Incisive Story (Sujit Kumar Das)

The growing trend of a healthy lifestyle involves physical and mental health and people began to take care of their fitness which is a clear indication that they are attending various types of classes offered by clubs, gyms and wellness centers.   One of the forms of activity that is increasingly appealing and appearing on the offer of such places is yoga.   The situation in the world and the announcement of the global COVID-19 pandemic led to the fact that many such places are closed and people could only exercise at home.   Though some of the fitness centers are opening now with a bit of caution but yoga is still such an undemanding form of activity that you can easily continue practicing it without leaving your home. Yoga has been put on the list by the UNESCO committee cultural heritage.   Yoga also has a lot of health benefits. It helps in maintaining high posture and strengthens muscles, improves the work of the heart, improves the work of the respiratory s...

The status of children on health has a significant effect on the future health of society.  Thus, monitoring the health status of society is essential along with education and prevention.  No doubt, the school environment should be considered as a wide set of stressors in the human ecology field.  Good health status can be influenced by changing lifestyles, which is obviously lead to quality of life. The more closer to the lifestyle the higher percentage of correct attitudes.     There has always been a talk on the problem of overloading children with too heavy schoolbags and do the parents know about the effect of the mass of carried school supplies on body posture, health status and how is the importance of physical fitness? There has been a lot of questions relating to child to carry overloading bags to school.   The pertinent ones are: The Weight of a schoolbag carried to school? The child's schoolbag will be carried -- by the accompanying pe...

As the world is shaken by the spread of the virus corona, which is later known as Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).   It is believed that COVID-19 is a pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that affects a patient’s lower respiratory system.   Though the number of vaccines has come out to cure or prevent the spread of COVID-19, one of the ways believed to be effective to prevent COVID-19 is by improving the immune system so that one can fight the virus if it enters one’s body. A strong immune system is a good defender against the COVID-19 virus. Regular exercise is a way to keep one’s health and fitness and to maintain a strong immune system.   Several studies show that physically active individuals are stronger against viral and bacterial infections than those who are not physically active.   Physical exercises have been proven to protect individuals against cognitive problems and depression. Therefore, routine ex...

The pharmacist is a vital element enabling the efficient planning and management of the healthcare workforce.  It is a trusted profession. It has long been recognised internationally by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Keeping in mind changes in population demographics, the increasing prevalence of long-term conditions, should be advanced in technology and medicine and need the support of the health workforce at large. In line with international trends, many extended pharmacist roles and services are proposed published by International Pharmaceutical Federation [FIP] in 2017 guide Schools of Pharmacy.  The curricula of Pharmacy have been redesigned in recent times to ensure that graduates can fulfil roles expected of them currently, but also those expected of them in the future. Those who are in the field of pharmacy/ recently graduated pharmacists have expressed dissatisfaction with the profession despite the apparent coordinated and considered approach from governm...

In this world-changing scenario to keep pace and preparing the child for life is getting more and more complicated.   When we are talking about social values such as honesty, cooperation, discipline, foresight, and purposefulness, can we say the benefits of chess aims to develop these qualities?   It is imperative to know the importance of the ability to learn and the role of chess as a school subject.   To get rid of the intricate situation, the only stable value is the ability to learn.   Since we are in the midst of current socio-cultural transformation thus, one needs to be provided with ongoing educational changes.   The involvement of chess in education is an essential step. It is of great importance in the development of our country.   C hess is beneficial not only for mind and cognition development but teaching children significant features for future life. While implementing chess it should be directed in two ways.   The first one must...

It has been witnessed that the number of people working from home (WFH) during 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.   To lower the risk of spreading the virus, national governments across the world require people to WFH.   There has been a radical increase given this new situation, societies, organisations and workplaces across the world are now seeking “the new normal” including the “future of work” and the “role of the office” in which WFH is the norm. No doubt, WFH is now even more important than before. Given this unique situation, people’s experiences of WFH during the COVID-19 pandemic, the advantages and disadvantages of working across distances and cultures have to be identified and to understand the differential impact of WFH on people’s lives.          It has been observed that digital technologies are in demand and forced changes within the organisations, which has also generated distance work, including telework, remote work and WFH. ...

Amongst the global environmental issues, one that has figured consistently is climate change.   Keeping in mind the scale and enormity of the challenge is so high that all countries feel bound to discuss the global climate and to explore solutions before it becomes a threat to the world. No doubt, it requires urgent and immediate actions by the entire international community.   There should always be discussions across countries to generate a possible approach.   Though the Paris Agreement of 2015, is embodied it proves to be inadequate because of its inability to push the world towards target-oriented ambitious actions.   Whilst Global Climate Change is a challenge for India, the question is can India play any role in advancing international actions to meet the challenge of climate change?   India’s role in the Paris Agreement on climate change in securing international consensus is well-recognised. For India, climate change represents not just an issue o...

According to the US Centers for Disease Control , Ebola, bird flu, and now Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are on the rise. As everyon and Prevention, research suggesting that outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS, MERS e is gripped with coronavirus for almost a year and to get rid of the novel coronavirus is a bit challenging. In the current scenario, the Covid 19 is a wake-up call to protect planetary health.   It is presumed that as humans continue to infringe on animal habitat and the interaction between humans and wildlife as a result, frequent causes of such infectious diseases are occurring which can induce environmental degradation. As per WHO 2020 “COVID-19 is a contagious respiratory and vascular disease and is currently an ongoing pandemic which has already infected about 63 million people world-wide and resulted in 1.5 million deaths as of late November 2020.”   With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented repercussions, have cl...