Devotees in different parts of India celebrated Makar Sankranti with a holy dip. The festival marks the transition between two seasons and celebrates the arrival of Spr

Devotees take holy dip to celebrate Makar Sankranti

Devotees in different parts of India celebrated Makar Sankranti with a holy dip. The festival marks the transition between two seasons and celebrates the arrival of Spring with warmer and longer days. People gathered in Prayagraj to take a holy dip at the Sangam Ghat. Amidst the biting cold and thick fog, large crowds gathered on the banks of the river Ganga in Varanasi for the ritual. In Kolkata too, large number of people flocked to Babughat to participate in the rituals and take a holy dip.

Devotees in different parts of India celebrated Makar Sankranti with a holy dip. The festival marks the transition between two seasons and celebrates the arrival of Spring with warmer and longer days. People gathered in Prayagraj to take a holy dip at the Sangam Ghat. Amidst the biting cold and thick fog, large crowds gathered on the banks of the river Ganga in Varanasi for the ritual. In Kolkata too, large number of people flocked to Babughat to participate in the rituals and take a holy dip.

A historic day calls for historic memes. At Joe Biden's presidential inauguration ceremony in the US, there was someone else who caught&nbsp;the attention of the prying

A historic day calls for historic memes. At Joe Biden's presidential inauguration ceremony in the US, there was someone else who caught&nbsp;the attention of the prying eyes of Internet jokesters.&nbsp;
An image of American politician Bernie Sanders sitting socially distanced from everyone on a chair has gone viral with meme&nbsp;makers. Bundled up in warm clothes and mittens made of repurposed&nbsp;wool, Bernie's anti-fashion chic look impressed netizens.
People photoshop&nbsp;Bernie into different backgrounds and share their hilarious creations all over social media.&nbsp;

The Delhi government has directed the heads of over 550 govt and MCD schools to start installing sanitary napkin incinerators with smoke control units in toilets for gi

The Delhi government has directed the heads of over 550 govt and MCD schools to start installing sanitary napkin incinerators with smoke control units in toilets for girls. 
The Education Ministry's Project Approval Board (PAB) has asked for locations to be identified&nbsp;and installation work to be started in 3,204 toilet blocks.
The school principals are expected to make all immediate arrangements for proper power supply with power points at the proposed installation locations.
The cost of these will be borne by the schools from Vidyalaya Kalyan Samiti funds or grant in aids, the Directorate of Education (DoE) has said in a letter.
Girl students will be trained every month by principal&nbsp;till all are proficient in using the machines, the letter added.

It&rsquo;s the season of fasts and diets, but there are certain things you must keep in mind. Watch Health Coach Sarika Bansal share some tips on mindful eating.&nbsp;

It&rsquo;s the season of fasts and diets, but there are certain things you must keep in mind. Watch Health Coach Sarika Bansal share some tips on mindful eating. &nbsp;

As the world grapples with newer strains of the novel&nbsp;coronavirus, Sri Lanka&nbsp;has reopened for&nbsp;all&nbsp;foreign tourists after a ten-month pandemic break.

As the world grapples with newer strains of the novel&nbsp;coronavirus, Sri Lanka&nbsp;has reopened for&nbsp;all&nbsp;foreign tourists after a ten-month pandemic break.&nbsp;
The island's two international airports, accommodating commercial flights, resumed full operations on Thursday.&nbsp;
As part of new rules, tourists must undergo a Covid-19 test a maximum of 72 hours&nbsp;before their flight and seven days after arrival. All visitors&nbsp;must stay in a designated 'travel bubble' across 14 tourism zones. No mixing with the local population allowed.&nbsp;
Tourism is a vital economic sector for Sri Lanka, accounting for about 5% of its GDP and employing 250,000 people directly and up to 3 million indirectly.
Known as the 'Pearl of the Indian Ocean', the nation closed to tourists in March due to rising&nbsp;Covid-19 infections.&nbsp;

The process age-related cognitive and physical decline is no secret.
Now, researchers have found that a messenger hormone that is found in much higher levels in older 

The process of age-related cognitive and physical decline is no secret.
Researchers have found a messenger hormone found in much higher levels in older people and mice than their younger counterparts. To study what role the hormone might&nbsp;be playing, they blocked&nbsp;the hormone in older mice and found that the mice&nbsp;were able to perform as well as more youthful rodents in tests of their memory and navigation.
The study published in the journal Nature suggests that the development of maladaptive inflammation and cognitive decline in ageing may not be a static or permanent condition, but rather that it can be reversed

American model and television personality Chrissy Teigen is the only celebrity US President Joe Biden follows on Twitter.
Teigen had been blocked on Twitter by @POTUS 

American model and television personality Chrissy Teigen is the only celebrity US President Joe Biden follows on Twitter.
Teigen had been blocked on Twitter by @POTUS under former president Donald Trump's tenure when she had been vocal in her criticism for him.
On Wednesday morning, the celebrity appealed to Joe Biden, asking him&nbsp;if she could get a follow and later, Teigen become one of the 12 accounts that POTUS&nbsp;follows.
A joyous Teigen took to the microblogging platform to share her disbelief!

