2025 AUTUMN ARRIVES WITH THE SEPTEMBER EQUINOX
AUTUMN ARRIVES WITH THE SEPTEMBER EQUINOX 2025 NEW DELHI, Sept. 22 — The turning of the seasons takes place today with the arrival of the September equinox, when day and night balance almost equally across the planet. At precisely 18:19 UTC (11:49 p.m. IST, 2:19 p.m. EDT, 19:20 BST), the Sun will be positioned directly […]
Language and Identity: Religion, Nationalism, and Power
symbolic picture The government’s recent notice to several major Hindi news channels for using Urdu words has ignited debate on language, history, and identity in India. This action highlights longstanding tensions and complexities around the linguistic boundaries of Hindi and Urdu, and raises serious questions about linguistic policy, social cohesion, and political motives. *Government’s Notice […]
RESEARCH: INFLAMATION PROTECT AGING BRAINS
NEW DELHI: A new study shows that STING, a molecule that some experimental drugs seek to block, may actually help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s-like decline. Inflammation in the brain is usually seen as harmful in the aging process—it’s thought to contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia. But the new study in mice suggests that inflammation […]
