American media giant Forbes has included two Pakistani companies in its “Asia’s Best Under A Billion 2020” list, which highlights some 200 publicly-listed, small-and medium-scale companies in the Asia-Pacific region with sales under $1 billion. Eventually, the two Pakistani firms comprise an information technology company and a textile manufacturer. Furthermore, according to a statement issued […]
.At only 15, Gitanjali Rao has been selected from a field of more than 5,000 US nominees as TIME’s first-ever Kid of the Year. Rao’s astonishing work includes using technology to tackle issues ranging from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying, with her mission to create a global community of young innovators to […]
What is addiction? According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine: Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social, and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors. […]
While countries are dealing with mass breakouts of Coronavirus, there are many people with health anxiety going into crisis with their mental health. It is difficult to get away from the conversations on the news that talk about how many more new cases there are daily, or social media posts that share videos of people […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle suffered through the loss of their second child earlier this year. And as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex receive an outpouring of love and support, many have started referring to the couple’s next child as a ‘rainbow baby.’ While the former actor refrained from mentioning whether or not and […]
South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill. To allow globally recognized K-pop artists such as BTS to postpone their mandatory military service to age 30. All able-bodied South Korean men aged between 18 and 28; must serve in the military for about two years as part of the country’s efforts. To guard against North […]
As the second wave of COVID-19 sends countries around the world back into lockdown, scientists worry what impact more isolation will have. More than half the world’s population was under some form of lockdown last April, and most have been subject to stay-at-home orders off and on since then. In the United States, more than […]
Microsoft Teams is going to lose compatibility with Internet Explorer 11 from November 30 (today). It will stop working for millions of people across the world. Microsoft Teams, the very popular web conferencing service, is going to stop working on Internet Explorer 11 from today (November 30). So, if you have been using Microsoft Teams […]
These days, with a pandemic raging, this is what life can look like: Staring at your face on Zoom for hours instead of occasionally glimpsing it in the mirror. Living out the days in loungewear. Wearing minimal makeup because no one sees much of you. Considering an investment in home exercise equipment because gyms are […]
Does anyone know anything about a curious medical syndrome called tachysensia? Searching the web gets one only as far as a similar curiosity called “The Alice in Wonderland” syndrome, often called “Fast Feeling syndrome.” Perhaps some of my readers know something about the clinical findings of these conditions. They have been around for over 50 […]
