Lack of sleep, unhealthy eating habits, physical inactivity and a stressful daily schedule stemming from demanding career paths to juggling multiple hats on the personal front are some factors that increase health challenges, especially in young Indians, notes dietician Sheryl Salis.
Enter the fireworks city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu and you can smell a familiar mix of sulphur, potassium nitrate, aluminium and carbon - familiar because if you've ever burst crackers, say on Diwali or Onam, chances are they were made here. Almost every household used to contribute to India's festive joy by contributing almost 90 per cent of the fireworks made in the country. Before the pandemic, around 300,000 people worked in the industry directly and another 500,000 indirectly. Located 540 kilometres from Chennai, Sivakasi is famous for its fireworks and crackers, along with printing and matches, but is almost a ghost town these days.
Pictures from the Dutts' winter holiday.
Rajiv Raj tells you about some easy financing options to deck up your home
Joginder Tuteja looks back at how Hindi movies have done during this festive season in the last decade.
Major players like Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon have, in the last two months, offered discount schemes on specific days, in sync with the festive season in the country.
With Christmas just around-the-corner, celebrities give you a lesson or two on feeling festive.
Master tailors, textile manufacturers and custom clothiers, however, say the upcoming festive season, reinvention in the form of new collections and digital outreach are salvaging the situation somewhat.
Take a cue from these celebs to nail your party look.
Housing sales jumped over 4.5 times year-on-year in April-June across eight cities to 74,330 units on lower base effect, while demand was up 5 per cent from the previous quarter, according to PropTiger data. Housing sales stood at 15,968 units in the April-June period last year and 70,623 units in the January-March quarter of 2022. The price of residential properties rose 5-9 per cent annually, driven by rise in input costs, inflationary pressures and premium attached with ready-to-move-in inventory. Pune and Chennai saw maximum appreciation at 9 per cent each.
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HMSI is likely to announce a tie-up with Snapdeal for online two-wheeler sales next month.
This is all the inspiration you need to get back to you fitness routine post Diwali!
'If you keep on irritating the body by allowing all kinds of pollutants to get into it, the body cells are going to get irritated and cancer will come.'
This is all you need for your summer fashion fix.
Given the current global cues, if the next six months do not turn out to be the way we would want it to, we are definitely looking at a very gloomy start to 2016.
During September, Maruti said it dispatched 1,375 units of the soon-to-be-launched sedan Ciaz.
Mamallapuram's Group of Monuments -- a collection of 7th- and 8th-century religious structures -- attracted 46 per cent of the total foreign tourists who visited India compared to 12 per cent by the Taj.
As 2022 readies to bid adieu, Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the 10 high points of the year.
Do not trust any incoming phone calls or mails that ask you to install any file or programme, warns Niranjan Upadhye, general manager-fraud risk management, Worldline India.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big December hits in the past decade.
The actors turned showstoppers for Sukriti and Akriti's 'Neo-Phulkari' collection at the Lakme Fashion Week 2020.
Brahmastra is a work of star-struck ambition and high-octane energy whose razzle-dazzle hits many happy notes, observes Sukanya Verma.
The company launched eight products across price points under its new range of consumer laptops, targeting professionals, gamers and students
An amazing crop of talent showed up at LFW's model auditions in Bengaluru but only six made the cut.
'I used to be embarrassed and think what will my friends say if I wiggle my hips.' 'I used to seek comfort in the fact that Meena Kumari and Nutan couldn't dance.' 'I think that was a mistake.'
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See how these Santas are spreading cheer around the world.
Hundreds of artisans every Dussehra would earn enough this season to see them through the entire year. Not this time though with COVID-19 continuing its spread and fear of contracting the disease keeping most people away from festivities.
Brands in India are finding newer, more innovative ways to engage with a wider audience during festivals. But they still have a long way to go before they match global campaigns.
Get inspired by celeb style this Navratri!
If you are one of those who is now staring at your credit card bill and wondering how to go about it, here is the way out.
For a little over two weeks, a group called 'Guardians of Peace' released a new bit of leaked information about Sony almost every day.
The demand for professionals working in banking and insurance and production maintenance also saw the maximum dip during October.
A glimpse of the movie star at Louis Vuitton's 2023 Cruise show in San Diego, California.
'Our strategy is intact and our important pillars for India -- the SUV roll-out and the focus on the cost of ownership of a car -- remain in focus'
You'll be surprised, but India is one of them!
Dealers say that the full-year outlook remains negative with a projected contraction in retail sales of 15-35 per cent across segments, save tractors, which look set to clock a positive annual growth.
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