LIFE STYLE
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Sep- 2022 -17 September
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16 September
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15 September
Lufthansa fully back in private hands; Covid-time government support pays off
Germany’s Covid-time support to Lufthansa has paid off by both stabilising the airline and the government selling off to private players the 20% shares it had bought in Lufthansa for Euro 306 million – as financial aid in the summer of 2020 — nearly a year before the originally anticipated time. Now, Lufthansa is once again 100% back in private hands. Edinburgh: Learn A Language in 15 Min Daily Practice AdBabbel Germany’s Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF) on Tuesday announced that all the remaining shares of its holding in Deutsche Lufthansa AG had been sold to various investors via an accelerated bookbuilding process. The WSF last held around 6.2% of the company’s share capital (74.4 million shares). The WSF had acquired…
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15 September
London woman who was so stressed her hair fell out starts award-winning wellness business that’s now in Selfridges
ALondon woman who suffered from burnout which ultimately led to her losing her hair has managed to completely transform. Laura Tudor said what happened to her when she was 28 was a ‘shock but not a surprise’. Laura, moved to London when she was 18 from Chester to follow her dreams of pursuing fashion design. After finishing her studies at Central Saint Martins and London School of Fashion, she has lived in London for nearly half her life. After graduating, she started and ran her own headwear business for eight years. As she ran her business, however, she watched her priorities and ultimately her life changing around her. She was working seven days a week, wasn’t eating well and she…
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15 September
‘Our bodies aren’t distracting, you’re just disgusting’: High school student calls out school dress code for being sexist during assembly
A16-year-old student puts an administrator on blast during an assembly while discussing the “sexist” school dress code, calling attention to the policy being unfairly enforced. In a video posted by TikToker Anastasia (@anastasiaskits) on Sept. 8, she shows a clip of her asking a staff member to clarify their strict dress code. “Why is this school so persistent in telling girls to cover up when really guys should just keep it in their pants?” she says in the clip. “This school is so headstrong on telling girls to cover their shoulders or stomach when those things are all pretty natural.” She continues to share her observation that girls with a “bigger cup size” are dress-coded more often than others, even…
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14 September
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14 September
5-minute-showers to bucket baths, everything one needs to know about bathing
With the Dutch government pushing for 5-minute-showers in a bid to burn less natural gas, it has given the world a chance to rethink their bathing routines. While many other European countries are fiddling with the idea, individuals across the world are experimenting with taking less-duration showers. How often should you bathe? For the climatic conditions we live in, it is mandatory to bathe at least once a day to keep our bodies hygienic. Twice a day is recommended in case one spends most time outdoors. Also, bathing after exercising is mandatory. How long should a shower take? According to dermatologists, an average shower should take anywhere between five to ten minutes. In case one takes hot showers for a longer period, there…
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13 September
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13 September
Delta variant of coronavirus could evade human immune system better: CCMB study
Hyderabad: A group of researchers from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in a study have found that human immunity could not produce the necessary defense molecules against the Delta variants of SARs-CoV-2, as effectively as they did with the other variants. The study, which was published recently in the Microbiology Spectrum journal, has demonstrated that how Delta variant could evade the human immune system effectively, when compared to other variants of SARs-CoV-2. While infection due to the other four variants alerted the immune system quickly, the Delta variant could silently replicate in the host cells, the CCMB researchers said. Two different groups led by Dr. Krishnan Harshan and Dr. Divya Tej Sowpati conducted the study at CCMB. The researchers tried to understand if…
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12 September
5 irresistible barfi recipes to satiate your sweet tooth this festive season
As we draw closer to festive season, our cravings for traditional Indian mithais grow stronger. While Ganesh Chaturthi and Onam have just wrapped up, a long list of festivities awaits us from Vishwakarma puja, Navratri, Dussehra to Diwali. It’s that time of the year when people put their diets on hold and fall for the allure of the festive food. The mere mention of gulab jamun, kaju katli, milk barfi, besan laddoo, jalebi, sandesh, kheer and pua is enough to make the mouth water. (Also read: 4 mouth-watering Kheer recipes to make your festive season extra special) It is even better to make all the tempting mithais at home as an unwinding ritual after a long day. Homemade mithais are healthier as they have fresh and…
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