Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Folic acid in pregnancy may reduce autism risk

According to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, pregnant women who took folic acid supplements before and during pregnancy were less likely to have children with autism. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

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Thursday, 7 February 2013

India Women Team Won Match Against Pak Women team and placed 7th in ICC Women's Cricket World Cup


WOMEN'S WORLD CUP



India beat Pakistan for 7th place

India beat Pakistan for 7th place


Women's World Cup: India beat Pakistan to finish 7th

 Indian captain Mithali Raj scored a brilliant century to lead her side to an easy victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the seventh place play-off in the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 at Cuttack on Thursday.
Mithali scored 103 off 141 deliveries, an innings laced with 13 boundaries and one six as she took her side past Pakistan's total of 192. They worked hard for their four wickets but their failure to get rid of Mithali led to their defeat.
Earlier, Indian bowlers kept a tight leash over Pakistan's scoring rate to restrict their arch-rivals to 192 for seven in the seventh-eighth position play-off match of the Women's cricket World Cup.
The decision to bat first after winning the toss didn't quite work for Pakistan, who were saved to a large extent due to the contrasting half-centuries from Nain Abidi (58) and Nida Dar (68 not out).
The Indians bowlers, led by the economical pace duo of Jhulan Goswami (two for 17) and Nagarajan Niranjana (three for 35), kept it tight for most part of the 50 overs.

Reduce VIP security to ensure women's safety, SC tells Delhi police



Feb. 7, 2013 Thursday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to withdraw from VIP security and instead deploy their resources for safety of women in the city.
Replying to Delhi Police's argument that it deploys over thousands of personnel for security of judges, the top court said that the security should depend on threat perception. The court asked the police to instead use its personnel for better purposes like making the Delhi roads safe for women.
The SC has asked states to file affidavit on deployment of policemen for VVIP security by February 11, failing which it will ask home secretaries to appear personally in the court on February 16.

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Healthy tips for diabetics


Healthy tips for diabetics:-

1. Eat food at fixed hours. Do not overeat.
2. Do not eat immediately after a workout.
3. If you are on insulin, make sure you have three proper meals with light snacks in between.
4. Do not eat fast; masticate and munch your food well before you swallow.
5. Drink a lot of water that will help flush the toxins off your system.
6. Make sure the gaps between your meals are short. Avoid fried foods and sweetmeats.
7. Include fresh vegetable salad in every meal.
8. Have at least 20 to 25 grams of raw onion daily.
9. Do atleast 1 hour exercise daily.
10. Add wheat bran to your wheatflour (50% wheatflour + 50% wheat bran). This helps to increase fibre in your diet.

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Friday, 1 February 2013

Cooking Indian Food - Anjum Anand


About Anjum

Anjum was one of the first writers to create and write Indian recipes catering for the health-conscious cook and her first book, Indian Every Day: Light, Healthy Indian Food, was published in 2003. Since then she has written two best-selling books on Indian Food; Indian Food Made Easy (2007) and Anjum’s New Indian (2008). Her latest book Anjum’s Eat Right for Your Body Type (2010) is a ground breaking health, lifestyle and diet book inspired by the principles of Ayurveda and has over 80 healthy eating recipes which span flavours from all cuisines. Ayurveda is an ancient Indian science and is thought to have formed the backbone of many of the Eastern holistic medicines. It had a unique way of looking at the body and understood completely the relationship between food and the body. According to Ayurveda, what you eat can affect how you look, how you feel, who you are and most importantly, your health! Anjum has been following the principle of Ayurveda for the last 8 years.  Anjum is working on her 5th book, called “I love curries” and is a collection of our favourite curries from the home and from restaurants.

The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW)


About the Mission

The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW) was launched by the Government of India(GoI) on International Women’s Day in 2010 with the aim to strengthen overall processes that promote all-round development of women
It has the mandate to strengthen the inter-sector convergence; facilitate the process of coordinating all the women’s welfare and socio-economic development programmes across ministries and departments. The Mission aims to provide a single window service for all programmes run by the Government for Women under aegis of various Central Ministries.
In light with its mandate, the Mission has been named Mission Poorna Shakti, implying a vision for holistic empowerment of women.
The National Resource Centre for Women has been set up which functions as a national convergence centre for all schemes and programmes for women. It acts as a central repository of knowledge, information, research and data on all gender related issues and is the main body servicing the National and State Mission Authority.
Mission Statement
NMEW will achieve gender equality, and gender justice and holistic development of women through inter-sectoral convergence of programmes relating to women, forging synergy between various stakeholders and creating an enabling environment conducive to social change.