We have come across umpteen reports linking obesity to depression. Compared with normal weight adolescents, obese adolescents have a higher prevalence of mental health problems, self-esteem, anxiety, depressive disorders, due to their body image issues. According to a new study things aren’t as picture perfect in the other side of ... Read More »

Nikon Corp. said Monday it has taken legal action in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan over the use of semiconductor lithography technology in products made by Dutch and German companies. Nikon said it is seeking to stop Dutch company ASML Holding N.V. and its supplier Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH from ... Read More »

Mumbai: Shares of Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd surged over 100% in the last one month. The stock price started rallying after its board approved restructuring of its leasing and commercial operations into a separate entity. The stock hit a high of Rs163.20, a level last seen on 12 November 2010, ... Read More »

Mary Moore stops in her kitchen, puts her hands on her hips and offers a story she hadn’t quite planned to tell about her historic home and her extensive collection of Art Deco furniture. “You know, some people see ghosts here,” she blurted out, knowing that single line would catch ... Read More »

A revamped interface for the My Apps section of Google Play is now rolling out to Android users. The new interface, which was first spotted, provides users with better organised categories and more utility than before. It potentially helps clear space on your Android device by allowing you to sort ... Read More »

The existing network of Future Retail includes small-format EasyDay stores and large-format Big Bazaar stores, along with apparel chain fbb, Foodhall, electronics store eZone and furniture and home decor chain HomeTown. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Shares of Future Retail Ltd hit an all-time high on Thursday after India’s biggest departmental store ... Read More »

We clean our body every day; we brush, bathe, scrub, apply moisturisers, cleansers and sunscreens before stepping out. However, contrary to many skincare companies, your external beauty can be at its best only if the inside is looked after. No matter, how expensive your lotions and potions are, or you ... Read More »

“‘Potent’ new molecule in frog slime may give us new way to beat flu epidemics, say boffins,” The Sun reports. Researchers looked at secretions from the skin of a south Indian frog called Hydrophylax bahuvistara. They found it contained a peptide (a short chain of amino acids) which could kill ... Read More »

The year kicked off with buyers across the country racing to lock in rising mortgage rates and close on homes—except in one surprising region. Sales of existing homes, which have previously been lived in, rose 3.3% from December to January, according to the most recent National Association of Realtors® report. The 5.69 ... Read More »

With the Galaxy S8, Samsung has made an Android phone more desirable than an iPhone. For all its faults, for all the ways Samsung could spend less time and money on gimmicks and more on on-going software support, for all the cheaper options out there, there’s no other phone we’d ... Read More »

I pull on a pair of 3D goggles and I’m standing outside the magnificent V&A Dundee. I can tell it’s magnificent because I’m looking at it. With a click, I’m inside and I’m going up the stairs. It’s perfect in every detail – not just an artist’s rendering of what ... Read More »

India’s third largest real estate company, Indiabulls Real Estate’s board is planning to do some restructuring in its business. The board of the company considered the possibility of streamlining the company’s existing ‘residential’, ‘commercial’ and ‘leasing’ businesses by segregating the ‘commercial and leasing’ business segment. The company has two options ... Read More »