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The COVID-19 pandemic has made people more reluctant to go out, study finds
COVID-19 has caused a lasting shift towards staying home, reducing out-of-home activities and commu…
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The Covid lockdowns did WHAT to the Moon?!
A recent study has revealed an unexpected consequence of the global lockdowns imposed in 2020 to cu…
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Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no, actually
Claims of artificial intelligence's (AI) inevitability are being challenged. Despite arguments that…
PTI
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Tuberculosis dethrones COVID-19 as world’s top infectious killer again; Half of all new cases from India, Indonesia
According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) report, approximately 8.2 million people we…
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COVID XEC: Should you worry about the new fast-spreading Omicron subvariant?
The new COVID XEC variant has been making rounds in the news for spreading fast across a bunch of c…
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Humans are spilling the COVID-19 virus back into wildlife! Study finds widespread infection in backyard animals
Genetic analysis of wild animals has revealed not only the presence of SARS-CoV-2, but also the eme…
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Managers more likely to promote workers who regularly come to office compared to remote employees: study
Nearly 1000 managers were presented with profiles of three completely made-up employees: a fully on…
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Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.
A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …
Julia Pugachevsky
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11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during the pandemic, 8 times more than official estimates, notes a recent study
Looking at social groups, the researchers found that high caste Hindu groups experienced a life exp…
PTI
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The rise of Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who overcame the COVID-19 travel slump and is now leading the company through rental crackdowns
Brian Chesky, Airbnb's 43-year-old cofounder, had an unconventional path to Silicon Valley. Now his…
Jordan Hart,Dan Latu,Avery Ha…
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COVID-19 pandemic caused global life expectancy to fall back to 2012 levels, erasing a decade’s worth of progress: WHO
The far-reaching consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have reshaped humanity’s future in ways we a…
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Women-led self help groups were instrumental in ensuring Indians had food on their plates during the COVID-19 lockdown
To say that conditions were grim in the early phases of the pandemic is an understatement. Studies …
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COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
The study explored the consequences of pandemic-induced school closures on children's socio-emotion…
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The COVID-19 infection you caught at a Taylor Swift concert is not a gift from 'Mother'
In an informal poll on X after the Eras Tour's Madrid leg, over 3,700 people said they'd caught the…
Aditi Bharade
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The ageing of nasal tissues may explain why older people are more affected by COVID-19: research
To comprehend how the coronavirus attacks our bodies, a study investigated the role of our noses, w…
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The Body Shop files for bankruptcy, shuts down all US-based stores
The UK-based cosmetics company, The Body Shop, shut down all of its US-based operations and will so…
ANI
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Blow to discount brokers like Zerodha as SEBI bats for uniform charges by MIIs; how will you be impacted?
Generally, stock exchanges like BSE and NSE charge a specific transaction fees from brokers like FY…
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San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.
Dozens needed medical care, men incarcerated at San Quentin said. Officials call it a gastrointesti…
Laura Italiano,Nicole Einbind…
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Covid hit mental health of kids, young people harder than thought
A team of UK researchers has found a deeper impact of Covid-19 on the mental health of children and…
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My wife and I both work from home. I have a ton of fears about how remote work will impact my kids as they grow up.
Jeffery Smith, a parent who works from home, shared his thoughts and concerns about how the world o…