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Rapid increase in world population + decline in freshwater resources + mismanagement and waste of water + uncontrolled pollution = threat to the survival of humanity on earth. Isn't it imperative that we take serious action if we are to prolong human life on this planet? Let's start small - directly from our own household. 1. Repair drip taps The bathroom is the place with the highest water consumption in the house. Leak water 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Did you know that a leaky faucet can waste enough water to fill a bathtub every week, almost 32 liters / day? In most cases, all that is required is an inexpensive washing machine, which is more than sufficient to stop such leaks. 2. Detect leaking toilets Even the smallest leak in your toilet can waste 500 liters of water a day. Regular checks can easily spot invisible leaks. Just add a few drops of food coloring to your toilet tank. Even without a single flush, it means you've successfully investigated a leak i...

Rose water is a natural magic for hair care. It naturally conditions and moisturizes the hair due to its wealth of flavonoids and vitamins A, B3, C, D and E. This makes the hair more manageable, smoother, shinier and healthier. How do you make rose water? Organic rose water is created from the first steam distillation of organic roses. Not sure if the roses you collected are chemical and pesticide free? Rinse the rose petals you brought in from the store 2-3 times in fresh cold water. If you can collect roses from your own garden, pick them first thing in the morning when they are covered with dew. Wash them free of dirt and bugs. The list of ingredients is small and simple. 1 cup tightly wrapped rose petals 2 cups of distilled water Remove the rose petals and place them in a glass bowl. Boil 2 cups of distilled water and pour it over the petals. Cover and let steep for 30 minutes on the lowest temperature settings. Leave the lid on and let it cool completely. Transfer the screen...

This Laddu is a healthy and tasty snack for children. Ingredients: Urad Dal - 1 cup Green gram - 1/2 cup Fried gram - 1/3 cup Peanuts - 1/3 cup Badam - few Cashew nuts - few Jaggery - as needed Preparation: 1. Take the whole black Urad Dhall in a pan and fry it dry until you get the nice aroma from it. 2. Take half a cup of whole green gram and dry the roast until the light color changes and you get a nice smell. 3. Add peanuts .. when you've roasted peanuts great .. otherwise frying remove the skin. 4. Turn off the flame and fry half a cup of fried gram dry in the heat of the kadai. 5. Grind everything to a fine powder and place in a mixing bowl. 6. The final addition is the coarsely ground badam and cashew to this mixture. 7. Finally, add the powdered jaggery you need to this mixture. 8. Heat the ghee and pour into this mixture. Now in this heat make your laddus and enjoy the taste. CHEF's Corner. I'm Gayathri Bharani - a mother with this passion for healthy cooking. I...

Thinai / foxtail millet has the longest history of cultivation. It is even considered to be the first human-grown culture. In South India it is still a staple food among the people. It has many nutritional and health benefits. This sweet laddu recipe is a healthy treat. It does not contain white sugar or food coloring. ingredients 1 cup of foxtail millet (Thinai Arisi) 8-10 cashew nuts 1 cup of jaggery 2 tablespoons of water 3 cardamom preparation Wash the millet and soak in water for about five minutes. Drain the water, spread the millet on a cloth-lined plate and let it dry for about an hour. Dry the fried thinai in a pan and as soon as the color changes slightly and you smell a pleasant aroma on it, stop roasting and let it cool. After cooling, coarsely grind in a blender jar. In the meantime, take the same amount of jaggery as the powdered thinai. Melt in hot water and strain. Heat a tablespoon of ghee and fry the cashew nuts until golden brown. Put the pulsed thinai in the s...

Ingredients: White whole Urad Dal - 1/2 cup Chana Dal - 1/2 cup Red chili peppers - 10 - 12 No. Hing / Asafetida - 1/4 tsp Cooking oil - 2 tsp Salt - as needed 6 gloves of garlic 1 tbsp jeera 1 tsp khus khus 2 sprigs of curry leaves Preparation: Roasting step Note: If possible, dry the chillies, dal and curry leaves in the sun for a day before preparing Idli Podi. Dal combo 1. Slowly fry the Chana Dal until the aroma comes and the Dal takes on color. Remove from the pan as soon as the dal is golden. Let it cool down. 2. Fry Urad Dal over a medium heat until it smells nutty and the Dal takes on the color. It really should be golden. Remove to cool. Keep the dal mixture aside. 3. Add curry leaves and sauté until crispy. This gives the Podi a nice aroma. Note: Don't add oil when fryi...

