CYCLING TO WORK LOWERS RISK OF DISEASE, DEATH

Cycling or walking to and from work or school has immense mental and physical health benefits and may lower your risk of death, finds a Scottish study published in the journal BMJ Public Health.

NEW ANTIDOTE FOR COBRA BITES

A commonly prescribed blood thinner-heparincan be repurposed as an inexpensive and effective antidote for cobra venom.

VEGAN DIET CAN SLOW BIOLOGICAL AGE IN JUST 8 WEEKS

Eating a vegan diet, even for a short duration, may help you slow down the biological ageing process, finds a new study published in BMC Medicine.

THE DANGERS OF EXCESS BELLY AND ARM FAT

A new Chinese study published in the journal Neurology suggests that people with high levels of fat in their arms or belly have an increased risk for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

NO HEALTH BENEFITS TO MODERATE DRINKING

Drinking a glass of wine daily may not be healthy after all.

CANCER CASES RISING AMONG GEN X, MILLENNIALS

Incidence of 17 types of cancer is rising among Generation X and millennials, finds a study from the American Cancer Society published in the journal The Lancet Public Health.

CAN YOUR FACIAL TEMPERATURE HELP DIAGNOSE DISEASES?

Doctors could one day use temperatures in different face regions to assess ageing and diagnose metabolic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

LOSING A LOVED ONE CAN ACCELERATE AGEING

A US study published in JAMA Network Open finds that people who lost a parent, partner, sibling or child showed signs of older biological age compared with those who had not experienced such losses.

And what of blood?

The Soviet Union of yore had a straightforward way of naming places. Moscow’s railway stations, for instance, are named after destinations, broadly defined. Before the war, the beautiful Kievsky station used to send trains to Kiev in Ukraine, an erstwhile Soviet republic.

Lit fest, literally

A first-of-its-kind book festival in Srinagar

HEAD OVER WHEELS!

Be it a double-decker bicycle or one with a car seat, Uday Thapar is a master of creating quirky rides

A maestro's many faces

A new book deconstructs actor Kamal Haasan's rare combination of intellectual prowess and popular appeal

Unsolved mystery

A new book seeks to shake the dust off the Nagarwala case files

WARRIOR OF LIGHT

National award-winning cinematographer Ravi Varman loves to experiment with techniques that others avoid

Immune to the Hindenburg variant

The economic landscape of a nation is never a stranger to turbulence.

Lakshya needs to focus on training his mind

SOON AFTER LAKSHYA Sen lost the bronze medal match at the Paris Olympics to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia, Prakash Padukone issued a statement that divided the sporting community.

Hope in the midst of havoc

A Telugu community in Bangladesh, with a history dating back more than 150 years, faces multiple challenges. They want the new government to lend them a patient ear

BALANCING ACT

Modi's Ukraine visit has thrown open the question whether India has effected a subtle shift in its strategic posture by aligning more closely with the west

I TOLD PM MODI ABOUT INDIA HOSTING THE PEACE SUMMIT

IT WAS WHILE answering questions from THE WEEK at the press meet that Zelensky said he had told Modi about India hosting a peace summit.

A HISTORIC VISIT IN A HURRY

Modi-Zelensky meet: what really happened

The Kursk bombshell

At its best, high-cost victory. Once again, Russia’s southwestern Kursk area is a battlefield fraught with ominous omens. Ukraine has launched a cross-border offensive into Kursk—the first invasion of Russian territory since World War II.

This industry is a cesspool of molesters

INTERVIEW-Chinmayi Sripada, singer and voice actor

Most men are decent

My work today is focused on mental health, and I’m pleased to see significant progress for women in the film industry.

Women must speak up then and there

INTERVIEW-Khushbu Sundar, actor and BJP leader

I don't want juniors to have the same experience as I did

The R.G. Kar incident showed how little the authorities care about women. The Hema Committee report gave me confidence that this is the right time to begin this discussion in the Bengali film industry as well.

Criminals have their bhais, messiahs and patrons

INTERVIEW-Tanushree Dutta, actor

Delay in justice amounts to apathy

She has captivated audiences through numerous characters over a career that spans nearly two decades.

Cinema has been reduced to gossip

Their (of the women who are speaking out) information, their thoughts and their feelings are added ingredients in the formulation of the film policy.

This isn't about one person; it's about a broader issue

If you start unmasking, I am sure 90 per cent of the people would end up behind bars. This behaviour has become normalised, as if people think they have to give something to get something.

THEATRE OF OUTRAGE

A shocking report on abuse and exploitation in Malayalam cinema has unleashed a revolution for gender justice. Will the heroic struggle, led by a group of courageous women, succeed?