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‘Being Careful Kills The Mood? So Do Clinics’
Modern intimacy comes wrapped in freedom, confusion, risk. A fun fling can be followed by sleepless nights doing a Google search of symptoms. Why not get with the sexiness of sexual health?
Breather For Now? For How Long?
As a tentative US-Iran deal awaits Trump’s signature, the global economy is hoping for a break. But geopolitics as well as politics in Trump camp & among Iran hardliners, mean conflict can restart after a few months
Should you drink ORS every day in summer? Top doctors answer this, and more
Every week, TOI+ subscribers ask questions about their health and India’s top doctors reply with clear, evidence-based guidance. From heart disease to diabetes, cancer to mental health, Hello, Doctor connects you directly with experts you can trust
- Lata Mishra
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Akasa Air CEO on surviving and continuing to grow despite the Iran war's fallout
In an exclusive interview, Akasa Air CEO Vinay Dube clears the air on a range of issues including fleet expansion, the West Asia crisis, rising costs due to crude-oil related upheaval, availing Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme of the government, and more
- Tarun Shukla
- THE ECONOMIC TIMES
The right way for students to use AI? This CBSE batch has answers
Using it as a tool to improve concepts and break down complex chapters into easy explainers, they found in AI a mentor with limitless patience. The outcome? Many of them improved their scores
- Ayantika Pal
- TNN
How India’s net FDI went from $28bn to $1bn in 2 years
India’s net FDI has now shrunk to a trickle as rising repatriation and disinvestment offset strong inflows. What changed?
- Richa Gandhi
- TNN
Are Human+AI Cowritten Novels The Future?
The genie of AI-aided or even AI-authored books is out. A literature Nobel laureate uses AI for her ideas. Dire implications for original human creativity won’t probably reverse this trend
Bangalored: Sidda & His Successor
Congress picked a new CM midstream to try and blunt Karnataka’s anti-incumbency instincts. But that won’t address deep regional inequalities. Plus, don’t bet on ex-CM being politically passive
Why musician Rahul Ram does not want his daughters to live in Delhi
Musician, activist, IITian and Cornell University-trained environmental toxicologist Rahul Ram says Delhi’s toxic air has forced him into a painful choice: send his young daughters to the hills for their health
- Rahul Ram
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
The stink bug crisis eating into Bihar’s litchi economy
A pest outbreak and erratic weather have devastated Bihar’s famed Shahi litchi crop, with losses reaching 70% in some orchards and threatening the livelihoods of farmers, labourers, packers and transporters who depend on the short summer harvest
- Madan Kumar
- TNN
From Op Sindoor to West Asia, India’s drone moment takes off
India’s conflict with Pakistan last year and wars in Ukraine and Iran have put drones at the centre of modern combat, with Indian firms now chasing a surge in domestic orders and demand from West Asia and Nato markets
This CEO was denied US visa thrice, now heads a $1 trillion firm
Sanjay Mehrotra is CEO of Micron Technology, the memory-chip giant that just crossed a market cap of $1 trillion to break into the top 10 US companies by valuation
This one-shot drug cut bad cholesterol by 62%. Why doctors are watching closely
An experimental Eli Lilly gene-editing drug sharply lowers LDL cholesterol in an early trial, raising hopes of a one-time treatment for high-risk heart patients, but larger studies must still prove long-term safety
East Bengal, Arsenal & What Football Still Means To Us
Yes, the game is now a shiny product that’s marketed. Yes, following EPL teams shows colonisation of our imagination. But, when teams your heart beats for become champs, you still feel something that can’t be bought
Yes SIR, But Also No SIR
Good that SC recognised voting as a constitutional right. But, for that to have meaning, ensuring inclusion in voter rolls must be EC’s positive duty. And the burden of justifying exclusion must shift to it. The judgment doesn’t address that
From $22bn to zero: Success, not failure, brought Byju's down
Byju's, once a $22 billion edtech giant, has collapsed. Founder Byju Raveendran faces jail for contempt. The remarkable thing about Byju’s is that it did not begin as a cynical idea. There was something authentic at its core. That is partly why the collapse feels so dramatic
- ET Online
Will Bollywood boycott Ranveer Singh — its Rs 2,000-crore Dhurandhar?
Ranveer Singh’s Don 3 fallout has rapidly escalated beyond a routine contractual dispute. With boycott calls, compensation claims and legal questions now in play, the battle could have consequences far beyond a single film
Down 30% in 1 year, are AI-hit Infy, TCS still value stocks?
Anthropic and OpenAI have fired another salvo, launching their own services companies. While some believe this will force software firms to become more differentiated, others price these stocks at zero earnings growth
- Pravin Palande
- ET Prime
Why HC called this marriage arrangement in Rajasthan “mutual hostage taking”
One woman walked away from a child marriage. Another sought divorce. Together, their cases exposed the bargain at the heart of atta-satta
- Rajesh SharmaDevyani Mohan
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
What's making CBSE results so controversial this year?
CBSE says a fresh system was meant to reduce errors. Students say the process has created new ones — and now there is a security allegation too