In 2016, Yale began following 3,635 people aged 50+; 12 years later, those reading books regularly showed a 23% lower mortality hazard, with readers reaching an 80% survival point 23 months laterYale researchers tracked 3,635 adults aged 50 and older over a twelve-year study. Their findings showed that regular book readers had a 23 ...
19 Aug, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
Harry Potter fans pushed a $580 million undersea power cable to change course, protecting Dobby’s fan-made memorial on a Welsh beachA heartfelt tribute to the beloved character Dobby unexpectedly influenced a significant infrastructure project in Wales. Following revelat...
18 Aug, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
Himachal CM Sukhu announces 'Apna Parivar Sukhi Parivar', 'Indira Gandhi Matri Shishu Sankalp' schemesThe Chief Minister also announced that the 'Indira Gandhi Matri Shishu Sankalp Yojana' would be launched on a pilot basis from October 2 in...
15 Aug, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
Independence Day 2026: 50 villages of tribal freedom fighters to showcase tales of valour, sacrificeTo commemorate the bravery of India's freedom fighters, plans are underway to create fifty tribal villages equipped with museums and memori...
15 Aug, 2026, 08.06 AM IST
- The Sultanate’s Surcharge: MMDR Amendment shifts wealth from states to miners
Parliament passed the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill 2026 on Thursday. This legislation aims to standardize mineral taxation across Indi...
14 Aug, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
FSSAI crackdown sends food, beverage firms back to drawing boardAmid heightened regulatory scrutiny, Indian food and beverage companies are taking steps to update product labels and advertising claims. R...
08 Aug, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
Companies Are Laying Off Workers Because of AI’s Potential—Not Its PerformanceAI has been cited as a cause of layoffs, but is it actually displacing jobs? And if not, what’s going on? Based on a survey of 1,006 global...
04 Aug, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
For more than 400 years, the Gulf of Maine has anchored New England's fishing heritage; today, warming waters are bringing black sea bass into one of the planet's fastest-warming marine ecosystemsOcean warming allows black sea bass to expand their range northward. These fish mature faster in colder northern waters, impacting assessme...
03 Aug, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
Drill, Baby, Drill: India to fund Rs 650 cr per well for 60 deepsea wells to break its oil import habitIndia's government will fund offshore oil and gas exploration directly from its national budget. The "Samudra Manthan" scheme allocates sig...
02 Aug, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
Since 2016, China has turned phone users' daily purchases into 122 million real trees; the digital forest now covers 112,000 hectares of drylandAn innovative Chinese app called Ant Forest encourages users to adopt greener habits. Everyday low-carbon actions earn users virtual points...
25 Jul, 2026, 08.24 PM IST
In the 1910s, engineers proposed cutting a canal from the Mediterranean into Egypt's Qattara Depression to flood a below-sea-level desert basin and generate endless hydropowerEgypt has cancelled its century-old Qattara Depression canal project this year. This plan aimed to generate hydroelectric power by flooding...
23 Jul, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
Deadly heatwaves force an ageing France to confront a hotter futureFrance experienced a severe heatwave, causing many excess deaths and straining funeral services. Funeral director Gautier Caton rented refr...
21 Jul, 2026, 11.55 AM IST
need2know: What Economic Survey 2016 numbers signal for the stock marketThe Economic Survey tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents an optimistic picture of Indian economy stating that amidst the gloomy...
27 Feb, 2016, 11.00 AM IST
Economic Survey 2016: Fiscal and monetary policy has to be in sync, says Jayesh Mehta, BofA-ML" It had to move right even if the current move not have happened you will have to recognise NPA as we move to Basel III."
27 Feb, 2016, 10.50 AM IST
Economic Survey 2016: Infrastructure 'sine qua non' for robust growthTerming infrastructure as "sine qua non" for achieving robust growth, the Economic Survey 2015-16 said government has accorded top priority...
26 Feb, 2016, 07.54 PM IST
Economic Survey 2016: We are in the safe territory as far as inflation is concerned, says Mythili Bhusnurmath, ET Now"I think it is a little naïve to assume that the pay commission recommendations, if implemented, will not in any way contribute to inflatio...
26 Feb, 2016, 01.34 PM IST
Economic Survey 2016: India a haven of stability amidst gloomy global economic landscapeEconomic Survey said that amidst the gloomy landscape of unusual volatility in the international economic environment, India stands as a ha...
26 Feb, 2016, 12.25 PM IST