In a recent viral video, one can see JCB excavators tearing down a structure, which kind of resembles a mosque. Several netizens are now claiming that the viral structure is an illegally built mosque from Unnao, Uttar Pradesh. In the video, several JCB machines are seen demolishing houses built on the roadside in the presence of the police. In the same video, a JCB machine also breaks down a building with a white humongous dome structure. It is being claimed that it is a mosque that was demolished by the police due to illegality. At the same time, it is also being said that the houses being demolished belong to Muslims, which is illegal.

 The video is shared with a Hindi caption which translates to ‘The mosque of that goat from Unnao who was calling Badrinath as the abode of Badruddin was demolished. Along with it the houses around the mosque were also razed. FIR was filed and he was asked to produce the papers. The mosque and houses were built on encroached land’.

 It was shared on other social media pages, including Facebook. A caption with one of the Facebook posts translates to ‘They were asked to show the papers… and then JCB came. The mosque and surrounding houses were demolished. FIR was filed. The houses and mosque were illegally constructed’.

However, the fact check tells otherwise. On performing a keyword search, it was found that the viral video does show a demolition process underway in the Sohramau area of Unnao but, the claim that a mosque was brought down in the process is false. The district magistrate of Unnao himself refuted the viral claims. In the process, a News18 report dated July 27 was retrieved. According to the report, illegal houses built on the land of the Irrigation Department were removed in the Sohramau police station area, falling on the Lucknow-Kanpur highway in Unnao. On June 23, 2020, District Panchayat member Arun Singh had lodged a complaint against the landowners who had illegally occupied the land of the Irrigation Department. The department took action after the complaint was found to be true.

 The Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department has also shared the video of the administration’s action on its official Twitter handle. Uttar Pradesh’s Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh posted this video on July 26. In a tweet on July 27, he also shared newspaper clips of the removal of encroachments in his tweet.

Unnao District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar who refuted such claims said that the land of the Irrigation Department at this place was illegally occupied for many years. An FIR was also registered by giving notice. “After our notice, many people even removed the encroachment. Later the encroachment was removed in the presence of the irrigation department and other officials,” Kumar told. 

However, as the viral claim suggests that a religious structure was taken down, is simply not true. The structure that was seen falling in the video is the gate of a society that was dome-shaped. It is not related to any mosque or any religious place. Thus, it is clear from the News18 report and the statement of Unnao District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar that the dome shown in the viral video is the gate of a society that was illegally constructed on the land of the Irrigation department. The officials did not demolish any mosque or any kind of religious structure during the encroachment removal drive. Hence, the viral claim is false.

The 24^th birthday bash of one of the world’s the youngest billionaire, left million others in awe. Congratulating this fashion icon and beauty mogul, mama Kris Jenner led the birthday tributes for her as she wrote: ‘Happy Birthday to my littlest angel @kyliejenner!!!!

She continued: ‘Thank you for being an inspiration to so many …especially me. I love you so much and I am blessed to be your mommy.’

She added: ‘I can’t believe how fast time goes by!!! If I close my eyes it still feels like yesterday you were riding ponies down the street and bringing home stray cats…. And playing with my makeup!!!!!! You have brought all of us so much joy!!!’

The fashionista received love, prayers, well wishes and real roses dipped in gold on her auspicious day. The makeup mogul’s birthday celebrations began in style after she was sent a bouquet of flowers which included 12 ‘real roses’ dipped in 24-carat gold.

Rapper Travis Scott, and the daddy of baby girl, Stormi, posted a picture of himself and the birthday girl from Stormi’s birthday party in February and wrote: ‘Wake up it’s yoooo bdaayyyyyy.’

Kendall also posted pictures on Instagram Story as she wrote: ‘Happy birthday to my baby sister @kyliejenner. My soul mate we were put here together for a reason.

‘So many moments together, we are blessed! we are strong! You make me proud every day. I love you.’

