Anorexia can negatively impact bone density and cause fractures in patients. By Priyanka D Bengaluru, April 12, 2019: People with anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that is characterized by an irrational fear of weight gain, are likely to experience bone loss and fractures at later stages. The National Center for Biotechnology Information’s website states that anorexia symptoms […]
Continue Reading
Women candidates standing from different parties being shamed not only affects their mental health and reputation in public, but also the reputation of the party they represent. By Priyanka D Bangalore, April 11, 2019: Lok Sabha elections are seeing a rise in women candidates being shamed on the basis of their gender. Recently, Priyanka Gandhi, […]
Continue Reading
No political party has spoken about climate change and other policies in their election manifestos By Priyanka D Bangalore, April 10, 2019. The 2019 Lok Sabha elections are upon us, but political parties haven’t given any thought to either water conservation or the environment in their election manifestos. While many campaigns promise employment, poverty reduction, […]
Continue Reading
Astrologists are extracting money from people in the prospect of changing their fate and fortune. By Priyanka D Bengaluru, April 9, 2019: The number of astrologists in Bengaluru have risen inconsiderable amount due to people believing in them so that they could read their future, and make fortune befall on them like confetti. Cases in […]
Continue Reading
Mining dependents protest at Freedom Park for preference of Karnataka iron ore over imports. By Priyanka D Bangalore, March 26, 2019: Mining dependents from Bellary, Hospet and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka join in a protest regarding free trade, to ensure regular business for truckers, small scale industries and lakhs of other mining dependents. In 2013, […]
Continue Reading
Newly emerging websites help fact-check people’s questions. Fact-checking websites are coming up with new niche topics to help get people answers that they cannot get factually answered anywhere else. Websites like Check4spam has this exact game plan. Check4spam, a scientific and news checking website, only allows verified researchers and doctors answering questions on their website, […]
Continue Reading
Cheshire and Accenture among the companies who are trying to inculcate new reforms to be more inclusive. In a recent panel discussion held by the American India Foundation (AIF) and Cheshire Disability Trust (CDT), Jyothi Ganapathy, VP human resources at Accenture and P. Rajkumar, from Cheshire Disability Trust spoke about how they have adopted new […]
Continue Reading
Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR), which induces calming sensations to certain people, also has other potential health benefits. ASMR is coming into the limelight, especially on YouTube and Instagram, for its soothing sensations that make people want to continue watching these videos. But making art, like paintings and playing with paint – trying to make […]
Continue Reading
Discrimination against gender nonconforming, non-binary, and transgender people prevails Taking into account how the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights Bill of 2018), and Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection, and Rehabilitation Bill of 2018) saw a huge backlash by the transgender/gender non-conforming community, it can very easily be deduced that no matter how many amendments are […]
Continue Reading
Ace-discrimination amongst the community still evident in the country By Priyanka Dhaundiyal Bangalore, Jan. 31, 2019: While the ‘A’ in LGBTQIAPH (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, Asexual, Pansexual, Hijra) acronym stands for ‘Asexual’ and not ‘Ally’, the prevalence of asexual discrimination within the community is still quite prominent. Problems faced by asexual people range […]
Continue Reading