Prediction markets say they're different from sportsbooks. Gambling addicts say it's all the sameThe soccer coach had blocked himself from sportsbooks by the time he found prediction markets.
30 Apr, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
Phubbing killing pubbing: How phones silence social lifePhubbing, a catchy term for the act of snubbing someone in favor of your phone, is infiltrating social settings like cafés and bars, erodin...
29 Mar, 2026, 08.38 AM IST
Can ChatGPT save your relationship? Inside the AI therapy trend winning over Gen Z, but alarming expertsA growing number of people, especially Gen Z, are turning to ChatGPT for emotional support, using it to rephrase difficult conversations an...
09 Jul, 2025, 05.29 PM IST
Thewizardliz’s breakup struck a nerve!– Here comes a new food for thought: Can AI therapists comfort like human therapists?Following Thewizardliz's viral breakup, a key question arises: Can AI offer the comfort of human therapists? AI-powered apps like Wysa and ...
11 Jun, 2025, 11.35 AM IST
These amazing films are not screening at a cinema in Cannes— they’re in taxis, VR games, and shock simulatorsCannes Film Festival expands beyond movies. It explores immersive storytelling. Technology like AI and VR creates new experiences. 'tAxI' t...
17 May, 2025, 11.22 PM IST
Veda Rehabilitation and Wellness celebrates four years of transforming mental healthUsers can access unlimited sessions with senior psychologists to share their feelings without judgment or cost.
01 Apr, 2025, 06.13 PM IST
Mental health startup Veda Rehabilitation and Wellness projects Rs 18 crore revenue by FY 26With a current valuation of Rs 200 crores, the company plans to further strengthen its growth trajectory by raising an additional INR 50 cr...
21 Nov, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
Mental health start-up Veda Rehabilitation and Wellness unveils tele -deaddiction program ‘Sober Life’This at-home program, according to the company, helps individuals overcome addiction without leaving their homes.
18 Oct, 2024, 01.51 PM IST
Trends in metaverse: In 2023, expect the virtual to be better integrated with physical worldMetaverse platforms are celebrating Indian culture and aims to provide a space for creators, investors, and gamers to explore the endless p...
30 Dec, 2022, 11.31 AM IST
ITC Fiama in collaboration with The Minds Foundation introduces a Virtual Clinic for mental wellbeingWith 85 sessions available per week as a beginning, to access a session, one can sign up on The Minds Foundation page. A representative fro...
10 Oct, 2021, 12.20 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
Healing ViaVirtual RealityNarayani GaneshWhere is your brain — in your knee, or what?! A dear friend of mine would exclaim thus, exasperatedly, when I failed to see ...
27 May, 2021, 11.33 PM IST
Network? Connected. Therapist? Connected. Emotional bond? Connecting ...Was it easy? Finding comfort and help virtually when sitting across your therapist was not an option?
26 May, 2021, 08.29 PM IST
Digital twin tech will take personalised medicine to the next level: Gerd Hoefner, Siemens Healthcare"Digital twins enable us to virtualize individual organs of a patient. We want to leverage the potential of AI for virtual planning to visu...
09 Nov, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
From breakup blues to depression, millennials are turning to therapy bots for helpThe `Made-in-India' robo-healer Wysa was launched this January and has 1.25 lakh virtual `patients' in 30 countries.
02 Nov, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
Doctors are now waking up to this Virtual RealityMedical practitioners, drug makers and hospitals are increasingly using VR and AR tech
09 May, 2017, 09.17 AM IST
- Ranbaxy to launch India's first indigenous malaria drug at one-third the cost of current therapies
Ranbaxy Laboratories will launch the country’s first indigenously developed new medicine, a malaria drug, at one-third the cost of the curr...
14 Apr, 2012, 12.47 AM IST