Kim Kardashian, marked the occasion with a throwback snap of them sat on a private plane during the early days of their fame.

For her special day, Kylie announced a new range of 24k gold makeup collection. Taking to her Instagram account on Monday (09.08.21), she said: “THE 24K BIRTHDAY COLLECTION LAUNCHES TOMORROW! i couldn’t be more excited to share these new products with you guys and i just know you will fall in LOVE with all these formulas. love ya guys and see you at 9am pst @kyliecosmetics KylieCosmetics.com”

The beauty mogul first announced the collection on August 2 in an Instagram post. In the picture, gold glitters covering her upper body, Kylie crosses her arms around her breasts. The empowered pose, the defining feature, and the iconic full lips and cat eyes, the gorgeous is radiant in gold.

“Ahhh! my birthday is in 8 days!!! And of course i had to celebrate with another bday collection! 24K gold theme for my 24th birthday launching on August 10th,” she wrote in the post. 

Prices ranging from $18 to $350, 24K Gold consists of both beauty products and sets, including a collection bundle, a lip lacquer set, a lip serum, an eye palette, a body glow liquid higher, a powder highlighter, a liquid eyeliner duo, and an all-over gloss. Keeping it in sync with the theme, glow and radiance are two keywords for the 24K collection. Following the body glow liquid highlighter and a yellow-gold highlighter embossed with the number 24 is the versatile all-over gloss.  Using a multi-purpose formula that can be applied to the eyes, face or lips, the gloss delivers a luminous golden shimmer. Its texture feels amazing on the skin and leaves it with a radiant glowy finish.

Almost 10-30% of the adult population on the globe suffers from chronic insomnia. The nasty feeling of constant tossing and turning on the bed throughout the night is unbearable. This sleep disorder could get triggered by plenty of things, such as poor sleeping habits, depression, anxiety, lack of exercise, chronic illness, or any specific medication. Symptoms may include difficulty falling or staying asleep and not feeling well-rested.

Well, over time, experts have come up with a few hacks to get a person back to sleep from the ‘no-sleep’ cycle and to sever all the fidgeting.

Proper bed-time: No matter how tempting it might sound to sleep in for a couple of more hours or staying up late, you should never do that. Making a proper sleep schedule is necessary as the mind and body adapt to that routine. Any difference in the same could create a disturbance and might affect the sleeping pattern. 

4-7-8 technique: The 4-7-8 breathing method is a simple 5-step procedure that requires you to –

1. Part your lips slightly and make a whooshing sound as you exhale through your mouth.
2. Close your lips and inhale silently through your nose. Count to 4 in your head.
3. Then hold your breath for 7 seconds.
4. Exhale for 8 seconds.
5. Complete this cycle for four full breaths.

Early dinner: Heading to bed, right after having your dinner is a big NO. Experts suggest having dinner two to three hours before bed. Doing so helps you relax your digestive system and allows your body to sleep early.

Cut Caffeine: Switching over to non-caffeine drinks can lead to higher chances of hitting the bed early. Drinking caffeinated beverages in the afternoon can also sabotage sleep. According to a 2015 study in Science Translational Medicine, caffeine not only gives us a jolt of energy but delays the circadian clock that tells us when to get ready for sleep and when to prepare to wake up.

Turn a few pages: Several studies have found that reading before going to bed improves and increasing the percentage of sound sleep. Good old-fashioned reading can help you relax, in part because getting engrossed in a story frees your mind from the clutches of day-to-day stresses.

Bore yourself: Well, nobody enjoys getting bored and the brain to be very specific hates it more than anything! Not indulging in any exciting activity reduces the dopamine level which can help your brain feel inactive and dull, and will help you fall asleep earlier.

Try bathing:  A hot bath may promote sleep because your core body temperature rises and then falls when you step out, mimicking what happens naturally gets you to feel drowsy. This manipulative technique can help your body relax and sleep quickly.

