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According to the study published in The American Journal of Medicine, people know exercise is good for them but they don’t know the best approach.“We targeted this issue by focusing on a few key parameters: the utility of aerobics versus weightlifting, the time of day that is optimal for exercise, whether to exercise before or after meals and whether we have to lose weight to get benefits or not,” said Steven Malin, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences and an author of the study.For the analysis, researchers sifted through dozens of studies to identify common…

The woman has been behind the bars for nearly six-and-a-half years now, and her appeal is pending before the court.Naju Bibi alias Narjina Bibi was convicted and sentenced for lacing sweets with poison and then serving them to her six-year-old step-daughter. The child died in the hospital.Advocate Phiroze Edulji, appearing for Naju Bibi, submitted in the court of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray on Friday that there were several discrepancies in the depositions made by the witnesses during the trial, adding that his client is likely to be acquitted when her appeal comes up for hearing.He also…

West Indies, winners of the Men’s ODI World Cup in 1975 and 1979, were bowled out for just 181 in 43.5 overs at the Harare Sports Club before Scotland completed the chase with seven wickets in hand and 39 balls to spare.“To be honest, there is not one thing I can put my finger on. We let ourselves down in the entire tournament. We have to look at the way we start our innings definitely. We knew it would be challenging (against Scotland bowlers). The toss is always crucial but we need to find a way to counter that early…

The “cannot retrieve tweets” error message has been reported by many users when they try to view or post a tweet. Besides this, users are also get “rate limit exceeded” message while refreshing the ‘For You’ tab.According to outage monitor website ‘Down Detector’, nearly 4,000 reports of issues with Twitter have been logged.”Me coming to twitter to see why it says ‘rate limit exceeded’ #TwitterDown,” a user wrote.”Twitter engineers hard at work trying to figure out why everyone keeps getting Rate Limit Exceeded messages,” another user said.A user commented: “Is Twitter down? Anyone getting the same issue? Can’t open the…

Rahul Gandhi will address a ‘Jangarjana’ public meeting in Khammam on Sunday, besides formally inducting 35 leaders of the ruling Bharath Rashtra Samithi (BRS) into the party, including former state minister Jupally Krishna Rao and ex-MP Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy.The 35 leaders had earlier this week joined the grand old party in the national capital in the presence of the party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi after meeting them briefly.Many party leaders feel that besides the work of the state Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy, who has galvanised the party workers ahead of the crucial Assembly elections scheduled at the…

The TMC MLA had gone to Bhatar assembly constituency in East Burdwan district of West Bengal to campaign for the upcoming panchyat polls.The people in the area alleged that the TMC government has failed to repair the roads in rural areas since the party came to power in 2011.The people alleged that despite several appeals neither the district administration nor the local panchayat bodies had taken any initiative to repair the road.“We wanted the legislator to feel how problematic it is to walk over the muddy roads,” a local said.Meanwhile, the Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari posted a video…

In a communique forwarded to the district magistrates, district police superintendents and the commissioners of different commiserates, the SEC has given some guidelines for deployment of central forces. But nowhere in the communique it has been mentioned that the forces personnel will be deployed at the polling booths.As per the communique, a copy of which is available with IANS, the forces will be deployed for area domination, naka-checking, confidence-building measures, international and inter-state border check-point manning and for patrolling purposes.“CAPF shall especially be deployed in the places for patrolling, route marches and other CBMs from where political violence/complaints of intimidation…

The other teams which were sold included Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Kerala, Gujarat (Ahmedabad) and Delhi as eight franchises were auctioned. A decision concerning two of the teams would be taken soon, the organisers informed in a release on Saturday.The auction witnessed an unprecedented level of excitement and intense competition as bids were invited for 10 teams from a choice of 13 cities/states — Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kerala, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Orissa, Kolkata, Rajasthan and North East.The online auction witnessed intense bidding battles as team owners strategized and competed to secure their favourite city teams.The teams are now focused…

In its preliminary report submitted to the government, the RTO has not hinted at any probable causes for the major crash – which the police are probing – as the air conditioned sleeper coach had a fitness certificate valid till March 2024.The RTO said that the ill-fated bus, built by Ashok Leyland Ltd, was registered in January 2020 and held a valid permit till 2025.Earlier on Saturday, the proprietor of Vidarbha Travels company, Virendra Darne, who owned the ill-fated bus, said that the three-year-old vehicle was grounded for a year due to lockdown, and the driver Danish Shaikh – who…

DiCaprio’s Re:Wild Conservation organisation and US entrepreneur and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Nature Solutions, both non-profit organisations, are putting $200 million into the Protect Our Planet Challenge to “support the expansion and management of Brazil’s protected areas and Indigenous territories.”Over the next four years, the $200 million donation will be utilized to help Brazil achieve zero deforestation in the Amazon and accelerate the South American country’s transition to a sustainable and green economy, Variety reported.”We are inspired by Brazil’s ambitious goals for protecting the Amazon, one of the most important places for wildlife on the planet, and are thrilled to…