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Winner in a wheelchair

Cerebral palsy could not stop Sarika from achieving her dream of becoming a civil servant

BONE SUPREMACY

Taking good care of your bones will take a big load off your old age

MAMMOGRAM RECOMMENDED FROM AGE 40

THE US PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE (USPSTF) has issued new recommendations for all women to start getting mammograms every other year beginning at age 40 and continuing through age 74.

TREATING GUM DISEASE CAN HELP PREVENT AFib RECURRENCE

PATIENTS WHO HAD THEIR GUM DISEASE treated following treatment for atrial fibrillation (AFib), or irregular heartbeat, are significantly less likely to suffer AFib recurrence, according to Japanese research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

LIFT OR STAIRS? ALWAYS CHOOSE STAIRS

ACCORDING TO A STUDY PRESENTED AT ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024, climbing stairs is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

ESKETAMINE INJECTION MAY REDUCE RISK OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION

A SINGLE LOW DOSE INJECTION of esketamine given right after childbirth can reduce the risk of major postpartum depression by about three quarters, finds a US study published in The BMJ.

Nancy, how about Kanhaiya?

I have been following Nancy Tyagi on Instagram for over a year.

Cannes can do

Never mind that India is witnessing a massive general election, perhaps one of the dirtiest it has ever witnessed.

AGEING BACKWARDS

THE NEW BREED OF WELLNESS’ GURUS—FROM FITNESS EXPERTS TO BIOHACKERS

Lady Whistledown's back

The new season of Bridgerton could have been a reflection of reality, rather than an escape from it

Lessons from music

Matilda The Musical is a total must watch

Sweet on cinema

If anyone can breach the chasm between chef and actor, it is Ranveer Brar

Free to be me

Deepa Mehta's latest, I am Sirat, is about a transwoman battling dual identity. It is a bold story tenderly told

A chain that links us all

How a governor of Andamans influenced the Barbados programme of action for Small Island Developing States in 1994

Bearing up in boring Britain

These days in Britain, boring is good. After the hangover of Boris Johnson’s wild escapades, Liz Truss’s wilder financial swings, Brexit’s economic nosedives, and Rishi Sunak’s flipflops, British voters find the unexciting rather appealing.

India is firing on just 10 per cent of the engines

INTERVIEW - KARTHIK MURALIDHARAN ECONOMIST

Richer states subsidising poorer ones cannot go on forever

INTERVIEW - D.SUBBARAO FORMER RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR

A midsummer daydream

From simplified taxes to daring reforms, India Inc’s wish list for the new government is long

Boom in the heartland

After nearly 80 years in service, the Carl-Gustaf weapon system continues to be in demand globally. Now, the Indian infantry’s go-to weapon will be made in Haryana

NOT JUST IN THE NAME OF RAM

When voting, Ayodhya has always looked at issues beyond the temple

LURE OF FUTURE

In Varanasi, the younger generation's preference for modernity is likely to guarantee Modi's hat-trick win

RAHUL AND PRIYANKA ARE OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER

INTERVIEW - KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER, UTTAR PRADESH

WE'RE BUILDING A NEW BHARAT; OPPOSITION CAN'T STOMACH IT

INTERVIEW - BRAJESH PATHAK, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER, UTTAR PRADESH

MANN IN A CORNER

In a four-cornered contest, the division of votes might work to the advantage of the Congress. It could also help the AAP, which is fighting massive anti-incumbency, save face

STILL VOTERS RUN DEEP

THE BJP IS RELYING ON MODI AND YOGI, THE SP IS TRYING TO SHED ITS OLD IMAGE, THE CONGRESS SEEMS ABSENT ON THE GROUND, AND THE BSP IS IN A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THESE ELECTIONS, THOUGH, IS SILENCE

AS LUCKNOW WOULD HAVE IT

The Uttar Pradesh tally could trigger changes in BJP and INDIA bloc

Battle of the exes

As former spouses take on each other, Bishnupur is witnessing a personal as well as political fight

The actor and the charmer

It is a battle of two Biharis in North East Delhi, which highlights the importance of the Purvanchali vote in Delhi politics

Searching for Surjeet

Ever since the British left us to our fate, freedom and franchise, many Indians have yearned for a two-party system like the way they have it in England—a neat polity where two parties contest for power, and the loser would shadow the ruler.

Angry, Young America

Campus protests against the Gaza war continue to linger as students demand a realignment of US ties with Israel