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Five Of The Best Exercises You Can Ever Do | Karan Arora Chandigarh

If you’re not an athlete or serious exerciser — and you just want to work out for your health or to fit in your clothes better — the gym scene can be intimidating and overwhelming. What are the best exercises for me? How will I find the time? Just having to walk by treadmills, stationary bikes, and weight machines can be enough to make your head straight back home to the couch. Yet some of the best physical activities for your body don’t require the gym or ask you to get fit enough to run a marathon. These “workouts” can do wonders for your health. They’ll help keep your weight under control, improve your balance and range of motion, strengthen your bones, protect your joints, prevent bladder control problems, and even ward off memory loss. No matter your age or fitness level, these activities are some of the best exercises you can do and will help you get in shape and lower your risk for disease: 1. Swimming You might call swimming the perfect workout. The buoyancy of t...

The open source company: Microsoft | Businessman Karan Arora

Microsoft: The open source company The times, they are a-changin’—even bits of Windows will be open source. The news from Microsoft’s Build developer conference that surprised me most was that  Microsoft will ship a genuine Linux kernel —GPLed, with all patches published—with Windows. That announcement was made with the announcement of  Windows Terminal , a new front-end for command-line programs on Windows that will, among other things, support tabs. Microsoft’s increased involvement with open source software isn’t new, as projects such as  Visual Studio Code  and  the .NET runtime  have operated as open source, community-driven projects. But this week’s announcements felt a bit different. The Linux kernel will be powering Microsoft’s second generation  Windows  Subsystem for Linux (WSL). The first generation WSL contains a partial re-implementation of the Linux kernel API that uses the Windows NT kernel to perform its functionality...

Improve Your Financial Condition | Mohali Karan Arora

13 Best Money Skills to Learn Everyone likes to have money. They may not have a need to be rich, but it is certainly nice not to scramble to find creative ways to pay your bills. However, money and finances are certainly skills, and unfortunately they are skills that most people have not learned. There are skills in frugal living, budgeting, personal finances, debt management and reduction, saving, investing and more. If you want to learn a new skill, and you don’t know the skills of finance these would be a great place to start. They can help you make more money, spend less, keep more of what you make and even save money for investment, property or a future, “something special”. 1. Creating a Personal Budget You need to start early to set yourself up for financial success in the future. If you spend beyond your means, you are setting yourself up to accrue debt and develop a poor credit score. Budgets are a lot easier with some good software to back it up. I recommen...

3 Best tricks to carry things on Leh Ladakh Trip | Karan Arora chandigarh

What are things to carry on my Leh Ladakh trip? A list of things to carry on a  Ladakh  trip is one of the topmost questions that I may have answered in the last decade of running my blog. However, I will be concise here and suggest that you may carry the following essentials on any Ladakh trip: Basic Travel Kit Essentials At least two copies of PhotoIDs for all members Pen and a small diary Bag locks (2 or more) Backpack or  Daypack Extra spectacles with cover Torchlight or  Flashlight Small Scissor Hand Watch Sunglasses – Recommended Multi-Plug – Recommended for remote areas Match Boxes or Flint or Cigarette Lighter, Couple of candles Plastic Bags / Plastic Zip Lock Bags Twist-ties, safety pins. You can find twisties at the link: Twist Tie 20m (Pack of 2) Swiss Knife (optional) I have a  Victorinox  Huntsman Red  Swiss Army Knife  which I have been using since 6-7 years. It has helped in many situations in mountains and st...

PM Modi on Sri Lanka Blasts – Karan Arora SAS Nagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today condemned the bomb blasts in Sri Lanka in which 156 people died and 300 were injured. A string of  six blasts hit five-star hotels and churche s as worshippers attend Easter services. “Strongly condemn the horrific blasts in Sri Lanka. There is no place for such barbarism in our region. India stands in solidarity with the people of Sri Lanka. My thoughts are with the bereaved families and prayers with the injured,” PM Modi tweeted. Contemning the attacks, President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted, “We stand in complete solidarity with Sri Lanka.” The  blasts hit several high-end hotels and a church in Colombo , while two other churches were targeted outside Colombo, Sri Lanka police told news agency AFP. The nature of the blasts was not immediately clear and there were no immediate claims of responsibility. Americans, British and Dutch citizens were among those killed in the six blasts, which also injured hundreds of people, AFP quoted a ...

Sri Lanka bombings: Businessman Karan Arora

At least 500 wounded as South Asian nation reels from the attacks that targeted churches and hotels across the country. A series of coordinated explosions has rocked churches and hotels in  Sri Lanka  killing almost 300 people on Easter Sunday in the South Asian island nation. More than 500 people have been injured in the worst attack since the  end of the civil war  10 years ago. The blasts targeted four hotels, including the Shangri-La, Kingsbury and the Cinnamon Grand in the capital Colombo. Nearly all victims were Sri Lankan. Dozens of foreigners were also killed. There were no claims of responsibility for the attacks. Here are the latest updates: Monday, April 22: Death toll rises to 290: police The death toll from the  Easter  Sunday explosions in Sri Lanka has risen to 290 with almost 500 people wounded, a police spokesperson said on Monday. The police added that the investigation into the bombings will examine reports ...