International Cricket Council, ICC on Tuesday has approved substitution in case a player shows symptoms of COVID-19 during a Test match besides ratifying the interim ban on using saliva to shine the ball. ICC has also re-introduced non-neutral umpires for bilateral series as part of its interim playing regulations to tackle the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
 In the five new regulations, recommended by the Anil Kumble-chaired Cricket Committee, and ratified by the Chief Executives Committee (CEC), the teams will also be allowed an additional DRS call as home umpires will now be officiating in bilateral Test series. The ICC in a press release said that a 32-inch additional logo would also be permitted on the players’ jerseys, for Boards to make up for financial losses due to pandemic. However, the regulation for COVID-19 replacements will not be applicable in ODIs and T20Is, it added.
 
The ICC said, ban on use of saliva was taken as it is considered to be a transmitter of novel coronavirus unlike sweat which will still be allowed to shine the ball. Repeated violation of the ban would at first invite a warning before a five-run penalty is imposed. It added, A team can be issued up to two warnings per innings but repeated use of saliva on the ball will result in a 5-run penalty to the batting side. Whenever saliva is applied to the ball, the umpires will be instructed to clean the ball before play recommences.
 
The introduction of two home team umpires for bilateral after nearly two decades is purely due to the logistical challenges of travelling given the flight restrictions in place globally. The requirement to appoint neutral match officials will be temporarily removed from the playing conditions for all international formats owing to the current logistical challenges with international travel.

Worldwide, more than 77 lakh cases of the novel coronavirus have been reported so far and at least 4.27 lakh deaths were confirmed. According to Johns Hopkins University, US is reporting the highest number of cases at 20 lakh 61 thousand 315, followed by Brazil 8 lakh 28 thousand 810 and Russia 5 lakh 19 thousand 458.
 
United States has also reported the highest number of deaths 1 lakh 15 thousand 59, followed by Brazil 41,828, the United Kingdom 41,662 and Italy 34,301.

International Day of Yoga will be celebrated on 21st of June. AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik has urged everyone to participate in the Yoga Day from their home as this year no public congregation has been planned due to COVID-19 pandemic. He has also urged everyone to participate in My Life, My Yoga, the international video blogging contest, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
 
Speaking exclusively to AIR News, Director of Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, Dr. Ishwar Basavaraddi said, Yoga can provide great relief from both physical and mental stress.
   
Mr. Basavaraddi advocated that every parent should practice Yoga regularly at home to inculcate healthy habit in growing kids. He suggested Yoga-Asanas for students appearing for the Board examinations, which he said can help them handle exam related stress.

We like ,We swipe constantly scrolling for love and with each scroll we destroy love even more. love is not something to be filled or finding an escape from reality… Reality suchlike loneliness, loneliness can be beautiful if we learned to enjoy it while experiencing loneliness You would see the entire universe and never find a being more worthy of love then yourself …
But we need to believe that true love exists not just this where it’s a transaction .. Real love the one which is unpredictable.. uncertain.. people are too ready to just move on when something doesn’t feel right we have to believe that someone . Somewhere is out there wants it’s just as bad as us !!!

                                                 Mahima 

The Girl Who Lives In Silence
Remember when she told you that talking to people is hard for her sometimes, so she opted not to speak? She wanted you to look at her and tell her that it’s okay, but then you told her that she shouldn’t be like that. It saddened her, but she uttered nothing. If she had told you, then you’d be hurt. And whenever you are hurt, you get angry, and only results in another cycle of tears, of hurt pride and misunderstandings.

There are so many things that she wanted to try, so many things that she wished she could do. She hasn’t shared any of her dreams because you won’t think they’re worth doing. She’s not letting you brush them all off. She had seen you do it, and she doesn’t want to hear that tone you use to make her feel like what she wants is unattainable.

She wanted to tell you that something might be wrong. No. She knows something is wrong, but words won’t come out and scenes come flashing back. You think that these kinds of shadows can be easily fought. In your mind, you believe that help is not necessary, and someone will be fine if they decided that they are fine. She doesn’t want to be a burden, and she knows you won’t understand.

At a young age, she learned how to be silent, how to endure by herself. And now that you want her to talk, now that you want her to tell you things, she can’t say anything. She gets so afraid. Afraid that you’ll use her fears against her. Afraid that you’ll say things that would create more cracks — unfixable cracks. You can’t force her to change, in the same way that she can’t force you to. But she only wishes it were different.

Maybe one day she’ll get better. Maybe one day she would finally be able to talk freely, without words being filtered. Maybe she’ll finally find that long-forgotten comfort when she looks at you. Maybe time won’t be so cruel.

Today we are going to discuss some of the easy ways to Lose weight. Nothing comes easy in life, we have to make certain changes to get the results we want. Same is in the case of weight loss, a person needs to make certain  changes to his life to get the desired  results. There’s a lot of stuff on the internet regarding the weight loss methods based on some sort of supplements and products. These supplements would only lead to disappointment as the natural methods are the guaranteed right methods to change one’s life. Weather you are someone who wants to lose fat and get fit or someone who has always been fat from the beginning and want to transform themselves. These are the ways on how to reduce your fat naturally.

