Well, summer is here and everyone is ready to plan a vacation. But there’s no vacation before you plan it properly. If you also get worried about summer vacation, we have brought a travel checklist for you, with the help of which you can deal with any eventuality and spend a stress-free vacation with fun and enjoyment. So let’s get to know more. Think before packing : Whenever packing clothes, visualise once from head to toe how you want to look on which day. By doing this, you will be able to pack fewer things and the right things easily. Get clothes that are comfortable. In the same way, you can visualise and pack all the clothes of other members of the family. Carry essential medicines : Keep important medicines for loose motion, headache, injury, allergy, vomiting etc. They can come in handy anytime during travel. Make a list of them in advance and then keep it in a transparent ziplock. If you want, you can also consult a doctor before taking the medicine. Travel … [Read more...] about Planning a Summer Vacation? Don’t Forget to Carry These Items
Summer vs winter skincare
Feeling Way too Hot this Summer? You Might be Making These Mistakes
Everyone is struggling with the scorching heat and rising temperature. The days are getting hotter and hotter and for some, it is becoming unbearable. And without even realising it, we tend to make mistakes that raise are body temperature and makes us feel hot. If you too feel that summers are taking a dig at you more than your friends and family, you must avoid these mistakes. Not drinking enough water Water is a magical way to cut down a lot of diseases. Be it winters or summers, water is essential. In summers, our bodies tend to become dehydrated quickly due to sweat, heat and sun. Dehydration not only makes you feel hot but also dizzy and sleepy. It is imperative to keep drinking water every hour in summer and have at least seven to eight glasses of water daily. Staying in sun for too long Due to environmental degradation and ozone layer depletion, we’ve become more prone to direct harmful UV rays. They burn our skin, makes the eye itchy and dry and even, cause severe … [Read more...] about Feeling Way too Hot this Summer? You Might be Making These Mistakes
Mango, the king of summers
Summer spells mangoes in Hyderabad. Not the green, raw ones that are sour and the smell of sap and need a long drawn process with half a dozen ingredients to make them palatable. We are talking about the ripe, fragrant ones that smell of summer, hint at temptation and invite you to dig your teeth into them. Shakespeare might have hinted at death or about enjoying every moment of life with the line: “Ripeness is all”. But for folks who love mangoes; ripeness spells succulence, juice, fibre, and sweetness that brings a smile on the face. The blistering heat, the itchy skin, the windless days — everything is forgiven once you hold a ripe mango in your palm and hold it up to smell it. Peel them, dice them, squeeze them, freeze them and let it spill over the clothes. Mangoes are so good and tempting that they can even bring peace. Or at least that’s what Abul Hasan thought when the Mughal armies under Aurangzeb threw a siege around the Golconda fort in the summer of 1687. Abul Hasan … [Read more...] about Mango, the king of summers
Hearing threat to Roe vs. Wade, I thought of my gay marriage — and Jim Obergefell’s fight
I’ve thought about Jim Obergefell often since we first spoke nine years ago, after his historic marriage to his husband on an airport tarmac outside Baltimore. He’s come to mind mostly during big moments in my own life as a gay man in America. I thought of Jim and his late husband, John Arthur, when I first considered proposing to my husband, Aaron, and the promises — in sickness and in health, till death do us part — that I’d be making. I thought of Jim and John again when Aaron and I exchanged vows in San Francisco City Hall in 2018, with our families around us and the bust of Harvey Milk nearby . We chose City Hall for its beauty and ease, but could have been anywhere in the country — a right Jim and John won us by overcoming a mountain of obstacles just to reach that tarmac. Advertisement I thought of Jim again last week, around the time I was emailing our lawyers about the next set of paperwork to file in our pursuit of U.S. citizenship for Aaron, who is … [Read more...] about Hearing threat to Roe vs. Wade, I thought of my gay marriage — and Jim Obergefell’s fight
How to make your own stock for the spring and summer
Water that’s boiling is boring. Stock that’s boiling is not. Many cooks routinely make stocks (some call them broths) using leftover chicken carcasses or steak bones, mushroom stems and other vegetable peelings or discards, even fish bones or crab and lobster carapaces. These we freeze and then utilize for all manner of wet cooking: stews, soups and as the basis of braises and glazes. By and large, all that is autumn or winter cooking, however, reaching its apogee in late November when rivers of chicken stock tsunami through the kitchen to prepare Thanksgiving Day dinner. At the beginning of summer, though, I suggest that we comfort ourselves and our cooking by making and using stocks — certainly ones that are lighter and brighter — to add flavor to the cooling foods of warmer weather such as grain salads, poached and chilled fish filets or cold soups such as gazpacho or vichyssoise. Or, for indeed almost all summer cooking. Why not boil the kidney beans for a three-bean … [Read more...] about How to make your own stock for the spring and summer
Bangalore Summer Meeting from May 28
