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Time of India
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Mira Rajput channels CEO princess vibes in an off-shoulder gown at her wellness brand launch
Mira Rajput Kapoor, transitioning from style icon to wellness entrepreneur, stunned at her brand launch. She wore a striking white Simkhai gown, blending vintage romance with modern CEO energy. Accessorized with bold gold jewelry and a sleek wristwatch, Mira's look perfectly embodied her sophisticated and powerful new role, marking a significant milestone. Mira Rajput Kapoor is no longer just the queen of curated skincare shelves and elegant brunch fits, she's now a wellness entrepreneur with a wardrobe to match her new power player status. The stylish wife of actor Shahid Kapoor made a jaw-dropping appearance at the launch of her own wellness brand, turning heads in a show-stopping white gown that radiated modern royalty with a dash of CEO energy. For this career milestone, Mira chose a sculptural off-shoulder maxi dress from LA-based luxury label Simkhai, priced at a cool ₹57,300. But this wasn't just any event look, it was a visual declaration of grace, ambition, and quiet luxury rolled into one silhouette. The ivory-hued dress played on delicate contrasts. With a draped off-shoulder neckline and a soft-ruched bustier detail, the upper half nodded to vintage romance, while the body-skimming ribbed midsection gave it a corseted, Victorian-era structure. The cinched waist and strategic panelling sculpted her frame, offering a masterclass in understated sensuality. Below the waist, the pleated jersey fabric flowed into a dreamy A-line skirt, catching the light and fluttering with each step like a modern-day ballgown. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo Channelling a 'Cleopatra-meets-boardroom' aesthetic, Mira paired the gown with bold gold accents, the kind that say, 'Yes, I'm launching a brand and making a style statement.' Long, textured gold earrings framed her face, while a mix of sculptural gold bangles added a playful edge to the ethereal outfit. A sleek gold-toned wristwatch subtly reminded everyone of her newly minted CEO status. Her golden strappy heels peeked out just enough to complete the goddess-gone-corporate vibe. Keeping her glam polished and minimal, Mira embraced her signature soft glow. Dewy skin, warm blush, and a nude pout kept things fresh and radiant. Her eyes were subtly defined with winged eyeliner and fluttery lashes, a gentle nod to old-school glamour. She styled her hair in loose, side-parted waves that framed her face perfectly, adding movement and softness to the structured gown. Mira Rajput's launch look wasn't just another pretty outfit, it was a power move in monochrome. Sophisticated, feminine, and loaded with personality, it was the perfect embodiment of her transition from style muse to business maven. One step to a healthier you—join Times Health+ Yoga and feel the change
NDTV
a day ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Watch: Emmanuel Macron Gets A Taste Of Singapore Hawker Culture
French President Emmanuel Macron had the chance to sample Singapore's famous hawker and street food culture recently. As part of his maiden state visit to the country, the President accompanied Prime Minister Lawrence Wong Lau to Pa Sat, the iconic hawker centre. In a video shared by the Singapore PM, both of them can be seen walking through this locality. They greeted vendors and people around them, and also stopped to taste some of the local delicacies. In one part of the video, Macron and Wong try what look to be soup dumplings served by a particular hawker. "How do you find the taste?' Macron is asked. He replies that it's "very good." Also Read: Here's What French President Emmanuel Macron Ate On His Trip To India After their street food adventure, they had dinner at The Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, as shown in the same video posted by PM Wong. Part of the caption reads, "We began with a visit to Lau Pa Sat to experience Singapore's vibrant hawker culture and local flavours. Over dinner, we had a wide-ranging and fruitful discussion on global and regional developments." Take a look below: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lawrence Wong (@lawrencewongst) More About Lau Pa Sat: Lau Pa Sat, literally meaning "Old Market," is also known as Telok Ayer Market. It was rebuilt in its present location in the downtown core area in 1894. It is one of the most famous cultural landmarks in the city, and it has significantly evolved over the years. The Victorian-era architecture of the building is quite distinctive, featuring structures made of cast iron. Today, Lau Pa Sat is mainly known for its food hawkers. It houses numerous stalls selling various kinds of local Singaporean delicacies and other street-style favourites, including dishes like satay, chicken rice and char kway teow. One of the most popular attractions here is "Satay Street. Boon Tat Street is closed to traffic from 7 pm onwards. The place is then opened for people to dine al-fresco and relish the satay treats grilled on open flames by many vendors. Also Read: 5 Hawker Centres You Must Visit When In Singapore
Business Insider
2 days ago
- Health
- Business Insider
The taboo colon cancer symptom millennials are afraid to tell their doctors about
When Sarah Beran started noticing blood in her poop, she didn't know how to bring it up to her doctor. "I felt like I went in there with my tail between my legs, and not only was I talking about poop, but I was talking about my butt and blood and it's just all these things you don't want to talk about," Beran, 39, told Business Insider. Beran, who was later diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer at age 34, went on to talk about bowel movements a lot: she co-founded Worldclass, an apparel brand that donates proceeds to fund colonoscopies for people who are underinsured. Beran's experience of anal bleeding is not uncommon. It is statistically the most common warning sign of colon cancer in patients under 50. Studies show that many patients, like Beran, feel embarrassed to talk about it with anyone, including their doctors. More young people are being diagnosed with colon cancer. Part of why it's so difficult to diagnose is that early symptoms like diarrhea and bloating can be caused by