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Embracing Confidence: How Adorning Crop Tops Be A Step Towards Body Positivity
In a world that often pressures us to fit into rigid beauty standards, crop tops have emerged as a symbol of body positivity. They encourage self-love, confidence, and embracing ones natural shape.
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Canada Rolls Back Extra Screening For Fliers To India Days After Announcing It
Canada rolled back its standard operating procedures for extra screening of travellers flying to India, days after the move was implemented "out of abundance of caution".
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Earth Completes Rotation In Less Than 24-Hours, Smashes Record Again For Shortest Day
On July 29, the Earth broke its record for the shortest day as it completed a full spin in just 1.59 milliseconds, or slightly more than one-thousandth of a second, which is shorter than its standard 24-hour rotation.
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World Emoji Day 2022: These Are the Most Commonly Used Emojis
These expressions of emotion allow people to add context to otherwise dry text messages and can help as shorthand reactions in many situations.
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Children Have Lost Over Third Of Standard Global 190-Day School Year Due To COVID-19: Report
A report by Save the Children revealed that an estimated 112 billion days of education have been lost altogether, with the world's poorest children being disproportionately affected.
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"Incitement Of Violence": Facebook Takes Down Myanmar Military's Page
Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting the incitement of violence, the company said, a day after two protesters were killed when police opened fire at a demonstration against the Feb 1 coup.
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World Cancer Day 2021: Is Immunotherapy Changing The Future Of Lung Cancer?
In progressive lung cancer, chemotherapy gives modest advantage as most of the patients survive only a few months to a year. Chemotherapy can't be considered as a standard of care. Now, immunotherapy is changing the scenario of lung cancer treatment.
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World Cancer Day: Understanding The Role Of Palliative Care During Cancer Treatment
Palliative care: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness.
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World Asthma Day 2020: Expert Shares Tips To Manage Asthma Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
World Asthma Day 2020: A new threat has emerged to asthma patients in the form of COVID-19. The risk and severity of the infection seems to be higher in patients suffering from chronic diseases and weakened immunity. Here's everything you need to know.
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US May Have Dropped Standards Too Far For Anti-Malarial Drug: Report
On March 21, two days after President Donald Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a "gamechanger" in the fight against COVID-19, administration officials privately described what they felt was a "win" in the president's efforts to build an emergency stockpile of the drugs: a hefty donation of pills from Bayer AG.
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Day Before Decision On Pak, Anti-Terror Finance Watchdog's Warning
The FATF on Monday said several terrorist groups continue to benefit from funds raised through illegal activities and from supporters worldwide despite the international terror financing watchdog tightening the standards on flow of money.
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World Standards Day 2019: Date, History, Significance - All You Need To Know
World Standards Day: World Standards Day was formed to raise awareness about its importance. The idea behind World Standards Day was to set standardization at international level.
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New Standards Adopted For Measuring Units Kilogram, Kelvin, Mole, Ampere
India on Monday adopted a global resolution to redefine four of the seven base units -- kilogramme, kelvin, mole and ampere -- a move expected to have far-reaching effects, including changes in textbooks.
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Improve Common Man's Standard Of Living: Arvind Subramanian
Days after the Indian economy was placed sixth based on GDP numbers by the World Bank, outgoing Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian today said the Centre's current priority should be to enhance the standard of living of common man.
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As China Overhauls Production, Chickens Need To Lay Billion Eggs A Day
Behind a row of sealed red incubator doors in a new facility in northern China, about 400,000 chicks are hatched every day, part of the rapidly modernising supply chain in China's $37 billion egg industry, the world's biggest.
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Embracing Confidence: How Adorning Crop Tops Be A Step Towards Body Positivity
In a world that often pressures us to fit into rigid beauty standards, crop tops have emerged as a symbol of body positivity. They encourage self-love, confidence, and embracing ones natural shape.
-
Canada Rolls Back Extra Screening For Fliers To India Days After Announcing It
Canada rolled back its standard operating procedures for extra screening of travellers flying to India, days after the move was implemented "out of abundance of caution".
-
Earth Completes Rotation In Less Than 24-Hours, Smashes Record Again For Shortest Day
On July 29, the Earth broke its record for the shortest day as it completed a full spin in just 1.59 milliseconds, or slightly more than one-thousandth of a second, which is shorter than its standard 24-hour rotation.
-
World Emoji Day 2022: These Are the Most Commonly Used Emojis
These expressions of emotion allow people to add context to otherwise dry text messages and can help as shorthand reactions in many situations.
-
Children Have Lost Over Third Of Standard Global 190-Day School Year Due To COVID-19: Report
A report by Save the Children revealed that an estimated 112 billion days of education have been lost altogether, with the world's poorest children being disproportionately affected.
-
"Incitement Of Violence": Facebook Takes Down Myanmar Military's Page
Facebook on Sunday deleted the main page of the Myanmar military under it standards prohibiting the incitement of violence, the company said, a day after two protesters were killed when police opened fire at a demonstration against the Feb 1 coup.
-
World Cancer Day 2021: Is Immunotherapy Changing The Future Of Lung Cancer?
In progressive lung cancer, chemotherapy gives modest advantage as most of the patients survive only a few months to a year. Chemotherapy can't be considered as a standard of care. Now, immunotherapy is changing the scenario of lung cancer treatment.
-
World Cancer Day: Understanding The Role Of Palliative Care During Cancer Treatment
Palliative care: The World Health Organization (WHO) defines palliative care as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness.
-
World Asthma Day 2020: Expert Shares Tips To Manage Asthma Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
World Asthma Day 2020: A new threat has emerged to asthma patients in the form of COVID-19. The risk and severity of the infection seems to be higher in patients suffering from chronic diseases and weakened immunity. Here's everything you need to know.
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US May Have Dropped Standards Too Far For Anti-Malarial Drug: Report
On March 21, two days after President Donald Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a "gamechanger" in the fight against COVID-19, administration officials privately described what they felt was a "win" in the president's efforts to build an emergency stockpile of the drugs: a hefty donation of pills from Bayer AG.
-
Day Before Decision On Pak, Anti-Terror Finance Watchdog's Warning
The FATF on Monday said several terrorist groups continue to benefit from funds raised through illegal activities and from supporters worldwide despite the international terror financing watchdog tightening the standards on flow of money.
-
World Standards Day 2019: Date, History, Significance - All You Need To Know
World Standards Day: World Standards Day was formed to raise awareness about its importance. The idea behind World Standards Day was to set standardization at international level.
-
New Standards Adopted For Measuring Units Kilogram, Kelvin, Mole, Ampere
India on Monday adopted a global resolution to redefine four of the seven base units -- kilogramme, kelvin, mole and ampere -- a move expected to have far-reaching effects, including changes in textbooks.
-
Improve Common Man's Standard Of Living: Arvind Subramanian
Days after the Indian economy was placed sixth based on GDP numbers by the World Bank, outgoing Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian today said the Centre's current priority should be to enhance the standard of living of common man.
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As China Overhauls Production, Chickens Need To Lay Billion Eggs A Day
Behind a row of sealed red incubator doors in a new facility in northern China, about 400,000 chicks are hatched every day, part of the rapidly modernising supply chain in China's $37 billion egg industry, the world's biggest.
