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Education

Job opening for a research project at Ambedkar University

The School of Vocational Studies (SVS), at Ambedkar University, has put on an advertisement for the job roles of Research Associate and Field Investigator for a project being funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). The research project is on the topic “A Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Skill Development […]

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Awareness Health

Under the pressure to live long

Life, in general, is taken for granted by a majority of people, to the extent of not cherishing it to its fullest. Disease, in general, and terminal illness in particular, sound like a fire alarm that warn us to look at life with renewed interest. All the unfinished and unaccomplished goals start guiding people through […]

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Social

Understanding boredom in lockdown

On March 11th 2020, the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 as a pandemic, stressing that the novel coronavirus has engulfed many countries of the world posing a serious threat to mankind. Complete lockdown of all services, baring essential movement was announced in many countries as a way to reduce contraction of infection and community transmission. […]

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Awareness Social

Online Social Support: Buffer for everyday discrimination?

Social media is all-pervasive entity in our lives, and its boons and banes have been extensively debated, not only within the Psychology community but also in popular culture, at large. There is no doubt that social media use is pitted with numerous disadvantages to its users,  as research makes clear – there is a consistent […]

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Health News

The first tool to measure your work stress developed by NIMHANS

The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurological Sciences (NIMHANS) has developed TAWS-16, a tool to measure the work stress of employees of companies of different sectors. Stress has become a major cause of disruption in companies. There is a lot of stress from the higher management in almost all companies. The average stress measured […]

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Health News

Lost elderly woman suffering from mental illness rescued in Mumbai

On January 9th, a viral video of an elderly woman went online on Facebook. The video was of a man appealing for help for a mentally unstable old woman. She seemed helpless and lost and had a swollen leg. This video was from Mumbai, and the man asked for help from anyone who could get […]

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Technology

“Social life” or a gloomy array of expectations?

Today, all of us look around for some or the other kind of validation. But, does the hunger for validation from people who are not even concerned about us important? More importantly, does that form of validation lead us to our mental peace? The kind of world we live in has made us enslaved to […]

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Awareness Motivation Positive

Easing the Sad!

Reema is a working professional. Heading to hold a senior position in her organisation. She is hard-working and full of life. She got her promotion in last winter. Still she felt that the last winter was difficult for her. She did not feel happy, lacked motivation and found it difficult to get through her routine. […]

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News Social

Great Loss: The Demise of Prof. Avinash Kumar

Today, Professor Avinash Kumar, the Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Delhi, passed away from a heart attack. He had been heading the Department since April 2021. Professor Kumar completed his Ph.D. in 2008 and has been a part of Department of Psychology since 2007.  Management, leadership and change, community psychology, people […]

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Crime News

Rising drug abuse in Haryana: A cause for concern

Drugs are very damaging to your health. Some people use it for recreational purposes. For example when they are with their friends or they are at a party which is more dangerous than it seems. Many such users might go on to take the dark path. Drugs are one example of a highly addictive substance […]

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