No Smoking Day, observed on the second Wednesday of March, aims to spread awareness about the harms of smoking. This year, it was on March 11. According to the World Health Organization, men smoke far more than women in India, but the numbers have declined between 2000 and 2025. Tobacco expenditure rose highest among…
The rupee depreciated on Wednesday, tracking the rise in crude oil prices and selling in domestic equities, dealers said. The local currency settled at 92.04 per dollar against the previous close of 91.81 per dollar. Intensifying geopolitical tensions in West Asia over the past two weeks have heightened risk aversion in global…
Healthcare has always struggled with translation. Not between English and other languages but between the dialects spoken by different corners of the industry. Radiologists write in precise measurements. Psychiatrists craft narrative assessments. Oncologists think in probabilities and protocols. Even the word “stable” means different things to different specialists—sometimes “unchanged,” sometimes “improving,” occasionally “precarious but holding.”…
