Babies as young as two-year-olds are adept at using touch screens, and can swipe, unlock and actively search for features on smartphones and tablets, a new study has found. This level of interactivity is akin to play, the researchers said, suggesting that the technology might have a potential role in childhood developmental assessment. They base their findings on 82 questionnaires …

A whopping 95 percent of the teens, aged between 13 and 17 years, access the Internet while 76 percent of minors, below the age of 13, use YouTube daily, a new survey released here on Monday revealed. One is required to be of above 18 years of age to open an account on YouTube, the video-sharing website. Social media networking …

कोयलों ने क्यों पसंद किया हमारा ही पेड़? बुलबुलें हर मौसम में क्यों इसी पर बैठी रहती हैं? क्यों गौरैयों के बच्चे हो रहे हैं बेशुमार? क्यों गिलहरी को इसपर से उतरकर छत पर चक्कर काटना अच्छा लगता है? क्यों गिरगिट सोया रहता है यहाँ? शायद इन मुफ्त के किराएदारों को हमारा पड़ोस अच्छा लगता है वे देखते होंगे कि …

Fish oil may burn fat faster than those fat-burning pills leading to an efficient weight loss in overweight or obese people in their 30s and 40s, Kyoto University researchers report. Fish oil activates receptors in the digestive tract, fires the sympathetic nervous system and induces storage cells to metabolise fat. Fat tissues do not all store fat. So called “white” …

हाइलैंड: यूनाइटेड किंगडम के हाईलैंड के पीक डिस्ट्रिक्ट फारेस्ट में स्थित एक ऐसा अनोखा पेड़ है जो पैसों से लदा हुआ है। विशेषज्ञों का मानना है कि यह पेड़ 1700 साल पुराना है और ब्रिटिश सिक्कों से जड़ा हुआ है। और देखने में अद्भुत प्रतीत होता है। इस पेड़ की इतनी चर्चा है कि जिसे लेकर कई तरह की बातें की …

The Nice Carnival has been held annually since the 14th century, 12 days before the Christian festival of Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, and which occurs 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays). During this period, various performances and festivities succeed one another on a 2-km stretch of the town. Floats, cavalcades, masked balls, floral processions, confetti showers and …

भारत साधु- संतों की धरती है। अधिकतर भगवान के अवतार इसी पावन भूमी पर हुए हैं। यहां सभी धर्मों से संबंधित बहुत सारे मंदिर हैं। जिनका अपना- अपना महत्व है। कुछ मंदिर ऐसे हैं जहां दर्शनों के लिए जाने से पहले पहनना पड़ता है खास पहनावा। आईए जानें क्या हैं वो पहनावे और क्यों पहने जाते हैं। विश्वनाथ मंदिर: उत्तरप्रदेश …

Publisher: Hachette India Pages: 292 Price: Rs.399 The only journalist allowed at the wedding of Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter (where she even managed to exchange greetings with him), to talk to Chhota Rajan after a bid on his life, get called by Dawood’s loyal lieutenant Chhota Shakeel for his version (and made to depose in a case against him), and meet most …

Training your kids to chew food slowly can be an inexpensive and easy way to help them stay in shape, suggests new research. Waiting 30 seconds in between bites of food allows children to realise when they are full and avoid overeating – preventing excessive weight gain, the study said. “To lose weight, you need to stop eating. But it …

Heart disease and stroke were the number one and number two killers worldwide in 2013, reveals a new report. While 31 percent of all deaths were from cardiovascular disease, with 80 percent occurring in low and middle income countries as of 2013, stroke accounted for 11.8 percent of all deaths, according to American Heart Association’s 2016 Heart Disease and Stroke …