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Monday, May 6, 2024
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Topic: The Conversation

Cute as a button: Dogs look like their owners because we groom them in our own image

Tiffani J. Howell -
Ethologist Konrad Lorenz found people generally find infant-like characteristics cute. Pets piggyback on this, with their cuteness inspiring us to care for them.

Coronavirus pandemic can lead to these 8 good things too

Charles Foster -
The lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic will pay dividends in the future and help human beings prevent worse ones.

Coronavirus won’t make Trump lose. That’s what modern history tells us

Alex De Waal -
The pandemic may lead some in US to favour conservative politics – further advantaging Trump – because it easily feeds an isolationist ethic.

How to read news like a scientist during coronavirus information overload

Doug Specht -
The content from a research paper on coronavirus to a newspaper headline is almost like a game of ‘Chinese whispers’. Here’s how to read news better.

Not just 2020, why the US has never had a woman president

Farida Jalalzai -
It is not the lack of qualified women. Record numbers of women currently serve in the House and Senate.

Using food as incentive or punishment for children must stop now

Stephanie Meyers -
Rewarding and comforting kids with food can lead to overeating when they are not hungry. This is how to kick the habit.

When a woman earns more in a relationship, it leads to dissatisfaction in both partners

Belinda Hewitt -
Women on average were least satisfied with the relationship when she became the primary breadwinner due to her partner being unable to work due to illness or disability.

I saw my Uyghur friends disappear when I was in China

Sarah Tynen -
Uyghur migrant friends began to tell me, in whispers or coded text messages, that they had to go back home and they could no longer contact me.

Do you get shorter as you age? Yes, this is why

Adam Hawkey -
While a bit of shrinking is a normal part of ageing, it can suggest more serious issues.

Coronavirus pandemic has given Chinese government even more powers over its people

Dionysios Stivas -
China's new forms of power and control will surely linger once the threat of COVID-19 is overcome. And the state has all the data it needs.
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Opinion

Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

+TFP D.K. Singh -
While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

What caused the rise and fall of Harappan civilisation? Studies debunk role of ‘river culture’

India must break the myth of a ‘strong leader’ for its own good

Economy

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Yuthika Bhargava -
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

Defence

Indian Coast Guard seizes Iranian fishing vessel, rescues six Indian crew members

ThePrint Team -
The ICG said in a statement that the boat was seized and brought to Kochi for further investigation on May 6.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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