Kids Corner - 5 things that can fly 1. MOSQUITO It's an insect that can be found everywhere. They are busiest at night. Male mosquitoes only feed on plant nectar. Female mosquitoes suck the blood of animals and humans. Malaria and dengue fever are caused by these mosquitos. 2. CROW Crow is a common bird found during the daytime. It is black in color and can croak loudly. It is a clever bird that steals food from humans and animals. Crow is a scavenger who keeps our environment clean by eating corpses of animals and birds. 3. Owl Owl has large eyes, a flat face, a large head, and a small hooked bill. It makes a unique "hoot" sound. Owls are very quiet fliers and mostly active at night. The group of owls is called parliament. Baby owls are called owls. 4. AEROPLANE An airplane is the fastest means of transportation. They have a huge body, two large wings and a tail. Driven by pilots, it can cover long distances in a short time thanks to its high speed. Passenger planes ca...

Can you compare the weight of two things and tell me which is the heaviest? It is a very simple task. Let's learn some new facts and information. Stone or pebble - what is difficult? That's an easy question, isn't it? Yes, we know a stone is heavier than a pebble. Although we can answer the question directly, let's look at the reason. To estimate the weight of a pebble / rock, we need to know its volume. Which one is longer? Pebble or stone? Which one has a larger width? Pebble or stone? Which one has more height? Pebble or stone? All three quantities of a pebble are very small compared to a stone. Reply: Stone wins. Note: To get the exact weight of a rock, multiply the volume of the rock by the specific weight of the material. Elephant or cat - what is difficult? Do you know which is the heaviest land animal? African bush elephant. It has a weight of up to 10,000 kg. It eats around 230 kilograms of grass / plants / leaves every day and drinks around 200 l...

Which is the best cooking oil in India? Have you tried searching the internet for an answer to this very popular question? Everyone does. But nobody gets a definitive answer. Why? Because there is no such multipurpose wonder anywhere. You expect your cooking oil to meet all of your needs - health, taste, and cooking. It is exactly like that Expect your doctor to cook healthy food for you and serve it deliciously garnished To say that this particular oil is the best overall is definitely not the concept. Taste factor People from different parts of the country love food that is prepared to their local taste. North India mainly prefers mustard, while coconut / sesame oil is mainly used in the south. The best we can do is consume two oils that are complementary to each other. Oil A. - If you use coconut oil as your main cooking medium. Avoid cooking anything in coconut oil as it is high in saturated fat. Oil B. - Add another oil to your diet like rice bran oil or sesame oil to make ...

leaf A leaf is a flat, thin plant organ. The leaves are colored green by a pigment called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight and produces food for the plant through a process called photosynthesis. During this process, oxygen is released. We use this oxygen to breathe. Veins in a leaf carry water and food to and from the leaves. Peas They are small, round vegetables. They are among the oldest plants in the world. They're high in protein and full of vitamins. Green peas are good for kids as they make bones stronger. Peas belong to the legume family because they have peas (seeds) that grow in pea pods (fruits). Pea plants work with bacteria in the soil to “bind” nitrogen from the air and store it in the soil, making the soil fertile. Capsicum It is originally from America and has been around since 6000 BC. Used for cooking. Most types of Capsicum contain capsaicin, which can cause a severe stinging sensation in the mouth. They are an excellent source of vitamins...

All we need is 10-15 minutes. What enhances the taste of mushrooms in this recipe is the addition of tomoto onion sauce and coconut milk. Cooking mushrooms is like a dream and this masala tastes so good that you will be making this many times. Masala paste ingredients 1 onion (finely chopped) 1 tbsp coriander seeds 1/2 tbsp fennel seeds 1 tomato (finely chopped) 1 green chilli 3 red chillies 1/2 teaspoon ginger and garlic paste 1 teaspoon red chili powder 1 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder Handful of coriander leaves Salt as needed Sauce ingredients 1 cup of coconut milk Little - bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves 1 onion (finely chopped) 1 green chilli 1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste 1 teaspoon red chili powder 1 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 250 g mushroom Handful of coriander leaves 1/2 teaspoon garam masala powder 1/2 teaspoon pepper powder Masala preparation 1. First add some oil to the pan 2. Add, add red chili peppers and coriander...

