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$The replica pelts, called \amambatha,\ are being widely sold but the original skins are being sold for a much higher price for people who take pride in owning them. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Tribals use fake leopard skins to save live cats

Members from the Zulu tribe wore skins made by conservationists at the gathering to highlight the importance of saving...

30 Jan 2017 10:34 AM IST

Cervical Spondylitis can be treated with the help of fomentation and exercises during the winters. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Winters can cause paralysis in Cervical Spondylitis patients

People suffering severely from the condition should not exercise before taking medication

30 Jan 2017 9:11 AM IST

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On a wire, the unpierced one

Film artist Ashish Avikunthak has successfully managed for two decades, in his own ways, to be free, from market...

30 Jan 2017 7:19 AM IST

The majority of women infected with HPV virus, do not always develop cervical cancer.

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Keeping the cervix cancer-free

Condom is one of the best ways to reduce the risk of getting this virus which causes the cancer.

30 Jan 2017 1:02 AM IST

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A feast by the sea

Facing the sea, Estella in Juhu makes for a perfect setting for a date night.

30 Jan 2017 1:02 AM IST

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Winter treats

These hearty foods are all you need to keep warm through the cold winter nights.

30 Jan 2017 1:01 AM IST

The LFW this year has collaborated with Kranti, an NGO that empowers girls from Mumbais red-light areas, to be agents of social change.

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From red light to spotlight

In a first for a fashion show in the city, models will make way for daughters of sex workers to take to the ramp in...

30 Jan 2017 12:13 AM IST

The most common form of exposure to mercury is by eating fish containing methylmercury (Photo: AFP)

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Rise in mercury levels in seafood from climate warming

Levels of mercury in the world's ecosystems have increased by between 200 and 500 per cent.

29 Jan 2017 6:28 PM IST

He will stay indoors for 14 days to avoid embarrassment (Photo: Facebook)

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Man with bionic penis has to endure two week erection

Andrew Wardle got a penis carved out from his arm after being born without a penis.

29 Jan 2017 4:55 PM IST

The images are among many other hoax images on the internet (Photo: Twitter)

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Kiran Bedi trolled for tweet with monuments in tricolour

The morphed images turned up after the Burj Khalifa was lit up as the tricolour on India's republic day.

29 Jan 2017 2:42 PM IST

There is an intimate link between uncontrolled inflammation in the gut associated with inflammatory bowel disease (Photo: AFP)

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Colon cancer prevented by changing shape of protein

The altered protein causes the immune system to become supercharged, clearing out the bacteria before they can do any...

29 Jan 2017 1:36 PM IST

Previous studies had shown that neurotransmitter serotonin can drive fat loss.

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Brain hormone that triggers fat burning found

Srinivasan and her colleagues experimented with roundworms called C elegans that are often used as model organisms in...

29 Jan 2017 5:28 AM IST