The penetration of trust in dentistry

Have you ever chosen to visit a place based on a friend’s recommendations or avoided a service because of negative comments you scrolled on social media? In healthcare, especially dentistry, these decisions have become increasingly personal and dependent on various factors, one of which is trust. In dentistry, trust is the most valuable asset a…

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Why Maharashtra’s budget may signal a new era of workplace mental health nationally

By placing preventive wellness and mental health within the policy conversation, Maharashtra may be positioning itself as the first state to link human resilience with economic productivity. A quiet budget announcement with potentially national implications Something interesting slipped into the Maharashtra Budget this week.Amid announcements on highways, infrastructure, industry, and economic growth, the government included…

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The Illusionists

Notes on the VIP varnish of a neighbourhood  The first suspicion was aroused when there was a convergence of painters and cleaners, with plenty of govt cars on their heels. Soon, it was confirmed that the CM would visit.  Still, there was doubt. Because the residents had begun to believe that their neighbourhood had fallen…

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The many heroes of T20 cricket

India did not merely defeat New Zealand in T20 World Cup final. We dismantled them, with the calm efficiency of a watchmaker opening a clock – removing the screws, one by one, until the machinery stopped pretending it was anything complicated. Which raises the question cricket lovers instinctively ask, after a comfortable victory. Who was…

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Dying to the world without dying

By Anup Taneja Seekers often complain that while making efforts to enter deep into meditation, they find it extremely difficult to subdue the turbulent mind full of distracting thoughts. This, says Paramhansa Yogananda, happens because of the outward flow of the life-current through the afferent and efferent nerves, because of the downward flow of the…

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Who Bleeds, Who Reads

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/DCWM1AGR3hs Have we become desensitised to the horrors of war, or just powerless to prevent them? One of the most affecting images to have come out of the war in Iran, gives a bird’s eye view of excavators and workmen digging graves. It was taken after a missile attack on a girls’ school, which killed…

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Mood Management

Rising oil prices are a challenge for economy, but sliding consumer sentiment can be a risk  On Feb 27, a day before Iran war started, Sensex closed at 81,287. Yesterday, it fell to 77,566, a drop of about 4.5%. It’s not the worst drop of this war. Kospi’s down almost 16% in the same time,…

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Mood Matters

Rising oil prices can hurt the economy. But people feeling worried about money can be an even bigger problem On Feb 27, the day before the Iran war started, the Sensex stock market index was at 81,287. Yesterday it fell to 77,566, a drop of about 4.5%. Other countries’ markets have fallen even more. South…

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