July is also prime wedding-planning season, bringing brides-to-be out of the woodwork, each searching for her dream gown. More than 20% of Indian brides surveyed in 2018 said they would spend between $13,500 and $27,000 on their weddings. About the same proportion expected to spend $1,350 or more on clothes for the event. The Big Fat Indian Wedding Market Survey collected information from more than 9,200 brides. But that was then, and this is the year of socially distant wedding planning, even for the upper crust....

Early signs of the post-COVID recovery suggest the negative effect on women won’t disappear any time soon. Research by McKinsey suggests the employment recovery rate for women will lag men’s by a year and a half. Women who’ve hung onto their jobs aren’t faring well, either: Studies show that those with children have reduced their work hours exponentially more than their male partners, and are worried about how their performance is being judged....

If you need treatment for panic disorder, your healthcare provider may suggest you see a specialist, such as a psychologist or a psychiatrist for care. They may recommend a combination of treatment options that include prescriptions, therapies, and other options. Prescription Medications Prescription medications can help with the symptoms of panic disorder, but they cannot cure the condition. You may start with one medication and switch to another one if it is not working for you, or your healthcare provider may combine different prescriptions....

The Panthers announced Tuesday they have placed Johnson on injured reserved with a designation to return with a right hamstring strain. Johnson will be eligible to return to practice Nov. 10 and play in the Panthers’ Thanksgiving Day game against the Cowboys. MORE: Legendary NFL sack masters | Buy all-in on Panthers’ elite corner, Josh Norman Teams can only use the IR/designated for return on one player per season....

Carolina coach Ron Rivera said Monday an MRI confirmed a fracture in his foot suffered during the 31-24 win over the Seahawks. Allen played through the pain on the final two series of the game and will try to play against the Cardinals next Sunday. MORE: ‘Classless Cam Newton’ is the subject of a new open letter and it’s beautiful | Panthers 31, Seahawks 24: How Carolina stormed into NFC title game...

If you’ve paid attention to the build-up around Sunday night’s NFC championship game, you also know how much the outcome hinges on one matchup: the Cardinals’ wide receivers against the Panthers’ secondary. NFC TITLE PICKS: Against the spread | Straight up | Vegas’ favorites As Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown became the league’s best wideout trio during the season, the Panthers saw their numbers dwindle at defensive back behind shutdown corner Josh Norman....

The Panthers started off incredibly hot. On the first play from scrimmage, Jonathan Stewart, who had been out since Week 14, broke off an incredible run to set the tone. MORE: Live updates from Seahawks vs. Panthers | Best photos from NFC divisional round Three plays later, it was Stewart who punched it into the end zone and made one tiny fan very happy. Next up, it was Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson’s chance to shine....

They’re likely to get it. Late last month in Tokyo, Sony took an important leap in this direction by introducing Librie, an e-book reader. The device, which costs $370 and is about the size of a paperback, holds the equivalent of dozens of books, which readers can download from the Web for $2.20 each. Although it’s available only in black and white, Librie has the most important characteristic of paper: it reflects natural light....

These days, as the mother of a 13-year-old son, Russell no longer finds the cautionary huffing so funny. A self-employed business-woman in the San Francisco Bay Area, she avoids even the occasional puff of pot. “Now I just eat,” she laughs. And though she looks back on her experiments as mostly harmless and often fun, she doesn’t want her son Jett to follow her example. To that end, she says, she has been open with him about her past, admitting that she had tried not just marijuana but also cocaine and LSD....

However, one uncle from the internet didn’t get to experience that last time he bought a gift for his nephew—because the parents dismissed it as gender inappropriate. In a post shared on Reddit on Wednesday, which has so far reached over 10k upvotes and almost 2000 comments, the uncle, who goes by the username u/Familiar_Mango_7509, shared the uncomfortable experience, and his fellow redditors quickly jumped to his defense. “I gifted my 3 year old nephew a kitchen set and it didn’t go well with the parents!...

This is a new development in American politics, and a direct response to the multi-year campaign of left-wing schooling policies that can only be described as a woke war on parents. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, moms and dads have gotten a clearer view than ever of what goes on with their kids’ schooling. What they have seen is one scandalous abuse of power after another. First there was the COVID paranoia....

Baltimore news station WBFF recently obtained a reimbursement form that was sent by Baltimore City Public Schools to parents offering a stipend of $250 for parents to drive their kids to school for the month of September. A spokesperson for Baltimore City Public Schools confirmed that 771 parents have already received the offer. The spokesperson said that the payment program is being funded by the school’s “yearly parent reimbursement budget....

The viral online trend sees parents rush up to their children and ask them to put their shoes on in order to fight another child outside for them. Producing some hilarious unpredictable responses, the children are racking up views in the millions. Often, the parents will reveal that they are set to fight another parent, who has seemingly brought their child along to join in too. “I can’t hit a kid, but you can,” said one mom in a viral video....

“One of the first interviews that I had in the wake of the shooting…I was asked by the reporter, ‘What do you want to say to politicians?’ and I said ‘We’re the kids, you’re the adults. You need to do something.’ It’s four years late and I’m 21-years-old and I’m an adult,” Parkland survivor David Hogg told CNN’s New Day on Monday. “We need to do something and frankly, President Biden needs to do something because there are certain things that he’s leaving on the table that he can do right now,” he said....

“Our hearts are heavy and with Orange County as we wake up today. Yet another community shaken by the preventable tragedy of gun violence,” March For Our Lives said in a Thursday statement. “No one should have to face this tragic end, and we are especially saddened to hear a child is among the victims.” “Holding space for the OC Community as they navigate grief and loss,” the group added....

Hawley will raise his objections when Congress meets to finalize the election on January 6. Though Republican efforts to challenge the outcome are unlikely to succeed, Hawley’s decision proved popular among some Parler users. Many conservatives have set up accounts with Parler, seeing it as an alternative to Twitter. Some on the right have criticized Twitter for its content moderation policies, claiming the site is biased against conservative views....

Well, there's good news and there's bad news. MORE: Top 10 teams for 2014 | 73 college football icons | Signing day images The bad news is that this is another one. The good news is that it's a parody version about Lane Kiffin's coaching career and it's hilarious. [via CollegeSpun]

Pascal Siakam is listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the 76ers with a calf bruise, according to ESPN. Siakam told reporters Saturday that his calf is swollen. “It’s weird,” Siakam said of potentially missing a game. “I feel like the team can always count on me to be out there every single night, but things happen.” The injury is believed to have occurred during the fourth quarter of Game 3 on Thursday when Siakam was called for a flagrant foul after he stuck his right leg out in the direction of the 76ers’ Joel Embiid....

It comes after a ruling made by a judge on the jurisdiction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) authority. Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled that the federal mask mandate on airplanes, trains and busses “exceeded” the CDC’s authority. Following the ruling, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it would not enforce the mandate and airlines quickly announced that masking is now optional....