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Friday, July 18, 2025
TopicTeenagers

Topic: teenagers

48% US teens say social media bad for peers, only 14% admit to harm on themselves, finds Pew

Survey by Pew Research Center among US teens also found 44% of them cut back on social media use and 80% of parents feel comfortable talking to their teens about mental health.

49,000 in every million kids & teens in India have impaired kidney function — 1st nationwide survey

India's prevalence rate 4.9%, global avg 1-2%. Study by researchers of International Institute for Population Sciences, George Institute of Public Health etc published in Springer Nature.

Is your teenage child not talking to you about online harms? This could be the reason

There is a disconnect between what young people were worried about when it came to their online lives, and the worries their parents and other adults had.

Age clause in data protection bill — excessive control or keeping kids safe?

New Delhi: Policy advocacy groups and marketing professionals have expressed worry over Clause 10 of the latest draft Personal Data Protection Bill, which states...

SubscriberWrites: Poem on the challenges of becoming an adult

Vardhan Saklani’s poem talks about the experiences encountered by a person transitioning from a child into a young adult .

Why do teenagers fighting emotional distress engage in self-harm? This study answers

Worldwide, about 17% of youths aged 12-18 intentionally injure themselves each year. Doctoral candidates in clinical psychology at University of Washington study why.

Social media platforms show filtered reality. We should learn to take breaks

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

How courts are ‘creatively interpreting’ grey zone between minors & consent in POCSO cases

Last year, both the Bombay and Madras High Court noted there were issues with the POCSO Act and its harming teenagers in consensual relationships.

Hathras, Balrampur are preventable. This is what we found in our study of UP and Bihar teens

We asked over 20,000 boys and girls from UP and Bihar what they think of education, household chores, marriage and being harassed.

Weed, Ketamine, Cocaine — rich Indian teens are putting shady drug dealers out of business

In ‘Stone Shamed Depressed’, Jyotsna Mohan Bharghava writes on issues plaguing today’s teens & how even twelve-year-olds are now experimenting with hard drugs.

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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.