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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicScreen time

Topic: Screen time

Doughnuts, alcohol, falling in love—how dopamine drives us to pursue pleasure

Dopamine is most known for its role in short-term pleasure. But it also assists with learning, maintaining focus and attention, and helps us store memories.

Blue light from phones is bad for your skin. Limit screen time, add antioxidants to skincare

Many of my patients with skin-related issues spend up to 12 hours in front of various screens. It can lead to skin irritation and inflammation and other issues.

Is your phone affecting your productivity? Here are 7 ways to carve a healthy relationship

We often retreat into the digital world to escape stresses of the physical world, but can end up collecting other kinds of stress.

YouTube’s ChuChu TV is the new playschool for Indian kids. Parents are relieved

ChuChu TV’s generalised content doesn’t cater solely to Indians. It has a network of 12 channels, with languages ranging from English to Tamil to French.

‘Screen time’ for kids is outdated. It’s time to focus on quality instead

Measuring quantity, not the quality, of what children watch is outdated. We need to look at what kids are watching and how they are watching it.

The eyes have it — worst. Work from home and increased screen time is ruining our vision

WFH has been bad news for necks and backs as well as our eyes. It now seems to be only a matter of time before most of our body parts give up and go on a strike.

Screen size is the new generational divide

Younger people today are comfortable with a small screen, older people are not. But as technology enables great gains, a sense of magnificence is being lost.

Children spending more time staring at TV, phone, iPad screens could be at risk

More screen time means a higher likelihood of your child developing obesity, low physical fitness, anxiety and depression.

On Camera

‘Good old days of bonhomie’ between New Delhi and Dhaka won’t be easy

India and Bangladesh should remain alert and remember that Turkey’s increasing role in Dhaka’s defence capabilities goes against India’s security and strategic interests.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.