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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
TopicPersonal hygiene

Topic: personal hygiene

Your palms and nails can reveal serious health issues—diabetes to kidney disease

A nail change that can signal disease is Lindsay’s nails where one or more nails are half white and half reddish brown. Most people with chronic kidney disease have nails like this.

Handwashing shouldn’t just be about Covid. It can give a 92-fold return to India’s economy

Hand hygiene received unprecedented attention during the pandemic – but it is also a long-term priority. It can help emerging economies.

Four things to check before you use a public bathroom in coronavirus times

Researchers have found that the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, can be shed in faeces for up to a month after the illness.

Ministers’ panel wants Modi govt to set up ‘hygiene dept’ in all organisations, workplaces 

The department could be an extension of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in which the focus will be to cover personal and social hygiene.

Post Covid, it’s not a bad idea to have robots and machines replace humans at some jobs

Some jobs aren't good enough to protect. The pandemic presents an opportunity to negotiate better terms with those leading the AI revolution, such as Google and Amazon.

Overlooked in Shimla’s water crisis — the effect on personal hygiene

As the city grapples with its worst ever water crisis, hygiene issues have led to fears of illness, infection.

On Camera

Indian civil services is short on women. It’s not the govt’s fault

Not only do fewer women apply for the Indian civil services examination, but they also tend to withdraw from the race as they age.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

‘No brides for Agniveers’: In Rajasthan’s ‘Shaheedon ki nagri’, few takers for defence coaching centres

Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.