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New Covid-origins study hints at spillover: Scientists
The study, now posted on scientific research repository Zenodo and not peer reviewed yet, is based on genetic data drawn from swabs taken from in and around the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market starting in January 2020. The swabs were collected in early 2020, after the market was shut down and cleared of animal products, after being linked to the outbreak of Covid pandemic. The researchers got the samples from swabbing walls, floors, metal cages and carts that are used for transporting animal cages.
When Rheumatoid Arthritis affects your lungs
RA is more than just a joint disease. The inflammatory process also affects several other parts of the body. The most frequently affected are the lungs, besides skin, eyes, digestive system, heart, and blood vessels. The lung conditions that occur in patients with RA are of several types. More than 25 per cent of patients with RA will eventually develop lung conditions and diseases in their lifetime.
Will water become the new oil ?
Environment campaigners see this as mismanagement and abuse. And finally people who see this as potential for conflict arising out of diminishing supplies or scarcity. We have enough examples at home wherein states are engaged in constant bickering over share of river water supplies. However for the moment lets go by some of the.
Can your clothes save the planet?
Last year, Sonakshi Sinha starred in a PETA India campaign encouraging her fans to ditch leather, and earlier, Milind Soman and Ankita Konwar starred in PETA India's vegan fashion lookbook, launched on FDCI x Lakme Fashion Week's leather-free Sustainable Fashion Day.
7 audiobooks to help you sleep better
This high-quality hypnosis audiobook has aided thousands of people to overcome their sleep disorders and insomnia. The audiobook contains two tracks. While one track utilises professional hypnotherapy techniques to help drift you into a deep relaxing sleep every night, track two is titled "Lucid Dreams for Problem Solving", and is a hypnotherapy session that can cure sleeplessness and bad dreams
Spats about making your relationship official ruining the honeymoon phase?
In a study on the behaviour of daters during the "honeymoon phase" by popular dating app, QuackQuack, 56 per cent of people who have dated or are dating mentioned that lover's spats are way less frequent in the beginning of a relationship than they are six months in. The research included 12,000 daters, aged 18 to 38, from tier 1.
A tryst with destiny
Through my brightly coloured paintings with figures looking straight out from the canvas, I bring a contemplative mirror effect in the viewer's mind, in which the duality of observer and observed gradually disappears. Another chief element of my work is multiple narrations in one frame with vivacious depiction of visual symbols of everyday life, intricate patterns and details where I present a picture within a picture to indicate toward the experiential perplexity rooted in the multiplicity of reality.
Exploring ins and outs of consumer behaviour
Smytten, a tech-enabled D2C product discovery and trial platform conducted a large-scale consumer survey to provide key insights into consumer behaviour and decision-making. The survey collected data from 15,000 Indian customers across various demographics, via Smytten Pulse, the country's first AI and machine learning-backed.
A toast to your loved one!
Established in 1864, Smirnoff is created using a unique process involving triple distillation from a blend of different grains and ten times filtration through seven columns of environmentally sustainable charcoal. The award-winning vodka has a robust flavour with a dry finish for ultimate smoothness and clarity which makes it a perfect base for any cocktail from everyday drinks to a celebratory toast. From the Russian serf to the toast of Hollywood, creative and progressive Smirnoff holds countless years of heritage and unmatched quality sold in over 130 countries.
Surge in consultations for Oncology and Mental Health amongst Indian women
Oncology and mental health experienced YoY increases of 96 per cent and 66 per cent, respectively, making them the two fastest-growing fields. Notably, younger women tended to seek out the majority of mental health consultations, especially for psychotherapy, psychiatry, and psychology.
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