The number of fraud checks has grown massively, and the problem with fake reviews is now worse than ever. Sites like Amazon, TripAdvisor, Airbnb etc. have become very successful because of the trust created by their rating systems. In order to increase sales, only a few sellers on Amazon decide to buy reviews or offer free samples in exchange for "honest" reviews. This has severely skewed the rating system, creating artificially inflated product ratings. What are fake reviews? Reviews posted either by employees of the company themselves or by people with a vested interest in selling additional products or by competitors trying to reduce product sales. If the review were written by a friend, the review panel could include descriptions such as wonderful, inexpensive, suitable for everyone, etc., and the reviewer could imply that they are planning to buy it for someone they know too. If the review was written by an enemy, the product may contain rough descriptions such as ...

Images are a big part of the web and the biggest challenge is getting it right and getting it served. If you are a web designer or a developer trying to reduce the size of the image file? You need to know Google's solution to this problem - WebP. As part of Google's initiative to make the web faster, WebP was provided by Google. It is designed to use a more aggressive and better optimized compression algorithm than JPG and PNG, with the aim of reducing file size with minimal loss of quality. This means faster websites that use less bandwidth. What is the WebP image format? WebP is an emerging image format from Google. WebP was developed by Google and is essentially a derivative of the WebM video format. WebP is an incredibly useful format because it offers both performance and features. What does WebP stand for? A WEBP file is an image stored in the WebP raster image format (pronounced "weppy") developed by Google for web graphics. It has a .WebP file extension...

Google is not just used for advertising and visibility these days, its uses go way beyond that. The ultimate goal of the search engine is to provide the most relevant and accurate information for user queries in the shortest possible time. The algorithms used by the Search Giant today are so sophisticated that users not only get exactly what they want, but also fully related additional facts. In recent years, a new feature that appears along with search results has become a hotly debated topic. Yes, we are talking about the knowledge diagram. In these times, the mobile gaming industry is improving by leaps and bounds. Search queries for online games have increased significantly. This article clearly explains how avid gamers can use Google's Knowledge Graph to get instant game updates. What is a knowledge diagram? The Knowledge Graph is a system started by Google to create a "link diagram" between different people, places and things and to report facts about these ent...

Online shopping is undoubtedly a beauty. However, without a VPN, you could be on the other side of this beauty in no time. If you don't already know, let us be the first to tell you: This site is not beautiful! Here you will be charged exorbitant prices for ordered goods. There is also a high risk of falling victim to internet scammers who, among other things, want to steal your credit card details. We don't tell you everything to ruin the online shopping experience for you. Rather, it is meant to help you understand how to get the most of it, especially with the help of a virtual private network (VPN). How does a VPN work? A VPN usually has a single mode of operation, but it works for multiple purposes. We could combine the extensive operation of this software in three steps. They are as follows: At the entry point (from where you access the Internet), a VPN hides your identity by encapsulating your data. The VPN transmits the data through a middle node made up of a syst...

I googled the trend "Best Xiaomi Camera Phone" and finally settled on my best option - Mi A1. I bought this phone in a hurry before my son was born. I wanted to capture every little one of his early accomplishments perfectly. I was totally disappointed. Why did I get MiA1? This was their advertising slogan - Mi A1. Picture Perfect Dual Camera. Created by Xiaomi, supported by Google Flagship dual camera. I've added the footage recorded by my Mi A1 phone. Google actually needs to clarify if this is the flagship camera quality. How was MiA1? I was totally shocked. Aside from video calls that use the front camera, I can't just use the rear camera (not even one, please don't mention dual). I don't think there is a problem with the hardware. Pictures are moderately better when the camera is used in portrait mode. What did I do with my faulty MiA1? I complained on the Xiaomi India Facebook page. Yes, they replied that the next software update will fix this ...