Morning Yoga and workout.

That’s right you need to prepare a schedule to follow. Be a morning person and start your day with some good yoga postures and slight workout to begin your day. This will eventually help in being active and calming your mind. Yoga will help you understand your body and relax your mind. A simple workout would motivate you to some new exercises everyday and make you believe that you can lose your weight with some discipline.

Reduce sugar intake and increase protein intake.

To reduce your weight naturally you will have to give up upon the amount of sugar intake you take everyday as it decreases your metabolism and also leads to certain heart diseases and even obesity.

Some people search for “how to lose weight in 7 days”. You can’t lose weight in 7 days as you took years to build that fat with all the junk foods and no specific workout. Leaving that a side, add more protein to your diet like eggs and dal as they fulfill the body’s requirement and keeps you away from false food.

Walking.

Walking is the best exercise one can do to help his weight loss. It makes you feel active and increases metabolism. Try going for a walk in the morning or evening. Try walking for a few minutes after your meal as to digest and it also helps in less calorie intake.

Drink lots of water.

This may sound a little weird but water helps in reducing fat and also removes a lot of unwanted intoxicants from your body. So why not replace water with all the other sugar containing drinks you take on a regular basis. This is one of the easy ways to Lose weight.

Get enough sleep.

A good sleep is really important as all our organs heal and reprocess and reorganize while we sleep. A good sleep would eventually lead to a healthy body. A healthy body in the morning would be ready for some challenges and tasks. According to some reports a person needs to sleep at least 8-9 hours a day.

Avoid Junk Food.

If you are serious on how to loose your weight naturally then you should forbid the intake of junk food completely as nothing comes easy and everthing requires some amount of sacrifice.Junk foods contain alot of fats, sugar and calories and will eventually stand between you and your goal.

Cardio exercises.

Cardio exercises are the best full body workouts you will ever find. It involves the movement of your whole body and helps in weight loss. Some of the Cardio exercises you can try are jogging, cycling and swimming. It keeps your mind focused and your body healthy.

Adding green tea to your diet.

Adding green tea to your diet would help you in your weight loss in marvelous ways as it purifies the body and also reduces the risk of cancer and heart  diseases. It increases metabolism and improves the fat burning process in the body.

Increase the intake of fruits and vegetables.

As it contains alot of nutrients and holds a lot of water, these are known as weight loss friendly foods. They have less density of energy so consumption of more products won’t result in bad results.

Stay focused and do not store unhealthy food products at home.

To achieve a goal you need to first set a path to reach that goal. Do not store any unhealthy food products at home as it can tempt you to consume them. Stay focused to your goal as to lose fat and that too naturally without the consumption of any sort of supplement.

Food is such an important part of our life with so many varieties. Their are multiple mouth watering cuisines in todays world.
But did you ever wonder that every dish you eat or every drink you have, has a history behind it. There is a story of invention and origin behind each of it.

Let’s take a look at the origin of some of the popular varieties of food and beverage that everyone loves and craves to have.

• Biryani

The origin of biryani lies in Persia and was later brought to India where it was further developed by the Mughals in the Mughal Royal Kitchen during the Mughal period. It is said that Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor’s Queen, Mumtaz Mahal, asked the chef to create and serve a special dish that provides balanced nutritions to the undernourished army people that she visited once. That is how the creation of biryani took place.
This invention was followed by creating various types like Hyderabadi Biryani and Calcutta Biryani.
“Biryani” comes from the Persian word “birian” that means “fried before cooking”.

• Margherita Pizza

The name Margherita was derived from Queen Margherita of Savoy. During her visit to Naples, chef Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi along with his wife created a pizza that resembled the colour of the Italian flag using the ingredients Tomato (red), Mozzarella ( white) and Basil (green).  As it was created for and served to Queen Margherita, and she liked it, it was named after her.

• Tea

The origin of Tea took place in southwestern China where it was used as a medical drink. It was when Chinese Emperor, Shen Nung, got to know about the  plant Camellia sinensis. As his troops took shelter under the trees, a few leaves of the plants fell into the pot of boiling water due to the wind and they took the first sip of tea. That’s how tea was invented.

• French Fries

By looking at its name you might think that they originated from France. But we are giving all the credits to the wrong country.
Earlier, the poor villagers of Meuse Valley, used to catch small fish, fry and eat them. When the winter came and the river froze, they were forced to look at other food sources. They moved to the root plant, potato. They sliced and deep fried it just like they used to fry the fish. That’s how Fries were invented.
During the World War I, when the American soldiers took a hault in Belgium, they were served Fries which they enjoyed having. Since then, fries became a popular snack.
The official language of Belgium was French, so the French soldiers named it as French Fries.

• Nutella

The creation of the World’s favourite spread was done in Italy by the son of Pietro Ferrero, named Michele. He improvised his Father’s recipe called SuperCrema, which was made using hazelnuts, sugar and small amount of rare cocoa.
Michele, evenly used new hazelnut and cocoa cream and the World famous spread was invented and named Nutella.

