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Your baby starts inching towards toddlerhood when his gummy smile transforms into a toothy grin. The first tooth arrives after the six-month mark, but the process of teeth eruption may start as early as four months. It only ends around the three-year mark once they have a complete set of teeth. These are known as […]
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was a very important poet of Israel, a modern Jewish poet, a poet who could transcend his time. I wanted to do a series of articles on Jewish writers, and I thought who better than Yehuda Amichai to begin with, a poet, who stood witness to historical events around him. He was […]
Parimal Nathwani Corona pandemic has not been able to dampen the spirit of Team GSFA. We at Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA), always remind ourselves to follow Government directives and guidelines whenever any activity is undertaken. What is heartening is two of the district football associations are anxious to arrange Beach Soccer even in a […]
Indian tennis superstar Sania Mirza on Wednesday announced her retirement and said that 2022 will be her final season on the WTA tour. The 35 year old sportswoman attributed her decision to her “ getting older’’, ‘’body wearing down’’ and lack of daily motivation. Winner of six Grand Slam titles, including three mixed doubles trophies, […]
Sania Mirza, India’s most successful female tennis player, announced that 2022 would be her final season after her first-round loss in women’s doubles at the Australian Open on Wednesday. “I have decided this will be my last season. I am taking it week by week, not sure if I can last the season, but I […]
The fourth most common former of cancer in women around the globe, India contributes to a fourth of cervical cancer cases, with 1,22,844 cases every year. January is recognised as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. “Cervical cancer is easily preventable and is one of the most common cancers in developing countries. But we do not have […]
The past two years have been a roller-coaster ride and the pandemic has taken a toll on our mental health. Many of us have been trying to commit to better our mental state, but often find ourselves faltering in that commitment. The reason is simple: we cannot condition our minds to suddenly do something we […]
Drop your travel plans to Abu Dhabi if you haven’t received booster doses because as per the new rules by the UAE government – you are not considered to be fully vaccinated in case you haven’t had booster doses. And it has banned visitors who are not fully vaccinated in the wake of rising cases […]
University of Exeter has found that one in ten people might be infectious for covid even after ten days of onset of the disease. Recently a new guideline by the Indian government has relaxed rules relating to testing after catching covid but this new study published in the international journal of infectious Diseases has found […]
Virat Kohli took to social media to announce his decision to step down as Indian men’s Test captain today evening. The announcement comes just within 24 hours of India Virat has led Indian in whites in 68 matches of which India won 40, lost 17 and drawn 11. “It has been seven years of hard […]
A Finnish startup claims that it is making a vegan protein 10 times more climate-friendly than most plant-based proteins and 100 times more climate-friendly than meat. What if we could grow nutritious food, literally out of thin air? Solar Foods, a Finnish government-backed food-tech start-up, says it has developed a process to do exactly that. […]
The name ‘Vladimir Nabokov’ evokes all kinds of associations in the minds of people, some not favourable too. However, what most people miss out is that he was one of the greatest stylists of the English language in the twentieth century. In 1988, I had entered BA, I was barely seventeen and I issued Nabokov’s […]
Is there something for parents to worry about if their child is fascinated by superhero films and play? Aruna Raghuram It’s no surprise that the latest Spider-man movie, Spider-man: No Way Home, made a killing at the box office despite the raging pandemic. Superhero movies are extremely popular with both children and adults. Many children […]
She’s a spoiled little rich girl. Just walked out on her wedding, and turned up at the apartment of an old school friend still wearing her exquisite ivory dress. Her friend’s friends convince her that she has to grow up and get real, so in a moment of liberation she triumphantly cuts up the credit […]
Former cricketers and media persons have reacted after Virat Kohli and his teammates were seen commenting into the stump microphone over an overturned lbw decision. Former England captain Michael Vaughan has said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to step in and suspend Indian captain, Virat Kohli, after a controversial ending to Day 3 […]
Covid-19 has stepped its foot in the India Open currently underway in New Delhi and as many as seven Indian players who tested positive had to withdraw from the tournament. The players include World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth and two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ashwini Ponnappa. The players along with their double partners have been withdrawn […]
From the time the pandemic began, scientists and researchers across the globe have been trying to find antibodies that can provide immunity against Corona virus. A recent study by Imperial College London has inferred that high levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can guard against COVID-19. Immunity against COVID-19 is a complex subject and […]
Covid rise is taking on an aggressive route. Thursday saw 4,213 new cases reported in Gujarat alone. And while vaccines remain the answer, many argue the efficacy of vaccines in dealing with newer variants. Meanwhile, masking up seems to be the only way out. However, experts opine that cloth masks are not a judicious choice. […]
On a cold winter night, a body was taken to a burial ground in an auto rickshaw in Ahmedabad. At the day end, the person takes the last ride of his life. This circle of life is captured by Vibes of India lensman Hanif Sindhi.
Two weeks ago, I had spoken about novels where characters grow through the different experiences that they accumulate in their lives. As ‘novels of growth’ or a bildungsroman, I had specifically spoken about two novels, which I have loved in my life, George Eliot’s Middlemarch and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a […]
