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TOI PlusA new concern about weight loss drugs: What if they work too well?
Some patients in a clinical trial of one new drug lost so much weight that they became concerned and dropped out.
New York TimesFeb 22, 2026, 13:53- TOI Plus
How AI is becoming the third parent, and why that’s scary
Turning to chatbots in times of emotional distress and academic need is making kids lazier and more vulnerable, warn experts. Teaching healthy engagement might be key
TNNFeb 21, 2026, 20:40 - TOI Plus
Everyday drinking hides a deadly danger for Indian men
Decades of anti-tobacco messaging were meant to curb oral cancer. Instead, cases and deaths have climbed steadily. New evidence now raises an uncomfortable possibility: that alcohol, even at low levels of use, has been hiding in plain sight as a cancer risk.
Dec 26, 2025, 15:10 - TOI Plus
China doesn’t do elections at home. So why is it backing one in Myanmar?
Because Beijing sees a junta-run vote—sham or not—as the quickest way to manufacture a “stable” government it can negotiate with, calm a dangerous border war, and get its India Ocean corridor of ports, pipelines, and highways back on track
New York TimesDec 25, 2025, 15:00 - TOI Plus
Weight-loss drugs killed their sex life. Could it bounce back?
She expected her body to change when she started taking Zepbound. But nobody told her what might happen to her marriage
New York TimesDec 25, 2025, 14:23 - TOI Plus
He’ll Make America Gasp Again
Trump’s second coming has been a no-holds-barred demolition job, of laws, norms, alliances & institutions, at breakneck speed. He’ll stay unfiltered & unchecked. Next year will see more of an exhausted world adjusting
Dec 24, 2025, 20:21 - TOI Plus
Job Guarantee: Lost In BJP-Cong Alphabet Soup
The MGNREGA vs G RAM G debate is mostly about naming. What’s getting lost is that NDA’s scheme doesn’t address the key weaknesses of UPA’s scheme: proliferation of fake job cards and delayed payments
Dec 24, 2025, 20:14 - TOI Plus
Why a 100-metre rule has put India’s oldest mountains back in court
From a Supreme Court ruling to protests on the ground, a new definition of Aravalli Hills has triggered a debate over mining, ecology and enforcement, raising questions about whether legal clarity will strengthen protection or lead to destruction of India’s oldest mountain range
TIMESOFINDIA.COMDec 24, 2025, 17:15 - TOI Plus
He promised small-town investors big startup returns. They say the money just disappeared
Tier-II and III cities wanted a gateway into the startup economy. A smooth-talking startup evangelist offered it, raised crores, and then left behind a trail of complaints
ET PrimeDec 24, 2025, 15:57 - TOI Plus
Do parents have favourites among their kids? Of course they do
Research shows that the more pressing question is what it does to a child who learns — and never forgets — that they mattered less
New York TimesDec 24, 2025, 15:06 - TOI Plus
For H-1B applicants, pay now decides who gets in
America still wants foreign workers — just not the cheap ones
TNNDec 24, 2025, 14:57 - TOI Plus
Why daughters become ‘guests’ in parents’ house, but sons are ‘permanent residents’
This question, often not even acknowledged in Indian households, reared its head again when Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya left the family home after a spat with brother Tejashwi Yadav. What does the law say?
TIMESOFINDIA.COMDec 24, 2025, 14:25 - TOI Plus
Your gut’s ‘petrol’ may be running low: Why butyrate matters
As processed food replaces fibre on Indian plates, doctors are finding that the gut’s primary fuel is running dangerously low
TNNDec 28, 2025, 08:33 - TOI Plus
Oscars, A Persecuted Iranian & Freedom Of Thought
Artists, writers, moviemakers & film directors are peaceful warriors against censorship. Their resilience informs their art, despite all the crackdowns, prison time and even exile from their home countries
Dec 23, 2025, 20:53 - TOI Plus
Saffron Season, Again
There are 3 reasons next year may be a breeze for BJP. Congress, isolated even within opposition, may struggle more. Census & delimitation will trigger stormy politics only ahead of UP & Gujarat polls in 2027
Dec 23, 2025, 20:42 - TOI Plus
Bangladesh violence: Why a former aide is pointing finger at Yunus-led govt
Days after anti-India youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi’s murder, unidentified assailants shot and critically wounded a second leader involved in the July Uprising – a development that adds to the already volatile situation in Bangladesh
TIMESOFINDIA.COMDec 23, 2025, 17:53 - TOI Plus
Why the killing of 27-year-old Hindu has set off alarm bells in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s interim government, led Muhammad Yunus, condemned the violence as part of a larger security struggle and not as something targeted against any section of the population.
New York TimesDec 23, 2025, 18:12 - TOI Plus
Can Bata find favour among the young and stylish Indians again?
It carried generations of Indians through school, work, and weekends. But as India grew younger, richer and more style-driven, Bata lost its grip. Now the century-old icon is racing to reinvent itself — before the market moves on for good.
ET PrimeDec 23, 2025, 18:56 - TOI Plus
Why investors keep falling for finfluencers like Avadhut Sathe and 'bezzle' bubbles
Sebi’s crackdown may deflate parts of the finfluencer ecosystem, but it won’t cure the underlying human impulse that feeds it.
ET PrimeDec 23, 2025, 17:51 - TOI Plus
India knows where elephants cross. Why are trains still killing them?
Audits, parliamentary panels and ministries have flagged the same danger zones for years. Yet, elephants continue to die on tracks on the same stretches
TIMESOFINDIA.COMDec 23, 2025, 15:39
