Tuesday, January 28, 2025
China’s DeepSeek takes AI world by storm
China’s DeepSeek takes AI world by storm
ChatGPT-Like AI Language Model Developed At A Fraction Of Its Cost
Supriya.Roy@timesofindia.com 28.01.2025
Bengaluru : DeepSeek’s dramatic impact on tech stocks worldwide on Monday was likely also the result of the huge interest it has generated among consumers. The Chinese artificial intelligence app has soared to the No. 1 spot in Apple’s App Store productivity category across major markets, overtaking ChatGPT.
Among DeepSeek’s rivals building large language models (LLMs), Perplexity founder & CEO Aravind Srinivas was the only one to make a public comment on the Chinese company’s accomplishment. He congratulated DeepSeek, and noted on X: “For a while, it wasn’t clear who would beat ChatGPT for the first time. The best we (Perplexity) could manage was #8, a year ago. Look forward to using all their (DeepSeek’s) models for search, assistant, and agents this year.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made an indirect reference to it. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, he said, “We should take the developments out of China very, very seriously.”
PCI implementation of Aadhaarlinked IDs, biometric attendance to curb ghost faculty
PCI implementation of Aadhaarlinked IDs, biometric attendance to curb ghost faculty
Pharmacy institutions have been directed to procure certified biometric authentication devices to ensure proper attendance
Priyadarshini.Gupta@timesofindia.com
In a move to enhance transparency and address malpractices in the pharmacy education sector, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) will be soon implementing Aadhaarbased authentication for the unique ID registration numbers issued to pharmacy teachers and students. The initiative, expected to begin in February, will curb creation of duplication and ghost faculty profiles. To strengthen this further, the PCI is also in the process of initiating the implementation of Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) in all approved pharmacy institutions from the 2025-2026 academic session in a phased manner. '
There have been growing concerns over the lack of transparency in maintaining accurate records of pharmacy educators. Institutions sometimes fail to keep proper records of their teaching staff, often hiring guest lecturers or assigning ‘ghost faculty’ to avoid regular payroll. All institutions are directed to procure Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC)-certified biometric authentication devices. With this, the PCI will monitor the attendance of all faculty staff at the institutions. The Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are required to maintain internet connectivity for the effective functioning of this system.
Experts feel the new system will enhance the credibility of pharmacy education and facilitate better policymaking. Montukumar Patel, president, PCI, says, “Introduction of Aadhaar-linked unique IDs will create a more reliable and secure way to manage the database of pharmacy educators and students. As of now, more than 1,00,000 teachers have applied for their unique ID registration number.
We expect to receive more registrations soon.” Chance to re-register The unique ID registration system involves the issuance of an ID card with a QR code, which contains the central registration number of the teacher or student. These smart cards not only serve as an identification tool but also enable easy verification via QR codes. The link between Aadhaar and the unique ID will ensure that each registered teacher or student has a verifiable identity, preventing the creation of multiple fraudulent profiles. The process will be managedthrough the PCI website, where teachers and students can initiate the process of lin king their Aadhaar numbers with their respective IDs.
“Previously, there were no checkpoints to ensure the validity of registrations, leading to the creation of multiple profiles by the same individual, often using different email addresses. The new system will eliminate such discrepancies,” adds Patel. The PCI usually faces a challenge in maintaining the DIGI-PHARMedportal due to the prevalence of duplicate or invalid profiles. Recently, it blacklisted over 91,000 such profiles on the portal. “The council has now asked individuals to re-register using their Aadhaar-linked mobile numbers. This will ensure that only valid candidates are allowed access to the system, and prevent further cases of duplicate profiles,” says the PCI president.
Boost accountability The initiative aims to enhance its teacher identification system and create accountability. Daksh Bhatia, professor, KIET School of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad, says, “The PCI has been collecting details of teachers and issuing ID cards for some time now, however, the process lacked authentication. There have been instances of duplication, where some teachers created multiple IDs using different email addresses linked to the same Aadhaar number. Delays in generating OTPs further led to errors and duplication. Faculty members will now also be able to shift from one institution to another with relative ease. The new system will allow the faculty to submit transfer requests to their current institution, and once the transfer is approved, they can officially join the new institution, ensuring that their teaching records remain up to date.” Real-time insights By linking the Aadhaar, the PCI is trying to ensure that every pharmacist is identified and associated with a specific workplace — whether a hospital, retail pharmacy, or academic institution. Anuradha Majumdar, HoD, Department of Pharmacology, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai, says, “This centralised database will not only serve as a verification tool but will also provide real-time insights into the distribution of pharmacists across sectors. Such data can be crucial during emergencies, central/state/ region/rural-urban-wise decision-making, while forming and implementing new government policies and methodologies in healthcare as well as in pharmacy higher education.
