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Weekend Plus Desk :Assam’s Majuli faces flood fury – and the threat of erosion – whenever the mighty Brahmaputra river swells. So take a break from your high-tech lifestyle and hop on that double...

Weekend Plus Desk :It’s February, and the season of love is here. Not that love is only restricted to one month of the year, but if there is a special day (rather, a week)...

Weekend Plus Desk :Disputing popular claims that meditation can change how people behave towards others and make them more compassionate, new research suggests this is not the case.Meditation plays no significant role in reducing...

Weekend Plus Desk :As winter gives way to spring, people struggle to keep pace with the seasonal transition and the potential health risks posed by the change. The onset of a new season can...

Weekend Plus Desk :If you are a smoker try doing regular physical activities as it may help you to have better lung function, a new study suggests. According to the researchers, leisure-time vigorous physical...

Weekend Plus Desk :Researchers have found that it is the work of a brain hormone called kisspeptin, that drives both attractions to the opposite sex and sexual behaviours, an advance that can lead to...

Weekend Plus Desk :Exercising four to five times a week can reverse damage to sedentary, ageing hearts and help prevent risk of future heart failure, a study has found. To reap the most benefit,...

Weekend Plus Desk :Transform your child’s space into a delightfully dreamy abode replete with playful splashes of colour and chic furniture to inspire imaginative little minds.Arshi Mukri, Interior Design Expert at Pepperfry and Sudeep...

Weekend Plus Desk :The results indicate that menopause has a significant impact on the level and rate of functional decline in women with rheumatoid arthritis and is associated with a worsening progression of the...

Weekend Plus Desk :Breastfeeding mothers, take note! New research suggests that women who breastfeed more children and for a longer duration were less likely to suffer from hypertension after they reach menopause. According to...

Literature Desk :Shawkat Ali (12 February 1936 – 25 January 2018) writer, was born in Raiganj in West Dinajpur district in the Bengal Presidency, British India. He passed his IA from Surendranath College in...

Nurur Rahman Khan :Syed Muztaba Ali (1904-1974) educationist and writer, was born on 13 September 1904 at his father’s workplace in Karimganj of the then Sylhet. His ancestral residence was in a village of...