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Wake up babe, a new generation just dropped! The era of Gen Beta begins TODAY

Gen Alpha may have just entered their teens and the workforce is still trying to accommodate the whimsical Gen Z. But there are Gen Beta babies on the way now

2025 through 2039 marks the Gen Beta baby boom: What kind of world will they inherit from us?
Published on Jan 01, 2025 04:02 PM IST

Rhythm, Rasa, and Reverence: Why classical dance captures India’s soul

Classical dance isn’t mere entertainment but a sadhana or practice, resonating with the spirit of Diwali and other festivals in India.

New Delhi, Oct 15 (ANI): Bharatnatyam artist Rama Vaidyanathan performs at the 23rd edition of Lalit Arpan Festival, at Stein Auditorium, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta)(Jitender Gupta)
Published on Nov 03, 2024 07:00 AM IST

You don’t say...: A look at taboo words from around the world

Wolf, bear, fairies and insults... some things, in some cultures, simply cannot be said. See how fear, and sometimes grief, shape what is considered appropriate

A still from The Golden Compass (2007). Among the Yakut people of Russia, the bear is so feared that the word for it is not spoken, but is replaced by the term “Our lord” or “Good father”. The bear is symbolic of great strength, though. And so Medvedev, literally “honey-eater”, is a fairly common surname.
Updated on Aug 17, 2024 05:00 PM IST
ByAdam Jacot de Boinod

Terms of Trade | The indignity of pursuing self-interest

The urban poor, when they come to cities, hope to achieve basic sustenance on a regular income, which they cannot ensure in a village or a smaller town.

Medical professionals and activists hold candles as they take part in a midnight protest to condemn the rape and murder of a young medic, in Kolkata on August 14, 2024 (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)(AFP)
Published on Aug 15, 2024 06:53 PM IST

Goa: Killing the golden goose

Unless the political-business nexus is broken, India’s tiniest state will continue its inexorable decline

Locals not vested in the casino trade have been protesting and seeking to move the offshore casinos to another location but the government has been buckling under pressure from those vested since 2007. (HT FILE PHOTO)
Published on Aug 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The turmoil in Bangladesh and its implications for India

India must realise the new ground realities and look beyond the previous dispensation in order to ensure that a friendly neighbour continues to remain friendly.

People gather around the residence of Bangladeshi prime minister in Dhaka(HT_PRINT)
Published on Aug 07, 2024 08:42 PM IST

Moidam burial mounds’ UNESCO tag highlights Northeast's historical heritage

The UNESCO recognition underlines the beautiful evolution of cultures, a necropolis of Tai-Ahoms who over more than 600 years localised themselves in Assam.

The inclusion of the Moidams or burial mounds at Charaideo (pronounced Saraideo) in the UNESCO World Heritage list marks a new beginning.(PTI)
Published on Aug 02, 2024 08:00 AM IST

A different Orient Express

A new exhibition in Delhi looks at India through the eyes of lesser-known British and European painters who sought to tell a more romantic story of the country

The Taj Mahal by Hugo Vilfred Pedersen- Oil on canvas pasted on plywood
23.0 x 35.0 in.(Delhi Art Gallery)
Published on Jul 28, 2024 10:00 AM IST

The science of tirzepatide, touted as a game-changing weight loss drug

So far, common side effects of tirzepatide include nausea and vomiting. This newly approved new drug is not the only one that can treat obesity and diabetes

FILE PHOTO: A box of Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and made by Lilly is seen at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. March 29, 2023. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo(REUTERS)
Published on Jul 24, 2024 09:00 AM IST
ByNandita Jayaraj

When a camera takes a selfie, and reveals a star

In 2022, NASA's Near Infrared Camera took its own selfie for "engineering and alignment purposes.” Will the wonders of this space explorer never cease?

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex taken by the NIRCam, which was released on the first anniversary of the James Webb Telescope on July 12, 2023.(NASA/ STScl)
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 10:51 AM IST
ByParoma Mukherjee
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