everything from hemorrhoids to a gluten allergy. The other hurdle is stigma: people just don't want to talk about seeing blood in the toilet or in their pencil-thin stools. "Unfortunately, it's something that I see quite frequently," Dr. Fola May, a gastroenterologist and an associate professor of Medicine at UCLA, told BI. She said it's common for people to ignore and they may avoid sharing their symptoms out of embarrassment. "They delay bringing it up until it gets more and more severe, and they actually can't function or have a normal workday," May added. By then, their cancer is likely to have progressed to later stages. Anal bleeding is common with younger patients Early colon cancer symptoms are easy to miss. Abdominal pain or constipation can be linked to many different conditions, like celiac disease or IBS. That's why rectal bleeding is important to flag. Joshua Demb, a researcher who studies early-onset colon cancer and an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego, led a 2024 study on the most common symptoms of colon cancer in young people. Demb's study found rectal bleeding was the most common sign of colon cancer — more than altered bowel movements or abdominal pain — because it was more specific and harder to explain with lifestyle changes. It can be hard to know how seriously to take some symptoms. Anal bleeding is often caused by non-life threatening conditions like hemorrhoids. Some patients who are otherwise young, healthy, and who have no family history can be dismissed by doctors, partly because colonoscopies are more involved procedures and can cost a few thousand dollars without insurance. The difficult work is making sure a symptom is "attributed to the correct condition," Demb said, without preemptively scaring people or overlooking the early signs of colorectal cancer. Millennials are afraid to talk about stool Poop has a long history of being taboo, regarded as unsanitary and embarrassing. As societies like Victorian-era England developed indoor plumbing and individual latrines to replace communal ones, defecation became more private — and consequently more shameful to talk about in public. The stigma has never really gone away. From interviewing colon cancer patients, Demb learned many young people are afraid to broach the topic of poop and rectal bleeding with their doctor, even though that conversation could be life-saving. "Part of that apprehension comes from probably not having had to discuss this ever before in their care," he said. As people enter their 50s and colonoscopies become standard care, talking about bowel movements becomes slightly more normalized. When Naiké Vorbe started cycling through diarrhea and constipation, she didn't know how to talk about it, and hesitated at first. "You don't really speak about gastrointestinal issues," Vorbe, who grew up in Haiti, told BI. Vorbe was diagnosed with stage 3B colon cancer at 31. By then, her cancer had spread so much that she needed to have parts of her colon and liver removed. Chris Rodriguez, who was otherwise fit and healthy when he was diagnosed with stage 3 rectal cancer at 35, remembers feeling embarrassed about sharing his digestive agony with friends, relatives, and even doctors. He feels from personal experience that younger people are averse to talking about cancer because they feel they're "not supposed to" be worrying about it yet. "I know that people are too afraid to talk about these things with their doctor, too afraid to talk about these things with anybody around them," Rodriguez, now 37, told BI. "That's pretty scary for me." Vorbe and Rodriguez both had late-stage cancer and rectal bleeding as a symptom. It makes the symptom all the more important to flag: sometimes, blood in the stool won't show up until the cancer has progressed. The push to make rectal bleeding less taboo Brooks Bell, one of the Worldclass co-founders, remembers struggling to share how she was feeling with her husband — they weren't the types to use the bathroom with the door open, for instance. "Every relationship is different," Bell, 44, said. "Our relationship did not have those features, and so it can be so awkward." Now, she and Beran are trying to help younger people feel emboldened to talk about colon cancer symptoms and taboo body parts. Their brand, Worldclass, sells merch that says "Ass" and "Colonoscopy Enthusiast." Bell also founded Lead From Behind, a campaign backed by the Colorectal Cancer Alliance that involved Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney getting colonoscopies on camera to normalize the procedure. But ultimately, the biggest change might have to start in the doctor's office. Even though she's a GI doctor, May said she still gets patients who blush when they talk about their bowel movements. May says she tries to shift that dynamic by being intentional about her language. "When I'm in public, I say words like 'rectum' and 'poop' and 'stool,'" she said, adding that she wants her peers to do the same. Talking about blood in poop should be as normalized as talking about spotting breast cancer lumps, May said. "Until we make them normal in public," she continued, "people will feel uncomfortable producing those words from their mouths." How to know if you have a colon cancer symptom, or if it's something else Because early colon cancer symptoms can be so ambiguous, Demb said the more important thing to look out for is deviation from your lifestyle. For example, if you normally have very consistent bowel movements and suddenly have persistent diarrhea, see a GI. If you have ongoing rectal bleeding for the first time in your life or unusual stomach pain that won't go away, consider booking a colonoscopy. May also suggested getting a colonoscopy sooner if you have any family history of the cancer. She recommended getting screened at age 40 instead of the standard 45, and for primary care physicians to start bringing up the potential of screening before age 45 in general. Because colonoscopies can be expensive and inaccessible to people under 45, the best anyone can do is be vigilant, Demb said of symptoms like anal bleeding. Rodriguez, who is now cancer-free, believes it's important to investigate any warning signs. "You're not being silly by thinking about them," he said. "You're not overreacting by thinking it could be cancer." Additional reporting by Kim Schewitz and Mia de Graaf.
