Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides expert help.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting of chief secretaries of all states and the cabinet secretary and the principal secretary to the prime minister. The districts where lockdown was announced include 10 districts each in Maharashtra and Kerala, six districts each in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, five each in Karnataka and Haryana, three each in Tamil Nadu and Punjab.
The international media on hailed Narendra Modi as a "no-nonsense, can-do leader" after Bharatiya Janata Party secured a stunning win in the Lok Sabha polls, but cautioned that many challenges are in store for the "steely style" politician.
India and Canada may not be able to sign a civilian nuclear agreement anytime soon as the two countries are yet to clear hurdles that would lead to the start of formal negotiations. The Canadian daily's report contradicts the views expressed by International Trade Minister Stockwell Day, who had stated in May that Canada was 'very close' to a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with India.
IOC said the daily price revision is an initiative for ensuring the best possible prices to the customers as well as improved transparency on the pricing mechanism.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides expert help.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
Roopam Asthana, CEO and whole-time director, Liberty General Insurance Ltd, will answer your queries on HEALTH insurance and AUTO insurance.
Can the Indian hedge fund managers convince the wealthy to take up the expensive investment strategy?
'I will take any source of positivity I can get.'
One key suggestion is to be mindful to practise respect and empathy consciously.
Wellness expert Roopashree Sharma answers your health queries.
Rahul feels collective decisions taken with his mother and sister helped the party in the December assembly elections. Hence, he wants to follow the same strategy for the Lok Sabha election, too.
Mental health Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
Stay away from your phone until you are done with breakfast. Respond to your e-mails at fixed times. Read a book or practise five minutes of mindfulness.
'A smile reflects your gratitude for life, your celebration of it.'
'I preferred theatre rather than going to production houses and giving photographs. I didn't have that kind of temperament. I didn't think I was unfortunate as I have struggled so much. I feel whatever happened was for my good.'
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Manchester United manager David Moyes has warned his own player Ashley Young to stop diving but said on Monday he could not guarantee the winger would change his ways.
'Having dedicated my life towards improving breast healthcare in my motherland. I shall continue to work with rock-solid determination following this "chosen" path.'
Arthur J Pais charmed her and exasperated her. But, says Vaihayasi Pande Daniel as she bids him goodbye, it is the 'irrevocability' of death that 'stingingly puts into focus what you never realised you would miss terribly.'
The issues include not getting refunds on airline and hotel bookings, getting charged a service fee even if airlines have waived cancellation charges and so on. Complaints are piling up on Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels as more and more people cancel their travel plans due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Schoolteacher Nandini Anandkumar didn't let the lockdown get her down.
The first two coaches that rolled out from the Railway Coach Factory in Kapurthala also have fixtures coated with titanium dioxide and the provision for plasma air equipment in AC ducts to sterilise interiors using ionised air. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also indicated that the new coaches could be the new normal.
"I'm not doing any favour. I'm giving back to my country."
The email had claimed responsibility for the Mumbai blasts on behalf of Lashkar-e-Ulhak.
The youth claimed that he sent the e-mail just as a prank.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The three-judge panel of the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a previous ruling that dismissed the Trump campaign's request for an injunction in the case in Pennsylvania to challenge the election results and slammed the lawsuit.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
Manish S Shah, from Doha, Qatar, tells us how he made the most of the lockdown.
China offered huge stockpiles of weapons to prop up the Libya dictator Muammar Gaddafi during the final months of the regime, compounding pressure on Beijing's brittle ties with the rebels who have ousted him.
Dietician Komal Jethmalani provides expert help.
According to reports, Mahmud held talks with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and decided to carry on for the upcoming series against India.
We can expect to see more Chinese wolf warrior diplomats on the prowl, in India's neighbourhood, though its mailed fist is not so visible while dealing with India, observes Colonel R Hariharan (retd).
You're a captive audience to friends who want you to share the agony of their aches and pains, their spouse's experiments in the kitchen gone wrong, or partners' peccadillos, sighs Kishore Singh.
Rediff readers tell us how they are dealing with the ban on use of plastic.
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