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COVID lockdowns affected adolescents’ brain structures, says research

Loughborough (UK), Dec 3 (The Conversation) A recent study reported the somewhat alarming observation that the social disruptions of COVID lockdowns caused significant changes in teenagers’ brains. Using MRI data, researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle showed that the usual, age-related thinning of the cortex – the folded surface – of the adolescent brain accelerated after the lockdowns and the effect was greater in the female brain than the male. What are we to make of these findings? Science shows the critical importance of adolescence for the brain. The notoriously different behaviour of teenagers is due to a

Govt, oppn break impasse in Parliament; Constitution debate to be held in Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) The government and opposition parties reached an agreement on Monday to break the week-long impasse in Parliament with the dates announced for a discussion on the Constitution, to mark its 75th year of adoption, in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Lower House will take up the discussion on the Constitution on December 13 and 14, and the Upper House on December 16 and 17, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said following a meeting Speaker Om Birla held with floor leaders of different parties. Opposition parties had demanded discussions in both Houses of

Centre targeting Muslims with Waqf (Amendment) Bill, lacks majority to pass it in Parliament: Mamata

Kolkata, Dec 2 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, accusing it of targeting Muslims and expressing doubts on its passage in Parliament. Speaking in the assembly during a debate on a resolution opposing the bill, Banerjee alleged that the Centre had bypassed state governments over the matter. “The Centre did not consult us on the Waqf Bill,” she said. The Trinamool Congress chief also criticised the BJP for silencing opposition members at the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) deliberations on the bill. “In the JPC, opposition members are

Places of Worship Act must be implemented in letter and spirit: Congress

New Delhi, Dec 2 (PTI) The Congress on Monday asserted that the Places of Worship Act, 1991, must be implemented in letter and spirit, and said that oral observations made by ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud in May 2022 seem to have opened a “Pandora’s box”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the various rows that have cropped up recently such as the claims on a mosque in Sambhal and Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s dargah in Ajmer are “unfortunate”. “The Congress party in its CWC meeting on Friday has reiterated its firmest commitment to the Places of Worship Act, 1991,

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