Reduce screen-time: Constantly gazing at the screen can make you anxious and more at unrest which might lead to sleeplessness. Our body’s internal clock is highly sensitive to the blue spectrum light emitted by the screens because it sends a signal to the brain that it’s daytime. Stepping away from television sets, phones, tablets, laptops, computers, etc, can do the trick.

Snack smart: We all more or less give in to our inner demons and satisfy those diabolic cravings. However, choosing what you eat can help your body feel light, switching to healthy foods instead can prove to be a blessing. This subtle process can bring a drastic impact on your body.

Try reflexology: Reflexology is often recommended to cure sleeplessness, with a particular focus on the pressure points on the ear and foot. Massaging your big toes for a couple of minutes, and also the center of your feet can relax the body and help you get a good night’s sleep.

Director Karan Johar who is currently hosting the Indian Idol 12, opened up his box of secrets and anecdotes and to everyone’s surprise, the moviemaker slipped a rather flabbergasting secret. The multi-starrer, 2001 ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’ which turned 19 this year and starred great B-town actors like  Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, and Kareena Kapoor were all sign cast in 24 hours! Rani Mukerji too had played a pivotal role in the film.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’ emerged to be an iconic film and was a massive commercial success not only in the country but overseas as well during its time. The film was released on December 14, 2001. Retweeting a video shared by his production house, Karan wrote on Twitter, “We are eternally grateful for the abundant love that continues to come our way! Thank you so much #19YearsOfK3G.”

KJo revealed that he began with Amitabh Bachchan. He went to his residence and narrated the script. The megastar agreed to do the film. He then stepped out of the Bachchans’ place and called Jaya Bachchan if she could meet him. KJo said, “I first went to Amit ji’s house, respect wise, Jaya aunty was also there as well. She didn’t know why I was visiting Amit uncle. I narrated the script, he said, ‘Of course, I’m doing this.’”

“I then walked out of the house outside the gate I called Jaya aunty, informing her that I wanted to meet her. She said, ‘Arre but you were just here.’ I said, ‘I came to meet Amit Ji. But now, I want to officially meet you.’ I went back in and offered the film.”

 Following this, Johar went over to his close pal and superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s residence, Mannat. SRK agreed to come on board without even having KJo to narrate the script. He said, “As soon as I said (about the film), he said, ‘You don’t even have to narrate it to me, I’m doing the film.’ We have that brother-like bond.”

However, Johar was skeptical if Kajol would give a nod, as she was newly-wed. But he still went ahead and met her, only to have tears rolling down her cheeks. Kajol gave a nod to play Anjali on screen. “Two minutes after I narrated the script and her character, she broke down. She said, ‘I cannot make anybody else do this film and I will delay my decisions of life but I will do this film,” with the two hugging and crying.

Hrithik Roshan was signed for this mega-blockbuster even before his debut movie, Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai had released. And lastly, he signed his closest pal and the most popular character of the movie, Poo, played by Kareena Kapoor Khan. Johar reached Bebo’s residence at 10 pm on the same day and offered her K3G.

However, a cute fun fact is Shah Rukh’s elder son Aryan Khan who is yet to make his film debut had made a guest appearance in this movie as a child. He was seen in the opening credits as the young Shah Rukh, who played the role of Rahul Raichand.

A few days ago, a girl from Lucknow, Priyadarshini Yadav came into the limelight after she allegedly beat a cab driver, Saadat Ali Siddiqui on the ground of reckless driving. The incident took place on 30 July, where she claimed that the cab driver did not follow the traffic rules and ran over her, for which she as a form of self-defense slapped him over 22 times and smashed his phone into pieces, took Rs. 600 from his cab, accused him of trying to take her life, she also added that a whole gang was conspiring against her, and following that Siddiqui was put behind the bars for 72 hours, and his relatives were harassed as well. However, while investing through the case, things got sticky as the CCTV told a whole new different story, where one can easily spot Yadav trying to cross the road through a zebra crossing, even at the ‘green’ light. Siddiqui now seeks justice and appealed for Yadav’s arrest.  

