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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicOld age

Topic: Old age

India’s silver economy is booming—app, startups, part-time ‘daughters’, dementia centres

India’s senior population will hit 319 million by 2050, and startups are stepping in where the government falls short. The industry is worth $7 billion—and growing.

There’s a boom in senior citizens climbing the Himalayas. Risk evaluation is the first step

Senior citizens are constantly under pressure to gracefully recede from the public eye and retire. But mountaineers and trekkers in their 60s and 70s are questioning this view.

Best NMN Supplements To Support Optimal NAD+ Levels

Getting older is often a perilous journey, fraught with physical degradation, mental decline, and other alarming issues. In recent years, emerging science has demonstrated...

New book looks at how life changes after Alzheimer’s and how we cope & understood the disease

Published by Penguin Random House India, ‘My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's’ by Sandeep Jauhar will be released on 20 June on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch digital ebooks.

Cookies, chips, frozen meals—ultra-processed foods can cause cognitive decline, dementia

Research increasingly indicates that a poor diet is a risk factor for memory impairments during normal aging.

Will you have dementia in future? Your nightmares can tell: UK study

We still know so little about why we dream, how the brain creates them, and their significance for our health – especially the health of our brains.

Not everyone gets happier as retirement comes. Many just bottom out with age

The so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably not true.

Next global economic threat is old age, a challenge no one really knows how to deal with

Societies like Japan are on the front lines of what will eventually be a global challenge. The human species has never before dealt with prolonged and continuous aging.

Covid-19 is more serious for the elderly. So what?

Governments shouldn't be focusing just on identifying which demographic is more affected, but on its response to dealing with the data at hand.

Why voluntary isolation and not Covid lockdowns just for the elderly is the way forward

A selective lockdown would probably be unconstitutional in many liberal democracies. Even if well-intentioned, it would set a precedent that’s unacceptably dangerous.

On Camera

India-Pakistan ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.