Tag: Superstitions
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HIMCOSTE promotes eclipse viewing to end superstitions
“Solar eclipse started at 10: 23 am and ended at 1: 48 pm and the maximum impact of the eclipse was witnessed at 12:00 pm when moon covered about 95 percent of the surface of the sun.
June 21, 2020 -
How superstitions spread, scientists decode
The research is an application of game theory, which attempts to predict how people will interact and make decisions in a social setting.
April 21, 2019 -
Blind beliefs
A superstition is any belief or practise that is irrational, arising from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality, a way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck. It is not based on reason, knowledge, and the superstitious person has no care for the impact of …
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August 13, 2017 -
Disposable sanitary napkins mess up health and hygiene
Long-lasting, comfortable, stain-free and affordable are the thoughts that come to every woman's mind when she picks up a disposable sanitary napkin. What doesn't occur to most women is that over a billion of these non-compostable sanitary pads are making their way into sewerage systems, landfills, fields and water bodies in India every month, posing …
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June 4, 2017 -
Harish Rawat pays price for being over superstitious
It may be only natural for Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to believe in supernatural things, but it seems to have cost him dearly. Belief in superstitions forced Rawat to consult astrologers regularly. Even prominent astrologer Bejan Daruwalla visited Dehradun twice, claimed to be at the request of Rawat, and every time he predicted, “Harish …
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March 11, 2017 -
Funny, wacky and outright bizarre: Rituals at Rio!
Olympian shows dad middle finger to ''build confidence''
August 8, 2016 -