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30 senators flag delays in US visa appointments for Indian students

With the US fall academic season weeks away, a shortage of timely student-visa appointments has emerged as a growing concern for international students, including Indians, with 30 US senators now pressing the state department to explain delays in processing F, M and J visas. These are visas for academic studies,…

The Times of India · Aug 13

India and Nepal Are Building the World's Largest Transboundary Tiger Conservation Zone in the Terai

What the Terai Arc Actually IsThe Terai Arc Landscape is a 49,000-square-kilometre belt of grassland, riverine forest, and sal woodland running along the base of the Himalayas, from India's Uttarakhand in the west through Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, crossing into Nepal's lowland Terai districts and back. It holds eleven protected…

Times Life · Aug 13

Nilgiri Elephant Corridors: Why India's Largest Elephant Population Is Losing Its Migration Routes

The World's Largest Asian Elephant Population Lives HereThe Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, spanning Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala, holds an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 Asian elephants, the single largest population of the species anywhere on earth. That number sounds like a conservation success. The reality is more complicated. Asian elephants (Elephas…

Times Life · Aug 13

Why Neutral Undertones Are the Most Misdiagnosed Skin Category in Indian Beauty

The Two-Category Trap at Every Beauty CounterWalk into any beauty counter in a Lifestyle or Shoppers Stop and the first question a makeup artist will ask is: "Are you warm or cool?" The question assumes those are the only two answers. For a significant portion of Indian women, they are…

Times Life · Aug 13

Kinnaur Is the Himachal District That Looks Like Tibet and Gets Overlooked Because Manali Is Easier

The road that most people don't takeYou leave Shimla and the hills start changing almost immediately. The pine forests thin. The rock face closes in. By the time you reach Rampur, the Sutlej is a grey-green roar below you and the road is a single lane cut into a cliff…

Times Life · Aug 13

The Three Arguments Vivekananda Made in Chicago That India's Schoolbooks Left Out

He Did Not Ask for Tolerance. He Rejected the Question.The line every Indian child memorises is "sisters and brothers of America." The applause lasted two minutes. What came after that opening is what the curriculum quietly set aside.Vivekananda's first real argument at the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions in…

Times Life · Aug 13

Why Gallstones Are Striking Indian Women Under 40: Diet, Hormones, and Rising Risk

The hormonal connection is directGallstones are forming in Indian women in their twenties and early thirties at rates that would have been unusual a generation ago. A 2018 study published in the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology found gallstone prevalence in Indian women significantly higher than in men, with urban women…

Times Life · Aug 13

7 Gallbladder Disease Warning Signs Indians Confuse With Acidity and Indigestion Symptoms

The burning after a heavy meal that isn't what you thinkThat familiar burn after a plate of chole bhature or a late-night biryani gets blamed on acidity almost automatically. But gallbladder pain follows a different clock. It tends to arrive 30 minutes to two hours after eating, particularly after fatty…

Times Life · Aug 13

'India showing interest in Northern Sea Route cooperation,' says Putin as he warns of 'artificial tensions' in Arctic

Russian President Vladimir Putin said India is among countries showing growing interest in cooperating with Moscow on the Northern Sea Route, while warning of rising tensions in the Arctic. He also cautioned European nations against confiscating Russian merchant ships, saying Moscow would respond “in kind” to any such action.

The Economic Times · Aug 13

'India showing interest': Putin on Northern Sea Route; why it matters

India is among the key countries showing growing interest in cooperation with Russia on the Northern Sea Route (NSR), Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Aug 12