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Smart revision is about wiring your brain to think, solve, and lead | Photo Credit: Freepik With over 21 lakh candidates taking the NEET 2025 exam, it is important to ensure that not only do you prepare well but also retain what you have learnt. The exam this year has gone back to the pre-COVID … Read more

Blood donation in India is highly susceptible to seasonal fluctuations, with academic calendars, weather conditions, and festivals playing a major role in influencing donor turnout. The summer months, in particular, present multiple challenges — exams and vacations reduce the availability of student donors, while extreme heat and dehydration risks deter participation. According to a report … Read more

In a stride towards integrating wearable technology with clinical health monitoring, researchers have identified a new fitness metric, Daily Heart Rate Per Step (DHRPS) that shows stronger associations with identifying cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk than traditional indicators such as step counts or average heart rate.  The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart … Read more

When the natural environment is stretched beyond its ability to meet basic human needs for food, clean air, drinkable water and shelter, it is not just a humanitarian concern for the world community. Research shows that these crises are a matter of national security for the U.S. and other countries. The Pentagon and the U.S. … Read more

Recognising how the hierarchy of needs affects thinking helped teachers make a personal transformation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockPhoto During a conversation with teachers, which revolved around needs being met or not met by the institution, many ‘teachers’ expressed unhappiness with some of their fundamental needs being unmet. These included aspects that Abraham Maslow, a … Read more

Arab traders took the lemon tree to West Asia, Europe and North Africa, filling gardens and courtyards  | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockPhoto A long time ago in tropical Asia, humans came upon a shrub-like evergreen tree with a fruit so sour, it made their mouths pucker — lemon! Yet its exquisite fragrance could not be … Read more

A majority of police personnel believe in using intimidation as a law enforcement tool. Misuse of force by the police has long been a contentious issue in India. It often surfaces in public discourse following high-profile cases of custodial deaths or excessive violence. India lacks a specific law to prevent torture, but there is an … Read more

In Massajog in the Beed district of Maharashtra, a pendal (temporary structure) has been erected outside the village temple, in the shadow of a 100-year-old tamarind tree. Under the shamiana, on a table, is a garlanded photo of Santosh Deshmukh, the 45-year-old sarpanch of the village who was brutally murdered on December 9, 2024. Next … Read more

SMA is a genetic disorder that causes weakness and wasting, or atrophy, of the muscles used for movement. Photograph used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A generic version of Risdiplam, a medicine used to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), could soon be available in India at $183.47 dollars per bottle, a sharp … Read more

Tariff ‘war’ Yes, only China is in a position to ‘fight to the end’ in an American-imposed tariff war. The flip-flop by U.S. President Donald Trump is baffling. Perhaps Mr. Trump should realise that in the modern era, the U.S. cannot dictate terms to the world. It has to adopt a ‘live and let live’ … Read more