It will allow the PCI to map specialised skillsets such as pharmacists working as teachers with value-added information on specialisations and research areas; pharmacists manning retail outlets, hospital pharmacies with expertise in intensive care units or those involved in advanced therapies like cell-based therapy or specialty areas enabling better utilisation of registered pharmacists as manpower. The step will generate a central pharmacist database covering all states.”
Add Prayagraj flights, curb fares, says govt
Add Prayagraj flights, curb fares, says govt
28.01.2025
New Delhi : Centre has directed airlines to add flights to Prayagraj in the wake of some roundtrip fares surging to over ₹50,000 around Maha Kumbh’s important snan dates — Jan 29 and Feb 3, 4, 12 & 26. The directive from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) followed a TOI report on Monday on the skyrocketing fares to Prayagraj around these dates.
Accordingly, it “advised airlines to ensure sufficient capacity to accommodate passengers”. Soon after, the aviation ministry said in a statement on Monday that Akasa would operate flights to Prayagraj on Jan 28 and 29 from Ahmedabad. Next month, the airline “plans to operate nine flights from Ahmedabad and 12 from Bangalore to Prayagraj, adding about 4,000 seats. “SpiceJet” is set to launch flights to Prayagraj from Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and Hyderabad, adding about 43,000 seats in Feb,” the statement says. TNN
Why China’s DeepSeek Has US Wowed, And Worried
Why China’s DeepSeek Has US Wowed, And Worried
TOI Explains Chinese-built large language model — DeepSeek-R1 — is significantly cheaper than comparable AI models of Open AI’s ChatGPT or Google Gemini, almost as good at most tasks (in initial checks) and is open for all. Has China levelled the field with US tech giants and even stolen a march on them on the most significant technology of our times?
TIMES NEWS NETWORK: 28.01.2025
In 2023, at an event organised by The Times Of India, OpenAI founder was dismissive about a challenger emerging to something like ChatGPT. When former Google India head Rajan Anandan asked him whether it was possible to come up with a large language model on a relatively low budget, Sam Altman said: “We will explicitly tell you that it’s completely hopeless to challenge us in training foundational models, and you shouldn’t even attempt it.
” Two years later, Altman is probably reassessing what he had said. In a breakthrough that could reshape the future of artificial intelligence, Chinese-built large language model, DeepSeek-R1, is emerging as a cost-effective and open-source rival to advanced AI systems like OpenAI’s o1. Designed to mimic human reasoning, this model processes information step-by-step, making it skilled at tackling complex scientific problems. From chemistry and mathematics to coding, DeepSeek-R1’s early performance, unveiled on Jan 20, has surprised researchers by matching the capabilities of OpenAI’s o1, which had set a high bar for AI innovation just months ago. One of DeepSeek’s most noticeable achievements is its cost-effectiveness.
While industry leaders like OpenAI and Google invest billions annually to develop advanced AI models, DeepSeek version 3 was built for a mere $5.6 million. This stark contrast has turned heads across the AI community, with experts questioning how a relatively modest budget produced results that rival the most advanced AI systems on the market. DeepSeek claims to have outperformed major models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Meta’s LLaMA, on various benchmarks such as maths, coding, and reasoning evaluations. This performance stems from its innovative approach to model training.
By leveraging older-generation Nvidia H-800 GPUs instead of cutting-edge hardware like the H-100 GPUs, DeepSeek sidestepped US semiconductor export restrictions, demonstrating that necessity drives invention. Open-Source Revolution Unlike many proprietary AI models like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, DeepSeek is open source, allowing developers worldwide to access, modify, and build upon its architecture. This openness enables cost effective app development and democratises AI innovation. It is reported that while OpenAI charges $4.40 per million tokens for its API, DeepSeek offers similar services at just 10 cents, making it a highly attractive option for developers. This move toward open-source models could redefine the AI landscape. Historically, once open-source solutions achieve parity with or surpass proprietary models, developers tend to migrate en masse. DeepSeek’s open-source model has the potential to establish China as a leader in the AI space, embedding its technology into global infrastructures and ecosystems. Innovation Under Constraints DeepSeek’s development showcases how innovation flourishes under constraints. US export restrictions on ad vanced semiconductors were intended to slow China’s AI progress. However, these limitations forced Chinese researchers to innovate, resulting in more efficient model training processes.
