Plenty of fish in the sea, but polluted

Heavy metal bioaccumulation has been found in marine fish samples from the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour and the Bheemili area. If you are an avid fish eater from Visakhapatnam, you need to be more cautious about your health. Experts have said that consumption of marine fish from Visakhapatnam is hazardous to one’s health, as heavy metal […]

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Forget Stargazing, Reelgazing is the new hobby

There has been a 35 percent increase in the amount of time spent watching reels—doctors say that this trend could have damaging consequences. As Smriti scrolled excitedly on her phone, she hummed along to a video of people enacting a scene with a song in the background—’ I love you to infinity’—the song did not […]

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Ukraine war takes its toll on state manufacturing

Profit margins of manufacturers are a casualty of the war. Prices of metals and fuel have spiked. Bengaluru: V. Sudarshan, owner of Spectrum Tool Engineers, a precision machine parts manufacturing company is at a loss—in more ways than one. The cost of most raw materials he uses has gone up by 40 to 50 percent. […]

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Little hope for Indian students for refund from Canadian Colleges

The Quebec Court has given students an option to reapply for admission in these colleges but students say they require time and money that they don’t have. Bengaluru: Happy Sandhu always aimed to make it big in life—when he enrolled in M College in Canada, he thought his dream was inching closer by the day. […]

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We don’t need to mine diamonds forever

With the Ukraine War affecting diamond exports from Russia, lab-grown diamonds are expected to see a rise in demand. Bengaluru: Diptesh from Kolkata had joined an Information Technology (IT) company in 2021, the year he graduated from college. While he was in college, he always wanted to gift something memorable – something precious – to […]

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Not fair play: Even after 10 years, video games not inclusive

Gamers with color blindness are still not 100 percent inclusive in video games Karan Vashishta faces many challenges while playing video games as he was diagnosed with the rarest type of color blindness. Even though his favourite game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, has a color-blind mode, he struggles to fully enjoy it. The […]

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India plays online games without a referee

Immediately after the lockdown, in the week of April 25, 2020, Indians spent 15 percent of their total smartphone time on mobile gaming. Bengaluru: A dark gaming console room. Fluorescent green lights were shining throughout the gaming consoles. The walls were covered with stickers of gaming graphics and technical information about accessories. The players were […]

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Schools: Teachers, keep that brain sane

Although Indian schools and colleges appoint counselors to foster the mental health development of students, there are no measures to help teachers with their own mental health. “Hello, Miss *Maria?” said a stern voice as she picked up the phone. “Yes, please tell me,” Maria said patiently, as her eyes anxiously glanced at the pile […]

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