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Toxic masculinity can socially-isolate men: Study

March 16, 2020 5:02 pm

According to the study, while not every ageing man faces the risk of social isolation, those who entertain certain ideals and subscribe to certain norms, certainly do.

Pins to kill pain

June 22, 2014 12:53 am

Patil started thinking of establishing these clinics in 2007 after she volunteered at a medical camp in Bandra with Belgium-based acupuncturist Walter Fischer.

Social service can improve older adults’ brain functions

December 16, 2009 10:43 am

A new study has found that participating in social service activities can significantly improve brain functions of older adults.

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Dhurandhar Day 28 Box Office Collection Worldwide Update: Ranveer Singh film earns double of Ikkis; sets all-time fourth week record with Rs 106 cr

Updated: January 2, 2026 07:45 IST

Dhurandhar Box Office Collection Worldwide Day 28 Update: Worldwide, the Ranveer Singh film’s collection stands at Rs 1,117.9 crore, including Rs 250 crore from overseas markets.

Arora lays foundation stone for renovation of Shaheed Udham Singh Martyrdom Memorial

January 2, 2026 07:29 IST

On this occasion, SDM Pramod Singla and a large number of local residents and officials were also present.

40 years ago, January 2, 1985: Ershad lifts politics ban

Updated: January 2, 2026 07:21 IST

A new political party was launched in Bangladesh with direct blessings from the president, Lt General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, whose government lifted the 10-month old ban on open political activities.

C Raja Mohan writes: In 2026, navigating a world without norms

Updated: January 2, 2026 07:20 IST

Governments will continue to invoke the language of norms but employ it selectively and inconsistently. India is no exception

After missing multiple deadlines, Gaganyaan’s first uncrewed mission likely to lift-off by March

Updated: January 2, 2026 07:18 IST

This mission will use an unpressurised crew module to demonstrate the complete mission — the human-rated launch vehicle will put the spacecraft in a low earth orbit, ensure re-entry of the crew module, a smooth splashdown and recovery of the module. 

First oral pill for anaemia in thalassaemia patients approved by US FDA: Why is this a milestone therapy?

January 2, 2026 07:18 IST

Specialists explain why the pill matters for transfusion-dependent patients.

‘Like an Uber service for chefs’: Why home chefs are a hit with youngsters in Delhi-NCR

Updated: January 2, 2026 07:11 IST

All Arushi had to do was order the ingredients the chef needed a day earlier and she could stay indoors and relax on December 31 with her friends.

Christmas was a day of festivity — and fear

Updated: January 2, 2026 07:11 IST

No, this is not the Christmas we know. Harassing those earning a living selling Santa Claus caps on the roadside. Beating up those wearing them. Tearing down Christmas trees in malls. Ransacking decorations put up for the New Year. Threatening a congregation as they worship

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: A new year wish for India in 2026 — Let sober realism be the guide, not political fantasy

January 2, 2026 07:10 IST

We are told that historical anxieties can be healed by deepening communal antagonism, as if recasting contemporary politics as an epic struggle between Hindus and Muslims were the path to renewal. In this imagination, politics becomes myth, victimhood becomes virtue, and the past substitutes for the future

The rats ate the ganja, Your Honour

January 2, 2026 07:10 IST

Rats appear to have tunnelled their way to a victory in Jharkhand, where they supposedly ate 200 kg of ganja that was part of the evidence in a drugs case

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