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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicSleeping habits

Topic: sleeping habits

Can you sleep your way to better decision making? Here’s what the science says

Thomas Edison, who helped invent the light bulb, often used daytime naps to help spur his creativity even though he claimed not to sleep more than four hours a night.

Bathroom breaks to messages — 61% Indians get less than 6 hrs of uninterrupted sleep, finds survey

LocalCircles survey covering over 41,000 participants sheds light on the sleep patterns and disturbances affecting urban and rural citizens alike. Health experts call for lifestyle changes.

Want to live longer? These 5 sleeping habits can help you, US scientists say

Changing our sleeping habits could add years to our lives – nearly 5 years for men and 2.5 for women, according to a...

Only 2% Indians say they are able to sleep 8-10 hours every night, finds LocalCircles survey

Out of the 13,387 respondents in the survey, 61% cited the need to use the washroom once or more as the reason behind interrupted sleep.

Want to live longer? Nurture these five sleeping habits

A US study has found that with an uninterrupted good night’s sleep, the life expectancy for men and women went up by 5 and 2.5 years, respectively.

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Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.