I had a fun chat with a long time friend, Anna, who is Russian, about stories that fascinated each other as children. We had few readings in common, like the Chronicles of Narnia. We understood our shared love for science fiction stories in general. She told about her latest reading in the same genre - Dangerous Curiosity (translated name). The title immediately made me curious enough to get a gripping blurb and a little spoiler out of it. I would like to bring it to the readers of Random Tyms. The blurb: In the quiet American city of Lincoln, the protagonist, professor of abstract physics, Teodor Lepsky, works with an unusual group of researchers. Together they try to build a machine that will help them teleport through the layers of space. On the long-awaited final day of the experiment, Professor Lepsky goes to the science center and discovers that the center has been cordoned off by the police. What began as simple experiments on spatial shifting has thickened into a much m...

Today I have a new Amazon try-on ... I swear I go into a rabbit hole there sometimes! Today I have some sweaters from some of my favorite brands on Amazon. Since navigating Amazon can be so overwhelming, I have a few specific brands in mind when I shop. These are the brands I've bought before that I love ... so there aren't too many surprises. I'm going to say today that there are some very clear winners and losers. Which is not too rare at Amazon. Some of the articles are really great ... so let's take a look! white cable knit sweater (about) Thoughts: I actually ordered the beige color this late winter and the color was weird to me. I love the white a lot more and the cut is fabulous. Slightly narrower cut, a small puff sleeve detail on the sleeve and nice cables. Size: I went small with my usual size. Styled with: black jeans , similar mules brown / camel cardigan (about) Thoughts: I love this sweater ... but. The fabric is great, the cut is great, but the c...

Yay! Time for another 6 ways to style! If you are new here this series is very popular and fun. I just take a piece of clothing and create 6 outfits. You can see the entire archive Here . I always want to make sure the pieces I add to my closet are super versatile in order to get the most bang for your buck. This helps me be creative with styling pieces in my closet and hopefully inspires you all too. Today I design this cardigan with button placket . It is an absolute dream! It's so soft and light, but still pretty warm. Also, as you'll see from today's post, it can be styled in MANY different ways. This sweater is a bit gorgeous, but I thought this , this and this these are cheaper options! Also note that the exact sweater is a little larger in today's release. I made it a size smaller. I love this pullover style for fall ... on the one hand it is so classic and at the same time so modern. I love to wear it unbuttoned, buttoned, alone, or layered! I t...

Packed with wonderful South Indian flavors and the amazing creaminess of coconut milk, this dish is a delicious, easy chicken recipe that your kids will look forward to so much. Ingredients: Full chicken legs 2 Large coconut 1 Big carrot 1 Green beans 7 pieces Green peas Large onion 1 Medium tomatoes 2 Green peppers (paprika) 1 Fresh ginger 1 inch Fresh garlic to taste Manjal For tempering: Mustard seeds Cumin seeds Fennel seeds Curry leaf cardamom clove cinnamon Black jeera Dry red chillies 2 Dry basil leaves Green chili peppers 1 Note: Before slicing the coconut, grind to make about 1 cup or more thick coconut milk. Preparation: 1. Heat the oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin and fennel seeds. After something fried 2. Add red chillies, garlic, curry leaves, basil, green chillies, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, ground fresh ginger and black zeera. Fry a little. 3. Put the chopped onion inside. Simmer until the onion is tender. 4. Cut sliced ​​chicken, chopped carrot and manja...

The people of India have a great bond with their religious affairs. What we need to understand is that Indian traditions have always had their roots in scientific grounds. Why do they say "The sun doesn't rise" during Dussehra? Belief 1 - It comes from a Sanskrit word Dasha + Hara, which literally means the defeat of the sun. It was said that the sun would not have risen if Ravana had not been defeated by Rama. importance - But the most interesting and unknown thing about Dussehra is that it also marks the end of the gloomy monsoon season and the start of the cooler winter season. After Dussehra, farmers harvest the kharif plants, also known as monsoon plants, and plant the rabi plants, also known as winter plants. What do the 10 heads of Ravana mean? Belief 2 - According to mythology, the 10 heads of Ravana symbolize his knowledge of the six Shastras and four Vedas, which makes him one of the most intellectual men in mythology. S. importance - In Sri Lanka, Ravana h...