Life
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'Generational problem': Youth still struggling in pandemic's shadow
Research has shown that younger people who were forced into isolation during one of the most social times of their lives took the biggest mental health hit during the pandemic
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Maha Kumbh Mela: How AI is helping stop stampedes at world's biggest gathering
Organisers predict up to 400 million pilgrims will visit the Kumbh Mela, a millennia-old sacred show of Hindu piety and ritual bathing that began on January 13 and runs for six weeks
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When a deaf woman attended the Coldplay concert in Mumbai
Priya Mohan was unsure if she would enjoy the experience and do justice to the expensive tickets that she had luckily got. But thanks to a wireless vest with several points of vibration with which one can feel the music as a 3D surround sound experience, she loved every minute of her first ever concert outing
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Pharrell pursues Paris landmark takeovers with Louvre show for Louis Vuitton
Transforming the French capital's most famous museum continues his tradition of using major landmarks as backdrops for his clothes since he began as creative director in 2023
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Love and rights: Thailand's same-sex marriage milestone
Thai society has long been seen as accepting of gender-fluid identities and relationships, but matching legal structures were absent
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Paris Men's Fashion Week: Louis Vuitton, Willy Chavarria, Simon Porte Jacquemus gear up for showing
The schedule this week is set to be slightly lighter than last year, with 37 runway shows and 30 presentations showcasing the autumn-winter 2025-2026 collections
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Vaccine misinformation: A lasting side effect from Covid
Vaccine scepticism was around long before Covid, but the pandemic "served as an accelerant, helping to turn a niche movement into a more powerful force," according to a 2023 paper in The Lancet journal
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Chinese artist cashes in on Buddha-like Trump statues
Cross-legged with his eyes half-closed in a pose evoking the Buddha, this porcelain version of America's divisive leader-in-waiting is the work of designer and sculptor Hong Jinshi
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Private firefighters highlight wealth divide in ruined Los Angeles
More than a week after enormous blazes spread unchecked through swathes of America's second-largest metropolis, questions are being asked about how some of the city's super-rich seem to have survived almost unscathed
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Sometimes, athletes have to be selfish: Sir Mo Farah
The British running legend on his rise from a trafficked Somali kid, how Neeraj Chopra has caught his eye, and the highs of being double Olympic champion in front of a home crowd
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Desert's paradox: When water built an empire
In Neemrana, the fort and baori stand as the paradox of royal power, where water management held sway as much as military might in preserving the empire