VIP culture in hospitals can compromise patient safety, equitable care: AIIMS doctorsAIIMS Delhi doctors discuss the ethical challenges posed by preferential treatment for VIP patients in healthcare. They emphasize that such...
24 Oct, 2026, 01.47 PM IST
Giant 'heat storms' are scorching the Earth. This is the story of the biggest one on recordHeat storms have increased dramatically, causing severe global consequences including excess deaths and environmental catastrophes. Recent ...
20 Oct, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
World Bank seeks to boost connectivity in developing countriesThe World Bank announced a new strategy to improve connectivity and digital access in developing nations. This initiative aims to lower the...
20 Oct, 2026, 06.46 AM IST
AI engineers became hot property. Now they’re targets for seductionAI engineers face heightened risks as foreign intelligence ambitions escalate, targeting them for company secrets. OpenAI has alert its emp...
17 Oct, 2026, 06.11 AM IST
India’s family offices bet on homegrown AI firms to gain groundIndia’s tech landscape is witnessing an influx of investments from family offices and wealthy individuals. Key players like Premji Invest a...
16 Oct, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
She quit teaching at 51 after classroom burnout: 8 years later, Ella Love earns $100,000 cuddling strangers, and the reason clients keep coming back is unexpectedElla Love spent years working in New York classrooms, facing daily friction, limited educational budgets, and persistent work stress. The j...
15 Oct, 2026, 09.40 PM IST
Reducing commissions may help curb mis-selling of insurance products; IRDAI’s role remains crucialThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has announced new proposals to limit commission rates for insurance distributor...
05 Oct, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
The business case for climate actionThe former IKEA CEO and Earthshot Prize chair argues that climate change and nature loss have become immediate business risks, not future c...
05 Oct, 2026, 12.13 PM IST
JioStar seeks immediate restoration of BARC ratings, regulatory roadmap for linear TVJioStar CEO Kevin Vaz emphasized the urgent need for the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to restore BARC audience ratings. This ab...
29 Sep, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Mumbai student who studied on terrace & used neighbour’s Wi-Fi cracks JEE Advanced, gets IIT Delhi seatAbhishek Sujit Sharma, a student from Mumbai’s Harad Chawl, secured admission to IIT Delhi after scoring 199 marks in JEE Advanced and an A...
22 Sep, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
Science says a dead whale can feed an entire ecosystem for decades, what happens after it reaches the seafloor is extraordinaryThe massive bones of a whale can hold significant amounts of lipid-rich material. In the low-oxygen environment around a whale fall, microo...
21 Sep, 2026, 09.42 PM IST
In just decades, the world's fourth-largest lake vanished and became a 23,000-sq-mile desert. Now millions of shrubs are bringing hope backThe Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth-largest lake, dramatically shrank after Soviet irrigation diverted its rivers. Today, Kazakhstan is r...
21 Sep, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
Spanish PM Sanchez says AI industry cannot be self-regulatedGovernments worldwide are racing to set rules for AI as concerns grow over privacy, discrimination, job losses, misinformation and the conc...
21 Sep, 2026, 02.49 PM IST
Quote of the day by Steve Martin: ‘If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread…’ – American comedian on money, perspective and the absurdity of wealthSteve Martin's insightful bread quote reflects the nuances of financial security and how it alters one's perception of value. Spending twen...
20 Sep, 2026, 06.44 PM IST
Nike co-founder Phil Knight and wife Penny, worth $25 billion, have donated over $9 billion in two decades. Now they’re giving $1.1 billion for Oregon’s first women’s hospitalPhil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, alongside his wife Penny, has made an extraordinary donation of $1.1 billion to launch Oregon's inaugu...
16 Sep, 2026, 09.13 PM IST
Houthi advance in Yemen puts U.S. in a new bindA Houthi advance along Yemen’s coast and seizure of Perim island have increased the group’s ability to threaten the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, r...
12 Sep, 2026, 09.30 PM IST
India's private sector securing critical minerals abroad is need of the hour: G Kishan ReddyFacilitating the domestic private sector to secure critical mineral assets abroad and transport them back home serves as the need of the ho...
11 Sep, 2026, 01.35 PM IST