Is 30 Minutes of Exercise a Day Enough?
I asked readers to comment on how much time they spend exercising each day. Most voted for about an hour, which is what the exercise guidelines suggest for general health, fitness and weight loss.
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A condition that lets you write on your skin
Have you ever drawn on an etch a sketch? These are those boards with magnetic sand on which you write with a metal pen. Once you dismiss the charge, the writing disappears as well. Now, imagine that same phenomenon, but on human skin.
From horrors of war to Rio
If bravery was an Olympic sport, the 10 athletes who make up the first-ever refugee team in Rio would be odds-on for a clean sweep of the gold medals.
Singapore on high alert after foiled rocket attack
Singapore called for heightened vigilance on Saturday, a day after Indonesian police arrested a group of men they believed were plotting a rocket attack on the wealthy city-state with the help of a Syrian-based Islamic State militant.
Japan remembers Hiroshima
Japan marked the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Saturday as its mayor urged world leaders to follow in U.S. President Barack Obama’s footsteps and visit, and ultimately rid the world of nuclear arms.
I won’t be captain anymore: Sammy
Darren Sammy, who led West Indies to the World Twenty 20 title in 2012 and 2016, claimed on Friday that he had been sacked as captain in a 30-second phone call from the head of selectors.
Move to strip civic rights of Mahinda Rajapaksa
A group of senior UNP ministers have decided to meet President Maithripala Sirisena and request him to appoint a special Presidential Commission to investigate attempts taken to divide the Malwatte Chapter of the Siyam Nikaya during President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government, party sources said.
Seven of same family sentenced to death
Nuwara Eliya High Court Judge Lalith Ekanayake on Friday sentenced to death seven members of the same family who were found guilty of the murder of Periyasami Hariraman (33) a father of three, resident on Kothkodiya plantation, Kandapola in February 2004.
Tribute to Maestro Sunil Shantha
Visharada Dr Mahinda Tennekoon, a senior pupil of late Maestro Sunil Shantha will present his concert “Mewan Pitisare” (Rustic surroundings) a tribute to his master at the National Education Institute auditorium, Maharagama on Sunday 21 August commencing at 6.00 p.m.
IT professionals too oppose ETCA
The Society of Information Technology Professionals (SITP) yesterday stressed the need to mobilise the masses against the implementation of Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) with India.