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New Delhi: Facing digital eye strain? According to a study, just one hour of scrolling social media reels on smartphones can cause eye fatigue.  The study published in the Journal of Eye Movement Research found that it is not just the time spent on digital devices but also the type of content being used that can cause the condition. “Social media content causes greater pupil fluctuations than reading or watching a video,” said the researchers from SRM Institute of Science and Technology. The team stated that “prolonged smartphone use, exceeding 20 minutes at a time, can lead to physical and…

If the Opposition was hoping to “stump” the NDA, particularly the TDP, in Telugu-speaking states by nominating retired Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy for vice-presidential polls, it may not pay off as no regional party in either Telangana or Andhra Pradesh seems ready to support its pick. The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP, which Monday announced its support for the NDA’s pick, C P Radhakrishnan, said it would not be changing its mind. “Only because the nominee is from undivided Andhra Pradesh, we will not change sides. We have made a decision and will stand by it.…

The idea of starting a book club came to Valeen Heinle late one night in July. She was having a particularly bad argument with her Trump-supporting dad over Israel’s war in Gaza and its devastating impacts on children.”I’m begging you to just try and learn something that isn’t from Facebook, Fox, or Newsmax,” Valeen, a 38-year-old registered Democrat who works as a pet sitter in Denver, wrote to her dad via Instagram DM after they exchanged a series of posts about Gaza. “Read a book on the history there. I have tons I can suggest but I know you would…

John Borthwick, CEO of the venture capital firm Betaworks, tells WIRED that he is skeptical about the feasibility and potential effectiveness of many Mamdani campaign proposals—like free buses, or a city-owned grocery store pilot program—and felt his answers tended to be “very general and nonspecific.” But Borthwick adds that he found Mamdani “very compelling and friendly, and a smart, interesting person.”“I think he’s very good at campaigning, and it also illustrates a massive vacuum within the Democratic party that he is very adeptly filling,” Borthwick says. “It’s a vacuum of lack of new ideas, lack of new people, lack of…

New DelhiAugust 19, 2025 04:30 PM IST First published on: Aug 19, 2025 at 04:30 PM IST Share While the Monsoon Session of Parliament is heading for a virtual wash-out due to a deadlock between the government and Opposition over the latter’s demand for a debate on the Election Commission (EC)’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, the “vote chori” row continues to generate heat outside the House as well. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gynanesh Kumar and the Opposition INDIA alliance held press events in Delhi to target each other, with Rahul Gandhi launching his Voter…

India’s Women’s World Cup squad has been announced, with Harmanpreet Kaur named as the captain and Smriti Mandhana as the vice-captain. However, Shafali Verma has been left out of the 15-member team. The 50-over tournament is scheduled to begin on September 30, with India set to face Sri Lanka in the opening match. India has yet to win the Women’s World Cup, but the team reached the final under Mithali Raj’s captaincy in 2017, where they were defeated by England at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground. The team that played in the recent series against England has been retained more…

A 32-year-old commerce graduate lost her savings after fraudsters lured her with promises of both a job at Delhi airport and a life partner.In yet another alarming case of cybercrime, a 32-year-old unemployed commerce graduate from Bengaluru has been duped of a staggering Rs 34 lakh after being promised both a lucrative job and a life partner.Also Read:Bengaluru’s biggest cyber fraud: ₹384 crore stolen, accused arrestedAccording to her complaint, the victim had registered on a matrimonial website in July 2024 while simultaneously searching for employment. Soon after, she was contacted by a man identifying himself as Dashmeet Singh Bindra from…

BJP national president J P Nadda on Monday slammed former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for signing the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan, terming it “one of Nehru’s biggest blunders”. Nadda also said that Nehru signed the treaty – which was suspended by India in the wake of the recent Pahalgam terror attack – without keeping Parliament in the loop and that the discussion that happened later in the House lasted all of two hours.The IWT was signed between Nehru and then Pakistan President Ayub Khan on September 19, 1960, with the World Bank as a guarantor. The debate on…

Chennai: Although DMK’s efforts to push for a Tamilian as INDIA bloc’s vice-presidential candidate failed, the ruling DMK and its allies in Tamil Nadu say that they will not give in to  the BJP’s “identity politics” and will back the INDIA bloc candidate. Speaking to ThePrint on Tuesday, DMK spokesperson T.K.S. Elangovan said the party would not support NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan just because he is a Tamilian. “Though he is a Tamilian, he is a BJP candidate. We have to look at what the BJP has done for Tamil people and Tamil Nadu as a state. Ideology is above…

Columbia When “Cruel Intentions” came out in 1999, Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Phillippe, and Sarah Michelle Gellar were riding a wave of Young Hollywood success that would take them all the way to the industry’s A-list. The film — an indie picked up by Columbia Pictures — was a modest box-office success at the time based on its shoestring budget. It sent ripples through the movie industry for its spot-on casting and scandalous psychosexual storyline that put a gleefully trashy spin on “Dangerous Liaisons.” It has since moved into ”90s cult-classic…