The anxious us: decoding anxiety in contemporary cultures of health

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Let us begin with a basic truism. Every age wants to believe that it is uniquely doomed. There is narcissistic self-love disguised as loathing, as well as an exaggerated projection of achievement bordering on destruction in that belief. Poets, writers, film-makers, culture-pundits, all invest various vocabularies of panic to creatively design doom stories, the more […]

RRB Group D city intimation slip 2025 expected to be released soon: Check details here

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RRB Group D city intimation slip 2025 expected to release soon: The Railway Recruitment Board’s (RRB) largest recruitment cycle has finally moved out of months of uncertainty after the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) cleared the eligibility dispute, delaying the Group D 2025 examination. With the legal hurdle removed, the RRB is now expected to release […]

UP junior aided teacher applications begin today for 1,894 posts on basiceducation.up.gov.in

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UP junior aided teacher recruitment 2025 applications open for 1,894 AT and HM posts UP Junior Aided Teacher recruitment 2025: The online application process for the UP Junior Aided Teacher Recruitment 2025 has begun today for 1,894 vacancies in aided junior high schools across Uttar Pradesh. The Basic and Secondary Education Department opened the application […]

Rajasthan Police constable result 2025 declared: Direct link to download here

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The Rajasthan Police Recruitment Board (RPRB) released the long-awaited results for the Police Constable recruitment examination. The results, published district-wise in downloadable PDF format on the official portal, police.rajasthan.gov.in, enables thousands of candidates to check their qualifying status.The RPRB’s announcement brings clarity for aspirants who have been waiting since the conclusion of the written exam. […]

NCW seeks strict POSH compliance; UGC tells colleges to submit reports and step up training

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a directive calling for renewed scrutiny of the implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, across Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). In a letter circulated to universities and colleges, NCW has stressed the need for uniform, fully functional redressal systems […]

The biological magic of shared laughter

When laughter is shared in a social setting, it becomes louder and more frequent. | Photo Credit: Sabbir Bhuiyan/pexels In a study conducted by the German paediatric surgeon Winfried Barthlen, clowns were asked to interact with hospitalised children awaiting surgery. Not surprisingly, these children showed less anxiety after a happy session with a clown. An […]