Experts believe that there is a correlation between our well-being when we are awake and what we dream about at night. Nightmares, they say, can be indicators of underlying stress.
What makes Confucious Institutes particularly contentious is their proximity to Chinese Communist Party. Critics point out that within classrooms, there is extensive censorship on issues such as Tibet, Taiwan and historical events like the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Nepal's media reported that former diplomats and political analysts have expressed concern over Hou Yanqi’s recent meetings with senior leaders of Kathmandu's ruling party amid the political crisis.
Tibetan activists say policies being imposed by the Communist Party of China in Hong Kong bear resemblance to what the Chinese government has been doing in other regions like Tibet.
Ministry of Science and Technology's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Dr Renu Swarup says that based on the latest WHO consensus, Covid-19 as a 'lab release' theory is likely to be false.
A dialogue on sex, consent, ownership over bodies must be introduced from a young age so that it becomes part of a dominant narrative, say experts.
Epidemiologist GR Babu talks about the impact of Covid-19 crisis on India’s healthcare system and how some states have managed to flatten the curve.
On the occasion of World Book Day, author Aakash Singh Rathore, talks about what an Ambedkarite vision for a post-pandemic India would look like.
World Medical Association (WMA) urged WHO to provide increased participation to Taiwan and take notice of its insights in the future.
India’s biggest worry, after the extension of the Covid-19 lockdown is that a large number of people will be pushed into poverty, by the combination of the loss of livelihoods and interruptions in the standard delivery mechanisms, predicted the economists.
However, still not much is known about how long the novel coronavirus can live in dead bodies.
"In India we do not have the habit of saying thank you to someone who has done a service for us especially if the person belongs to 'lower jobs'," Suraj Yengde says.
The father of India's Green Revolution said the country's rural economy is not adequately prepared for the pandemic, but added that the situation could be dealt with if institutional infrastructure is mobilised.
Researchers said that the actual complete figure of people infected by Covid-19 may have already risen to tens of millions of people globally.
Germany’s Gangelt emerged as a coronavirus hotspot after thousands thronged to the town in February for a carnival celebration.
After the liquor ban was imposed in Bihar, many started looking for substitutes. Drugs, being on the supply route made an easy entry into the state amid the lack of vigilance.
Haryana on Sunday reported 29 more fatalities, its highest single-day toll associated with COVID-19, taking the count to 1,149.
The South Zone of the country accounts for 37.19% of India’s total caseload. Andhra Pradesh leads the pack with 5,92,760 cases and is followed by Tamil Nadu with 5,19,860 infections.
The elections for the post of deputy chairman will take place at 3pm on September 14, which also marks the first day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district climbed by 170 to 32,866 on Tuesday, Gujarat health department said.
Maharashtra's active coronavirus cases breached the 2 lakh-mark on Wednesday while the toll crossed 25,000 with the addition of 292 fatalities.
Opposition parties have expressed concerns over the decision to disallow Question Hour and Zero Hour, which is a regular feature of every parliament session.
The GDP contraction in the April-June period of FY21 was the largest slump on record since India started reporting quarterly data in 1996.
The SP chief alleged that the situation in the state was so grim that around a dozen ministers and MLAs were infected, while one cabinet minister had also succumbed to the disease.
As part of the operation, mandatory screening is done for the rescued children to help determine if anyone of them needs to be tested.
It has come to fore that people are not adhering to the guest limit at wedding ceremonies in the city. Recently, at a marriage ceremony in Sonari west, over 200 guests were present.
An aide of absconding gangster Vikas Dubey on Sunday had admitted that someone from the police department had called Dubey and alerted him about the police raid.
Hand sanitisers, disposable gloves, face covers/masks would be made available for all members, secretariat staff and officials attending the Committee meetings. These would be kept outside the meeting room.
Former Chief Minister Raman Singh had taken a swipe at Bhupesh Baghel-led government and said it could not buy paddy from farmers but is preparing to purchase cow-dung from them.
Environmentalists celebrated the news as a ‘great victory’ though they unanimously sought the inclusion of Joypur Reserve Forest in Dibrugarh into the wildlife landscape of Dehing Patkai as ‘protected area’.