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Krishna Janmashtami 2021: Why we celebrate the festival?

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Janmasthami is widely celebrated across India and is popularly knowns as Krishna Janmashtami.  Devotees celebrate this day with joy and enthusiasm. People decorate their house with flowers, diyas and lights & wear new clothes and worship Lord Krishna.   Janmasthami is not only a festival, it is a grand festival, the birthday of Lord Krishna, who is believed to be the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu, was born on this day to destroy Mathura's demon king, Kansa.  The date of Krishna Janmashtami is on Monday, 30 August 2021.   During this occasion, Krishna temples are decorated. One can see bhajans and kirtans, devotional songs are taking place along with satsangs.   Most of the places are hosting dance-drama based on the depiction of the life of Krishna.     Dal Handi is an important event during this festival since as a kid Lord Krishna was named "Makhanchor" or the one who steals butter.   During Dal Handi the same stealing butter a...

Mystery of Nidhivan temple at Night

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Nidhivan is not the kind of forest one can discern.   It is the religious sentiment that relates to Lord Krishna’s life. It is the land of Krishna.   The beautiful Nidhivan Temple in Vrindavan of Mathura district comes under Uttar Pradesh Government, is the place where Lord Krishna childhood passed, and it is also called Bankey Bihari Temple.     It is to be believed that when the essence of Vrindavan was lost over time, it was rediscovered by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, when he visited Vrindavana, with the purpose of locating the lost holy places associated with Krishna's life.   Even today, people believe that Vrindavana is the place where one can solely witness the affection between Krishna and Radha.   No doubt one can see here some of the most mesmerising Krishna temples, but Nidhivan is popular and known for all different reasons.   Nidhivan is known as Tulsi [VanaTulsi] or Holy basil forest.  These trees are unique in their way....

Taking care of Cancer patients'

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To evaluate the cancer patients is more dainty especially when they are hospitalised.   At that crucial stage, you need to identify the area and require to be improved.  It is important that the cancer patients are properly diagnosis and a constant process of dialogue with doctors be there.   When the patients are in bed, they are thinking of future conditions and thus, economic insurance solutions related to the disease should be kept open. It has been noted that over recent years an important change has taken place regarding caring for patients.   The bio-psycho-social model.   This model is an alteration of the system at several different but conform levels --- biological, psychological and social. This revolution is taking place in the field of medicine with regard to chronic and degenerative diseases such as cancer.   It seems to be an evaluation of the best possible treatment. Further, these aspects are directly linked to the patients: Qu...

Sandes messaging app is better than Whatsapp

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Sandes is the Indian government initiative.  It is an instant messaging app that has been launched by the National Informatics Centre (NIC), to give a boost to the self-reliant India initiative.   Previously, it was accessible to only government officials, now this app applies to everyone.   This is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app.     If you are using Sandes app, as a user you should know how data collection and especially about its security.   Generally, it collects Contact Info, User Content, Identifiers, Diagnostics and other data.   The system collects metadata of each message, including the sender’s and the receiver’s identity, the date, time and size of instant or group messages, audio and video calling date, time and duration.  As these are quite common and most of the messaging apps are collected i.e. the log files, crash reports, user’s service settings, online status, last seen status and date of when you last updated y...

Yoga and its benefits to students

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Students who are engaged in professional courses are under stress and especially medical students.  The medical curriculum is rated as highest, and many students have experienced a significant increase in stress and anxiety.  Thus, the lifestyle of these students seems to be disorder and it affects their health as well. As you know, yoga is one of the most wonderful gifts India has given to humankind. Yoga is being practised in many countries of the world and gaining wide acceptance and popularity.  A study is observed that higher levels of stress among medical students than in the general population.  As the medical profession is physically demanding and they are the future and nurture of the nation as a whole.  They may be in the various fields of profession like the dentist, physician, surgeon, anesthesiologist, cardiologist, neonatologist, dermatologist, neurologist, etc. The most affected body areas among them are the neck, shoulder and back regions; ...

Health impacts excessive usage of social media

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The internet has become an integral part of our daily life.  It has been seen over the last decade, the use of social media [Facebook, Twitter] has been increasing rapidly and especially the younger generations getting addicted to it.  Most university students are glued to social media and excessive use of Facebook can have a negative impact on the physical health of its users. It is found that students frequently use social media [mostly Facebook] for news and social communication.   Globally, about 3.1 billion people are using the internet on modern gadgets.   Now the social media [mainly Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and WhatsApp] is termed as a “global consumer phenomenon” and it is particularly popular among the young generation because of quickly delivers instant communication, and seeking information is very easy in our modern lives. For graduates and undergraduates, these social media platforms are highly used.   Technology with the use of the inter...

Sawan Shivratri 2021 and its essence

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  Sawan Shivratri is the day of worship of Lord Shiva.   Lord Shiva’s devotees have to wait throughout the year for Sawan Shivratri, which is celebrated every year in the month of Sawan as per the Hindu calendar.   The devotees of Lord Shiva carry water from Ganga and pour it on Shiva idol or Shiva Linga. It is the day when devotees end their Kawar Yatra and express their sincere gratitude by offering the sacred water to Lord Shiva that they have collected from the river. If one is in quest of Moksha and want to get rid of the cycle of life and death he/she can simply observe Shivratri in the month of Sawan  as per belief in Hinduism. Sawan Shivratri is also known as Shravan Shivratri.   This occasion is widely popular in North India, mainly the states are covering Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar. The special significance of Sawan Shivratri is the anniversary of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati.   This day is also celebrat...

Causes of smoking among students

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  It is to be investigated that mostly the youngsters are smokers and frequency of smoking is more prevalent among the college students. If you want to reveal the main reason for smoking among college students are fashion and style, tension due to studies and family problems.   Now, if you go for an opinion -- 54 out of 60 non-smokers, have agreed that smoking is a bad habit. No doubt, cigarette smoking is very common among college students.   Smoking can be defined as the inhalation of the smoke of burning tobacco i.e., wrapped in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.   It can be defined in two aspects: Occasionally smoking Habitual smoking Occasionally smoking is casual smoking, which is usually done in a social situation, fun, or to relieve stress.   Whilst habitual smoking is a physical addiction to products of tobacco. According to health experts, habitual smoking is not only an addiction, a psychological addiction with life-threatening consequences. A...

Tax Free Countries

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People are tended to be happy when they hear a relief on tax.  They do consider the tax is a big burden on themselves.  In general, when somebody works at a job to make money, one needs to pay income tax.   When the amount to be paid is a percentage of the income, that the government of a country collects from its citizens, is called income tax. Thus, this tax money helps to ensure the roads you travel on are safe and well-maintained. Taxes fund public libraries and parks. It is also used to fund many types of government programs that help especially the poor and less fortunate, as well as many schools. Now, if you can visualize that you are rewarded not to pay income tax/you are staying in tax-free countries, where people do not have to pay tax or you have been exited from tax.   It seems to be unrealistic!   But that is true.   Especially in these countries’ income tax is not applicable.  Here, people enjoy exemption of such a big relief. ...