One of the Mediterranean's largest whale was discovered dead off the of southern Italy on Wednesday.
According to reports, the dead whale was spotted in the sea by coa

One of the Mediterranean's largest whale was found dead off the of southern Italy on Wednesday.
According to reports, the dead whale was spotted in the sea by coastguards on Sunday, in the popular tourist destination of Sorrento.
The carcass was then towed from&nbsp;Sorrento by sea to the port of Naples. The cause of the whale's death will now be analysed.&nbsp;

In a bid to save Mt. Everest from turning into a garbage dump, the trash collected is all set to be transformed into art and displayed in a nearby gallery, a Reuters re

In a bid to save Mt. Everest from turning into a garbage dump, the trash collected is all set to be transformed into art and displayed in a nearby gallery, a Reuters report said.
Project director of the Sagarmatha Next Centre, involved in up-cycling, stated local and foreign artists will be involved in converting trash to treasure.
The centre is located at Syangboche, on the Everest base camp trail. The artworks will be displayed to raise awareness or sold to raise proceeds for conservation of the region.

A new study by the&nbsp;Oxford&nbsp;and&nbsp;Birmingham&nbsp;universities finds that teenagers 'catch' moods from their friends and often negative moods are more contag

A new study by the&nbsp;Oxford&nbsp;and&nbsp;Birmingham&nbsp;universities finds that teenagers 'catch' moods from their friends and often negative moods are more contagious than positive ones.
The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the moods of individuals within a shared network and investigate &ldquo;emotional contagion&rdquo; among teenagers.
It found that your&nbsp;mood is similar to those who you spend the most time with and that there was a tolerance for different moods.
The research concluded that a friend could influence another with their positive mood and pull them out of their misery.

The government in Seychelles has opened the country for tourism, in the first phase to those visitors who have taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and a negative R

Seychelles is now open for global tourists after staying shut for months due to the pandemic.&nbsp;
In the first phase only visitors who have taken both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine and a negative RT-PCR test taken 72 hours before the journey will be allowed, according to an official statement.
&nbsp;The Seychelles Islands is currently open to Indian visitors through private jet transfers only. Also, like tourists from elsewhere, Indian travellers will be also be required to submit a negative COVID.&nbsp;
Visitors who haven&rsquo;t taken the complete dose of vaccination or not travelling via private jets, will not be permitted entry into Seychelles.&nbsp;This will be in force until mid-March once Seychelles has vaccinated a large majority of its adult population.&nbsp;

Besides the visibly power-packed attire of Vice President Kamala&nbsp;Harris at the Inauguration Ceremony on the 20th of January, the choice of clothing also carried wi

At the Inauguration Ceremony on the 20th of January, US Vice President Kamala&nbsp;Harris' choice of clothing carried a powerful message.&nbsp;From the color of her dress and overcoat to the pearls she wore, Harris made several statements with her style as she made history on Wednesday.&nbsp;
The vice president wore Christopher John Rogers and Sergio Hudson, two young black designers.&nbsp; Her monochrome moment,&nbsp;much like former First Lady Michelle Obama's, wasn&rsquo;t just a bold color statement but also a show of support for young Black designers on the global stage.&nbsp;
She wore purple, seen as a symbol of bipartisanship. Purple colour symbolises bipartisanship between the Democratic party and the Republican party in the United States. Purple is also one of the&nbsp;official colors of the American women's suffrage movement, along with white and gold. It represents loyalty, constancy to purpose, and unswerving steadfastness to a cause. The colour also symbolises unity, which is an important goal of the new administration.&nbsp;
The pearls around her neck paid tribute to her sorority.
&nbsp;

As American singer belted out the national anthem at the presidential inauguration, all eyes were on her flamboyant style.
The Grammy winner donned a billowing red scu

As American singer Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem at the presidential inauguration, all eyes were on her flamboyant style.
The Grammy winner donned a billowing red sculpted Schiaparelli skirt by Daniel Roseberry along with a fitted navy cashmere jacket and leather gloves.
Her giant dove brooch stole the spotlight. The singer took to Twitter to explain the symbolism.
The golden dove carrying an olive branch was meant to spread the message of peace in a divided country. Some drew comparisons to Katniss Everdreen and the Mockingjay pin in the Hunger Games!

In the wake of declining numbers of the African elephant population, scientists have now begun counting their numbers from Space, to boost conservation efforts.
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In the wake of declining numbers of the African elephant population, scientists have now begun counting their numbers from Space, to boost conservation efforts.
The&nbsp; photographs have been taken from an Earth-observation satellite orbiting 600km above the planet's surface.
The project by University of Bath is a collaboration with the Oxford University&nbsp;and the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
This technique uses AI and collects over&nbsp;over 5,000 km&sup2; of imagery every few minutes.&nbsp;

Indians and their love affair with maggi needs no introduction.
A wedding event with a live 'Maggi food counter' is now all the rage among people on the Internet. The 

Indians and their love affair with maggi needs no introduction.
A wedding event with a live 'Maggi food counter' is now a rage among people on the Internet. The photo of the counter was shared by a Twitter user, who wrote she loved her cousin for being so thoughtful and ensuring there's a Maggi counter at the ceremony.
Many on the Internet were curious to know where the wedding took place and expressed their wish to join the party!

