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TopicPersonal hygiene

Topic: personal hygiene

New dating trend. Men are ditching showers & deodorants in ‘pheromone-maxxing’

The trend has been circulating on TikTok as part of the ‘looksmaxxing pipeline’, where users attempt to maximise their physical attractiveness through grooming, fitness, and, sometimes, more extreme methods.

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

The enduring mystery of India’s Hockey World Cup drought

In an era where pace and speed dictate play, modern hockey is frenetic yet strictly controlled. India often seems locked in the extreme left lane.

India’s Russian crude imports fall sharply in August as China competes for discounted oil barrels

Russian crude flows to India fall to around 2.1 mbpd amid refinery maintenance, lower Russian availability and stronger Chinese demand for discounted barrels.

TATA signs agreement for Javelin ‘co-production’ in India, numbers for anti-tank missile to ramp up

The joint announcement by the companies comes just days after India signed a Rs 292 crore deal to procure Javelin anti-tank guided missile systems for the Army.

Pakistan’s most embarrassing secret is internationalised. Now cricketing world is looking out for Imran

Given how arrogant and self-loving Imran is, he may not be capable of introspection even in the isolation of Adiala jail. The harsh truth is, he played the same game when it suited him.