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Researchers investigate hydrogen energy transition
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The researchers will build a socially just framework to provide ways for local communities in Oklahoma to share their current and future energy needs and to influence the development of energy solutions.
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Research reveals using app to practise mindfulness may benefit children's
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Several studies have shown that practising mindfulness, which is defined as cultivating open-minded attention to the present moment, benefits children. Children who receive mindfulness training at school enhance their attention and behaviour, as well as their mental health.
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Practicing mindfulness with app might improve children's mental health: Re
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Many studies have revealed that children benefit from practising mindfulness, which is defined as cultivating open-minded attention to the present moment. Children who get mindfulness training at school show improvements in attention and behaviour, as well as improved mental health.
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Children close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful:
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a study, a loving link between parents and their children early in life considerably enhances the child's tendency to be 'prosocial,' and act with kindness and empathy towards others.
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BML Munjal University Launches School of Liberal Studies to Cultivate Ethi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 15: BML Munjal University (BMU), a Hero Group Initiative, has launched the School of Liberal Studies (SoLS) with an aim to equip students with multi-disciplinary training. This transformative programme has an interdisciplinary foundation that spans natur
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RJD leader Manoj Jha's lecture at DU cancelled, demands investigation
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Jha, who is a professor at DU Department of Social Work, said he was requested by the Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education to be the resource person for a refresher course in social work and social sciences on September 4
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Singapore’s National University appoints British professor Jasjit Singh fo
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In an effort to foster an understanding of Sikh beliefs and practices, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) appointed Associate Professor Jasjit Singh as the inaugural CSGB visiting professor.
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Researchers find genetic mutation for Alzheimer’s disease linked with high
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Apolipoprotein-4 allele has been linked to an increased risk for a number of diseases in ageing populations, particularly Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease. Nevertheless, this genetic mutation continues to be common in about 20% of the human population despite its harmful effects. A
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Illustrious Alumnus empowers students of his Alma Mater Hindu College with
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Raj Bhargava (IAS retd) former Chief Secretary of Home Affairs, Government of India, has once again returned to his alma mater with a corpus fund of Rs 2 crores for his scholarship foundation to be given to students of Social Sciences at the undergraduate level.
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Study finds first five years are crucial for refugee success
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers found people from refugee backgrounds who arrived in New Zealand between 1997 and 2020. The study was published in Kotuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online.'
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Study shows kids might consider past choices when judging others
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers from Boston College in Massachusetts and the University of Queensland in Australia analyses whether four- to nine-year-old children consider their own prior behaviours while making moral judgements about others.
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Study reveals kids may consider past choices when judging others
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A new study published in the journal Child Development by researchers at Boston College in Massachusetts, USA, and the University of Queensland in Australia investigates whether four- to nine-year-old children evaluate their own previous actions when developing moral judgements about others.
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