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'Parasocial': The 2025 word of a skibidi year is peak delulu

November 20, 2025 11:10 pm

Parasocial relationships now define our emotional lives. Many of us are supporting characters in the stories of people who do not know we exist.

Psychologist believes Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year -- parasocial -- highlights 'real shift in how people form connections today'

November 18, 2025 2:30 pm

Parasocial relationships aren’t new, but social media has intensified them because creators share their lives in ways that feel personal, accessible, and emotionally charged.

Why Indian parents are turning to international boards like IB, Cambridge?

November 02, 2025 9:20 am

Speaking to students, parents as well as school-heads from prominent international-curriculum schools, we learnt that beyond mere academics and pedagogy there lies a larger priority among students and their parents for an education that is relevant internationally.

Delulu is the Solulu? Not for dictionaries

September 02, 2025 1:19 am

By codifying internet slang too quickly, traditional dictionaries risk mistaking virality for vitality—and losing their unique authority

Cambridge dictionary’s latest additions: A little delulu

August 19, 2025 6:58 am

Formalising slang coined by Gen Z and Gen Alpha by adding it to the dictionary could end up ensuring its obsolescence

Who is Anurag Bajpayee, MIT alumnus and Indian-American CEO caught in elite Cambridge brothel scandal?

April 15, 2025 2:04 pm

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, clients of the brothel paid up to $600 an hour, often submitting personal ID, company badges, and references for access.

Cambridge graduate in China chooses zookeeper job over biotech for healthier life

February 28, 2025 12:36 am

Ma Ya, 25, from Jiangsu, left a biopharmaceutical job for Shanghai Zoo, where zookeepers earn about half the average salary of biotech researchers.

Cambridge Union Society elects British Indian student Anoushka Kale as president

December 11, 2024 9:22 am

Like the Oxford University's Oxford Union Society, the Cambridge Union has a long tradition of hosting prominent figures from all areas of public life in its chamber

India-born Nobel laureate extends support to Cambridge University's £48 million PhD funding

November 13, 2024 9:10 am

Dr Ramakrishnan, Fellow of Trinity College who shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his work on ribosomal structure, hailed the new programme as a means to attract the best brains to Cambridge from around the world.

‘Boop', ‘the ick', 'chef's kiss' new additions to ‘Cambridge Dictionary'

July 26, 2024 8:28 pm

“Language is always changing, and this means that the ‘Cambridge Dictionary' team stays busy researching new words and meanings that enter the English language,” the dictionary said in a statement on Thursday.

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