Book Review: Heal Your Gut, Mind and Emotions by Dimple Jangda
By: Wire Service The healthier the gut is, the healthier is the overall physical, mental and emotional health will be, says a new book. “Your gut is like the fuel engine that provides nutrients for all your other organs, and it was designed by the finest engineer in this universe – mother nature herself,” writes […]
Landmark study reveals new ‘tree of life’ for all birds living today
By: Jacqueline Nguyen, Simon H The largest-ever study of bird genomes has produced a remarkably clear picture of the bird family tree. Published in the journal Nature today, our study shows that most of the modern groups of birds first appeared within 5 million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Birds are a large […]
Ramadhan: The month of blessings
By: Hroon Ibn Rasheed The month of Ramadan is a month of great blessings and great virtues. In this month, human beings get special facilities from Allah Almighty and His special rewards are on the world of humanity. In this blessed month, the doors of Allah’s mercy are opened wide. The gates of the heavens […]
Value Your Time
By: Bashir Ahmad Dar Time is a strangely beautiful yet amazingly powerful creation of Allah. It is so beautiful that it reveals that which is hidden, even the darkest secrets of the world and provide answers to all the questions and uncertainties. With time the marvels and beauties of today turn into shambles of tomorrow. […]
Ensuring leftovers are safe to eat
By: Primrose Freestone Eating leftovers can be a great way to save money, diversify your cooking repertoire and reduce food waste. But eating leftover food can also be risky as these foods have already been exposed to bacteria in the environment. If you haven’t stored and re-heated leftovers correctly, you could be putting yourself at […]
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, Subsidize RWH The acute drinking water crisis in Bengaluru, highlighted by a shortage of about 2000 million litres per day, underscores the urgency of adopting sustainable water management practices like rainwater harvesting (RWH). Despite mandates like the BWSSB Amendment Bill 2021, RWH adoption remains low. Offering tax incentives for RWH systems could incentivize […]
Bridges can be protected from ship collisions
By: Sherif El-Tawil MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge when leaving Baltimore harbour on March 26, 2024, causing a portion of the bridge to collapse. University of Michigan civil engineer Sherif El-Tawil explained how often ships collide with bridges, what can be done to protect bridges from […]
Dogs in the middle ages
By: Emily Savage In the middle ages, most dogs had jobs. In his book De Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified first and foremost according to their function in human society. At its apex were specialised hunting dogs, including greyhounds, known for their “incredible […]
Skilled Workforce: The way to achieve success
By: Prof. Aditya Gupta Remember the complete lockdown from March to May 2020. There were only two things that kept life going: a data-enabled internet connection and vegetables and groceries delivered through door collection. The supply of essentials never went off. Behind this were thousands of unacknowledged logistics warriors who risked their lives, picked and […]
Spring: The new beginning
By: Mohammad Hanief Spring is the season during which the natural world revives and reinvigorates after the colder winter months and during it dormant plants begin to grow again, new seedlings sprout out of the ground and hibernating animals awake. What most people call spring relies on the astronomical definition of the word. Defined by […]
