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A researcher turned politicians’ faces into economic data, asking whether their obesity could serve as an unlikely warning sign for something governments rarely reveal: corruptionAn economist explored a novel link between politicians' physical appearance and corruption. He used computer vision to estimate body mass i...- Zohran Mamdani and the Louvre make the list of most mispronounced words of 2025Americans struggled with pronunciations of prominent names and terms in 2025, including New York City's incoming mayor Zohran Mamdani and t...
- The rational attack on scienceFrom embracing science as a beacon of progress, humanity has grown wary of its potential for control. Exploited by those in power, science,...
- Donald Trump selects anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead top US health agencyDonald Trump appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, an environmental activist, pl...
- How new-age gaming affects your child's mental, physical and social well-beingNew-age gaming has become popular among students due to technological advancements, bringing virtual reality and immersive multiplayer expe...
- A second lockdown is pointless if we don't change our methods, says Rajiv Bajaj, MD, Bajaj AutoLet me tell you why, assume for a moment that my anxiety is unfounded and let us say everybody that is in the hospital causing a shortfall ...
- President Bill Lincoln: America needs to look at two giants of the 19th century for a comebackA reformed America could lead the West again; but if Washington snoozes, it could follow the way of other empires that crumbled, notably Ro...
- Boris Johnson says Britons fatter than most Europeans, feels tackling obesity key to fighting diseases like CovidThe pandemic has persuaded Johnson of the need to address obesity as a major health issue.
- View: Individual social responsibility, not corporate social responsibility, must be the mantraThe fear that capitalism might be failing forced 180 CEOs of the largest corporations in America to unveil last month a new statement of pu...
- In an eventful 2017, Elon Musk my ‘Person of the Year’Aadhaar will be the Aadhaar (foundation) of India’s high-rise in a digitalised world.
- From Karunanidhi to Tarun Gogoi: How politics and yoga keep our netas goingPolitics seems to power a whole lot of Indian netas who are well over their 70s. Some are star campaigners in the ongoing election battle.
- Tax sugarcane farmers, not sugary drinksCoca Cola has protested that if it has to pay such a high tax, it will have to close down several factories and ancillary facilities, costi...
- Politicians should also declare their health status: IMAIMA called upon politicians to declare their health status like they declare their financial assets with Delhi scheduled to go for assembly...
- Rage against liquor marketing arm TASMAC: Why cries for prohibition are getting louder in Tamil NaduIn Nov '03, the then CM Jayalalithaa decided that the state would retail alcohol through TASMAC, after which over 7,300 private shops wer t...
- India’s public planners couldn’t end poverty, but its private sector canOf course it will not be easy. Nothing is easy in governance, but more is possible than we imagine if only we learn to believe in ourselves.
- Sustainable development: If governments don’t, companies should take leadAs governments and politicians dither on issues that could save the planet from going over the brink, companies should take the lead.
- Even circus shows fetch good crowd: Congress on Narendra Modi ralliesRenuka Chowdhary said that it was "very very bizarre" and that the Gujarat Chief Minister has "no idea of foreign policy, has no clue.
- Why do Michael Bloomberg & Mamata Banerjee differ on consumption patterns?A study released this week in the US that concluded that not all obese people are unfit, has given an unexpected heft to the West Bengal CM...
- Children could exercise more, if parents and circumstances permitTwo British politicians recently spoke against children being wheeled around in strollers long after having learned to walk.
- 9/11's biggest impact was to make religion even more important for US politicsThere is little doubt that the decade since 9/11 has seen a significant decline in both the reality and the image of American power.
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