As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the United States, labelled loneliness an “epidemic,” warning that its consequences rival those of other major health risks. This concern is echoed globally. The World.
The Punjab Assembly elections will be held next year in 2027. The current government is taking a firm stand against gangsterism, extortion, and drug trafficking in the state. The police system has been completely strengthened. Raids are being conducted. Criminals are being apprehended. Illegal weapons and drugs are being seized on a large scale. The.
The Line of Control (LoC) that separates Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is no longer a military frontier but has evolved into a developmental fault line. While Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have seen structural transformations and economic revitalisation, PoJK and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) remain caught in political subjugation and.
A seven-year-old girl in Lucknow stood in her backyard at dawn in October 1957, watching Sputnik streak across the sky. Nearly seven decades later, that child would help steer some of NASA’s most complex space telescopes, from Hubble to James Webb. “The story starts in October 1957, when I was 7 years old, and my.
When the 2026 Economic Budget was presented, it became clear that efforts would be made to make transportation as seamless as possible to enhance Indian productivity and investment. Mobility of manufactured goods is crucial for production and investment. Uninterrupted mobility makes investments profitable, and reducing their per-unit costs increases profitability. Therefore, rail routes are now.
A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over time. Analysing thousands of MRI scans and memory tests from healthy adults, researchers found that memory loss accelerates as brain tissue shrinkage.
A report from Punjab reported that a woman admitted to a nursing home in Ludhiana was selling her newborn daughter for Rs 2.10 lakh. This deal was being made with a woman living in Moga. A nurse and a doctor are also being named in the deal. The woman, Sunita Devi, gave birth to this.
India has emerged as one of the world’s leading startup ecosystems, with thousands of new ventures launched each year. While metropolitan hubs such as Bengaluru and Mumbai have long dominated the scene, a new wave of innovation is rising from smaller cities. Entrepreneurs in Tier-II and Tier-III cities are increasingly launching startups that address local.
India’s digital payments landscape has witnessed exponential growth over the past decade, reshaping the way citizens transact. From small roadside vendors to large retail chains, digital transactions have become deeply embedded in everyday economic life. A significant driver of this transformation has been the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which allows instant bank-to-bank transfers through mobile.
India’s urban transport system is undergoing a silent but significant transformation with the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Rising fuel prices, growing environmental awareness, and supportive government policies have accelerated the transition from internal combustion engines to battery-powered mobility solutions. Over the past few years, electric two-wheelers and three-wheelers have led the charge. In.
Once, the only dream of India’s young generation was to somehow cross the seven seas to improve their lives. The situation was such that instead of competing for degrees on university campuses, the competition for obtaining sufficient degrees at academies that granted visas to travel abroad was more intense. But in the Trump era, the.
