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Gwyneth Paltrow fought postpartum depression using alternative therapies
Pregnancy and childbirth is a beautiful experience, but it leaves many women with postpartum depression. While it can be treated with proper medication, actress Gwyneth Paltrow overcame the issue using alternative therapies.The 'Iron Man' actor opened up about her mental health struggles after giving birth to her second child Moses, with ex-husband Chris Martin. She said that she had postnatal depression and the doctor tried to put her on antidepressants. While they are lifesavers for certain people for sure, Paltrow decided to go for alternative therapies instead, reported People."I thought, well, what if I went to therapy and I started exercising again, and I stopped drinking alcohol and I just gave myself a period of regeneration and I slept more? I really broke out of it," the mother of two recalled.Paltrow is now engaged to producer Brad Falchuk and has been open about the fact that they are not planning on expanding the family.Lately, a lot of celebrities have started to share ..
Gisele Bundchen regrets undergoing breast enlargement
Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen has revealed that she regrets going under the knife for a breast augmentation in 2015.
Tech billionaire buys Australia's most expensive home
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has bought a Sydney waterfront mansion for a reported 100 million Australian dollars (USD 72 million), media said Thursday, eclipsing the previous Australian purchase record set by his business partner. Cannon-Brookes, the co-founder of Australian software giant Atlassian, snapped up "Fairwater", a 1.12 hectare estate which formerly belonged to the late Mary Fairfax, whose family previously owned the Sydney Morning Herald. "We are delighted with the purchase of Fairwater for our young family and look forward to continuing the legacy of this beautiful Sydney home," the billionaire told online property hub Domain. The historic estate, slightly larger than a rugby field, stretches down to a harbour beach in Sydney's prestigious Point Piper. It was built in 1881 and had been in the Fairfax family for more than a century, until Mary Fairfax died last year. The largest of its kind in the area, "Fairwater" is known to have hosted grand parties, with ...
Jamsenpa dedicates her award to all women
Everester Anshu Jamsenpa Thursday said she has dedicated the Tenging Norgey Adventure award which she received on Tuesday to all women. Jamsenpa was conferred the Tenzing Norgey Adventure award by President Ram Nath Kovid on Tuesday. "I would like to give them (women) the message that I know how hard it is to be born as a woman and to achieve something on your own is even harder. But perseverance pays off. Keep moving ahead never give up, believe in you," she told PTI over phone from New Delhi. "I am feeling elated, thrilled, excited and very happy, congratulations have been showering on me and many like you asked about my feeling. My reaction was simple that good deeds never go unrewarded. If you really deserve you will get it sooner or later," she said . The 32-year-old mother of two said "This is the highest award in the field of adventure sports and what more could I ask for." Jamsenpa had scaled Mt Everest twice in a span of five days in May last year.
Glad today's generation doesn't struggle for basic sports facilities: Gopichand
National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand feels Indian athletes no longer have to worry about the basic facilities that he had to struggle for in his playing days. "All my life I have struggled to get basic sports facilities. I am glad today's generation don't have to struggle for this. Sports today has great future," Gopichand said Wednesday at a workshop organised by the Andhra Pradesh government where it declared that the state's future capital Amaravati will be developed as a "world-class sports city" capable of hosting the Olympics. "We need to ensure that kids taking sports need to be incentivised so that they can lead good life. Kids need to learn discipline and sports is fundamental for this. "It is not necessary to create champions, but to create environment where everyone -- kids and adults -- enjoy sports. Remember sports increases a nation's happiness index and improves quality of life," he added. Speaking on the development of Amaravati as a sports hub, Andhra Pradesh ...
Russian spy poisoning suspect was 'honoured by Putin'
A Russian man accused of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK, is a military officer who received an "honour" from President Vladimir Putin, an investigative website has revealed.
Religion and fashion can go together: Mariam Farid
Leading Qatari woman athlete Mariam Farid, who competes wearing a hijab, says she would never compromise on her identity but would not mind blending a bit of fashion with religion. At a young age of 15, Mariam had played a significant role in Qatar winning the bid in November 2014 to host its first ever IAAF World Championships. As Qatar's ambassador, she had delivered an emotional speech, convincing the panel to accept their bid which emphasised on breaking barriers and changing the western world's perception about the Arab world. Four years after that successful bid, Mariam is now preparing herself to deliver on the promise when Doha will host the Championships next year. She is aiming to produce a strong show in the 400m hurdles event. "In the beginning, I used to wear a long shirt and then a short shirt but now I try to find something easier and comfortable. It's (Hijab) not going to make me less faster. Even if it slows me down, it is, what makes me comfortable, this is my ...
