The monsoon is still active across India, and equally it has rained campaigns. After a brief dry spell, brands have found their muse in Independence Day, Raksha Bandhan campaigns.

This fortnight has been marked by two films with standout storytelling that tug your heartstrings. Brands are also gearing up for festive times ahead with bold campaigns.

A pick of video ads — past and present — that raised the bar during the festival of lights 

It’s that time of the year when brands are all about family – it could be friends as family, or your workplace as one big family. Festive vibes bring out the sentimental best among ad film makers – one has gone so far as to make a 24 minute ad film, perhaps the longest ever one has seen.

Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm

If you believed that investing in residential developments was a path to high profits, think again

Make the most of Diwali deals

Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm

Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm

Buyer indecisiveness is usually the result of confusion, not certainty

Contract is effective from January 1 and will run for 3 years

Previous research found that groups M and N of the HIV-1 virus originated in geographically distinct chimpanzee communities in southern Cameroon, but origins of groups O and P remained uncertain till now.

The effect was observed regardless of whether hallucinations were auditory or visual in nature, consistent with a reality monitoring explanation.

High levels of insulin directly damage the lung structure, says global study.

Compared with no thiazolidinedione use, pioglitazone associated with an overall 63 p.c. increased risk

The 19-year-old State-level gymnast from Madurai suffered shoulder dislocation twice

They say they wrote their exams in May and have been living with uncertainty for the last two months

‘State government has to acquire land and hand it over to Centre’

5 acres identified for establishing the cancer care centre next to Princess Krishnarajammanni Super Speciality Hospital on KRS Road

The students are from government and government-aided pre-university colleges. The training is being given as part of the panchayat’s ‘Pragati’ programme

Rakshitha, a native of Somanahalli in Kadur taluk, suffered a head injury on September 18 after a fall while getting off a bus in Chikkamagaluru

Although the campaign ended on September 30, sources said government hospitals will continue to administer free doses till further orders

Her blood-testing startup claimed to revolutionise testing by detecting hundreds of medical conditions from just a few drops of blood 

Psychedelic substances have reinvigorated clinical and research interests, and have added to psychiatry’s ever-expanding therapeutic armamentarium.

India aims to eliminate healthcare disparities across the globe via Medical Value Travel (MVT) under its G20 presidency this year. Here’s a look at India’s plan to become a medical tourism hub

The centre is an outcome of a ₹100 crore grant to NCBS and NIMHANS for long-term research, and to build capacity for both research and practice in the mental health field

Virtual reality media platform, Sensorium, has announced its membership in the Global Blockchain Business Council, or GBBC — a Swiss-based non-profit industry association for blockchain.

Sensorium will participate in GBBCs upcoming virtual forum on May 28, which will see the firms director of technology Alex Blagirev discuss his predictions for how virtual social media will change the way that people interact online.

Identity theft, fake accounts, etc. all will be to a large extent eliminated as human participants in the socially-virtual world will be required to verify their identity via the blockchain.

The rise of social media has changed the information landscape in myriad ways, including the manner in which many Americans keep up with current events. In fact, social media is now among the most common pathways where people – particularly young adults – get their political news.

A new Pew Research Center analysis of surveys conducted between October 2019 and June 2020 finds that those who rely most on social media for political news stand apart from other news consumers in a number of ways. These U.S. adults, for instance, tend to be less likely than other news consumers to closely follow major news stories, such as the coronavirus outbreak and the 2020 presidential election. And, perhaps tied to that, this group also tends to be less knowledgeable about these topics.

Through several surveys over the last nine months, the Center’s American News Pathways project has been exploring the connection between Americans news habits and what they hear and perceive about current events. One important aspect of this project is taking a deeper look at the pathways, or platforms, Americans use most often to access news – such as news websites or apps, social media, local, cable and network TV, radio, or print.

As of late last year, 18% of U.S. adults say they turn most to social media for political and election news. That is lower than the share who use news websites and apps (25%), but about on par with the percent who say their primary pathway is cable television (16%) or local television (16%), and higher than the shares who turn to three other pathways mentioned in the survey (network TV, radio and print).

Rather than using aggregated statistics and sentiment analysis, the research team used a qualitative approach to drill down into all the tweets posted around the two case studies, and divided them into key topics, positions, purpose and arguments, in order to determine how users engaged in the debate around sustainability and ethics in fashion.

They found that the two main ethics and sustainability issues raised by social media users were environmental concerns, in the first case study; and labor conditions in the supply chain, in the second. Analysis revealed that only a small proportion of tweets were explicitly critical and that those that were, were actually prompting a relatively sophisticated debate that fashion brands may benefit from engaging meaningfully with.

After defeating the Bengals last Thursday, the Ravens got back on the field for an extra practice on Tuesday in advance of their Week 11 matchup with the Steelers.

Jones doesn't appear to be willing to concede that opposing teams are also aware of when and where the sun sets.

Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel offered a couple of roster updates during a Tuesday press conference.