Is your child under too much stress? Behavioural neuroscientists feel meditation could helpThe findings underscore the need to understand precisely how meditation techniques work.
10 Sep, 2022, 09.19 AM IST
How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the futureWhen young people perceive that adults are not taking substantial action on climate change and when their voices go unheard, these experien...
30 Jan, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
India saw 31 children die by suicide every day in 2020; experts say COVID-19 upped traumaAccording to the National Crime Records Bureau data, 11,396 children died by suicide in 2020, an 18 per cent rise from 9,613 such deaths in...
31 Oct, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
Twirl to happiness: Does dance therapy hold promise for treating anxiety and depression?Researchers understand that the majority of our daily communication is nonverbal, and traumatic memories are encoded, or stored, in nonverb...
06 Sep, 2021, 06.23 PM IST
Afghanistan to run out of medical supplies soon, says WHOThe WHO said that health kits containing essential supplies, medicine for hospitals, nutritional food for acutely malnourished children and...
28 Aug, 2021, 05.13 PM IST
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Pandemic pushes vulnerable children into debt trapsThough there are no exact numbers, activists fear the number of children in debt bondage has grown alarmingly since March 2020, when India ...
29 Jul, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Embedded as a risk, new COVID cycle could challenge Fed, recoveryU.S. Treasury yields have tumbled in a sign investors may be losing confidence in both the U.S. growth outlook and the Fed's ability to nav...
22 Jul, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Around 1.2 lakh children in India lost a parent or grandparent to Covid in the pandemicWhile 25,500 children lost their mothers to Covid, nearly 90,751 lost their fathers.
21 Jul, 2021, 08.27 AM IST
Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi, seeks free education for kids orphaned during pandemicCongress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free education to children orphaned during the Co...
20 May, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
Covid leaves orphaned children vulnerable to trafficking; authorities wary"Over the last week especially, contact details and addresses of children orphaned by Covid have been shared widely across social media. Th...
04 May, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
All may not be hunky-dory yet but the Covid year may have had a few positivesThe second waves of such pandemics in history have on many occasions proven as more lethal compared to the first ones.
04 Apr, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
US Surgeon General nominee Vivek Murthy says his first and foremost priority is to turn coronavirus pandemic aroundDuring his confirmation hearing by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Thursday, Murthy, 43, said that Americans...
26 Feb, 2021, 12.11 PM IST
Steven Spielberg wins Israel's prestigious 2021 Genesis Prize for films, philanthropySpielberg is one of the most successful and influential filmmakers of all time.
11 Feb, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
President Joe Biden bids to undo 'national shame' of Donald Trump child separationsPresident Joe Biden has prioritized creating a special task force to reunify the families as part of his sweeping rolling back of Trump's h...
03 Feb, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
What new normal? Reoccurring symptoms, isolation & mental health problems loom over Covid patientsAbout 20% of Covid-19 patients deal with serious mental health issues like depression & anxiety.
14 Dec, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
India ranks at 94 in Global Hunger Index; experts blame poor implementation, siloed approachThe neighbouring Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too are in the 'serious' category but ranked higher than India in this year's hunger inde...
17 Oct, 2020, 02.53 PM IST
Angelina Jolie pens a heartfelt essay, urges parents to take care of their children amid Covid-19 crisisJolie urged people to reach out to family and friends who might be in vulnerable situations.
11 Apr, 2020, 10.34 AM IST