For example, DeepSeek employed techniques like “distillation”, where a smaller model learns from a larger one, enabling cost and computing efficiency. DeepSeek’s success, once verified and tested more comprehensively, challenges the narrative that US companies maintain an insurmountable lead in AI. Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, recently revised his stance, acknowledging that China’s AI capabilities have caught up remarkably in just six months. The rise of open-source models like DeepSeek also poses a strategic dilemma for closed-source giants such as OpenAI and Google. As opensource platforms gain traction, proprietary models may struggle to justify their higher costs. DeepSeek’s emergence signals a broader shift in the AI landscape.
With other Chinese companies, like Kai Fu Lee’s Zero One Dot AI and Alibaba’s Qwen, also achieving cost-effective innovations, the global AI race is becoming increasingly competitive. How Open Can DeepSeek Be? However, DeepSeek’s ascent is not without controversy. Critics point out that opensource models developed in China are subject to govt-mandated “core socialist values”, raising concerns about censorship and the dissemination of biased information. For instance, Chinese AI models have been shown to censor discussions on sensitive topics like Tiananmen Square and human rights abuses. These developments raise critical questions about the future of AI governance. Will the global AI ecosystem adopt democratic, transparent principles, or will it lean toward centralised, state-controlled models? Lessons For India For India and other emerging AI hubs, the rise of DeepSeek offers valuable lessons.
It demonstrates that strategic investments in talent, infrastructure, and efficient methodologies can yield transformative results, even in the face of resource constraints. Clearly, the AI race is accelerating, and the rules of the game are being rewritten.
What is DeepSeek? Chinese AI model outshining ChatGPT and shaking up the AI world
What is DeepSeek? Chinese AI model outshining ChatGPT and shaking up the AI world
ByMuskaan Sharma
Jan 27, 2025 07:53 PM IST
DeepSeek's AI Assistant outshines ChatGPT, becoming the leading free app on Apple's App Store in the US.
A Chinese AI startup has shaken the Silicon Valley after presenting breakthrough artificial intelligence models that are now overtaking world's best AI models at a fraction of the cost.
DeepSeek’s AI models have reportedly been developed at a fraction of the cost compared to OpenAI and Meta.(AFP)
DeepSeek's AI Assistant has take over rival ChatGPT to become the top-rated free application available on Apple's App Store in the United States.
What is DeepSeek?
DeepSeek was founded in 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, an engineer and entrepreneur who specialises in artificial intelligence and quantitative finance. Before creating DeepSeek, he led a hedge fund known for using AI to analyse financial data.
Now Liang’s team includes fresh graduates from top Chinese universities. The company has now developed AI models that are open-source and helping developers across the world to improve their technologies.
How is DeepSeek different from OpenAI?
With its sudden rise, comparisons are being made between DeepSeek and OpenAI. The one thing that sets DeepSeek R1, which is said to mimic human thinking, apart from other AI models is that it also provides its reasoning before delivering a response to a prompt. The company claims its performance is on par with OpenAI’s latest technology.
DeepSeek’s AI models are developed at a fraction of the cost compared to leading products from OpenAI and Meta, raising questions about the need for huge investments in high-end AI accelerators like those from Nvidia.
DeepSeek claims its R1 is better than rival models for mathematical tasks, general knowledge and question-and-answer performance. It also ranks among the top performers on a UC Berkeley-affiliated leaderboard called Chatbot Arena.
What is US worried?
To stop China from getting ahead in the tech supremacy race, US had banned the export of high-end technologies like GPU semiconductors to China. But DeepSeek’s progress now shows that US' tactics to stall AI advancement in China have not had a significant impact. It seems Chinese AI engineers have worked their way around the restrictions.
With DeepSeek’s success, OpenAI and other US companies like Meta will have to lower their pricing even as their vast spending is being questioned. Both Meta and Microsoft committed to $65 billion or more this year for AI infrastructure.
What are DeepSeek's shortcomings?
DeepSeek, like other Chinese AI models, exhibits self-censorship on sensitive topics in China. It avoids addressing queries about events such as the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests or a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan. The bot also refuses to comment on Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Monday, January 27, 2025
Class 9 student electrocuted at government school in Sivaganga
Class 9 student electrocuted at government school in Sivaganga
Shakthi Somaiah got electrocuted when he tried to plug a wire into the socket.
