Supreme Court to hear on May 4 PIL seeking stringent guidelines for issuing Aadhaar to adolescents, adultsThe Supreme Court will hear a plea on Monday concerning Aadhaar card issuance. The petition seeks new Aadhaar cards only for children up to...
03 May, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
‘Brain Rot’ is everywhere — here’s why the Internet can’t stop talking about itBrain rot, a new term for mental fatigue, is gaining attention. Excessive online content consumption, especially on social media, is linked...
10 Apr, 2026, 01.52 AM IST
PIL in SC seeks stringent guidelines for issuing Aadhaar cards to adolescents, adultsA Public Interest Litigation filed in the Supreme Court demands new Aadhaar cards be issued only to children under six. The petition also c...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.44 PM IST
Karnataka taps the brakes on screen time with draft policy to curb student mobile addictionThe Karnataka government is taking proactive steps to combat the challenges of excessive digital engagement among students with its newly p...
01 Apr, 2026, 04.17 PM IST
Stanford study flags AI chatbots validating users’ harmful actionsThe research has found that leading AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek often agree with users, even when they are wrong o...
29 Mar, 2026, 02.29 PM IST
Detoxing InstaGratification: With the California verdict, governments will need to move fast against social media addictionA US jury found Meta and Google negligent for platform design causing mental harm. This follows a New Mexico verdict against Meta. Governme...
26 Mar, 2026, 11.58 PM IST
India, UK conduct scale-up study of AI-enabled mental health tool for young girlsA significant international project is underway to bring AI-powered mental health support to adolescent girls in rural India. This initiati...
18 Feb, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
In dystopian essay, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warns of potential AI misuse by rogue actorsIn a newly released 38-page essay titled 'The Adolescence of Technology', Amodei argued that the most effective way to understand the scale...
27 Jan, 2026, 10.53 AM IST
Is doomscrolling quietly damaging teen brains? Scientists warn it is more than just a waste of timeScientists have revealed that excessive passive scrolling, or doomscrolling, is severely impacting teenage mental health. Teens glued to sc...
10 Jun, 2025, 04.16 PM IST
The more time kids spend on phones, the worse their mental health... but bans in schools alone won’t help: ExpertVictoria Goodyear's studies examine the impact of smartphone use and school policies on adolescent well-being. Findings suggest school phon...
05 Apr, 2025, 10.55 PM IST
BMW, UNICEF join hands to empower children in rural IndiaBMW Group and UNICEF joined forces to improve education for 100,000 Indian children. The program targets four states and emphasizes STEM sk...
11 Dec, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
U.S. CDC backs Moderna's COVID vaccine for teens, older children"Vaccinating this age group can provide greater confidence to families that their children and adolescents participating in childcare, scho...
24 Jun, 2022, 08.33 PM IST
Covid brings about another illness: Gadget addictionExcessive Internet/gaming/mobile addiction, a worrying trend even in pre-Covid days, has reached new heights during the pandemic, say psych...
04 Sep, 2021, 08.25 AM IST
Girl Effect rides on technology to empower poor adolescentsUsing methodology validated by the MIT Lab as “potentially ground breaking”, Girl Effect is focused on helping underprivileged girls in the...
11 Mar, 2018, 11.38 PM IST
Are you always glued to your smartphone? You could be ruining your mental healthExcess use of smartphones and other devices may lead to attention, behaviour and self-regulation problems.
04 May, 2017, 08.33 AM IST
Asian-American students outperform other ethnic groupsFurthermore, the researchers found that Latino and African American male students received the lowest scores in math and science.
31 Mar, 2013, 04.01 PM IST
- Internet 'can help fight depression'
Internet can help teenagers fight depression, says a study by an Indian-origin researcher.
08 Sep, 2010, 11.50 AM IST