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President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday called upon academicians and students to focus on research and put the knowledge they have acquired to practical use.“The academic community should be engaged in research in areas that create not only a new knowledge base but also a knowledge base that sustains human society,” Mr. Kovind said addressing the valedictory function of Utkal University’s platinum jubilee celebrations. “Students and teachers should be sensitive to the empowerment of the marginalised. Issues such as environment, health and education should be taken up vigorously,” he remarked.“Education is the best tool for social empowerment. I am not only a passionate advocate of this belief, but stand before you as a proof of it too. Universities are great hubs of ideas, but they are not ivory towers. They are part of the society and thus remain engaged with social change,” the President pointed out. “One can study a lot of scriptures and … [Read more...] about Education is the best tool for social empowerment, says Ramnath Kovind

Advertisement For many of us, getting out of bed in the morning is the hardest part of the day. While there are many alarm clocks apps available, it’s all too easy to ignore the beeping or keep hitting the snooze button.Sure, there are some truly evil alarm clock apps that will assuredly wake you up in the morning. But you might want to also throw your smartphone out the nearest window after using one. Social alarm clock apps are different.Here are some great apps that harness the power of social connections to get you out the morning stupor and ready to tackle the day ahead on a positive note.1. CuckuuCuckuu is much more than just a social alarm clock app and can help remind you to do almost anything. By combining a to-do list and alarm clock, you can create a cuckuu for almost anything imaginable to help you better manage events.When creating an event, you can select to keep it secret, share it with a select group of friends and family, or with everyone else using the app. You … [Read more...] about The 5 Best Social Alarm Apps to Help You Get Out of Bed

ANTHONY JOSHUA shared an inspirational message after becoming the two-time heavyweight world champion. The British star, 30, reclaimed his WBA, IBF and WBO belts with a unanimous points win over Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia last night. View this post on Instagram My hope is that someone sees my page and decides not to give up. Clean hearts win 🖤 A post shared by Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) on Dec 8, 2019 at 1:41am PST And now on the morning after his professional performance inside the ring, Joshua is hoping his victory and bounce back can motivate others to keep going in their own individual battles. Accompanying a photo in the ring holding his belts, AJ wrote: "My hope is that someone sees my page and decides not to give up. Clean hearts win." Joshua suffered one of the biggest shocks in heavyweight boxing history in June when he was knocked out by the unfancied Mexican-American. But he made certain that he would be flying back to the UK with the belts by … [Read more...] about Anthony Joshua shares inspirational message on social media after becoming a two-time world champion against Andy Ruiz

Talk therapy should be regarded as the best first-line treatment for people with social anxiety disorder, researchers say.Social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, is a psychiatric condition in which people have such intense fear of social situations that it gets in the way of their normal daily lives. The most common treatments for the condition are talk therapy, anti-anxiety medications and antidepressants."Social anxiety is more than just shyness," study co-author Evan Mayo-Wilson, a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said in a statement. "People with this disorder can experience severe impairment, from shunning friendships to turning down promotions at work that would require increased social interaction."Now, in a new study, researchers set out to compare the effects of these different therapies on people with the disorder. They looked at the findings of 101 clinical trials conducted between 1988 and 2013, involving a total of more than 13,000 … [Read more...] about Talk Therapy May Help Social Anxiety Better than Drugs

THE spiralling terrorist violence on Britain’s streets is only “the tip of the iceberg” of a new tidal wave of evil that fanatics are secretly spreading, the Extremism Commissioner has warned. Issuing the bombshell alarm, Sara Khan revealed she has been “genuinely shocked” to discover the true scale of mushrooming support that Islamist, far right and far left groups now have. Social media has proved “a game changer” for extremists’ recruiting and brainwashing, allowing radicals to grow their ranks on an unprecedented scale, she added. Ms Khan gave her first interview since taking up the key new job to The Sun on Thursday. The campaigner and human rights activist was appointed the nation’s first Extremism Commissioner in January this year after the office was created by PM Theresa May. Brits should run towards terror not away from it, minister Tobias Ellwood who tried in vain to save brave cop in Westminster attack demands She also … [Read more...] about Social media is ‘a game-changer’ for ‘brain-washing terrorists,’ warns anti-extremism tsar — and terror attacks are just ‘the tip of the iceberg’