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The ease of online shopping will cause financial stress for millions of people, as online retailers increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) and personalisation to effectively target consumers and prompt them to spend discretionary income that they do not have, the report said.

WHO could identify online shopping as addictive disorder by 2024: Gartner

By 2023, up to 30 per cent of world news and video content will be authenticated to counter deepfake technology, the report said.

05 Nov 2019 1:46 PM

Neglected tropical diseases are most prevalent among the impoverished and still persist due to bio-social factors

Heal the neglected, lift the disease burden, let’s leave no one behind

India, Myanmar and Nepal are striving to eliminate lymphatic filariasis by 2025 while Bangladesh might do it by 2020.

04 Nov 2019 1:00 AM

According to the World Health Organisation, there are approximately 120 million smokers in India, and India is the home of 12 per cent of the world’s smokers.

Act swiftly now, or allow India to go up in smoke!

Objectively speaking, this is not a bad situation at all, and is proof that govt policy, whether deliberate or accidental, is still halfway good.

11 Oct 2019 5:12 AM

'Campaign has not only improved lives of crores of Indians, but has also played significant role in achieving goals set by UN,' Modi said. (Photo: Twitter)

PM Modi receives award for Swacch Bharat campaign

PMO said Modi lauded countrymen for contributing to grand success of cleanliness mission, saying he shared honour with them.

25 Sep 2019 8:47 AM

This focus on infection prevention is reflected in year on year drop in infection rates. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

World Patient Safety Day: Marking global health priority

WHO to commemorate World Patient Safety Day annually every year on 17th September.

17 Sep 2019 11:06 AM

443 students have committed suicide in the capital in the last five years alone.

Everything’s not lost

With World Suicide Prevention Day observed recently, psychologists and Delhiites weigh in on the stigmas that still surround mental health.

12 Sep 2019 1:25 AM

Rashmee Gajra, founder of MSL – a babywearing initiative – is the woman who kick-started all these groups, with the help of other like-minded mums.

What’s up, mom?

Support is one of the prime reasons why women gravitate towards these groups, opines Rashmee.

22 Aug 2019 2:19 AM

Generally, the familial risk was more pronounced when relatives were diagnosed at younger ages. (Photo: ANI)

First-degree relatives play defining role in developing certain blood cancers

Studies reveal that having close relative with blood cancer increases one's own risk.

09 Aug 2019 9:11 AM

The report said that globally, hunger is increasing in many countries where economic growth is lagging, particularly in middle-income countries and those that rely heavily on international primary commodity trade. (Photo: Representational)

‘Indians obese but hunger a concern,’ says UN report

In India, the number of undernourished people declined from 253.9 million in 2004-06 to 194.4 million in 2016-18.

17 Jul 2019 9:42 AM

The east-based Libyan National Army -- led by Khalifa Haftar -- waged an attack on the Tripoli-based and UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in a bid to take control of the region in April. (Photo: AP | Representational)

Over 5,500 people injured, 1,048 killed due to infighting in Tripoli: WHO

According to the WHO, out of the total casualties, 106 civilians have lost their lives while 289 civilians have been wounded.

10 Jul 2019 1:31 PM

An elderly man walking to a Primary Health center in Tamil Nadu.

Universal healthcare key to national well-being

The other indices of India’s healthcare are also alarming — with 63 million people pushed into poverty due to healthcare expenses.

04 Jul 2019 5:53 AM

Now with the new version of ICD-11, they have constructed specific criteria to diagnose people suffering from this disorder. Hopefully, it will make diagnosis and treatment easier.”

New-age addiction

Meanwhile, the gaming community itself is quite saddened by the development.

30 May 2019 7:14 AM

WHO recommends that children between two and four years of age should be restricted to spending at most one hour a day on electronic devices.

Is technology a boon or bane for children

We got in touch with consultant psychiatrist Dr Charan Teja Koganti for his expert opinion on the subject.

23 May 2019 4:29 AM

The cells are currently able to contract, but do not yet have the ability to pump. (Photo: AFP)

Medical breakthrough: First 3D print of heart with human tissues

Scientist’s unveiled 'First' 3D print of heart with human tissue, vessels.

16 Apr 2019 9:43 AM

An opioid overdose epidemic rages in the US, fuelling fears of addiction elsewhere. (Photo: File)

Privileged abuse of opioids

Denial of pain relief to the less developed countries needlessly.

01 Feb 2019 8:43 PM

Not just Delhi and Beijing, 3 other Saarc capitals are among world’s top 10 polluting cities

Now even Bangkok, the Paris of Asia, for long the most elegant of Asian capitals, is shuddering under the weight of ubiquitous ‘development’ projects.

28 Jan 2019 12:19 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: File)

Halt toxic discourse... Our politics is at its nadir!

It appears that India’s political leaders have lapped up, quite indiscriminatingly, two Chinese ideas.

10 Jan 2019 12:15 AM

In recent years, studies of sperm quality in different countries have shown a decrease that could have consequences for the survival of the human species. (Photo: AFP)

Dietary, nutritional supplements may improve sperm quality

Infertility affects 15 percent of the world population and is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a global health problem.

27 Nov 2018 6:58 PM

AMR annually kills about 700,000 people worldwide — a number that is projected to rise to 10 million by 2050 if adequate measures are not initiated now. (Photo: Pixabay)

Urgent steps are needed to combat burgeoning resistance to antibiotics

It has a grave potential to damage the global economy, food security and the health of people.

22 Nov 2018 4:20 AM

There were many challenges on the ground — lack of awareness about polio, misconceptions and myths revolving around the polio drop itself.

Must religion & health be on collision course?

In the city, the corresponding figure was 302. Health experts consider an AQI (air quality index) above 100 as unhealthy.

15 Nov 2018 12:00 AM

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