188 million children living with obesity; WHO flags global health alarm | India News

NEW DELHI: Nearly 188 million children and adolescents worldwide are living with obesity, the World Health Organization (World Health Organization) has warned, calling childhood obesity one of the fastest-growing public health crises driven by unhealthy diets, aggressive food marketing and environments that push junk food over nutritious meals.In its latest global guidelines on preventing obesity,…

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US government enters partial shutdown after Congress fails to pass 2026 budget

The US government entered a partial shutdown Saturday after Congress failed to approve the 2026 budget by midnight. The shutdown was triggered by Democratic opposition to federal immigration agents killing two protesters in Minneapolis, which halted talks about Department of Homeland Security funding. However, the disruption is expected to be brief as the House plans…

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This NASA supercomputer compresses 500 years of computing into a single day to power Moon and Mars missions |

For most people, a powerful computer means faster loading times or smoother video edits. For NASA, it means compressing centuries of work into a single day. That’s the promise behind Athena, the agency’s newest and most powerful supercomputer, unveiled in January 2026. Sitting quietly at the Ames Research Center in California, Athena doesn’t look dramatic….

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Union Budget 2026–27: Key Expectations from the Faith-Tech and Spiritual Economy

Last year’s Budget made a quiet but important move. With the launch of the Gyan Bharatam Mission and fresh investment into spiritual and cultural corridors, it acknowledged something India has rarely framed in economic terms: that its intellectual and spiritual heritage is not just cultural memory, but productive capacity. The Economic Survey 2025–26 sharpens that…

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