Opinion
Peter Singer's column: What will happen if responsible people do unscientific things?
In 2025, three people, including two children, died of measles in the US. These deaths could have been avoided. Last year, 2267 cases of measles were confirmed in the US, more than seven times the 285 cases in 2024 and the highest in the last 30 years. All these matters could have been avoided. So why didn't it happen? Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was appointed secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services last February, has been pushing baseless theories linking vaccines to autism for the past two decades. He claimed that the vaccine has "poisoned an entire generation of America
Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: Parents should enhance children's decision-making ability
These days, parents are a little more alert in the upbringing of their children, they keep questioning and interrupting them. In this affair, they forget that the psychology of children is being adversely affected. Some parents even give so many options to the children at mealtime that the children come into 'decision fatigue', that is, the ability to make decisions starts shaking or they become irritable. Either the children say it or wonder if we can't make our own decision. And this is where the parenting challenge begins. Asking too much about their desires or imposing your desires on th
N. Raghuraman's column: The Magical Power of Trust: A Firefighter and the Story of the Diamond
Trust and continuity are the invisible threads that connect human relationships. When you feel them yourself, they create not just a connection, but an unbreakable relationship. In my career and personal life, I have found that trust is strengthened not by mere words, but by burning in the fire of continuity. Several decades ago, in a high-stakes job interview, I was asked to express myself in two or three words. Without hesitation, I said, "I'm a firefighter. To test my creativity, HR head Arup Gupta said with a crooked smile, "If I were to ask you to add one more word to this line, what woul
Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: Explain to children not to cut off from reality
All the lamps in the world give light as well as pick up smoke. If you want to get light, then also prepare for smoke. Only sunlight is one that does not contain smoke. And the heat in it also becomes necessary for health. These days we have a lamp in our hands, which is called social media. Children with 9 to 10 hours of screen time are getting less light from this lamp and getting more burnt. Two major dangers descended into the lives of the children. First, they are moving away from their families and second, they are getting cut off from the real world. Fantasy is necessary in life for som
FIIs trim, DIIs take the wheel
Prime Database Group’s report on Indian equity ownership shows FIIs steadily reducing their shareholding since 2021, a trend that continued in Q3FY26. DIIs overtook FIIs by March 2025, and mutual funds, part of the DII pool, have continued narrowing the gap. In several instances, DII buying has absorbed FII selling. In Q3FY26, the value of FII holdings rose the most among major investor groups, indicating FIIs outperformed other equity owners during the quarter
Titan's Initiative: CEO Narayan says, "We don't ask to believe, but we prove it"
Due to the high cost of gold, customers are preferring light and stylish jewelry instead of heavy. Sensing this trend, Titan, the country's largest jewellery retailer, has increased its focus on diamond jewellery. Diamonds account for 12% of jewellery sales, indicating great growth potential. Trust and the right price have been a major concern of customers in the purchase of diamonds. The company is launching a 'Diamond Expertise Centre' (DXC) to scientifically check the purity of diamonds in all stores. In an exclusive conversation with N Raghuraman, Arun Narayan, CEO of Titan Company, Jewell
N. Raghuraman's column: Give exam-takers a small part of the 1990s lifestyle
"Where does the exam go?" the driver asked a student boarding a bus from the front gate in Mumbai on Monday. I was waiting there for the bus to leave and I would cross the road. That's why I listened to that conversation. The boy said that due to print errors in his hall ticket, he was confused about the examination center. He wants to solve this problem so that he can give the HSC exams in Maharashtra stress-free starting February 10, in which 3,52,951 students like him will appear. Similarly, on February 20, 3,48,899 students two years junior to him will appear for the SSC exam. Mumbai's Civ
Minhaj Merchant's column: The issue of infiltrators is the difference between victory and defeat.
Could the Congress's decision to break a decade-old alliance with the Left Front in the 2026 Bengal elections bring unintended consequences? "We have decided to go it alone," Congress general secretary and Bengal in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir said. Mir made the announcement after a meeting of senior Congress leaders in New Delhi. This means that the Congress will contest all the 294 seats in Bengal alone. With this, the contest has now become a quadrangular one. But this will only benefit the BJP, as the Congress can attract a share of the traditional Muslim votes of the Trinamool. In the 2021 Be
N. Raghuraman's column: Developing empathy is more important than getting a better rank in school
Recently, when one of my relatives was admitted to the hospital, a friend of hers from Bengaluru offered to stay in the hospital for the night. She was my family's classmate. In fact, she had come to her husband's relative's house to prepare for a wedding. Instead of a relative's house, they decided to sleep in the hospital, so that I could get some rest. When I spoke to my psychology professor about this kind behavior, he asked me, 'Do you have a WhatsApp group in your school?' 'Are there both boys and girls in it?' I said 'yes' again. He asked, 'Would you call a girl in that group and ask if
N. Raghuraman's column: The fashion statement of the 'tool-belt' generation is contrary to our generation
Recently, my sister in the US gifted me a $28 cowboy hat. It was no different that he covered my entire face to protect me from the sun, but rather that he had a lace tied around the hat, just like the lace is tied in the holes of the shoes. That hat also had holes all around. As soon as you untie the lace, a mosquito net opens from inside the hat and covers the face and neck, which you can button by inserting it into the collar of the shirt. My sister had seen a video of me walking around and mosquitoes biting me. He then bought this hat. Since then, it has become my favourite outfit when goi
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