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Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto/Getty Images Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That’s according to a new study that suggests a link between social media use and poorer cognition in teens. The findings are published in JAMA. “This is a really exciting study,” says psychologist Mitch Prinstein at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who wasn’t involved in the new research. “It confirms a lot of what we have been hearing about from schools all across the country,…

Las Vegas may be synonymous with extravagance, but the real luxury these days lies in discovering the very-much-tangible world of affordable Vegas hotels—properties that deliver indulgence without the inflated price tag.Believe it or not, in a city where $20 cocktails flow like water and infinity pools shimmer under billion-dollar marquees, budget doesn’t have to mean basic. Some of Vegas’s most unforgettable stays are tucked behind bold façades and beneath vintage neon, offering impeccable design, prime locations, and unexpected charm, minus the financial hangover. Whether you’re a first-timer drawn by the glow of the Strip or a returning traveler chasing a…

A bust of Swedish chemist, inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel, founder and namesake of the Nobel Prizes, is pictured on October 6, 2025 at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP hide caption toggle caption Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to a trio of researchers Monday for their work on how cycles of technological innovation feed economic growth. Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University, Peter Howitt of Brown University and Philippe Aghion of the College of France and the London School of Economics will split the prize money of 11 million Swedish kroner, or about $1.2…

West Indies batter John Campbell, one of the main architects of the Windies fight back after India enforced follow on, said that he shouldn’t have gone for the reverse sweep against Ravindra Jadeja, a decision that ultimately cost him his wicket. The batter who was batting at 115 said that it was a miscalculation on his part on attempting the shot. “At that time I just thought the shot was on, just a little bit of miscalculation on my part. I am disappointed. I never want to get out, but that’s the nature of sport. Shai and me, we just…

The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that major U.S. online retail websites have removed several million listings for prohibited Chinese electronics as part of a crackdown by the agency.FCC Chair Brendan Carr said in an interview that the items removed are either on a U.S. list of barred equipment or were not authorised by the agency, including items like home security cameras and smart watches from companies including Huawei, Hangzhou Hikvision, ZTE and Dahua Technology Company.Carr said companies are putting new processes in place to prevent future prohibited items as a result of FCC oversight.”We’re going…

Last week, a ceasefire was announced after two years of genocide in Gaza. The bombs have stopped falling, but the devastation remains. The majority of homes, schools, hospitals, universities, factories, and commercial buildings have been reduced to rubble. From above, Gaza looks like a grey desert of rubble, its vibrant urban spaces reduced to ghost towns, its lush agricultural land and greenery wiped out.The occupier’s aim was not only to render the Palestinians of Gaza homeless but also unable to provide for themselves. Uprooting the dispossessed and impoverished, those who have lost their connection to the land, is of course…

China has accused the United States of “double standards” after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods in response to Beijing’s curbs on exports of rare earth minerals.China says its export control measures announced last week were in response to the US restrictions on its entities and targeting of Beijing’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTrump’s tariff threats, which come weeks ahead of the likely meeting between the US president and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, have the potential to reignite a trade war months after…

SrinagarOctober 13, 2025 08:10 PM IST First published on: Oct 13, 2025 at 08:10 PM IST THE National Conference is set to contest all the four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, for which elections are to be held on October 24, with ally Congress refusing its offer to contest seat number four. The NC leadership had announced three candidates for the polls last week, and stated that discussions were on with the Congress for the fourth. However, on Sunday evening, PCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra said the alliance numbers meant that winning a fourth Rajya Sabha seat was…

Kolkata: A fifth suspect was arrested on Monday in connection with the alleged gangrape of a 23-year-old medical student near her college campus in Durgapur, West Bengal, on the evening of October 10, police said.The West Bengal police arrested two more accused in connection with the Durgapur gangrape case and presented them in the Durgapur court on Monday. (ANI Grab)The fifth suspect, identified as Sheikh Safiqul, was produced before the Durgapur court along with Sheikh Nasiruddin who was arrested late on Sunday, and both were remanded in police custody for 10 days.The three other suspects, Apu Bauri (21), Firdous Shiekh…

Vegetable prices drag inflation below 2% in September, but gold inflation at record high | Business News – The Indian Express LATEST STORIES‘Both of them always come across as mature’: Parthiv Patel on why Shubman Gill won’t have any issue leading Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli in AUS seriesTrump urges Israel to ‘seize chance for peace’ ahead of Egypt summit on Gaza’s futureOut of the ring to punching above weight, how Chirag has won this round within NDAIndia aims to export its 4G stack. Can it counter China’s digital silk road?Socio-economic and Educational Survey lags in Bengaluru; Commission blames non-cooperationFoxconn to…