As per the police, the case was filed under sections 394 (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50) of the Indian Penal Code. 

Although a video surfaced amid all this chaos in which one can see a woman being taken into custody by police officers, she can be seen chained in one hand and is walking with a few lady police officers. Netizens claim her to be Priyadarshani Yadav a.k.a. the ‘Lucknow Girl’. A Facebook page ‘Indian News’ shared the video and has garnered over 1.8 lakh views. The same post was shared on Twitter as too. Even the video is shared on Youtube as well. A channel ‘X24 News’, shared the same viral visuals with different narration.

 To get to the bottom of the random claim, a fact check was necessary. The visuals from the viral video looked suspicious as none of the current COVID-19 protocols were followed. Not even a single soul was spotted using facial masks neither they were maintaining a minimum distance. Additionally, the woman from the viral video did not resemble Priyadarshini Yadav either. A reverse search of different keyframes from the video was done and the same video was found uploaded on a Youtube channel on 30 March 2017. A channel ‘MHK Tanha’ shared the same video and titled, “Anuradha Choudhary LADY Don Anand Pal Case.”

The video describes the woman as Anuradha Chaudhary, a criminal with a reward worth Rs 10 thousand declared from Rajasthan for her arrest. She was a close companion of Rajasthan based-gangster Anand Pal, who died in a police encounter in June 2017.

  Further, news channel News 24 had uploaded a bulletin in 2016 that carried the viral visuals and mentioned that the woman seen in the visuals is ‘Lady Don’ Anuradha Choudhary.

Thus, it is clear that as per the viral claim, the woman in the video is not Priyadarshini and neither is this video recent, as this news belongs from B.C (Before Covid) era. The infamous ‘Lucknow Girl’ is yet to be arrested and had she been arrested, it would have been all over the news.

A portion of the population is still reluctant of taking the jab, and there were several myths and rumors about the vaccines and their side effects on the human body. The impact of such vaccines on women was greatly perturbing. Many claimed that expecting and lactating mothers shouldn’t take the jab, while others said that one shouldn’t get vaccinated before their menstrual cycle. Now, some of them came up with such assertions as per which, a few of them reported short-term changes in their menstrual cycle following vaccination.

Several women said they experienced a heavier period, heightened cramps, or an early, delayed, or even absent period after their COVID-19 jab. But drawing a connection between menstrual patterns and vaccination is far from straightforward.

The UK’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has so far received more than 13,000 reports from people who have experienced period changes after having a Covid-19 jab.

In the US, associate professor of anthropology Dr. Kate Clancy posted a Twitter thread detailing the menstrual changes she had experienced after the Moderna jab back in February. Hundreds of people responded saying they too had observed changes – from heavier bleeding to delayed periods – after getting vaccinated.

Despite anecdotal reports, there is no scientific evidence that links menstrual irregularities to the coronavirus vaccines, and there are many factors that can affect menstruation, including stress.

Dr. Katie Lee, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Division of Public Health Sciences at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, US, also noticed changes to her menstrual cycle after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine in January. She experienced cramping and spotting, despite having a hormonal intrauterine device that usually prevents her from getting periods.

Dr. Lee suspects the vaccines are not affecting people’s hormones, but rather acting on the inflammatory or hematological systems in the body.

“We attribute a lot of biological processes to strictly hormones; hormones are really important and cool, but there are all these other immune and inflammatory processes that are also involved,” Lee says. “The endometrial lining is constantly being broken down and built up and broken down and built up, and that’s just a tonne of cellular regeneration.

“A lot of these mechanisms rely on inflammatory and anti-inflammatory processes to regulate this tissue building.”

Lee says she expects the vaccines will only impact a couple of cycles in those affected, as doses in the US are administered between 21 and 28 days – effectively across two menstrual cycles.

