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Culture

Best Colleges Rankings 2024 | The rarefied realm

For the 28th time, India Today takes stock of the best institutes in 14 streams so that the Class of 2024 can have a clear view of its future and work towards it “Excellence,” former president of India and eminent aerospace scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam would say, “is a continuous process and not an accident.” This could be a reasonable explanation for why the winners across the streams have been somewhat of a permanent fixture in the top slot for the past five editions of the India Today Best Colleges survey. Luck or laxity in rigour on the part of the surveyors has little to do with that achievement. Rather, the disciplined, unwavering focus of the toppers in embracing change and incorporating innovation in the process of learning is what has cemented their place at...
Politics

Mumbai is the most expensive city in India for international workers: Survey | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A new year, a new list, and yet Mumbai remains at the top spot as the most expensive city in India for expats. In a recent survey published by consultancy firm Mercer, Mumbai has in fact climbed up 11 spots to be ranked 136th globally.Delhi also featured in the top 200 and climbed up 4 spots from last year to 164th place.Chennai's ranking has fallen by five positions, now placing it at 189.Similarly, Bengaluru has experienced a decline of six spots, landing at 195. Hyderabad's position remains unchanged, holding steady at 202.In contrast, Pune has climbed eight places to reach 205. Kolkata has also made progress, rising four spots to secure the 207th position.Meanwhile, Hong Kong has once again claimed the top spot as the most expensive city for expatriates, according to a re...
Science

About 4% of US adults age 65 and older have a dementia diagnosis, survey finds – Times of India

Some 4% of US adults aged 65 and older say they have been diagnosed with dementia, a rate that reached 13% for those at least 85-years old, according to a report of a national survey released on Thursday. The report issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was based on the 2022 National Health Interview Survey, a nationally representative sample of US adults aged 18 and older.The survey in 2019 added the option to report dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, to its questions on doctor-diagnosed health conditions. The CDC said 1.7% of adults ages 65 to 74 reported a dementia diagnosis, a rate that increased with age. For those ages 75 to 84, the reported dementia rate was 5.7% The agency conducted in-person or telephone interviews with 8,757 people age 65 and ...
Culture

Election 2024 | The Muslim factor

Samajwadi Party leader Maria Alam, niece of veteran Congress leader and former Union law minister Salman Khurshid, addressing a gathering on April 29 in Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh, urged Muslim voters in India to wage a “vote jihad” against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. In an election already riven by a Hindu-Muslim binary, this statement sparked another row, bringing the Muslim voter once again to the centre stage. Source link
Culture

Lok Sabha 2024 | Why Gen V matters

On April 11, just eight days before Indians go to vote in the first phase of the 2024 general election, social media was populated with a video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with seven top gaming influencers of the country. Recorded in March at his official residence, the video showed the prime minister engaging with the young gamers, whose average age was 25, even telling them how he could use some of their “gaming lingo” in his speeches. On another occasion, on March 7, during the presentation of the newly created National Creators Award for online content creators, Modi traded some friendly banter with some of the country’s biggest social media influencers—Ranveer Allahbadia, Shraddha Jain and Kamiya Jani. Allahbadia and Jani, in fact, have also streamed interviews of ...