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Dark Chocolates,4 Benefits Of Dark Chocolate You Must Know,

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Dark Chocolates May Reduce Stress and Inflammation. Dark Chocolate Can Reduce Stress And Make You Smarter, Research Finds Consuming dark chocolate can reduce stress and inflammation, as well as improve memory, immunity and mood, results from experimental trials have shown. This is due to the high concentration of cacao -- a major source of flavonoids. The flavonoids found in cacao are extremely potent antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents, with known mechanisms beneficial for brain and cardiovascular health, the researchers said. Experimental Biology 2018 annual meeting in San Diego show that consuming dark chocolate that has a high concentration of cacao (minimally 70% cacao, 30% organic cane sugar) has positive effects on stress levels, inflammation, mood, memory and immunity. Lee S. Berk, DrPH, associate dean of research affairs, School of Allied Health Professions and a researcher in psychoneuroimmunology and food science from Loma Linda University,

J.K. Rowling (you kidding us, we think) confirms Hogwarts Express stop in Chicago

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Is the Damen Blue Line stop secretly Chicago’s own Platform 9 ¾? As  a tweet from “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling on Tuesday morning, maybe! Blue Line rider and Twitter user  @mehow87  – display name Michal Wilczewski – posted a photo of a chalk-drawn door on the side of a brick building next to the Damen Blue Line stop,  tweeting it at Rowling  to ask, “@jk_rowling can you tell me more about this door to Hogwarts at the Damen Blue Line stop in Chicago?” Even casual  Harry Potter  fans know all about the Hogwarts Express and how to board it at Platform 9 3/4 at King’s Cross Station in London. What they might not know is that apparently, you can also get on the famous train at the Damen Blue Line stop in Chicago right here in the U.S. We’re joking, of course, or at least we think J.K. Rowling was kidding when she responded to a tweet insinuating that a hand-drawn door in Chicago was the real deal. The author responded to Wilczewski and told him the entrance is for

Sexual abuse in Bollywood: Discussed by Radhika Apte and Usha Jadhav National Film Award winning actress

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In recent times, especially after the #MeToo campaign that took Hollywood by storm, we have seen many Indian actors and actresses coming out in the open against the sexual harassment they faced in the industry. N ow Radhika Apte and Marathi actress Usha Jadhav also spoke about the sexual exploitation in the industry. In a documentary titled Bollywood's Dark Secret by BBC, Radhika said that many a time girls fear to speak against "powerful" people, thinking their career would get jeopardized. The documentary Bollywood's Dark Secret is to be aired across the globe this Saturday and Sunday Some people are regarded as Gods. They are so powerful that people just don't think that my voice is going to matter, or people think that if I speak, probably my career is going to get ruined," Radhika said in the documentary which will be aired soon. The same documentary also features National Film Award winning actress Usha Jadhav narrating

Avengers Infinity War Movie Review, BLOCKBUSTER

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Avengers: Infinity War to become biggest Hollywood opener in India; tickets almost sold out. Avengers: Infinity War will be released on April 27 across 2,000 screens in the country in English as well as Indian languages including in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. “Avengers” franchise was released on November 29 and crossed 230 million views in just 24 hours. In India, pre-sales that started on April 22 have sky rocketed . Almost all the shows in the opening weekend in the metro cities have sold out. The only movie with higher pre-sales in India is Baahubali: The Conclusion. INOX sold over 40,000 tickets by 7pm on Sunday , Cinepolis India sold 50,000 tickets on the first day itself.   IMAX and 4DX have registered occupancy of 75% in one day. The movie is faring better in metro cities that also boast a larger English-speaking audience as well as superhero fans. Ahead of the release of the mega movoe, the film’s 3D Prime tickets worth Rs 515 at some o

#afspa ‪‪Meghalaya‬, ‪Arunachal Pradesh‬, ‪Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act‬, ‪Ministry of Home Affairs‬‬

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AFSPA removed from Meghalaya, restricted in Arunachal Pradesh Since 1997, the intensity of insurgency in the north-east has been on the wane, and civilian and security forces' casualties were the lowest in 2017, government data shows. The AFSPA has been in force in Nagaland, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir for several decades, and since the early 1990s in Assam . "AFSPA was totally withdrawn from all areas of Meghalaya from April 1. In Arunachal , it is down from 16 police stations to eight," the official said. The Act has been extended by another six months in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh -- Tirap, Longding and Changlang -- which border Myanmar and specific areas under eight police stations of seven other districts bordering Assam. These three districts have under the AFSPA since January 2016. The Act was withdrawn from Tripura in 2015 and in past one year, fewer areas in northeast are under the Act, the official said, adding that the Ac

#afspa ‪‪Meghalaya‬, ‪Arunachal Pradesh‬, ‪Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act‬, ‪Ministry of Home Affairs‬‬

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मेघालय से पूरी तरह और अरुणाचल प्रदेश के कुछ हिस्सों से हटा AFSPA कानून. नई दिल्ली : 1.      मेघालय से सशस्त्र बल विशेषाधिकार कानून ( आफस्पा ) को पूरी तरह हटा लिया गया है , जबकि अरूणाचल प्रदेश में अब यह असम सीमा से लगे आठ थाना क्षेत्रों और पड़ोसी म्यांमार से लगे तीन जिलों में लागू रहेगा . सशस्त्र बल ( विशेषाधिकार ) कानून 31 मार्च से मेघालय के सभी क्षेत्रों से हटा लिया गया है . यह कानून सुरक्षा बलों को बिना वारंट के ही तलाशी अभियान चलाने और किसी को भी कहीं से भी गिरफ्तार करने की शक्ति देता है . 2.      केंद्रीय गृह मंत्रालय ने सोमवार को   मेघालय   से विवादास्पद आर्म्ड फोर्स स्पेशल पावर्स ऐक्ट ( AFSPA ) को पूरी तरह से हटा लिया।   अरुणाचल प्रदेश   के कई क्षेत्रों से भी इस ऐक्ट को हटा दिया गया है। इस कानून के तहत सुरक्षाबलों को विशेष अधिकार मिलते हैं , जिसका काफी समय से विरोध किया जाता रहा है। सितंबर 2017 तक मेघालय के 40 फीसदी क्षेत्र में