The Bangalore Summer Meeting 2022, originally scheduled to commence from May 21, will now get underway from May 28. The total prize money earmarked is ₹14.41 crore and the value of trophies is ₹19.80 lakh. Chivas is the ‘beverage partner’ for the meeting. Combined tote operations Briefing the media here on Wednesday, K. Uday Eswaran, chairman of the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC), said in line with ‘One Nation, One Tax’, the Turf Authorities of India is striving hard to commence the combined tote operations/commingling amongst all the turf clubs in India as ‘One Nation, One Tote’, so as to maximise the tote revenue and enable the racing patrons to earn higher dividends. Commingling is a new trend and has helped turf clubs/jockey clubs across the globe to multiply their revenue. When the combined tote operations kick-start on July 1 with the help and cooperation of all the turf authorities, it will be a historical day in Indian racing as it would extensively benefit all the … [Read more...] about Bangalore Summer Meeting from May 28
Which vitamins are right for you? 5 Wellness saviours for supporting your health this summer
Feeling your best is something that should – and absolutely can – be enjoyed all year round. Sometimes this involves calling in the support of supplements in addition to having a varied and balanced diet. Knowing where to start with vitamins and supplements isn’t always easy, though, and taking a one size fits all approach is far from ideal because our unique bodies, health and lifestyles mean our needs can vary. Worry not because Boots can help with their vitamin quiz . Answer the questions using the smart interactive web-based tool, and you’ll receive vitamin and supplement recommendations to support your goals and wellbeing. Take the free quiz now to discover your personalised vitamin recommendations Boots offer a wide range of vitamins and supplements to help you stay feeling well. And with three-for-two offers across the range all year round, your bank balance can remain in rude health too. Here are five of our favourite products which contain the right vitamins … [Read more...] about Which vitamins are right for you? 5 Wellness saviours for supporting your health this summer
The People vs. Chesa Boudin
Updated at 9:30 a.m. ET on May 20, 2022. I n December, Richie Greenberg stepped out the front door of his home in a residential, park-filled neighborhood of San Francisco to find a woman he did not recognize on his steps. She yelled at him and tried to block him from going back into his own house, pulling out a small knife and stabbing the air with it. “Walk down the steps!” he shouted at her as he called 911. “Get off of my fucking steps!” Greenberg made it into his house shaken but safe, and the cops arrived a few minutes later. But too many San Franciscans have experienced similar incidents of late, he told me, and many have suffered worse. “Practically everyone in this city has been a victim or knows a victim,” the political commentator and failed mayoral candidate said. “People are sick and tired of the whole atmosphere of the city. It’s not fun to live here anymore.” The responsibility for that shift, Greenberg told me, lies in no small part with Chesa Boudin, the … [Read more...] about The People vs. Chesa Boudin
5 things you forgot about Real Madrid vs Liverpool 2018 Champions League final
As Liverpool travel to Paris aiming to gain revenge for their 2018 Champions League final defeat, there are probably a few things you remember very vividly from their meeting with Real Madrid in Kyiv. Gareth Bale's spectacular overhead kick is the sort of thing you don't forget in a hurry, and neither is the torrid evening endured by Loris Karius and the concussion reports which followed . Similarly, Mohamed Salah's first-half injury - which threatened his involvement at that summer's World Cup - will still hurt mentally even if the physical wounds have healed. Other moments, however, may have been forgotten. On the fourth anniversary of the 2018 final , Mirror Football looks back at some incidents from the game which quickly disappeared from memory. 1. Dua Lipa becomes a Liverpool favourite The pre-match entertainment was provided by Dua Lipa, who took to the stage for the opening ceremony. The London-born singer was also reportedly invited to Real Madrid's … [Read more...] about 5 things you forgot about Real Madrid vs Liverpool 2018 Champions League final
[Journalism Internship] Referee bias yet again subject of controversy at Olympics
Yoon Hong-geun, head of the Korean athletic delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics, center, announces a decision to appeal a controversial disqualification of two Korean short track speed skaters with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, in Beijing on Tuesday. [YONHAP] The Olympics is the world's largest sporting event, featuring summer and winter sports, and is held every four years under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee. As the most outstanding athletes from all over the world participate in the Olympics, competing athletes put all their years of hard work toward shaping themselves to be medal-winners. Regardless, at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the athletes’ efforts to compete fairly under the gaze of the whole world were frustrated due to alleged bias in the refereeing. In the short track mixed relay semi-finals in Group A, a runner of the Chinese team was accused of not tagging the next runner, but the relay continued regardless. In … [Read more...] about [Journalism Internship] Referee bias yet again subject of controversy at Olympics