At this stage, experts believe the vaccine’s potential impact on periods will be short-lived, but the currently limited understanding of their link has also led to public concern over the jabs’ impact on fertility.

“We, the greater scientific medical infrastructure, are continuing to gather more and more information that shows that the vaccine does not have an effect on fertility, it does not have an effect on miscarriage rates, or the rate of healthy birth outcomes, whether somebody was vaccinated before they got pregnant or vaccinated during pregnancy,” Lee explains.

“So, it’s very, very safe for getting pregnant, being pregnant, and having a baby – far more safe, in fact, than accidentally getting Covid because you were exposed and not vaccinated; that we do see is very, very risky for the gestational process, for both the parent and the child.”

However, a plausible reason could be that the womb lining is part of the immune system and as a matter of fact, there are immune cells in almost every part of the body.

Immune cells play a role in building up, maintaining, and breaking down the lining of the uterus – which thickens to prepare for pregnancy, and then sheds in the form of a period if the egg is not fertilized.

After vaccination, lots of chemical signals which have the potential to affect immune cells are circulating through the body. This could cause the womb lining to shed, and lead to spotting or earlier periods. There might be side effects, but the experts claim them to be short-lived and temporary.

The mystery of the season’s most awaited album is lifted now in a post on her social media account on August 6, a day after her usual pre-album clue-dropping shenanigans, Taylor Swift blessed the residents of her ‘SwiftLand’ and officially confirmed the tracklist, including all of the never-heard-before vault songs and new collaborations for her album Red (Taylor’s Version), which will release on November 19. The pop star shared a photograph of her in her classic red lips and high-waisted shorts from her 2013 tour in support of the original Red album. 

The official announcement came after Taylor set her fans down a path of serious detective work by releasing a tricky word scramble for them to solve. The lines of jumbled letters turned out to be the word search when stacked on top of one another, and the most studious of the Swifties were able to decode the titles of the unreleased tracks as well as the names of a few huge collaborators: Ed Sheeran, Phoebe Bridgers, and Chris Stapleton.

Soon after that, a link began circulating the Swiftverse that allowed people to guess the song titles of the previously unreleased vault songs in a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet. Once they guessed correctly, users were congratulated for “unlocking the vault”

Fans did notice, however, that a couple of Red era favorites were missing from the tracklist, particularly “Safe & Sound” of the Hunger Games soundtrack, “Sweeter Than Fiction” and a super off-the-record, never-released song supposedly called “Battle,” which fans thought for sure would be one of the vault tracks. Taylor seemed to address these by tweeting, “We’ll also be making a bunch of new ones too since Red (Taylor’s Version) includes so many songs you haven’t heard yet. Till then, I’ll be counting down and picturing it all in my head. In burning red.”

The full list of songs on ‘Red’ (Taylor’s version):

1. ‘State of grace’ [Taylor’s version]
2. ‘Red’ [Taylor’s version]
3. ‘Treacherous’ [Taylor’s version]
4. ‘I knew you were trouble’ [Taylor’s version]
5. ‘All too well’ [Taylor’s version]
6. ‘22’ [Taylor’s version]
7. ‘I almost do [Taylor’s version]
8. ‘We are never ever getting back together’ [Taylor’s version]
9. ‘Stay stay stay’ [Taylor’s version]
10.’’The last time’ (ft. Gary Lightbody de Snow Patrol) [Taylor’s version]
11. ‘Holy ground’ [Taylor’’s version]
12. ‘Sad beautiful tragic’ [Taylor’s version]
13. ‘The lucky one’ [Taylor’s version]
14. ‘Everything has changed’ (ft. Ed Sheeran) [Taylor’s version]
15. ‘Starlight’ [Taylor’s version]
16. ‘Begin again’ [Taylor’s version]
17. ‘The moment I knew’ [Taylor’s version]
18. ‘Come back… be here’ [Taylor’s version]
19. ‘Girl at home’ [Taylor’s version]
20. ‘State of grace’ [Acoustic version] [Taylor’s version]
21. ‘Ronan’ [Taylor’s version]
22. ‘Better man’ [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
23. ‘Noghing new’ (ft. Phoebe Bridgers)
24. ‘Babe’ [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
25. ‘Message in a bottle’ [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
26. ‘I bet you thing about me’ (ft. Chris Stapleton) [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
27. ‘Forever winter’ [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
28. ‘Run’ (ft. Ed Sheeran) [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
29. ‘The very first night’ [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]
30. ‘All too well’ (10 minute version) [Taylor’s version] [From the vault]

