Author: Om Singhania

We are all well aware of the negative impacts of technology on eyesight and the consequences of a device addiction. However, a lot of people underestimate these warnings and allow their addiction to negatively impact their health. A woman from Hyderabad had a similar habit of using her smartphone late at night. She was diagnosed with Smartphone Vision Syndrome (SVS), and her everyday routine of browsing through social media at night in the dark nearly caused her to permanently lose her vision. A doctor’s analysis regarding this situation: – Dr. Sudhir, a neurologist from Hyderabad, explained on Twitter how a…

Every time India hosts a crucial Test series, surface tensions tend to flare up. Three recent examples of matches where the playing surfaces struck a debate were held at Nagpur (2015), Pune (2017), and Ahmedabad (2021). Now that accusations of pitch doctoring and denials of those accusations are dominating conversations on traditional, electronic, and social media on the eve of the first Border-Gavaskar Test, which starts on Thursday, Nagpur 2024 has a strong possibility of entering that list. What’s the controversy behind the Nagpur pitch? In India, there have always been turning pitches, and recently, several of them have turned…

According to a study published in the journal of Management Science, even a slight increase in air pollution tends to raise a chess player’s probability of making blunders by 2.1% and the seriousness of those mistakes by a massive 10.8%! Can you picture spending years trying to master a particular game, developing your memory and cognition to the point where you know the chess board’s layout like the ‘back of your hand’ and can predict your opponent’s move before he even thinks about it, only for a significant amount of air pollution to make you lose focus? How was the…

On February 1, 2024, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her fifth Budget 2024 Speech. Common taxpayers, including salaried employees, have very high expectations from the Finance Minister. All eyes will be on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as she prepares to present the last full Union Budget of the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s current term. For the first time since the previous two budget cycles, COVID-19 is not as hazardous as it was previously. FM Sitharaman is expected to strike a balance between fulfilling some of the taxpayers’ demands and laying the foundation for severe issues like…

The number of deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) has increased by 6.2% in the US during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of CVD-related fatalities climbed from 874,613 in 2019 to 928,741 in 2020, which is higher than the previous high of 910,000 in 2003 and represents the largest yearly increase since 2015. The American Heart Association, a global advocate promoting healthy lives for all, provided this information in its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2024 Update. Insights of an assistant professor at Harvard: – According to Connie W. Tsao, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical…

In response to India’s surgical strike on Balakot in February 2019, the former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo claims that he was compelled to interact with his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj. She informed him that Pakistan was preparing to launch a nuclear attack on India and that India was preparing its own retaliatory response. Pompeo claims that this incident had occurred while he was in Hanoi, Vietnam to participate in the US-North Korea Summit on February 27–28. His team had worked relentlessly all night and was in constant contact with both New Delhi and Islamabad to avert this…

Both parents and teachers are concerned about the adaptability potential of thousands of students from mainland China, who will be returning back to their campuses in Hong Kong after 3 years in order to attend offline classes. The Hong Kong government has stated that these youngsters could resume offline education from next month, after their studies got affected due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The schooling of secondary students will begin from February 1 and primary as well as kindergarten students from February 15. Since travel restrictions pertaining to the pandemic have been lifted and students can again return to their…

For the team’s forthcoming tour of India, former Australia coach Darren Lehmann has revealed who he believes should pair with Nathan Lyon as the team’s second spinner. February marks the start of a four-match Test series in India. Spin is anticipated to play a significant role in determining which team will prevail and bring home the prestigious Border-Gavaskar trophy as well as the crucial ICC World Test Championship points which are on offer. Lehmann was in charge of the Australian squad that last triumphed in a Test match played on Indian soil in 2017. That victory came in Pune, where…

The Basic Structure Doctrine is a fundamental principle of Indian constitutional law that holds that certain basic features of the Constitution are essential and cannot be amended or destroyed by any governmental action. The renowned Supreme Court ruling by a 13-judge Constitution Bench approximately five decades ago transformed the fundamental structural theory. However, the verdict has lately come under fire from India’s Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who claimed that it established a bad precedent and questioned if the judiciary could restrain the Parliament’s authority to amend the Constitution and enact laws in a democracy. The concept originated in the well-known…

United Arab Emirates has developed to have become a modern hub for cricket and a go to place for organizing and hosting tournaments holding immense reputation as well as a great stature. It has successfully hosted high stake tournaments like the 2021 T20 World Cup, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 and T10 League in recent years. It is now set to launch its own T20 league, which will be known as the International League T20 (ILT20). The inaugural edition of the ILT20 is scheduled to take place from Friday, January 13, 2024 till February 12, 2024. It will be the…