10+ mon, 1+ week ago (398+ words) Strength training, or resistance training, involves exercises that challenge your muscles using weights, resistance bands, or even your own body weight. The goal is to build muscle strength and endurance, which significantly impacts metabolic health. Contrary to popular belief, strength training isn't just for bodybuilders or athletes. It's for everyone " regardless of age (with proper supervision for children), gender, or fitness level. Many, especially women, avoid strength training out of fear of "bulking up, but this is a myth. Women have lower testosterone levels than men, making bulky muscles highly unlikely. The impact of strength training extends far beyond the gym. While it does improve balance, posture, and strength, its benefits reach further " transforming your metabolic health, protecting against chronic diseases, and enhancing overall well-being. 1. Enhanced Insulin Sensitivity Strength training helps muscles absorb glucose more efficiently, reducing the risk of…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (154+ words) Indian art and artifacts take centre stage at Itihaus, a online platform launched by Hyderabad-based Suman Kakumani as a tribute to fine art and collectibles. Her passion for art, combined with the way COVID reshaped our approach to personal spaces, inspired the launch of Itihaus in 2024. "A vibrant painting or a figurative form in a corner close to us can be transformative. It feels as if the work is speaking to us. Listening to soft music with such imagery around is a beautiful experience." This season, Itihaus celebrates Indian culture with a collection ranging from Laxman Aelay's folk depictions of women in conversation and Narasimlu's acrylics of Telangana couples to Sachin Jaltare's mythological works, alongside wooden and bronze sculptures. With several artists already on board, Suman is planning exhibitions in Delhi and Mumbai in the coming months. Published - September 05, 2025 11:17 am…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago (359+ words) Updated - August 14, 2025 11:48 am IST Namaste Gang (thenamastegang.com) curates books for children in the age group of 0 to 10, predominantly in Telugu, with a few titles in English, Kannada, and Tamil. Visali teaches copyright and civil law at Siddhartha Law College, Vijayawada, and divides her time between Hyderabad and Vijayawada. Shilpa teaches English and Social Studies at Chaitanya Vidyalaya School, Hyderabad. The duo had been sourcing children's books in Telugu for friends and family and founded Namaste Gang in 2021 as an extension of the activity. Reading in one's mother tongue is the easiest way to inculcate reading habits in children, says Shilpa: "Children are first introduced to native foods of the region, so why not books in their mother tongue?" As for the name, Shilpa and Visali wanted the traditional Indian greeting of "namaste' and "gang' to add the cool quotient…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago (519+ words) Updated - September 09, 2025 06:48 pm IST Last November, it was a particularly stressful day for Tuhin Menon, CEO of Asiaville, a Chennai-based media-tech company, when he spent the entire day between work calls and duty delegation at his office at Palarivattom, Kochi, unable to take a break. All Tuhin could think of was a plate of crisp, flaky parotta and some sizzling beef roast" a craving he satisfied immediately after work. "I am completely taken aback by the response. The most gratifying feeling is the outpouring of messages from people, my acquaintances," says Tuhin, who founded Asiaville in 2019. "Rapping is something that I have liked since my early days. I earned a bachelor's in communication and media studies from New York University. I was doing gigs in New York with my friends from India, Pakistan, Australia, and Japan. We used to go…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago (314+ words) Eateries serving quality food from the southern State are now plentiful in the Capital. Amid the crowd, Samridhi at Kerala House stands out for its simple, authentic, and affordable menu I found myself in a tiny Kerala enclave in the heart of Delhi a few days ago. I was in search of food from Kerala, and landed up at the Kerala House, where I remember having had an excellent fish curry several years ago. But this time, I was in for a surprise. I was not allowed to enter the main building, where I had gone for my last meal. A guard politely told me that the Bhavan food was only for guests; I would have to go to the rear of the building, where there is another canteen called Samridhi. I went there, and was taken aback by the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (166+ words) Published - November 20, 2025 07:39 pm IST - New Delhi The "Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru, a set of 100 volumes, which has some 35,000 documents and about 3,000 illustrations, is now fully available online. The facsimiles of the original print version are also available alongside the digital text, it said. Mr. Ramesh said that the second phase would entail efforts to locate Nehrus letters. The Gandhi-Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel-Nehru and Subhas Chandra Bose-Nehru correspondence is fairly comprehensive, but that is not the case with certain other correspondences such as Winston Churchill-Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore-Nehru and incorporating that would be of the biggest value addition to the Nehru archives, he said. Questioned as to whether the archives would attempt to counter any narratives created by the present dispensation against Nehru, the Congress leader said, "The implicit narrative is transparency. Nothing is hidden in this as this is…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago (121+ words) COMED-K UGET-2025 results announced with Shishir H. Shetty securing first rank; top 10 dominated by boys. Published - June 06, 2025 10:52 pm IST - Bengaluru Rank cards of the eligible candidates have been generated and are available to the candidates in their respective applicant login on the COMEDK website (www.comedk.org). As many as 69 Candidates challenged the answer keys. "Taking into consideration the advice of the Expert Committee, which went into these clarifications," says the statement by COMEDK. The authorities even clarified that the counselling would be conducted online and the candidates have to upload the scanned copies of the documents through their login. These uploaded documents will be verified by the panel of expert verification officers....

6+ mon, 3+ week ago (156+ words) Explore Fort Kochi and Mattancherry heritage sites mapped with GIS by GCDA to conserve and showcase their value. Published - May 02, 2025 09:55 pm IST - KOCHI A website on the heritage sites of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry, mapped using a GIS-based programme as part of the Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) initiative, was launched here on Friday (May 2, 2025). The site can be accessed at www.gcdaheritagesitemapping.in. As many as 200 locations of heritage value have been mapped. The database, the organisers claimed, would help conserve the sites and showcase their heritage value to visitors. Tourism Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas launched the website, while Industries Minister P. Rajeeve was the chief guest. GCDA Chairperson K. Chandran Pillai, Mayor M. Anilkumar, MLA T.J. Vinod, Bony Thomas, A.B. Sabu, K.J. Sohan, and O. Sreekanth, Town Planning Officer, GCDA, were among those who attended. Kochi / Kerala / heritage / monument and heritage site...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago (336+ words) Tense situation in Pancharakkolly as special task force hunts tiger that killed woman, using drones and elephants. Search on for man-eater tiger at Manathavady in Wayanad Public outcry against catching the tiger alive; demand to kill it as it would create problems again Updated - January 25, 2025 12:12 pm IST - Kozhikode: Situation remains tense at Pancharakkolly near Mananthavady in Wayanad where the combining operations by a special task force are on for the tiger that had mauled a woman to death on Friday (January 25, 2024). Several cages have been placed at strategic locations, including the place where the victim's body was found, to trap the tiger. Trained elephants (kumkis) from the Muthanga elephant camp have been deployed to support the search operations. Thermal drones and regular drones, besides camera traps are being used to track the movement of the tiger. Forest officials confirmed the…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago (179+ words) Published - July 06, 2025 07:05 pm IST - MANGALURU The police stated that Mr. Byalalu's report regarding Mr. Arun's absence from his office when the advocates visited on June 27 contained false information and was also presented in an alarming way. The police said that when they inquired, Mr. Byalalu told them that he did not have any information about whether the team of advocates had a prior appointment with the SP. The reporter was also not aware of the reason why the SP was not in his office on June 27, the police added. As it was evident that Mr. Byalalu had reported a false story, the Dharmasthala police registered a case against him for offences punishable under Sections 352 and 353(1)(b) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Meanwhile, the Dhamasthala police on July 4 took permission from the court and registered a case after a person, who claimed…...