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Mahavir Jayanti: Relevance of Mahavir’s teachings in today’s world
April 21, 2024, 11:27 PM IST
“Hurt no one; life is dear to all living beings.” – Mahavira Teachings of Mahavira are little known outside the tiny Jain community which numbers five million that is less than 0.1% of the…
April 21, 2024, 11:27 PM IST
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Rama Navami
April 17, 2024, 4:02 PM IST
Good always wins over evil Today is Ram Navami, the day on which Lord Rama was born. According to Hindu mythology, Bharat was overrun by the demons (Raksha) led by the demon king Ravana of…
April 17, 2024, 4:02 PM IST
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International day of human space flight
April 12, 2024, 4:58 PM IST
“The stars don’t look bigger, but they do look brighter.” – Dr Sally Ride, first American woman to go to space On 12…
April 12, 2024, 4:58 PM IST
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Narendra Modi, Bill Gates, and cervical cancer
March 30, 2024, 2:34 PM IST
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently told Bill Gates that he would “allocate funds for cervical cancer research,” and ensure that “all girls in our country are vaccinated at a minimal cost, ensuring that they…
March 30, 2024, 2:34 PM IST
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Shouldn’t St Valentine’s Day be Kamadeva Day in India?
February 14, 2024, 2:28 PM IST
Kamadeva is our adored god since the ancient times. He with his sugarcane bow with a string of honeybees, and floral arrow decorated with five kinds of fragrant flowers; anyone struck by his arrows falls…
February 14, 2024, 2:28 PM IST
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Violence against doctors
October 31, 2023, 12:55 PM IST
“No physician, however conscientious or careful, can tell what day or hour he may not be the object of some undeserved attack, malicious accusation, black mail or suit for damages.” ⦁ Assaults upon medical men,…
October 31, 2023, 12:55 PM IST
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Melancholy
October 13, 2023, 4:50 PM IST
“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.” ― Victor Hugo As we grow older, we desire, more and more, to relive the happy moments of the past. And so, I am at a resort and…
October 13, 2023, 4:50 PM IST
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GANDHI JAYANTI: AHIMSA (अहिंसा)
October 2, 2023, 12:14 PM IST
“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.” – Mahatma Gandhi Ahimsa – abstention from violence to achieve an outcome – is an ancient philosophy. But Gandhi revolutionized Ahimsa from a personal practice, into a unique…
October 2, 2023, 12:14 PM IST
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World Population Day: Differences in men and women’s health and their effect on population management
July 11, 2023, 4:41 PM IST
“Communities and countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women.” — Michelle Obama For effective population management, societies must understand and address the unique health needs and considerations…
July 11, 2023, 4:41 PM IST
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Yoga Day: Yoga and health
June 23, 2023, 4:40 PM IST
“Here and now is where yoga begins.” —The Yoga Sutras Origin of Yoga Yoga originated during the Indus Valley (modern-day India and Pakistan) Civilization 5000 years ago. The earliest reference to Yoga was in Rigveda…
June 23, 2023, 4:40 PM IST
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National Reading Day: Why Read?
June 20, 2023, 4:25 PM IST
Since 2017, 19 June is India’s national reading day. The day marks PN Panicker’s death anniversary. Panicker travelled through the villages of Kerala and popularised the slogan, ‘Read and Grow’. Because of his pioneering work,…
June 20, 2023, 4:25 PM IST
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Father’s Day: Fathers teach children to dream
June 18, 2023, 1:26 PM IST
“Dads are ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers and singers of song.” –Pam Brown Since 19 June 1910, Father’s Day has been celebrated on the third Sunday of June every year. The…
June 18, 2023, 1:26 PM IST
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World gin day: Virtues of gin
June 10, 2023, 4:12 PM IST
The biggest virtue of gin is that you can smell it from a mile. So, if you had a couple of gin tonics during the lunch break at work, customers would know you are drunk,…
June 10, 2023, 4:12 PM IST
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World Environment Day: Environment and health
June 5, 2023, 11:08 PM IST
Nature can survive without humans; but humans can’t survive without nature. Everything, living and non-living, that surrounds us is environment. The living, also called biotic, are humans, animals, plants, microorganisms such as bacteria, protozoa, algae,…
June 5, 2023, 11:08 PM IST
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Global Day of parents: Parenting
June 1, 2023, 4:11 PM IST
“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older, they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.” – Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde is right. Not till we ourselves become parents, even grandparents, do we realize…
June 1, 2023, 4:11 PM IST
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World Menstrual Hygiene Day: Awareness is the Key
May 28, 2023, 4:42 PM IST
Unawareness of mensural hygiene is the biggest threat to women’s health Since 2014, May 28 is marked as the World Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD). The day was chosen because May is the fifth month and…
May 28, 2023, 4:42 PM IST
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World Preeclampsia Day: Act Early
May 22, 2023, 4:31 PM IST
Every pregnancy deserves a healthy outcome. Educate, advocate, eradicate. Preeclampsia (PE) is a complication of pregnancy. Its main symptoms are high blood pressure, and high levels of protein in urine. If untreated, it can be…
May 22, 2023, 4:31 PM IST
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Happy Mother’s Day: A reminiscence
May 14, 2023, 3:27 PM IST
Yes, thou art gone and never more Thy sunny smile shall gladden me; Anne Brontë The year was 1983. I was a senior consultant at a Japanese hospital in Tikrit, Iraq. Tikrit was on the…
May 14, 2023, 3:27 PM IST
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MIG 21 crash: A good fighter defamed
May 9, 2023, 3:35 PM IST
Yesterday morning, an IAF Mig 21 crashed near Hanumangarh in Rajasthan. The Mig caught fire and disintegrated in the air. The wreckage fell on a house killing three women. The pilot ejected safely before the…
May 9, 2023, 3:35 PM IST
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World Liver Day: Liver is life
April 21, 2023, 4:24 PM IST
“Is life worth living? It all depends on the liver.” – William James After the brain, the most complex and the most vital organ of the body is liver. It is the largest internal organ…
April 21, 2023, 4:24 PM IST
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