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How Often You Should Clean Your Sheets

July 8, 2017 Loknath Dasclean, How, Often, Sheets, Should, You, Your

Whether you’re a self-proclaimed neat freak or are totally fine with letting dirt, grime and clothes pile up in your home all for the sake of making it to Saturday-afternoon brunch, we all can agree cleaning is no fun. In fact, keeping clutter out of the home is seriously stressful, especially when it’s on top of all of the other to-dos we have going on in our life. According to one online survey, a whopping 84% of recently stressed Americans say they worry their home isn’t clean or organized enough. If…

Kick-Start Your Weekend With This Turkish Eggs Recipe

July 6, 2017 Loknath Daseggs, Kick-Start, Recipe, This, Turkish, Weekend, With, Your

Bored with scrambled eggs? This spicy Turkish dish will add some variety to your morning meals. As well as the protein provided by the eggs, you get a hefty dose of muscle fuel from the yogurt, while the other ingredients provide both delicious flavours and more health benefits. Garlic has anti-inflammatory properties, for example, while extra virgin olive oil provides vitamins E and K. Ingredients (serves one) 2 eggs 1½ cloves garlic, crushed 100g Greek yogurt 20ml extra virgin olive oil 10g unsalted butter ½tsp dried chilli flakes 1 stalk…

You can make your bones live after you

June 27, 2017 Loknath DasAfter, Bones?, Can, Live, Make, You, Your

Rahul Sharma (name changed) teaches at Delhi University today thanks to a bone donor. He had lost a part of his thigh bone to cancer, and when the metal replacement became infected eight years later his only hope was a bone graft as he could not buy another implant for Rs 5 lakh. Sharma was lucky the bone bank at AIIMS–India’s first–had bone tissue when he needed it. In its 18-year existence the bank has got only 32 donations, and none at all in the past two years.The number of…

Decoded: What your yawn means

June 24, 2017 Loknath DasDecoded:, means, What, yawn, Your

Things a yawn could mean beyond tiredness If you think yawning is a mere indication from your tired body to take a nap or a relaxing break, you need to give it a thought again! You might have experienced that despite being vigilant, you still yawn. If facts are to be believed, yawns are contagious, more so if it’s a friend who is yawning. What could be the other possible causes? We decode. Does yawning really mean your body lacks oxygen? Many of us have this misconception that…

Cycling to Work May Help Beat Stress and Increase Your Work Output

June 23, 2017 Loknath Dasand, Beat, Cycling, Help, Increase, May, Output, Stress, to, work, Your

To lead a healthy lifestyle, other than minding your diet, you also need to make an effort to partake in physical activities. This is a habit that you need to make consciously. Be it walking, running, yoga, aerobics or swimming, even 30 minutes of some sort of activity daily can take you a long way to staying healthy. Even cycling around can work wonders to pump up those happy hormones. What if you cycled to work? According to a new study, cycling to office can help reduce stress and improve…

Box Drive Will Let You ‘Stream’ Files From the Cloud to Your PC

June 16, 2017 Loknath DasBox, Cloud, drive, Files, From, Let, PC, Stream, The, to, Will, You, Your

While Google is planning to expand the backup service offered by its Drive desktop app, another cloud service, Box, has now launched its own Box Drive desktop app. As you might expect, the desktop app, available for Windows and macOS, essentially allows users to get access to their cloud files locally from their computers. The Box Drive desktop app is already available and can be downloaded from the company’s official website. Importantly, users will be able to download the files from the cloud service on demand through Box Drive app…