Kota to go in for "suicide-proof" ceiling fans as student deaths mount

Worried by a spate of suicides by hanging, the authorities in the coaching hub of Kota have taken a desperate measure -- ordering hostels to install a spring device on ceiling fans to stop students......

A Lifetime In Pursuit Of Precision In Psychiatry

Dr Rajesh M Parikh remembers Dr Doongaji, the legendary psychiatrist who passed into the ages last week, a day short of his 91st birthday. IMAGE: Dr Dinshaw Doongaji, whose contribution to......

'I told them India was like a giant jumbo jet. It would take off slowly and be unstoppable'

This doctor couple put their faith in India. And in return India has put faith in them. IMAGE: The Parikhs in Paris in 1984. On December 5, 1988, a cold winter evening, an Air India plane touched......

How COVID-19 affects your brain

'There are different reasons for brain involvement depending on how the virus has entered the body.''If the virus enters the brain from the nose, the impairment will be different as opposed to if......

Crisis? Anti-depressants sell like hot cakes

As crisis gripping the stock markets world over show no sign of easing with rising fears of job cuts sales of anti depressants have a shown a sharp increase say psychiatrists. More and more people......

Davis Cup, an exhibition of national pride

Scotland is a strange country.Actually, that is not entirely true, for I use the term "country" rather loosely.I have never quite understood the intricacies of modern-day politics that allow its......