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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicUK Study

Topic: UK Study

Education can’t save you from dementia, new UK study says

Education is thought to allow a person to build a ‘cognitive reserve’ – a sort of buffer against cognitive decline. This study contradicts the idea.

Why Indian student numbers in UK have skyrocketed — graduate visa, pandemic backlog

The British High Commission granted 1.27 lakh student visas to Indians in the year ending September 2022, an increase of 273 per cent over the same period in 2019.

Why politicians live longer than the people they represent — UK study explains

Inequalities in income and wealth have been rising through the years. But that's not the only cause of concern—elite groups have other advantages too.

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Like a gambler, govts squandered India’s legacy through mindless socialism: Nani Palkhivala

Our brand of socialism did not result in transfer of wealth from the rich to the poor but only from the honest rich to the dishonest rich, lawyer-jurist Nani A Palkhivala said in 1991.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?