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Actor Anupam is winning the hearts of people on social media for promising a beggar girl to fulfill her dream by sending her to school in Nepal. Anupum met the girl, Aarti, outside a temple in Kathmandu. He promised to teach her after listening to Aarti's fluent english that astonished him. The actor also shared her video. However, she's originally from India's Rajasthan. She learned English while begging. 

Study by Dutch researchers on September 19 showed that the tallest nation in the world- the Netherlands is witnessing shorter people. Dutch women born in 2001 have a difference of 1.4cm (0.55 inches) from their 1980s counterparts and for Dutchmen it is of 1cm (0.39inches). The causes for this changing trend is transcending the level of immigration from shorter population groups. Study suggests Southern having height advantage over Northern… read-more

A study conducted by National Mission for Clean Ganga under Jal Shakti Ministry has shown that ''none of the samples collected had traces of SARS-CoV2'' in Ganga water. Meanwhile, the samples were collected from the areas such as Kannuj, Varanasi, Buxar, Patna, etc. However, the concerns over the presence of the coronavirus have increased lately following the reports of dead bodies that were found floating in the river in UP and Bihar.

Contrary to conventional beliefs, not all HDL cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) or good cholesterols are healthy, revealed a study. The study suggested that a positive causal relationship exists between the size of HDL cholesterol particles and heart attack probabilities. While large-good cholesterol particles directly incite heart attacks, the small ones generate lower risks. Hence, experts suggest to increase the number of… read-more

Scientists from Singapore's STAR'S Institute discovered that a 100-micrometre cough particle with a wind velocity of 2 m/s can head out up to 6.6 meters and much further under dry conditions. They also found that evaporating droplets are dangerous since they can be inhaled deep into the lungs. They further assessed that wearing masks along with physical distancing is effective since it leads to less droplet deposition on others.