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Four Indian Americans named to Carnegie's Great Immigrants list for 2026- Psychology says people who spend hours each evening on social media aren't undisciplined or passively bored; they're caught in a feedback loop designed specifically to feel like socializing
- Loneliest people in the world are not the elderly sitting alone at home; according to a survey across 142 countries, they are adults in their 20s
- Psychology says people who skip self-checkout aren't inefficient; they may be holding onto a small social need the machine quietly erasedSmall, everyday interactions with acquaintances significantly boost happiness and belonging, research reveals. Even brief, warm exchanges w...13 Jun, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
- Psychology says people who are warmly generous with everyone but genuinely close with almost no one aren't failing at friendship; they learned to be useful before they learned to be knownExtremely kind people often feel lonely despite being surrounded by others, as they prioritize being needed over being known. This pattern ...08 Jun, 2026, 02.41 PM IST
- Chronic alcohol consumption raises cancer risk’: Symptoms and related health concerns explainedLong-term alcohol consumption can lead to multiple cancers, warns US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Other health issues also get worse with ...25 Jan, 2025, 09.33 PM IST
- Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to have cigarette box-like warning labels soon? Here's what US surgeon general Vivek Murthy saysDr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people. Will Facebook, Instagram, ...18 Jun, 2024, 01.10 AM IST
- Karnataka: Barack Obama, Dalai Lama to visit Mandya in DecemberFormer US president Barack Obama and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will lay the foundation stone of the International Yoga and Medita...31 Aug, 2023, 10.10 PM IST
- US Surgeon General warns over ‘profound risk’ of social media to teenagers’ mental health; Here’s what he saidThe US Surgeon General’s advisory follows an increased attention of governments across the globe to make social media a safe place for youn...24 May, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
- US ready to roll out boosters: Surgeon General MurthyThe CDC will invest $2.1 billion to protect patients and healthcare workers from Covid-19 and future infectious diseases, CDC director Roch...17 Sep, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
- Biden to announce new COVID-19 steps ahead of U.N. meeting, surgeon general saysSpeaking to CNN, Murthy defended Biden's efforts to expand vaccination in the United States.12 Sep, 2021, 07.30 PM IST
- New, more contagious coronavirus strain in UK does not appear to be deadlier: Vivek MurthyMurthy, 43, said that there was no reason to believe that the coronavirus vaccines that have already been developed would not be effective ...21 Dec, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
- Biden taps Indian-American Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General: Media report"Vivek H Murthy, a former US surgeon general, has been asked to reprise the role in an expanded version in the new administration," The Was...04 Dec, 2020, 02.03 PM IST
- Indian-American Surgeon General Vivek Murthy asked to step down by Trump administrationMurthy, 39, the 19th Surgeon General and the first Indian American to hold this position said in a Facebook Post that it was an honour and ...22 Apr, 2017, 02.58 PM IST
- Indian-American Vivek Murthy is US's youngest surgeon-general, takes oath on GitaEncomiums came in thick and fast for the remarkable man for whom President Barack Obama.24 Apr, 2015, 10.54 AM IST
- Indian-American Vivek Murthy takes oath as US Surgeon General37-year-old Vivek Hallegere Murthy is now the highest ranking Indian-American in the Obama Administration.23 Apr, 2015, 01.41 AM IST
- US Senate confirms Vivek Murthy as Surgeon GeneralHe was born to parents who are originally from South India. He came to the United States when he was three years old and grew up in Miami, ...16 Dec, 2014, 11.36 AM IST
- Indian-Americans campaign ahead of Senate vote on Vivek MurthyThe nomination has been pending before the Senate for over an year as the powerful gun lobby was against it which led to a number of Senato...15 Dec, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
- US journal denounces move to block nomination of Vivek MurthyA leading American med journal has lashed out at US lawmakers for being influenced by the gun lobby's to block Vivek Murthy from the post o...09 May, 2014, 09.24 AM IST
- US rejects dropping nomination of Vivek Murthy as Surgeon GeneralUS today rejected reports that it is abandoning the nomination of Indian-American Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General.19 Mar, 2014, 08.37 PM IST
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