Shakthi Somaiah
Updated on:
26 Jan 2025, 8:30 am
SIVAGANGA: A 14-year-old boy was allegedly electrocuted to death at a government school in Poyyavayal in Sivaganga district while he tried to plug the computer’s wire into the socket, on Thursday. The CEO suspended the school headmaster and a teacher after the boy’s relatives staged a protest on Saturday.
The victim, Shakthi Somaiah, was a Class 9 student. On Thursday, the students were in the smart classroom when Shakthi tried to plug the wire into the socket. He was rushed to the government hospital in Karaikudi where he died.
Shakthi’s relatives refused to receive the body after the postmortem, demanding action against the school authorities, and a government job for one of the family members.
Chief Educational Officer Balumuthu suspended headmaster Ganesh and another teacher Pandi Muthu, who was in charge of the classroom.
Cooperatives Minister K R Periyakaruppan reached the spot, spoke with the boy’s kin and gave Rs 5 lakh from the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s Relief Fund and Rs 2 lakh from his fund. Furthermore, former MLA Ramasamy gave Rs 2 lakh from his trust.
DMK, allies boycott Governor’s ‘at home’ reception on R-Day
DMK, allies boycott Governor’s ‘at home’ reception on R-Day
TNN | Jan 27, 2025, 03.45 AM IST
Chennai: While the DMK and its allies boycotted the Republic Day ‘at home’ reception hosted by the Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Sunday, leaders of BJP, AIADMK, DMDK, TMC, and Puthiya Tamilagam participated in the event.
Political representation at the event was less this year compared to previous years, due to the boycott of DMK and its allies. Also absent were representatives of actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and Naam Tamizhar Katchi.
Senior BJP leader H Raja and actor-turned-politician Sarathkumar were among the first to arrive for the event, followed by AIADMK’s organising secretary D Jayakumar and former MP N Balaganga. There was a display of camaraderie between Jayakumar and H Raja. BJP state president K Annamalai too greeted AIADMK’s Jayakumar and exchanged pleasantries. Former Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Puthiya Tamilagam president K Krishnasamy, TMC leader G K Vasan and DMDK deputy general secretary L Sudhish were also present.
Governor Ravi and his wife Laxmi Ravi greeted the guests who gathered at Raj Bhavan which was decked up with bright lights.
Awards for various competitions conducted for students as well as also for persons working for social causes and the environment were given by the governor.
“My profound regards and heartfelt thanks to the people of Tamil Nadu for their effusive participation in the traditional Republic Day At Home at the Raj Bhavan Chennai today,” Ravi said in a social media post.
“Several thousand brothers, sisters, and elders from among farmers, fishermen, dalits, weavers, tribals, artisans, and entrepreneurs participated in the national celebrations. I felt immensely energised by their love for the nation and humbled and blessed by their love for me,” he said.
Dr Cherian’s network of friends spread across globe
Dr Cherian’s network of friends spread across globe
Jan 27, 2025, 03.46 AM IST
Yet, he remained humble, often seen visiting wards, offering expertise, and mentoring a generation of surgeons.
Earlier this week, at the Kerala Literature Festival, he reflected on the hearts he healed — 20 Iraqi children among them — and his role as a diplomat in freeing Indian drivers from imprisonment in Iraq. His life’s story, captured in his autobiography “Just an Instrument”, was unveiled there, offering a glimpse into a life lived at the intersection of compassion and courage.
Dr Cherian’s network extended globally, with close associations with renowned surgeons like South Africa’s Dr Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant, and Dr Walton Lillehei, the American pioneer of open-heart surgery.
From being honorary surgeon to the President (1990 to 1993) to earning accolades like Padma Shri and a Harvard Medical Excellence Award in 2005, Dr Cherian’s journey was nothing short of extraordinary.
He didn’t just mend hearts — he inspired them, leaving a heartbeat that will echo forever in the lives he saved and touched. His essence was best captured by his WhatsApp status: “Live life king size.”This story had continued from a page 1 story in the newspaper. For your reading convenience we have added it below.
Heart surgery pioneer Dr K M Cherian dies at 82
Chennai: The man who gave many hearts a second chance to beat passed away late on Saturday at the age of 82. Dr Kotturathu Mammen Cherian, a pioneer in cardiothoracic surgery, performed India’s first successful coronary artery bypass in 1975, the first heart transplant after brain death legalisation, and introduced heart-lung and paediatric transplants to the nation.
