New Delhi: India and US kick-started their two week-long joint military exercise in the Rajasthan desert on Monday with their troops set to engage each other in a series of anti-terrorist and urban warfare drills. "The US Army is being represented by troops from 25 Infantry Division while the Indian side has pitched in troops from Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and Mechanised Infantry," an official said. The 170-strong member US...
03:37 PM, Mar 05, 2012
87-year-old Brahm Dutt Saigal, a resident of New Delhi, never took a leave in his entire career. He exercised regularly and went on long walks. Nowadays, the working population seems to be too busy or too stressed to take care of its health. ...
06:51 PM, Jan 28, 2012
New Delhi: Model-actor Yaana Gupta has come out with what she calls a next-gen diet book. She gives out tips on how to maintain oneself according to changing times and lifestyles. ...
02:52 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Making healthy lifestyle changes now can help stave off the faulty thinking and failing memory often associated with old age. ...
09:30 AM, Nov 19, 2011
London: It is the news that chocoholics have been waiting for: Chocolate is as good as exercise, a new study has claimed. Scientists at Wayne State University in the US found that small amounts of dark chocolate may improve health in a similar way to exercise. The researchers who focused on the mitochondria " the tiny powerhouses in cells that generate energy " discovered that a plant compound found in...
02:08 PM, Sep 15, 2011
Toronto: Need some motivation to hit the gym? Perhaps some free merchandise will do the trick. At least this is the premise that Nexercise is built upon, a free iPhone app that tracks activities ranging from running and weightlifting to fencing and polo and rewards users with free and discounted merchandise in the hopes that users will adopt long-term exercise habits. "We're trying to create a lifestyle - not a...
07:44 PM, Aug 29, 2011
London: People who spare even 15 minutes daily for exercise could extend their lifespan by three years. While initial exercise cut death rates by 14 percent, additional 15 minutes of activity further reduced the rate by four percent. This trend continued until a person raised exercising to 100 minutes daily, after which no further benefit was derived, the Daily Mail reports. "Individuals who did a daily average of 15 minutes...
12:02 PM, Aug 18, 2011
Los Angeles: Despite all the "Biggest Loser"-type shows on TV, all the pounds shed by their contestants and all the weight-loss products purchased by viewers, America continues to be the Biggest Gainer. At least 10 weight-loss shows are airing these days, and on "The Biggest Loser" alone, this season's three top finalists dropped a combined 365 pounds. Yet the rest of us are just getting chubbier, with obesity rates in...
12:10 PM, May 31, 2011
New York: Crunches, curls and sit-ups may be standard workout fare in gyms, basements and living rooms across the land. But the authors of a new book suggest people get plenty of that movement in their daily lives. They say to get a really strong midsection the back of the body needs to be worked. "Sitting at desks, working on computers, waiting in traffic, we are continually contracting our abs,...
03:53 PM, May 30, 2011
Yoga expert Shalini Vadhera shows yoga asans to cure you of your acidity. ...
09:09 AM, May 18, 2011
Suratgarh: Just one hour from the Pakistan border, the Indian Army unleashed its meanest weapons, to test its readiness for battle. The week long exercise is called Vijayee Bhava. Four-hundred tanks, 300 aircraft, 45,000 men are practicing in the war games, 40 kilometers from the Pakistan border. Every year since the Kargil War, the Indian Army has trained to strike the enemy hard and lightning fast if ever challenged again....
02:14 PM, May 16, 2011
Suratgarh: Just one hour from the Pakistan border, the Indian Army unleashed its meanest weapons, to test its readiness for battle. The week long exercise is called Vijayee Bhava. Four-hundred tanks, 300 aircraft, 45,000 men are practicing in the war games, 40 kilometers from the Pakistan border. Every year since the Kargil War, the Indian Army has trained to strike the enemy hard and lightning fast if ever challenged again....
02:14 PM, May 16, 2011
If you have type 2 diabetes - one of the best ways of keeping it in check is by exercising, says a researched published in the Amercian Medical Association journal. ...
09:42 AM, May 06, 2011
London: Exercise may increase our desire to feast on doughnuts and chocolate, making it difficult to shed the extra pounds, a study has revealed. The research suggests that nearly half of us could be "predisposed" to crave high-fat, sugary foods after working out, reports express.co.uk. In tests, 34 men and women followed the same three-month weight loss programme involving supervised, calorie-burning exercises five days a week. After each 50-minute session...
10:39 AM, Mar 09, 2011
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