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February 9, 2022
Dr. Tejal Shah
Health

How to Fight Obesity and Lifestyle Diseases?

Obesity is the bane of the tech savvy and the now generation. It is a silent killer as it invites many diseases. Here’s what the doctor prescribes to remain healthy,...

June 6, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Kerala Polity Acquiring a Redder Hue: Outlook Ominous for Congress, BJP

CPI(M) candidate Saji Cherian retained the seat by trouncing Congress candidate D Vijaya Kumar by a record margin of over 20,000 votes. BJP’s P S Sreedharan Pillai, who was...

April 9, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Panchayat Polls in Bengal: Opposition Tries to put up a Fight against Largescale Violence Unleashed by TMC

Opposition candidates and workers from Coochbehar to South 24 Parganas were initially swept off their feet by hordes of armed TMC supporters, as their nominees tried to file nomination...

February 12, 2018
IPA Service
Economy

Capital Gains Tax May Cool Down the Overheated Market: Government Concerned Over Unsustainable Stock Boom

Taxes are rarely welcomed by those who are subjected to pay. Investments in equity have long enjoyed dividend tax exemption. That policy was sensible and benefited millions of long-term...

February 6, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Uncertainty Hangs Over Nagaland Polls

On January 29, eleven political parties of the state decided to boycott the elections, demanding an early solution to the Naga political problem. The BJP, which can by no...

August 7, 2017
Alisha Fathima
Poem

Lost Identity

Here’s a poignant poem about identity, by Alisha, in Different Truths. Consciously lost, I’m lost because I wanna be, I’m lost on purpose. There’s no identity thief. Don’t wanna...

July 13, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health

Bad to the Bone: Everything You Need to Know about Osteoporosis – I

Kolkata-based Rita, who works with the elders, tells us about a geriatric problem, osteoporosis. Here’s part one of her write-up. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...