Eggs Aren’t the Enemy

India’s food safety body, called FSSAI, has said clearly: eating eggs does NOT cause cancer. Some tests found tiny, trace amounts of certain substances in eggs, but that does not mean they are harmful. Scientists and health experts around the world agree that normal egg consumption is safe and healthy when eggs are produced properly….

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SIMply Problematic 

Govt should rethink idea that SIM-binding will curb cyber fraud. Biggest impact will be consumer inconvenience GOI’s push for continuous SIM-binding for messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal appears to be a classic case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Govt has been pitching the move as a way to counter cyber fraud…

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GLP-1 does a fat lot of good

Our national love language is food, our cities discourage walking. So, most of us are portly. But best-selling weight-loss injections can help us only so much. Indians won’t slim down unless they learn discipline Ask anyone who has battled their weight all their life – yours truly included – and you’ll discover the staggering amount…

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The epitome of ideal service

Swami Tejomayananda In life, it is almost impossible for anyone to remain entirely free from blemish. Criticisms and accusations touch everyone; no one escapes them. Ram and Sita were not spared; they were unfairly blamed and criticised. Yet in the entire Ramayan, there stands one character who remains untouched by fault, beyond all criticism: Hanuman….

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EGGREGIOUS 

Food regulator has to do more to counter alarmist and dangerously false claims by food influencers Food regulator FSSAI has called out the misinformation that eggs can be a cancer risk. It has clarified that… Source link

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A SIMple Idea That Creates Big Trouble

The government wants to link messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal very tightly to one SIM card. This is called SIM-binding. The idea is to stop online scams and fraud. That sounds good — but the plan may actually cause more problems than it solves. Here’s why. In India, many people use prepaid SIM cards….

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Walk the walk

We never stop learning how to take things in our stride  We never stop learning how to walk the walk. The ability to stand upright on their two feet in order to walk gave our ancestors an evolutionary advantage. Almost all other species, barring birds and marsupials, are quadrupeds.  Walking on two legs instead of…

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