• Chicken Nuggets

Back in 1950’s, when the meat industry faced two major problems, one was being able to clump meat without a skin and second was producing a batter coating that could be deep fried and frozen without being detached. A food science professor, Robert C. Baker, in United States, invented a chicken piece of bite size, coated in batter and deep fried. He named it as ‘Chicken Crispie’ . He published it as his unpatented academic work. It became the solution to the meat industry problems and were called Chicken Nuggets.

• Popsicles

Popsicles was everyone’s most favourite thing in the childhood since generations. It has the most interesting invention story. It was invented by accident in  San Francisco.
Back in 1905, an 11 year old boy, named Frank Epperson, mixed soda powder and water in a glass with a stirrer to treat his friends. He left the glass outside in the cold chilly night and forgot about it.
The next day he discovered the first popsicle. He pulled out the ice candy along with the frozen stirrer by running it under hot water and then tasted it. He enjoyed it and decided to name it as Epsicle. He sold it in the neighbourhood.
After 18 years, he applied for a patent. He recommended birch, poplar, or wood-bass for the stick.
As he was now a grown man with children he renamed his Epsicle as Popsicle the all the generations since then enjoyed it.

• Nachos

Ignacio Ananya at a restaurant in Mexico, fried some chips and added some toppings. He served it to the first batch for a group of hungry U.S. military wives. Just like that Nachos were invented. He names it after his Nick name that was Nacho.

• Hamburger

The origin of the Hamburger is quite complicated. It is named after a German city, Hamburg. The patty was made using meat and was served as Hamburg steaks and went on for a long time. Later people found it difficult to eat the Hamburg steaks alone.
Hence, USA was the first country to combine the patty and the bread or bun together. There went on controversies about the origin of the Burger as both the important parts, the patty and the bun were invented separately. At last in the 20th century, Hamburger was identified with the United States of America as they were the ones who combined both the basic ingredients.

• Sandwich

Sandwich was a result of unwillingness to get up for food break. British statesman John Montagu, who was a gambler in England, was so deep into playing cards that he didn’t want to leave the table and take a food break. Therefore, he told his servant to make him something that he can eat without having to get up from his place and continue playing. So his servant stuffed a piece of meat between two breads and that’s how the sandwich was invented. However, the name of the servant got lost in the history. Later, his friends demanded for the sandwich too and since then it became popular.

So next time when you have any of these things, you’ll be aware of their stories and you won’t be able to stop yourself from sharing it with the person you have it with.

Writing is a prolonged process that requires a lot of time followed by a passage of intense thinking and exploration of different things at the same time. The act of writing allows us to explore a plethora of domains that go beyond human existence. Unknowingly we become a part of the cosmic universe through the act of writing.

Catharsis is an intense word which has been interpreted and represented in a lot of different ways by various historians and theorists with the passage of time. It was first used by Aristotle in Poetics with the definition of tragedy, as one of the main genres of dramatic representation. This word has been used only once by Aristotle. Afterwards, it became an important resource of research for the theorists.

Catharsis can be considered as a process of purification and purgation that helps the excess of our emotions and feelings to get evaporated from our physical system. Although, Aristotle never explained it or even mentioned it anywhere else, critics and theorists have added layers after layers to this concept since it first appeared in Poetics. Catharsis therefore can be regarded to be a process that brings about a sense of relief through releasing our strong and repressed emotions and feelings.

It does not necessarily have to be a novel/drama/poetry so on and so forth but writing casually for no one but yourself can contribute a lot in the healing process that is something we all need in some time or the other in our life. We write when something hurts us/amuses us/makes us happy/makes us sad- there is no particular time/feeling. We tend to write all the time. In other words, writing can be viewed as a process that can be regarded as an output of our thoughts. Specifically writings that take place when the writer is in melancholic or nihilistic brings forth the intense cathartic nature of writing.

Writing is therapeutic. It unlocks our long repressed emotions and desires. It allows us to go beyond the mortal and physical boundaries and transcend to a different domain of existence that is otherwise unknowable.

The act of writing therefore can be considered as a reflector as well. It helps transferring our oppressed feelings to a different world through a pen and paper. It helps us grow. It helps us move forward through helping us with releasing our emotions. A recent psychotherapy study has come up showing people who have a habit of writing their feelings down on a daily basis are less likely to feel low. Hardships are not really that hard for them to overcome since they do not keep it all bottled up within themselves. Even a personal journal/diary can be really helpful in order to maintain a healthy balance between our emotional sphere and the societal reality.

Various psychotherapists have also focused on how writing about our fears can eventually help us get over them in a simpler and easier way. Patients with mental illness are often recommended by therapists to write down their traumatic experiences and the like that bother them. It helps us get past distressing and disturbing incidents of our life.
Writing is an honest activity that helps us transcend our real and not-so-real borders and eventually takes us to a sphere that is peaceful, calm and filled with solidarity and emotional harmony.

– Suvasree Bandyopadhyay.