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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicFriendship

Topic: Friendship

Friends are still matchmaking in the dating apps era

Gauging romantic chemistry between two people is risky business. When it flops, years of friendship and group dynamics fall apart.

‘Friend breakups’ can hurt just as much as romantic ones. Here’s why

Research shows that the most common method of ending a friendship is by avoidance – not addressing the issues involved.

Workplace best friends are good for you, a US researcher explains

While there will always be colleagues you don’t care for, it can be empowering to know that with some reframing, you can help create a better workplace for everyone.

Making friends from different generations can reduce loneliness. Here’s how

Friendships between older and younger people can also promote social inclusion, tackle ageism, besides reducing loneliness in society.

‘Bhakts’ or ‘Liberals’ — friendship changed in Modi’s India. Tech will make it worse for GenZ

In ‘India 2030’, Sandipan Deb, as part of the volume of 20 essays, predicts how ideology and technology will widen political polarisation over the next decade.

Is sex more important than friendship in marriage?

Public intellectual Gurcharan Das writes about how dwindling desire in marriage can give way to another kind of love. 

On Camera

Indian cricket team and its half-hearted performative patriotism

India won the match against Pakistan. But when it came to upholding the spirit of the game, they dropped the ball.

At launch of NITI Aayog report, Sitharaman calls for regulation to run at par with AI adoption

FM adds that AI-assisted technologies should be adopted in all districts to bring development & highlights importance of collaborative ecosystems in tech innovation.

New Defence Procurement Manual out, first since 2009, with moves to cut red tape, ease pvt participation

The updated manual introduces reforms like guaranteed orders, lower financial penalties & simplified procurement for specialised equipment.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.