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China uses psychiatric hospitals to punish activists: Report
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 18 (ANI): Chinese police and government agents send petitioners and activists to psychiatric wards for medically-unnecessary compulsory treatment, where some languish for years, according to a report by Safeguard Defenders.
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India's first IPS officer Dr Kiran Bedi unveils 11-year-old author Shivam
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI/GPRC): Books tell stories of what is happening around in the world. Be it personal growth, keeping a positive attitude or being compassionate towards the less fortunate in society, an author has the power to propagate an idea from a nascent stage to its impl
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Study: Krabbe disease causes degeneration of neurons directly
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): According to a new study, the gene defect underlying Krabbe disease causes degeneration of neurons directly, independent of its effects on other cell types. The discovery represents a new mechanism of action for the mutant gene, presenting a more accurate pi
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Empathy in adolescents helps to prevent cyberbullying, finds study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): Bullying has gotten easier and more serious as a result of social media, gaming platforms, and other online communication technologies, affecting many of our schools, families, and communities. According to research, cyberbullying, the online equivalent of s
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Nigerian national apprehended with 30 gm of MDMA drug in Hyderabad
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 13 (ANI): The sleuths of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), along with Narayanguda police, apprehended a Nigerian national for allegedly possessing 30 grams of MDMA drug, an official said on Friday.
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Study reveals new insights on the significance of willpower to self-contro
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): In Greek mythology, the story of Odysseus and the Sirens illustrates a paradigmatic example of self-control. When the hero of Homer's epic prepared to travel past the Sirens, mythical creatures who lure sailors with their enchanted singing, Odysseus instruct
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Research finds how different smells influence visual perception of emotion
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): The findings of master's research by Matheus Henrique Ferreira, currently a PhD candidate at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Psychology (IP-USP) in Brazil, suggest that smells influence our ability to see and interpret the emotions of other people
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Brain scans reveal hidden shape of thinking, predict students' learning be
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): Neuroscientists have documented a link between spatial and verbal reasoning by scanning students' brains while taking a course that emphasized spatial learning.
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HC grants Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Majithia bail in Punjab NDPS case
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], August 10 (ANI): Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Bikram Singh Majithia in connection with a case registered against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in December 2021.
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Study finds how empathy in adolescents helps to prevent cyberbullying
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 8 (ANI): Bullying has become easier and often more serious as a result of social media, gaming platforms, and other online communication technologies, affecting many of our schools, families, and communities. Cyberbullying, the online version of school-based bullying,
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Ahmedabad University's Professor Ramadhar Singh becomes the first Indian S
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], August 8 (ANI/NewsVoir): The extraordinary contributions to social psychology and management by Ramadhar Singh, currently a Distinguished University Professor at the Amrut Mody School of Management of Ahmedabad University have been marked on the 'Heritage Wall of
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Hyderabad boy gets Rs 1 cr scholarship in US university that produced 17 N
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 6 (ANI): In an inspirational story, an 18-year-old boy Vedant Anandwade from Hyderabad has got a scholarship of Rs 1.3 crore from the Case Western Reserve University in the United States for under graduation pre-med in Neuroscience and psychology.
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