Top Things You Can Do For Yourself While Staying At Home

With the pandemic ravaging the world, staying at home means saving your life and the lives of other people. Public places and non-essential activities outdoors should be avoided. However, this does not mean that you should spend your days lounging in bed, watching Netflix, or playing video games. Since weekend shopping and coffee with peers are out of the menu, you have the whole weekend to yourself. Why not use it productively? Here are some things that you can do with your excess free time. It can be as simple…

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Health tips for students preparing for exams: 5 ways to boost your memory and keep you awake while studying

You need to study hard if you want to score high grades in school or exams. Here are five simple yet healthy ways to improve your memory, help you stay awake while studying for exams. 5 healthy tips to help you stay awake while studying for exams  |  Photo Credit: Thinkstock New Delhi: Studying for long hours can be a challenging task for many students, especially after a long day of classes. The fact is that you need to study hard if you want to score high grades in school or exams.…

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Do you fall asleep while binging on Netflix? You could be getting old

If it is common place for you to fall asleep while watching TV, or to groan while bending to pick up a magazine from the floor or forgetting people’s names quite often, then these are tell tale signs that you’re getting old. According to a research, choosing comfort over style and struggling to learn latest technology are a few indicators that you are ageing. In a research conducted by Future You, it was found that people consider joint pains and stiffness as one of the major signs of growing old.…

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Should you go for perpetual SIP while investing in mutual funds?

While investing in a mutual fund scheme through systematic investment plan (SIP) mode, you get the pre-defined option for how long you want to continue your investments – 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, or perpetual? It means opting any of the options will let your investments amount disbursed from your bank account through ‘electronic clearing service’ or ECS mode for that particular time and will automatically get stopped as per the decided time you opted for it. However, while opting a perpetual option, your investments will continue for the…

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Don’t ignore Alternative Investment Funds while building your long term portfolio; here’s why

Indian economy is already looking up after crucial and series of difficult reforms have been implemented over the last three years while some are still in the process of getting implemented. In this scenario, Indian investors are betting big on equities, especially when gold and properties are not on the preferred list of assets. In a tectonic shift most investors – Ultra HNI, HNI, and retail – are focusing largely on long-term investments rather than being swayed by short-term scenarios both external and internal. Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) and Mutual…

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Navratri 2017: What Vegetables to Eat and What to Avoid While Fasting

Navratri festivities have begun and devotees of Goddess Durga have commenced the nine-day Navratri fasting ritual. Devotees may observe a fast for all the nine days or choose to keep it in pairs- either on the first and the last day or last two days. There are certain fasting dos and don’ts that people are required to follow when it comes your daily diet. For instance, you can include vrat ingredients like sama ke chawal, singhare ka atta, kuttu ka atta, fruits and some vegetables in your diet during fasting. However, a lot of us may…

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