India’s sleep crisis: How insomnia is fuelling a billion-rupee industry – The Times of India

India’s sleep crisis: How insomnia is fuelling a billion-rupee industry – The Times of India

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee…” wrote William Shakespeare centuries ago. Today, those lines feel less like poetry and more like a diagnosis.Sleep, once considered a passive, restorative necessity, has quietly turned into one of India’s most pressing yet under-recognised public health concerns. In a country racing toward…

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Passive euthanasia: How Harish Rana’s case revived memories for Aruna Shanbaug’s long, silent fight for dignity in death | India News – The Times of India

Passive euthanasia: How Harish Rana’s case revived memories for Aruna Shanbaug’s long, silent fight for dignity in death | India News – The Times of India

Harish Rana (L) and Aruna Shanbaug (R) NEW DELHI: “To be, or not to be: that is the question,” William Shakespeare’s famous soliloquy aptly captures the tragic dilemma surrounding Harish Rana’s life and death, who has struggled for over a decade in a vegetative condition. Invoking the Shakespearean tragedy of Hamlet, the Supreme Court announced…

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‘Don’t really have next generation’: Judit Polgár, Richárd Rapport and changing face of Hungarian chess | Exclusive | Chess News – The Times of India

‘Don’t really have next generation’: Judit Polgár, Richárd Rapport and changing face of Hungarian chess | Exclusive | Chess News – The Times of India

Judit Polgár and Richárd Rapport (Photo Credit: FIDE) NEW DELHI: William Shakespeare wrote in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” Hungary, too, has never been the biggest country on the chess map. Yet, it has long played the game with a fearlessness that belies its size.With none of the…

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