Every day in my clinic, the first advice I give to new parents is to breastfeed. Breast milk is designed for your child immunologically, nutritionally and developmentally. It is the single best thing you can do for your infant’s health.But, sociocultural trends in urban India tell a different story. Nuclear families with both parents working…
Masik Shivratri is the sacred day dedicated to Lord Shiva. The day holds a great religious and spiritual significance among Hindus. Shivratri falls every month and devotees of Lord Shiva worship him with devotion and purity. The day is considered as an extremely auspicious day seek blessings of Lord Shiva. Devotees observe fast from dawn…
US State Department warns dates for Green Card applicants from India may move back further — in its June 2026 visa bulletin. The June 2026 visa bulletin published by the State Department offered little to no hope for Indian Green Card hopefuls as the queue became longer, increasing the waiting time. To break it down,…
WBJEE admit card 2026: The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) is expected to release the WBJEE admit card 2026 tomorrow, on May 15, 2026. It is essential for candidates appearing in the state-level engineering entrance examinations.Registered applicants will be able to download their hall tickets from the official WBJEE website, wbjeeb.nic.in. The entrance…
King’s College London and Cranfield University have signed an agreement to merge in a move expected to create one of the UK’s largest centres for research, engineering and advanced technology studies, according to the BBC.The merger is scheduled to take effect from August 2027, although the name of the combined organisation has not yet been…
Think of Tantra as a timeless tradition that goes back to antiquity. Distinguished Indian pedagogue and printmaker Dipak Banerjee went on a French Scholarship to Paris and Oslo.William Hayter’s Atelier 17 gave him the proficiency to study the process of multicoloured intaglios with the viscosity method.He worked in Norway for a while and came to…
Neurodiversity has moved from academic discussions into everyday parenting conversations. It is because children don’t think, learn, or process emotions in the same way. For parents, it is crucial to understand neurodiversity because it’s not just about awareness, instead it directly shapes how children are supported, and how they navigate the world. Why is it…
From May 15 to June 15, 2026, Sun moves from Aries to Taurus. This changes the mood immediately. Aries is fast, direct, impatient and action-driven. Taurus is slower, steadier and more concerned with money, comfort, security, food, family values and long-term stability. So this one-month period is not about rushing into everything. It is about…
One frustrating dog walk helped George de Mestral invent Velcro. Image credit – Wikimedia Velcro, the billion-dollar fastener used by NASA, has an unremarkable origin story. In 1941, Swiss engineer Georges de Mestral went out on a walk and observed that there were burrs caught on his dog’s hair and his clothes. The average person…
The CBSE Class 12th results this year felt like an emotional rollercoaster for lakhs of students across the country. The wait seemed endless at first. Then, on May 13, when the results were finally declared, emotions spilled over in every possible form. Some students refreshed websites with trembling hands. Some avoided looking at their marksheets…