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Eat what you are: The saying goes true with regard to brain health. There is no single food that will prevent memory loss or dementia, but scientific evidence indicates that a better balanced diet with high levels of nutrients can positively impact cognitive function, concentration and brain health with age. Healthy eating is one of the most beneficial things you can do to support your brain in the long term, in addition to getting quality sleep, reducing stress, and managing medical conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Dr Daanish Chhapra, Consultant Neurologist at Holy Family Hospital, Mumbai, shared the best…

Indian graduates who are looking to build an international career in Japan can opt for the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program. This program offers a unique opportunity to live and work in the country while promoting cultural exchange and English language education.Dreaming of a career in Japan? The JET programme by Japan Embassy opens doors for Indian graduatesThe JET program has been conducted by the Government of Japan since 1987, where it recruits young graduates from participating countries to work as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) in schools and Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) in local government offices.Beyond Studying Abroad:…

Tamil star Dhanush is currently basking in celebrations as he received the National Award for his performance in the action thriller movie, ‘Raayan’. The Tamil superstar is one of the biggest stars in the country who has diversified his portfolio as an actor, director, producer and a singer. Dhanush who himself comes from a film background let’s take a look at the filmy family tree of the ‘Kara’ star.The actor before taking his stage name Dhanush is known by Venkatesh Prabhu as his birth name. Born in a family which has strong roots in the Tamil film industry he knew…

Australian populist leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against a Muslim senator in a 2022 tweet by telling her to return to Pakistan, a court has said, upholding an earlier ruling.The One Nation party leader had appealed a 2024 ruling that she had breached the racial discrimination act when she responded to a post by Senator Mehreen Faruqi with an “angry personal attack” that was “anti-Muslim”.Hanson had argued at the Federal Court that political communication should be protected but Justice Melissa Perry dismissed her appeal on Monday.”Today’s win is for every single person who has been made to feel that their…

Saudi Arabia has restored one million hectares of degraded land and planted more than 159 million trees, marking one of the biggest milestones under the Saudi Green Initiative since it began in 2021. The programme, which now aims to rehabilitate 40 million hectares and plant 10 billion trees across the kingdom, has grown restored land to a million hectares in under five years. Officials from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification have called the achievement proof that large-scale land restoration is possible even in some of the driest parts of the world, positioning Saudi Arabia as a working example…

Five student movements that reshaped India’s politics, education and public policy. (IANS Photo) Student protests have played a defining role in shaping modern India. While many campus demonstrations remain local, some have gone far beyond university walls, influencing governments, changing public policy, and leaving a lasting mark on the country’s political and educational landscape.From language rights and reservation policies to electoral reforms and examination transparency, students have repeatedly emerged as catalysts for change. Here are five of the most significant student-led movements in independent India and the impact they created.1. Anti-Hindi Agitation (1965): The movement that reshaped Tamil Nadu politicsOne…

As WhatsApp battles security concerns over its new Username feature on the messaging platform, Zoho-owned homegrown messaging app Arattai has disabled the Username feature.“We will be disabling the user name based account feature in Arattai, to comply with the regulatory change,” Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu said in a social media post on X.It is unclear whether the Government has issued a notice to Zoho or it is a voluntary move by the company given recent developments.“We have had the feature even before WhatsApp. So the writing on the wall was clear, “ Vembu told Businessline .Arattai has had the feature…

Russia’s FSB security service said Monday that it arrested a man in the Far East city of Khabarovsk on accusations of spying for New Zealand. In a statement, the FSB said the 55-year-old man contacted New Zealand intelligence services, which are part of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance that includes Australia, Canada, Britain and the United States. The man, who was not identified by name, was alleged to have gathered and shared information “that could be used against Russia’s national security.” In a separate statement, the FSB claimed that New Zealand had “recruited” the man to gather intelligence on Russia’s…

Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday paid tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil War, reaffirming the state’s commitment to serving personnel, ex-servicemen and the families of fallen heroes while urging young people to join the armed forces.Marking Kargil Vijay Diwas at the War Memorial, Mann laid a wreath, paid floral tributes to the fallen heroes and observed a two-minute silence after the sounding of the Last Post. He also met families of the fallen heroes and ex-servicemen, distributed five two-wheelers to differently abled veterans and interacted with NCC cadets and cadets of…

In 1964, American engineers at the Ralph M Parsons Corporation drew up one of the most ambitious infrastructure plans in history, a scheme called the North American Water and Power Alliance, or Nawapa. The idea was to capture excess river water from Alaska and northwestern Canada and send it south through the Rocky Mountain Trench, across the Rockies, and into the water-starved plains and deserts of the United States and northern Mexico. It involved hundreds of dams, canals and tunnels, and was seriously discussed in the US Congress as a project comparable in scale to the space programme. Six decades…