Author: Vaishnavi Sharma

New research on gaming nullifies the concerns parents have heard for years: that children who play video games for long periods of time or who favor particular genres may experience negative effects on their cognitive function. According to Jie Zhang, associate professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Houston College of Education and a member of the research team, “Our investigations did not find any such linkages, regardless of how long the children played and what kinds of games they chose.” Researchers used data from 160 diverse adolescents, 70% of whom came from lower-income households, to draw their…

The “India ENIGMA Initiative for Global Aging and Mental Health” research project has brought together researchers from NIMHANS and the University of Southern California (USC) in the USA. The five-year initiative seeks to close the knowledge gap surrounding the numerous elements impacting the speed-up of brain aging. On February 9 at NIMHANS, a meeting to launch the project is set. According to a statement from NIMHANS, the study’s goal is to better understand the factors that influence brain aging in the Indian population and that can raise a person’s chance of developing Alzheimer’s dementia and other related conditions. Brain aging…

Days after the US military shot down a Chinese surveillance craft hovering above vital assets in the country, it is alleged that China had operated a fleet of spy balloons targeting numerous nations, including India and Japan. Indian officials have been informed by US officials about the discovery of the Chinese surveillance balloon that was downed by a fighter jet off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean. Wendy Sherman, the deputy secretary of state, informed representatives from approximately 40 embassies about it on Monday. According to a report published on Tuesday, “the surveillance balloon effort,…

In comparison to the 444,553 students who traveled abroad in 2021, the data revealed a remarkable 68% rise in the number of students traveling abroad. Data from the education ministry released in Parliament on Monday show that the number of Indian students attending higher education institutions abroad reached a six-year high in 2022 at 750,365. Junior education minister Subhash Sarkar offered this information in a written response to a query posed by Lok Sabha members Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Santosh Kumar, and Dinesh Chandra Yadav regarding the rising number of Indian students who choose to pursue further education abroad. The data…

With ChatGPT suddenly coming into existence in the year 2022, there have been out of control discussions around the job market. Students are getting threatened by the possible job losses, and professors are still calculating its impact on society, students’ skills, and what’s important to students—their jobs. While it is still debatable whether ChatGPT is more of a benefit or a burden to society, some professors have taken the initiative to support students with their ChatGPT interception. Here is one initiative by Professor V. Ramgopal Rao. Professor V. Ramgopal Rao, a former director of IIT Delhi, remarked in a piece…

It has started to appear as if ChatGPT is giving students pre-digested information, similar to how a mother bird feeds its babies.

Following a mediation effort led by former wrestler and Olympian Babita Phogat, numerous coaches conducted discussions at the Ministry of Sports on Thursday. Wrestlers are protesting in Delhi over allegations of sexual harassment against federation leaders. “I’m a wrestler first. The BJP government is with the wrestlers. I will make sure that action is taken today itself. I’m a wrestler, and I’m in the government as well, so it is my responsibility to mediate. I have heard instances of abuse in my career as well. There is no smoke without fire. These voices are important,” said Babita Phogat, a BJP…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested by police on Tuesday while protesting an expansion of a coal mine in the western German village of Lützelath. Images and clips posted on her media show a climate change activist being whisked away by helmeted police officers. Greta Thunberg was among a large group of activists who reportedly breached a police cordon and entered a mine not fully secured by officers, a police spokesman said. But law enforcement officials feared the ground could shake as a large group of protesters were already wet from rainfall. Police took people out of the “danger…

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting kicked off January 16th to 20th in Davos, Switzerland. At the conference, more than 2,700 leaders, including 52 heads of state from 130 countries, will discuss the most pressing issues of the day, including the war between Russia and Ukraine and climate change. Davos is not known to many. But when the world’s elite gather in a small town in January for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering, it becomes the world’s attention. After the two-year break due to COVID-19, world luminaries gathered in the 2024 edition of the Global Gathering to discuss…

Yakutsk, a city in Siberia known for its coldest city, has experienced temperatures drop to 50 degrees Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit) during a prolonged cold spell this week. Although they are used to sub-zero temperatures, residents of remote areas take extra measures to keep warm as January is the coldest month. Another resident, Nurgusun Starostina, who sells frozen fish at the market without needing a refrigerator or freezer, said she had no special tricks for dealing with colds. “Wear warm,” she said. “Like a cabbage in layers!” The people of this city wear layers of winter clothing, “You can’t fight it.…