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Technology

Social Media: A Curse Or A Boon?

To communicate with friends and family, people utilise social media on a variety of online platforms. It has given a boost to the world economy by increasing communication among different countries and promoting trade. People use numerous social media applications

Research Technology

What if Smartphones ceased to exist in an Induced Lockdown?

Presently, there are more than 5 billion mobile users worldwide. The absence of mobile phones could have a direct or indirect impact on the whole world; if they cease to exist then it will be unfortunate and disastrous for all

Crime

COVID-19 & Infodemic: Role of Social Networks

Information is a boon to the society if delivered in an inappropriate way but misinformation could prove equally dangerous. In the era of information technology and constant connectedness. The phenomenon of the rapid spread of misinformation or “fake news” has

Crime

Looking through the eyes of a kidnapper

There might have been a case or we might have heard about an incident that would have shaken us, instilled some sense of fear in your parents or in you, without even being closely associated with that incident. Kidnapping is

Relationship

Empty- Nest – Time for Makeover

Empty-nest syndrome; I hadn’t even heard of the term, up till my elder brother went abroad for his higher education. Then, he introduced me to it, out of worry and concern for our parents. Needless to mention, a couple’s life

Social

Exploring the Neural Correlates of Social Cognition

Developed by Cacioppo and Bernston in 1992, social neuroscience is an unfolding field in psychology. The emergence and momentum gained by cognitive psychology led to a cognitive orientation in the portrayal of social psychology. Contemporary findings in psychology have emphasized

Health

Coronavirus: Driven Hysteria

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has taken the world by storm.  COVID-19 is a member of the coronavirus family, which has never been detected in humans before.  There are seven known strains of coronavirus (CoV).  Coronaviruses are derived from a

Interview

An exclusive interview with Dr. Sudhir Kakar

Date of Birth: 25 th July 1938 Place of Birth: Nainital, Uttarakhand, India Educational Qualifications: B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (Gujarat University, 1958) Master’s Degree (Diploma-Kauffmab) in Business Economics (Mannhiem, Germany, 1964) Doctor’s Degree in Economics (University of Vienna, 1971) Training

Health

Geriatric Depression

People complain of seeing blue during depression. But it is a serious mood disorder in which an individual feels extremely dejected to the point that everything around them becomes meaningless. Someone quoted depression as “depression is being colorblind, constantly telling