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Saturday, September 6, 2025
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Topic: teenagers

The ‘testosterone-maxxing’ trend can leave young men vulnerable

Testosterone-maxxing encourages young men – mostly teenage boys – to increase their testosterone levels, either naturally — through diet — or by taking synthetic hormones.

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.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.