22-year-old American poet Amanda Gorman's stint at the US Inauguration Day ceremony become one of the most talked about moments.
The literary star recited a poem she w

22-year-old American poet Amanda Gorman's stint at the US Inauguration Day ceremony become one of the most talked about moments.
The literary star recited a poem she wrote, called 'The Hill We Climb' after Harris and Biden were sworn in and scripted history by becoming the youngest poet to recite at a presidential inauguration.
It took no time for the Los Angeles based poet, who became the country's first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017, to trend on social media. Gorman wore a caged bird ring, which was a gift from Oprah Winfrey, and a tribute to Maya Angelou's classic memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".

There were lots of momentous fashion moments at the Biden-Harris Inauguration Ceremony on the 20th of January.
Besides Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama&nbs

There were several momentous fashion moments at the Biden-Harris Inauguration Ceremony on the 20th of January.
Besides Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama&nbsp;stealing the limelight with their fashion choices, there was a new entry on the block that stole the show.
It was Vice President Kamala&nbsp;Harris's&nbsp;stepdaughter Ella Emhoff! She won the approval of fashionistas with her&nbsp;embellished plaid coat by Miu Miu. The Parsons design student paired the coat with a statement collar and a&nbsp; burgundy dress by New York&nbsp;designer&nbsp;Batsheva.
Black leather boots, black gloves and a black mask completed her look.&nbsp;

Underscoring a new dawn at the White House, the incoming president, vice-president and their spouses all chose a wholly-American set of fashion designers for the&nbsp;I

Underscoring a new dawn at the White House, the incoming president, vice-president and their spouses all chose a wholly-American set of fashion designers for the&nbsp;Inauguration Day.&nbsp;
President Joe Biden&nbsp;and VP Harris' husband&nbsp;Doug Emhoff&nbsp;both chose&nbsp;suits by American designer Ralph Lauren.&nbsp;
Kamala&nbsp;Harris opted for&nbsp;two young black designers: Christopher John Rogers and&nbsp;Sergio Hudson for her bright purple look. While Jill Biden&nbsp;wore a custom&nbsp;ocean blue dress by&nbsp;Markarian, a small&nbsp;New York-based luxury label.
Doubling down on the support for American fashion talent, Hillary Clinton also attended the ceremony in a Ralph Lauren suit. Michelle Obama&nbsp;matched Harris in maroon Sergio Hudson outfit.&nbsp;

Bidding farewell to the last four years spent at the White House, the now-former&nbsp;US First Lady Melania&nbsp;Trump chose an all-black ensemble for the occasion.&nbs

Bidding farewell to the last four years spent at the White House, the now-former&nbsp;US First Lady Melania&nbsp;Trump chose an all-black ensemble for the occasion.&nbsp;
A Chanel&nbsp;jacket; Dolce &amp; Gabbana&nbsp;dress and&nbsp;shoes by Christian Louboutin,&nbsp;Melania&nbsp;departed from her role in her all-time favourite brands. Notably, none of the designers she picked was American.&nbsp;
True to the Trump term, the look is being termed 'funeral ready' by netizens on Twitter. People ask whether she has dressed in black for the 400,000 Americans who have died due to Covid-19 during her husband's term.&nbsp;

After being&nbsp;the first European country to pass a law backing an indoor ban on smoking in public places in 2003, Italy's capital Milan has now&nbsp;banned smoking i

After being&nbsp;the first European country to pass a law backing an indoor ban on smoking in public places in 2003, Italy's capital Milan has now&nbsp;banned smoking in many outdoor places.&nbsp;
The fashion and financial capital has become the first city to ban smoking within a 10m distance of other people at bus stops,&nbsp;parks, stadiums, and even cemeteries.
The extensive outdoor ban is part of&nbsp;measures to improve air quality and combat climate change.&nbsp;Cigarette smoke reportedly accounts for 8% of the city's PM10 levels.&nbsp;

An American influencer is being deported from Bali after she posted&nbsp;a viral thread about moving to the island that caught the attention of immigration officials.&n

An American influencer is being deported from Bali after she posted&nbsp;a viral thread about moving to the island that caught the attention of immigration officials.&nbsp;
The woman&nbsp;Kristen Gray recently tweeted about moving to Bali in January 2020 celebrating the region as a&nbsp;low-cost, queer-friendly place for foreigners. The posts caused backlash on Twitter for her 'lack of cultural awareness' and 'tax evasion.'
Indonesian authorities now accuse her of spreading 'unsettling' information, like saying Bali was queer-friendly, and that foreigners could easily get past borders amid the pandemic. Gray has been also accused of working without a business visa.

To celebrate Makar&nbsp;Sankranti, devotees gathered in different places for the traditional holy dip ritual

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