Delhi-based artist Anupam Roy, whose "large-scale drawings and paintings speak about systemic violence and injustice", has bagged the Emerging Artist Award 2018 granted by the non-profit Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA).


Delhi-based artist wins Emerging Artist Award, Swiss residency


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India has achieved a new spot on the Guinness World Records as 2,353 people, led by Bollywood actress and fitness enthusiast Shilpa Shetty Kundra, here held the abdominal plank position for 60 seconds simultaneously on Sunday.


India sets new Guinness World Record with plankathon


While studies have repeatedly linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with reduced sperm count in male children, a new research showed that men whose fathers smoked at the time of pregnancy also had 50 per cent lower count of sperms than those with non-smoking fathers.


Sperm count 50% lower in men whose fathers smoke: Study


A tiny coronation bridge over the swift Beas river connects the Manali-Leh highway to a pristine and quaint village caught in a time warp. Barely a hundred-odd houses and a handful of home-stays comprise Shanag village, a hidden destination in the Himalayas where the residents live in the lap of nature, meditate and reflect upon life amid all its grandeur.


A family affair: Winter falls on a Himalayan village (Travelogue)


Banarasi prints, saris and fabrics can never lose their charm and to further add beauty to its already-rich elegance, you must don it with your favourite pair of handcuffs and rings, on any occasion.


Best of handcuffs, rings combo to adorn with Banarasi Prints


Women working near busy roads are at high risk of developing breast cancer, due to traffic-related air pollution, researchers have warned.


Air pollution exposure linked to breast cancer: Study


To create a calm and peaceful area where you can relax in is about more than just comfortable furniture. If the walls of your living space are loud and vibrant, then it's going to do nothing for your stress level. At the same time you don't have to resign yourself to boring white so make sure you redesign your interiors with interesting colours.


Redesign interiors with interesting colours


Researchers have developed a novel testing kit that can detect Escherichia coli (E.coli) -- a deadly pathogen -- much more quickly than existing methods.


New test to detect E. coli in food quickly


A traditional potter who is able to accept the modern, will embrace a universal language and also get a better market for him/herself, believes Abhay Pandit, ceramic artist and son of 2013 Padma Shri recipient and studio potter B.R. Pandit. The father-son duo is exhibiting 170 ceramic pieces here starting Friday.


Traditional potters must embrace universal craft language: Ceramic artist


Oversized clothes may have been in trend but when it comes to a formal suit, a perfect fitting is what a man hankers for.  It is generally advised to have bespoke experience for formal suits. But there are important things to remember before buying your suit off the rack or getting it tailor made.


How to get a perfect fitted formal suit


It's not just the right sleepwear that plays an important role to experience uninterrupted sleep, bedtime is also the perfect instance to take immense care of your luscious locks and skin and to rejuvenate from the harm caused by the pollution around you.


Tips for sound sleep, health


All that dancing and of course the mouth-watering food, weddings in India are ever so lavish and always over the top. While everyone wait for this time, a major worry when it comes to the wedding season is deciding clothes.


How to decide different attires for different days this wedding season


Giving a new lease of life to wilted flowers through his pressed flower art, 80-year-old Hari Tandon imbues them with a charm and beauty. Forty exhibits that are on display from Friday here, show how his hands, although shaking because of old age, are firm when it comes to rendering an artful after-life to the pressed flowers.


Artfully alive: How an 80-year-old breathes new life into wilted flowers


Gut-directed hypnotherapy delivered by psychologists can potentially offer a new treatment option for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), that affects around one in five people worldwide, say researchers.


Hypnotherapy may offer treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: Study


Mannose -- a nutritional supplement -- found naturally in fruits such as cranberries can aid in slowing the growth of tumours and improve cancer treatment, a study has shown.


This natural sugar supplement could help fight cancer


With the end of monsoon and onset of winter,  skin also begins to change and transform. To rescue and protect it from the ever so changing weather and hydration drenched condition vegan skin care products and regime acts as a supernatural power.


Keep your skin radiant in Vegan way


Taking its presence in India a notch higher, food delivery platform Uber Eats announced the appointment of actress Alia Bhatt as its brand ambassador.  India will be the first country for the brand globally to have appointed a brand ambassador.


Alia named India brand ambassador of food delivery platform


When it comes to parties, the very first thing that strikes  everyone's mind is the kind of clothes and shoes they have to wear on the occasion. It is very difficult to choose what kind of shoes goes well with the particular theme outfit.


Looks to try out for theme party


Teenagers and young adults having dinner together with their families are more likely to have healthier eating habits than those who eat alone, a new study has revealed.


Family dinners can promote healthy eating habits in teenagers


Men who eat leafy greens, dark orange and red vegetables, berries and drink orange juice may be at a lower risk of developing memory loss in older age, according to a study


Orange juice, leafy greens may preserve memory in older men


Despite a growing trend of giving kids probiotics to treat "stomach flu", a new study shows that these dietary supplements may not actually help ease symptoms of vomiting and diarrohea.

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