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TopicFriendship

Topic: Friendship

The dating pool is depleting. Gen Z is fishing in the friend zone

Ratan Priya -
The best part? If they ghost you, you can summon them on their mom’s mobile.

Friends are still matchmaking in the dating apps era

Ratan Priya -
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

Sonja Falck -
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

Stephen Friedman -
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

Catherine Elliott O'Dare -
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

Sandipan Deb -
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?

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

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Opinion

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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