On August 6 PM Modi announced that the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award would be known as the ‘Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award’ from now onwards after the recent medal victories in the Tokyo Olympics. PM Modi announced this via tweet, he tweeted, “I have been getting many requests from citizens across India to name the Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand. I thank them for their views. Respecting their sentiment, the Khel Ratna Award will hereby be called the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award!” 

 Following this, several media outlets and BJP ministers including the former and sitting ministers shared an image thanking PM Modi. The text on the image with a photo of the medal said, “The Khel Ratna Award has been renamed the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Thank you, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, for supporting the idea of millions of Indians.”

 Former Education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai, National spokesperson of BJP Sambit Patra, BJP Madhya Pradesh, Zee News, Dainik Jagaran, et cetera shared the post among various others.

In one of the tweets, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra thanked PM Modi and shared the image and netizens were quick to spot the difference about the viral image and pointed out that the medal in the post was the Param Vir Chakra and not the Khel Ratna Award. Several opposition party leaders and journalists too spotted the difference and posts started pouring in and flooding the social media that the medal displayed in the viral image was not the ‘Khel Ratna Award’. 

 On visiting the website of the Indian Air Force and Ministry of Defence, a medal was found on the page which resembled the viral image of the claimed ‘Khel Ratna Award’ was the Param Vir Chakra. The Paramvir Chakra is the highest military award in India, given for distinguished wartime acts.

 Param Vir Chakra translates as the “Wheel of the Ultimate Brave”, and the award is granted for “most conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy”.

Moreover, upon searching, the original image of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on the official website of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports showed up. Multiple images of this award are also available on the international stock image site, Getty Images.

Even these images made it clear that the medal in the image in question is not of Khel Ratna. Looking for the images of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award on Google an image from 2012 popped up with wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt holding it.

Hence, it is clear that the image in question is of Param Vir Chakra and not Khel Ratna. Since Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna was renamed recently, we need to wait and see what the new medal will look like. The existing photos of the Khel Ratna Award had the embedded text, “Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna”, with an Ashok Stambh. Thus, the medal on the viral photo is not Khel Ratna but Param Vir Chakra.

Paying a visit to the dentist sounds like a hassle, yet most of us ignore our dental health. Oral health forms a major part of our hygiene not taking proper care of it can lead to severe oral health implications.

“Brushing your teeth is only a part of a complete dental care routine. Washing the mouth twice a day keeps it clean. Floss your teeth; it helps remove plaque and food particles from between the teeth and under the gum line. Eat a balanced diet and limit snacking between meals. Visit your dentist regularly for professional cleanings,” says Dr. Batra.

Listed here are a few mistakes we shut our eyes to, which we shouldn’t:

Improper toothbrush: Not using a proper and hard toothbrush can lead to serious damages which can wear out the teeth’ enamel. Most people tend to change their brushes twice a year. But dentists recommend changing it every three months for proper oral hygiene and keeping the effectiveness intact. Using an improper brush can cause maximum damage over the years by wearing off healthy, natural teeth with overzealous care.

Incorrect strokes:  Most of us are habituated with performing long horizontal brushing strokes which can lead to irritation and damage. Rather one should use vertical strokes instead of horizontal, the brush should be held at an angle of 45 degrees to the gums and one should use brush gums and teeth with an up and down motion and short strokes and avoid side strokes. Also, one should start brushing on areas that they have been ignoring till now like the inner portions.

