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It’s a health metric that’s constantly spoken about, measured at every visit to a doctor’s office and, in India, increasingly a cause of concern, but how much do you really know about blood pressure? What exactly does it measure? What do the numbers indicate? And why is it so important to keep these numbers in … Read more
Commuters wait under the scorching for buses near the Egmore Railway Station on April 15, 2025. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Residents across the city are struggling to cope with stifling afternoons and a surge in humidity that’s turning daily work into exhausting ordeals. Meteorologists noted that sea breeze, a source of relief from peaking … Read more
According to the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2021-22 report, more than 42,000 students registered for PhD programs in the sciences. Some 7,200 got their PhD degrees. The PhD is often the lifetime work of a researcher. Many drop out — some estimates put drop-out figures at as high as 40%. And some … Read more
Pulse polio drops being administered to a child at the Vijayawada Railway Station. File photograph | Photo Credit: RAO GN Over the past five decades, vaccinations have prevented more than 150 million deaths among humans from deadly infectious diseases. The once-dreaded infection small pox for instance, had been eradicated; other serious infectious diseases like polio … Read more
Daily Quiz | On Leonardo da Vinci ‘Salvator Mundi’, a work of Leonardo da Vinci which was sold at a Chistie’s auction for a world record $450m in 2017 to a private collector START THE QUIZ 1 / 8 | Under which Florentine master artist did Leonardo do his apprenticeship? 2 / 8 | What … Read more
A: To keep our torso stable and conserve energy, we swing our arms backwards and forwards while walking. When you swing, say, your right leg forward to take a step, you provide a rotational moment about the central vertical axis of your torso. By the principle of conservation of angular momentum, an opposite reactionary moment … Read more
With the country’s population continuing to age, there has been an exponential rise in the demand for geriatric care services. This demographic shift has been pushing healthcare systems to come up with ways to care for the rising ageing population. While the availability of geriatric care is steadily improving, health is not the only concern: … Read more
The story so far: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on April 9 put out draft guidelines for consultation on how lending against gold jewellery and ornaments as collateral should be conducted. The norms strive to harmonise the overall regulatory framework which may differ for entities with varied risk-taking capabilities and address concerns relating to … Read more
Jagadale, S. R., and, Shaikh, J. M, ‘Governmentality and Marketing System Failure: The Case of Stubble Burning and Climate Change in Neoliberal India’, Journal of Macromarketing, 2025 https://doi.org/10.1177/02761467251318608 Come November, the Indo-Gangetic Plain is often clouded in a pall of pollution. The cessation of monsoon winds from the preceding four months and a drop in … Read more
The invention of silicon chips revolutionised communications. Even today they are the cornerstone of the technologies we use to move information around the world. The way they work has changed significantly, however. They have become better: for a long time this was because experts improved its hardware to operate as efficiently as possible. But more … Read more