Eyewitness News
5 days ago
- Health
- Eyewitness News
England to launch 'world first' gonorrhoea vaccination programme
LONDON - Health authorities in England on Wednesday announced the rollout of a world-first vaccine programme for gonorrhoea, amid record levels of the sexually transmitted disease. Gonorrhoea cases in England in 2023 topped 85,000, the highest number since records began in 1918, with doctors warning of rising levels of antibiotic resistance. Richard Angell, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, the UK's leading HIV and sexual health charity, hailed the initiative as a "game changer". "This alone could cut 40% of new gonorrhoea cases," he said. State-funded National Health Service (NHS) chief Amanda Doyle said it would be the world's "first" routine vaccination programme for the disease. The NHS director of primary and community care described it as a "huge step forward for sexual health", adding that it would also help "reduce the rising rates of antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria". The programme deploys an existing jab normally used to protect children against the meningococcal B disease, a serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and sepsis. Known as 4CMenB, it is part of the routine childhood vaccination programme given to babies at eight weeks, 16 weeks and one year. Under the new programme, the jabs will be offered to those considered most at risk -- gay and bisexual men with a recent history of multiple sexual partners or a bacterial sexually transmitted infection. "This vaccination programme is a hugely welcome intervention at a time when we're seeing very concerning levels of gonorrhoea, including antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea," said NHS consultant epidemiologist Sema Mandal. "In 2023, we saw gonorrhoea diagnoses reach their highest since records began in 1918," added the deputy director of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). During appointments, patients will also be offered jabs for mpox, human papillomavirus (HPV), and hepatitis A and B. For decades, Gonorrhoea, nicknamed "the clap", along with syphilis, have been regarded as Victorian-era diseases largely eradicated due to modern diagnosis and medicine. Like gonorrhoea, however, the number of syphilis cases has also seen a resurgence. In 2023, 9,513 cases were reported, a more than 9% increase on the previous year and the highest number since 1948, according to UKHSA statistics.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
The Crunch: crowded prisons; triangle election revelations; and the power of the measles vaccine
Hello and welcome to another edition of The Crunch! The election may be over but the datavis can't stop, won't stop. In this week's newsletter we've got another election analysis triangle, a lot of measles coverage, and some heroic bar charts. While Australians were focused on the election, our UK colleagues released a fantastic visual investigation into the more than 30 Victorian-era prisons still in use across the UK. There's so many different visuals in this piece, from interactive panoramas to old and new illustrations, archive video, charts and photography. Even the colour choices convey the feel of 'damp, crowded, poorly ventilated'. *** 1. Breaking: vaccines work The measles outbreak in the US has been unpacked in a lot of ways – we've linked to a bunch below. But this chart from Our World in Data stands out. It's tricky to convey a change over time, across so many groups. If you aren't going to use a line chart, dealing with that many dimensions often results in something unwieldy or incomprehensible. But this chart is striking and the story very clear. There's a few other visualisations in the piece and a lot to learn, including that 'researchers estimate that 94 million lives have been saved from measles vaccines'. *** 2. A triangle offence We expressed our love of election triangles during the campaign. This post-election analysis of what's happening to the major party vote in Australia only drives it home. The best thing about the triangle in this instance is how it allows for the comparison of singular seats at discrete points in time, a seat across time, and a bunch of different seats, all within the same framework. *** 3. Stacks on stacks We've often used this newsletter to champion the humble bar chart, and this is a great example. This story from the Age unpacks how the government is doing compared to its housing target. There's a lot to draw out but the story is pretty well summed up with this one visual. We also covered this issue during the election campaign, also with a bar chart. *** 4. Porque no los dos This bar chart looking at Coalition election results by the election analyst Ben Raue shows how versatile the format is. While the Age's bar chart is a snapshot, this is a comparison between the two parties, across time. It's quite striking how the Nationals almost always get 15 or 16 seats election after election. The Economist on how much worse America's measles outbreak could get ($) Reuters on the rapid spread of measles Our World in Data on the effectiveness of measles vaccines The New York Times measles outbreak map and tracker ($) The New York Times on how measles attacks an unvaccinated child ($) We talked about the challenge of comparisons across a bunch of groups before. This small multiples pie chart from the American datavis legend Robert Simmon shows another way to tackle it. The data is looking at faecal contamination at beaches in and around Sydney, and at least in aggregate probably is a much better comparison than if they were something like bar charts. The discourse around pie charts can be … heated. This isn't to make a statement about the acceptability of pie charts – although this is a great read. If you would like to receive The Crunch to your email inbox every fortnight, sign up here.