Frequent brushing: The paranoia of avoiding a dentist however can get through us terribly. Most of us find brushing an easier alternative. But, excessive brushing can damage the gums and enamel. It does not take a lot of pressure to remove the plaque thus most dental practitioners suggest brushing using a balanced pressure. Hence, one should refrain from brushing their teeth not more than twice a day.

Prolonged usage of whitening or sensitive toothpaste: Medicated toothpaste is meant to mask sensitivity over a prolonged period. Though, such a practice masks the symptom, but does not treat the problem, and using it, in the long run, can make one vulnerable to cavities, gum disease, and bad breath, since the predominant component in such toothpaste is for treating sensitivity or lightening tooth colour.

Sensitive toothpaste is meant to be used for a prescribed period and whitening toothpaste must be used under supervision to prevent any potential damage to your teeth. Toothpaste must protect your teeth and gums, so use a combination that contains fluoride that protects your teeth from decay, and gel-based parts which have antibacterial properties to prevent gum disease and bad breath.

Teeth wrangle: Hard brushing is a big NO as it leads to gum damage. Brushing more than 3-4 times is also not recommended. Since unlearning a bad brushing habit may be hard, an automatic brush might do the trick. A battery-operated brush takes the guesswork out of brushing. It may take a while to get adjusted to it, but automatic brushes make dental hygiene easy and even reduce the frequency of your dental visits.

The third wave of the COVID-19 is largely speculated to hit the children and since the vaccination hasn’t started on full scale, making the younger ones extremely vulnerable. However, newly conducted studies and research now state that even though if children get infected with the virus, they are most likely to recover within a week and the percentage of those who suffer from ‘long covid’ is comparatively lower.

According to a study in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, less than 1 in 20 children with COVID-19 have symptoms lasting longer than 4 weeks, and by 8 weeks, almost all have recovered.

The peer-reviewed study, published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health journal, wanted to understand how Covid affected children and how it compared to other respiratory diseases.

It used data provided by parents or carers to the UK Zoe Covid Study app.

The study looked at 1,734 children, aged between 5-17, who were reported to have developed symptoms and tested positive for Covid between September 2020 and February 2021.

The researchers say it is very difficult to know how many children were infected during this time period as the four UK nation record data differently, but they estimate more than 400,000 children and young people tested positive.

 Fewer than one in 20 (4%) were found to have experienced symptoms for four weeks or more, with one in 50 (2%) having symptoms for more than eight weeks.

The most common symptoms reported were headaches and tiredness. Others included a sore throat and loss of smell.

On average, older children were typically ill for slightly longer than primary school children, with those aged between 12 and 17 taking a week to recover while for younger children the illness lasted five days.

Senior author Emma Duncan, PhD, in King’s College London, said in a press release, “We know from other studies that many children who catch coronavirus don’t show any symptoms at all; and it will be reassuring for families to know that those children who do fall ill with COVID-19 are unlikely to suffer prolonged effects.”

She added, “However, our research confirms that a small number do have a long illness duration with COVID-19, though these children too usually recover with time.”

Most of the kids recovered within a month, around 4.4 per cent (77) of them experienced symptoms even after a month. The most common symptom that remained after four weeks was fatigue.

Out of the 77, 64 children reported suffering from fatigue at some point in their illness. Loss of smell and headache were also common. Headache was common during the starting of the infection, while loss of smell occurred later and persisted for a longer period.

Older children were typically ill for longer than primary school-aged children.

The team also assessed the children who tested negative for COVID-19 but may have other illnesses such as cold and flu. It was found that children with COVID-19 were ill for longer as compared to children with other illnesses who tested negative for the virus.

The data highlights that illnesses like cold and flu can also have prolonged symptoms in children and thus it’s important to be careful.