: Docs

Bruce Schwak with MS Dhoni.

Expats on the big screen

(L) Pratyusha Sharma giving the momento to Tessy Thomas

All about women!

Fastest bird in a frame A varied platter for pets Chess between friends

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How Mohamad Ghayad dines with Royalties of the world!

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His music gives people another level of energy and makes them feel even more thrilled.

Joseph A Irving all aka Jay Pareil---- The power of music, he defines it best

Preeti Soni young and natural beauty winning hearts on various social media platforms like Tik Tok and all with her amazing acting skills.

Preeti Soni is winning hearts of millions online and offline with her gorgeous looks

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