Vietnam bids final farewell to president before burial
Vietnam held an emotional memorial for president Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi Thursday before his body was carried through the city with weeping residents and police lining the streets to bid him a final farewell. Quang died on Friday at age 61 after a long illness that officials described only as a "rare virus". A long-serving communist stalwart and former national police chief, Quang was celebrated for his dedication to the country that he spent much of his career serving. "The leader with many contributions to the country bid farewell to us... a great loss for the family and the nation," Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong said at a ceremony Thursday. Quang's family, dressed in black with white headbands, stood near his coffin draped in the national flag and beneath a portrait of the leader and a framed collection of his medals. "My father's wish was to spend his whole life contributing to the nation and revolutionary cause," Quang's son Tran Quan told the funeral home packed with ...
Australian man undergoes plastic surgery after kangaroo attack
An Australian man had to undergo plastic surgery after being attacked by a kangaroo he thought to be dead.
Tamannaah Bhatia turns vegetarian
Tamannaah Bhatia, who once used to devour fish, chicken and meat, has now turned vegetarian.
Trump: Heads of state 'were laughing with me,' not at me
No one laughs at Donald Trump. The president dismissed as "fake news" reports that world leaders laughed at him in the opening moments of his speech to a session of the UN General Assembly. "They weren't laughing at me. They were laughing with me," he declared at a news conference Wednesday, the day after counterparts from around the globe audibly laughed as he began the highly anticipated address by reciting U.S. economic gains under his watch. "We had fun. That was not laughing at me," he said. "So the fake news said people laughed at President Trump. They didn't laugh at me. People had a good time with me. We were doing it together. We had a good time. They respect what I've done." Trump opened Tuesday's speech by describing the American economy as "booming like never before." He also claimed his administration had accomplished more in less than two years than any predecessor had by this same point in their terms. Just sentences into Trump's remarks, the audience which included ...
Meghan Markle's 'accent' creates Twitter storm
The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's "accent" has become the talk of the town once again.In a recent video clip from Queen Elizabeth II's documentary 'Queen of the World', Meghan, according to viewers, can be heard talking "in a slight British accent." The clip first appeared online over the weekend, in which she can be seen reuniting with her Givenchy wedding dress."Oh my goodness, it's amazing, isn't it?" Meghan said as she took a look at her dress. "The work that they did here is just so beautiful.""Somewhere in here there's a piece of blue fabric, did you see? It was my something blue...it's fabric from the dress that I wore on our first date," she added.In response to the clip, Twitter users felt that Meghan, who has lived in London for some time now, was "losing" her American accent.A user wrote, "#QueenOfTheWorld Meghan is losing her American accent.""Sorry Meghan Markles new accent?" read another tweet.Comparing her accent to Madonna's, a user wrote, "Meghan's developed a ...
Suspected Maoists pasted posters, banners at vet college
: A three-member gang, suspected to be Maoists, Wednesday pasted pro-ultra posters and banners in front of the government veterinary college at Pookode, over 12 km from here, police said. The group, comprising two men and a woman, arrived at the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University in the wee hours and put up posters and banners near the front gate after threatening the watchman, they said. They also claimed to have planted explosives in the campus, which later turned to be hoax. One of the banners hailed the formation day of the party, CPI (Maoist), they said. Police later removed them and began investigation, sources added.
