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Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, in the Union Budget 2026 made a mention of the Government’s commitment to mental health. Sitharaman recognised the fact that barring NIMHANS in Bengaluru, there are actually no national institutes of mental healthcare, especially in North India. She announced setting up of NIMHANS-2 as well as upgrade National Mental Health Institutes in Ranchi and Tezpur as regional apex institutions.Mental illness in India has always been looked upon as a stigma. A person battling with depression or anxiety more than often prefers to keep it under wraps. The fear of being judged looms large. The COVID-19 pandemic…

– credit, Aubert, Brumm, et al. The discovery of stylized handprints dating back at least 67,800 years in a limestone cave in Indonesia has broken the country’s own record for the world’s oldest-known example of rock art. It provides direct evidence that humans have been crossing the sea intentionally for nearly 70,000 years, as Man traveled from the Asian continent across Australasia to the land Down Under and beyond. Adhi Agus Oktaviana, a researcher at the BRIN Research Center for Archaeometry, revealed that the minimum age of the rock art is 16,600 years older than the previously discovered rock art…

Overview: Chronic stress can lead to poor sleep, unhealthy eating habits, and behaviors like smoking and alcohol abuse, which can raise the risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. Managing stress is an important part of protecting your heart. Ways to reduce stress and protect your heart include building healthy lifestyle habits with regular physical activity, spending time with friends or family for support, focusing on what you can control and breaking tasks into steps, practicing deep breathing or quiet time daily, using positive self-talk to stay calm, and practicing gratitude and joyful moments. Stress is a normal…

                                Climate & Comp Lexington, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – As government officials and utility companies are asking residents and consumers to be patient as their workers try to clean streets and restore power following Winter Storm Fern. In Lexington, Ky., more than a week after the storm, road crews are still working to clear streets, Mayor Linda Gorton said, and some are facing pushback from residents whose streets haven’t been cleared since the snow started on Jan. 24. Gorton said in a press release that some…

The Mental Health First Aid Grant Program awarded 27 SUNY campuses funding to train staff to respond to students struggling with mental health or substance use. Last month, SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. announced that 27 SUNY campuses will receive new grants through the Mental Health First Aid Grant Program. Sixteen state four-year campuses and 11 community colleges will receive awards of up to $8,000 to fund training for nearly 3,000 staff in mental health first aid. Personnel will be trained to recognize and respond to students experiencing mental health or substance use challenges, part of the SUNY Board…

Medicare premiums rose nearly 10% to $202.90. This consumed much of the 2.8% Social Security COLA. Social Security benefits have lost 20% of buying power since 2010 according to the Senior Citizens League. COLA uses CPI-W that tracks urban worker expenses instead of senior spending on high-inflation healthcare and housing. Investors rethink ‘hands off’ investing and decide to start making real money If you’re collecting Social Security, you probably noticed that your January check was larger than your checks in 2025. That’s because you got a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in 2026. Unfortunately, there’s a serious problem with this…

By Dr. Joseph Novoa Libermann, a specialist in integrative women’s health and bioidentical hormone balancing for the Marion Gluck Clinic Across industries, leaders are facing a shared challenge; how to sustain productivity while genuinely supporting employee wellbeing. The two goals are often treated as competing priorities, yet the organisations that perform best over time understand they are closely linked. Through years of working alongside business owners and leadership teams, one pattern consistently emerges. Organisations with lower sickness absence, higher engagement, and more stable performance tend to embed health awareness into everyday working life, rather than responding only when problems become…

ARC strengthens the Singapore International Foundation’s suite of youth development and exchange programmes, enhancing a regional leadership journey that empowers young changemakers to drive impact across borders. The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) has concluded the inaugural edition of Asia’s Rising Circle (ARC) a regional youth development initiative that supports youth in advancing economic opportunities and social mobility by strengthening leadership capability and builds trusted cross-border networks across Asia.  ARC brought together 42 youth changemakers from Southeast Asia, China and India, equipping them to navigate disruption and uncertainty and to harness change for meaningful impact in their communities. Designed as a…

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Education spent NT$85.2 million (US$2.7 million) in 2024 and last year to subsidize universities for adding or upgrading facilities for students with disabilities.The ministry said the subsidies have been used to improve campus layouts and accessibility, purchase equipment to support learning, and integrate mobile devices into instruction. Some universities also used the funding to create additional spaces for group activities, per CNA.The ministry said the number of students with disabilities in Taiwan reached 135,598 in 2024. Students with autism, emotional disorders, physical disabilities, and learning disabilities make up the largest groups, it said. Some…

The owl statue – Luis Gerardo Pena Torres, INAH, released It’s being called the most significant archaeological discovery in a decade: a tomb dating back 1,400 years decorated with murals and carvings of exquisite preservation. Belonging to one of Mexico’s non-Mayan native cultures, the Zapotecs, its most striking feature is a frieze of an enormous owl head, with a man’s face trapped in its beak. Luis Gerardo Pena Torres, INAH, released The Zapotecs are a pre-Colombian people who inhabited areas making up the modern Mexican state of Oaxaca as far back as the 6th century BCE, around the time this…