Life & Style
Rujuta Diwekar busts the most common food myths you’ve been living with

Actress Vinny Arora at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actress Debina Bonnerjee at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actress Ragini Khanna at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actress Meera Deosthale at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actress Asmita Sood at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actor Parth Samthaan at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actress Maryam Zakaria at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Actress Surbhi Chandna at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Rani Kumbhalkar at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Nishi Pethe at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Akansha Singh and Pratik Raikwar at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Nisha Bansod and Sachi Meshram at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Ketan Kumar, Varsha Bhatt and Amit Thakur at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Chetan Dashmukhe at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Rahul Shende, Tejas Bidwaikar and Pranjal Jain at ‘Dhamaal Dandiya’ organised by Raisoni group of Institutions in Nagpur


Nutrition and wellness expert Rujuta Diwekar
Common food myths busted by Rujuta Diwekar
Rujuta Diwekar, well-known nutrition and wellness expert, rose to celebrity hood when she transformed Kareena Kapoor Khan into size zero figure for her movie Tashan. Diwekar, who’s the brain and inspiration behind Kapoor, is also the fitness trainer to Anil Ambani. Here’s the lowdown on certain age-old common food myths by Rutuja Diwekar
One: The more you get scared, the more health problems you face.
Two: Ghee is a cure for acidity.
Three: There’s no link between wine and a healthy heart.
Four: Coconut, ghee, cashews are cholesterol minimisers/reducers.
Five: Green tea and oats benefit their manufacturers only.
Six: Don’t consume anything that travels more than 160 kms to your plate.
Seven: Strictly consume egg whites with egg yolks.
Eight: Fear of putting on weight actually increases weight!
Nine: Eat anything that’s served hot and fresh.
Ten: We should exercise for at least 150 minutes in a week
COVID-19
Thane Municipal Corporation adds 25 beds as COVID cases rise
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified

Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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Nagpur News
Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours
A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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