Are you the one who is always clicking new selfies to be posted on Instagram or who updates the tiniest details of life on Facebook? Chances are that you are probably depressed! According to a new study, the more time young adults spend on social media, the more likely they are to be depressed. Spending more time on social media …

The day when you can look tidy even without washing your clothes does not seem too distant as researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a technology to make textiles clean themselves within less than six minutes when put them under a light bulb or out in the sun. The researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed …

A new research has found wide variation in the cardiovascular risk depending on job profiles. If you are 45 or older and in sales or office-support job, you may be at a higher risk of heart disease and stroke than workers in management or professional jobs, the study reveals. “The lower the number of ideal cardiovascular risk factors are, the …

Even if you do not sweat it out in the gym very morning, swapping out just a few minutes of sedentary time with some sort of movement can help you live longer, suggests new research. In the study involving over 3,000 people aged 50 to 79, the researchers found that the least active people were five times more likely to …

A team of US researchers including an Indian-origin scientist has formulated a new method that can predict with 70 percent accuracy the likelihood that your tweets — that are part of an ongoing debate or a movement — will become part of a larger and even violent protest later. The study from researchers at Arizona State University, Texas A&M University …

Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House India Pages: 345 Price: Rs.399 The Lal Masjid stand-off in 2007 after abduction of some Chinese citizens and the bloody clearing-up operation was a watershed for Pakistan, triggering open conflict between Islamist extremists and security forces, a wave of suicide attacks and sending the economy plummeting. But an aspect less considered is the Chinese role in …

गाय और बछड़ा सिपाही – यह गाय और बछड़ा किसका हैं? राम – गाय का तो मुझे पता नहीं, पर बछड़ा किसका हैं यह मैं जनता हूँ। सिपाही – किसका हैं? राम – जी गाय का। भिखारी भिखारी (सेठ से) – भगवान ने नाम पर कुछ दे दे सेठ जी। सेठ – अभी खुल्ले नहीं हैं कल ले लेना। भिखारी …

Publisher: Speaking Tiger; Pages: 408; Price: Rs.499 With global food shortage peaking in the past decade, American author Joel K. Bourne Jr. paints the vision of an apocalyptic future for humankind if concerted efforts are not made to ward off what Robert Malthus had predicted as the coming of an “agricultural Armageddon.” The ideas of the 18th century economist, Malthus, …

Childhood abuse and neglect can lead to a range of negative outcomes in patients with bipolar disorder, warns a study. Bipolar patients with a history of childhood maltreatment developed the depressive mental condition more than four years earlier than patients with no history of maltreatment, revealed the study. In addition, they were almost twice as likely to attempt suicide and …

Even with exercise, every extra hour you spend sitting at a computer or in front of the television is linked with a 22 percent increased risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, says a study. “Our findings could have important implications for public health as they suggest that sedentary behaviour may play a significant role in the development and prevention of Type-2 …