SRK cheers for para athletes participating in 2018 Asian Para Games
New Delhi [India], Sep 26 (ANI): Superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday gave an exhilarating send-off to the Indian Paralympic Contingent going for the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta.The Padma Shri awardee was invited by Rao Inderjit Singh, president of Paralympic Committee of India (PCI), to motivate the para athletes for the games. King Khan, however, said he was there to get inspired himself.Shah Rukh revealed that he was attending the event for a "selfish reason!""I am selfish! I am here for myself. I am here to take inspiration from these athletes. I have come here to get motivated," he said.The actor also revealed that since childhood, he had an ardent desire to become a sportsman. "When I was small, I used to play hockey, football, cricket and even used to take part in athletics. I had a dream of representing my country in any sport. But, I got hurt and the injury could not be properly treated for some or the other reason. It was then that I thought my life is finished. It was
Meghan stuns Britain by shutting car door
The gesture is so mechanical few people even notice it. Yet when Meghan Markle, the US actress turned newly-wed wife of Britain's Prince Harry, closed her own car door, a wave of shock and awe rolled over Britain. Videos of the brazen moment flooded social media and generated headlines that searched for adjectives to describe the momentous nature of what had just occurred. "Meghan Markle leaves people in shock as she shuts own CAR DOOR on first solo engagement," the Express reported. It included the footage: Meghan, 37, stepping out of a luxurious black sedan and being greeted on her arrival on Tuesday at her first solo engagement -- the opening of an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The man in a tuxedo who welcomed her with a warm handshake and appeared to be preparing to close the door quickly swiped his hand over his mouth the moment Meghan, now the Duchess of Sussex, closed the door behind her back without looking. The BBC summarised the mood of the nation in its
UK pet owners buying animals "on a whim" risk leaving millions of them lonely: report
Around one in four pet owners in the UK were causing needless suffering to millions of animals as they undertook no research at all before taking on their pet, the country's leading veterinary charity warned Wednesday. A report from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) revealed that 24 per cent of pet owners carried out no preparatory work ahead of bringing an animal into their home, a figure equating to 5.2 million people. Britain has a long-held reputation as a nation of animal lovers. Findings from the 2018 PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report have revealed that this lack of research and preparation can leave well-intentioned owners ill-equipped to meet their pets' welfare needs. The Report also showed that, while 74 per cent of owners feel informed about all of a pet's five Welfare Needs the basic requirements to lead happy, healthy lives worryingly, only around 1 in 8 people (13 per cent) surveyed could correctly identify all five from a list. Without proper research, .
We all are incomplete in one way or other: Shah Rukh to Paralympic contingent
Shah Rukh Khan Wednesday said all individuals are "incomplete" in their own way despite any amount of "power and stardom" as he wished the Indian Paralympic Contingent for the Asian Para Games 2018 at their send-off ceremony. The 52-year-old actor, who was in the capital, said people have to battle with their weaknesses to "fulfil their incompleteness". "We all are incomplete in one way or the other. Sometimes in the physical sense, sometimes we are unable to grow mentally... Even emotionally, there are some shortcomings in each one of us. It is said that God has made us 'like' him but not 'as' him. "He sent us into the world so that we fight our disabilities and go on to complete our lives. Job, financial stability, stardom and power do not complete us. We have to fight our shortcomings to fulfil our incompleteness," Shah Rukh told the athletes. The actor lauded them, saying they could have pursued any other profession to make a name but they chose sports, "a field which actually ...
Top aide of Nigeria's First Lady held for alleged fraud
A top security aide of Nigeria's First Lady has been arrested for allegedly dropping her name to extort almost USD 7 million from people, in a test case for President Muhammadu Buhari's fight against graft. Police chief superintendent Sani Baban-Inna, the chief security officer (ADC) to Aisha Buhari since 2016, was detained by police on Friday but is now in the custody of the country's intelligence agency, the DSS. Aisha, who is currently on a trip with her husband at the UN General Assembly in New York, said in a statement late Tuesday that she had not ordered his arrest. "The story as it pertains to her ADC, Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Sani Baban-Inna has it that he has been detained on the orders of Her Excellency for dropping her name and defrauding unsuspecting officials and associates," the First Lady's office said. "She wishes to use this opportunity to refute such allegation and to state that she has no hand in his arrest and detention." She also denied sending her ...
16th National Book Fair to begin on Sept 28
The 16th edition of the National Book Fair is scheduled to begin on September 28 at the Motimahal Lawns here. The 11-day literary event will mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, and also pay tribute to former Indian prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and eminent Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj, who passed away this year on August 16 and July 19 respectively. "Books are known to be a man's best friends, and have contributed in strengthening the social fabric of the country. Programmes at the fair will include Urdu and Arabic workshops, shloka-chanting performances, debates and quizes," Murlidhar Ahuja, convenor of the fair, said. The fair will come to a close on October 7.
adidas India congratulates Hima Das
Sports apparel manufacturer adidas on Wednesday congratulated Hima Das for being conferred the prestigious Arjuna Award at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.