Dr Cherian was in Bengaluru for a wedding when he collapsed late at night. “We rushed to Manipal Hospitals, where he was declared dead at 11.55pm,” said his daughter Sandhya Cherian. His mortal remains were brought to Chennai and the last rites will be held on Jan 30, family sources said.
After graduating from Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, Dr Cherian began his career as a lecturer in surgery at Christian Medical College Hospital in Vellore. He later moved to Australia to specialise in cardiothoracic surgery and worked in New Zealand and US.
“He was well settled in US when he decided to return to India,” said cardiac surgeon Dr N Madhu Shankar.
For a salary of less than 500 a month, Dr Cherian joined Southern Railway Headquarters Hospital in Chennai. It was here that he performed India’s first coronary artery bypass surgery on 39-year-old Integral Coach Factory employee Kaja Moideen, who went on to live another 28 years. In 1976, he operated on 44-year-old Daisy D’Costa, who celebrated her surgical anniversary with Dr Cherian in April 2024.
At the railway hospital, Dr Cherian trained many surgeons and spearheaded innovation. “The railway hospital under Dr T J Cherian offered him state-of-the-art equipment available at that time,” said senior transplant surgeon Dr K R Balakrishnan, who trained under him. “But Dr KMC was still a daring man. His innovations yielded incalculable benefits.”
Dr Cherian’s heart always beat for innovation. Whether experimenting with blood vessels in pigs or daring to place an extra heart in two dogs in 2017, he was unafraid to tread uncharted territory, even sparking medical and ethical debates.
“We succeeded in the experiment, but none of us was bold enough to try it on a human,” said Dr Shankar.
Dr Cherian wore many hats: founding Madras Medical Mission, building Frontier Lifeline Hospital and establishing a 370-acre medical science park.
Search committee announced for university V-C selection
Search committee announced for university V-C selection
The Hindu Bureau
MADURAI 2701.2025
Former Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Vice-Chancellor K. Pichumani, K. Jothi Sivagnanam and K.A. Manikumar have been nominated as members of the search committee for recommending a panel of three names to the Tamil Nadu Governor for appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.
According to a press release issued in Madurai on Sunday, Mr. Pichumani (Chancellor’s nominee) shall be the convenor of the search committee and Mr. Jothi Sivagnanam (Syndicate nominee) and Mr. Manikumar (Senate nominee) would be the members.
The committee shall recommend three names along with their bio-data to the Governor-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.
Cardiac surgeon who performed India’s first coronary bypass surgery passes away
Cardiac surgeon who performed India’s first coronary bypass surgery passes away
The Hindu Bureau
CHENNAI
Dr. K.M. Cherian (1942 - 2025)
India’s pre-eminent cardiac surgeon K.M. Cherian, who performed India’s first coronary bypass surgery, died in Bengaluru on Saturday. He was 82.
His son, Sanjay Cherian, shared a note that said, “It is with profound grief that I inform you all that my beloved father, Dr. K.M. Cherian, passed away around 11:55 p.m. last night [January 25]. Dad and I had attended a wedding reception in Bengaluru and as we were leaving, he collapsed...” He also said that Dr. Cherian was rushed to Manipal Hospital where he was declared dead. The funeral will be held on January 30.
Only a couple of days ago was his autobiography, Just an Instrument, launched at the Kerala Literature Festival.
Born on March 8, 1942, in Kerala, Dr. Cherian worked for over 50 years in the field of cardiology, training under world-renowned leaders in the field. He was also credited with performing the first heart-lung transplant in India, the second cardiac transplant, and strangely, for a profession where people stick to their chosen specialisation, was also a pioneer in paediatric cardiac surgery. He set up Frontier Lifeline Hospital in Chennai and Frontier Mediville, a large medical science park on the outskirts of the city, to help spur research into indigenous cardiac valves and other technologies.
During the book launch in Kerala, Dr. Cherian said each surgeon should consider the patient part of his own family. Some of the experiences he shared on the occasion include how he performed heart surgeries on 20 Iraqi children and how he played the diplomat in the release of four Indian drivers who were imprisoned in Iraq. He went on to explain his association with Mother Teresa, upon whose request he performed a surgery on a poor boy in Kolkata at minimal cost.
After having completed his medical education in Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, he went on to teach in Christian Medical College, Vellore, before heading out to the far shores of Australia and New Zealand to train further in cardiac surgery. He chose to come back to India to serve the people and the country. In the 50-plus years he served in the field, he also had a term as honorary cardiac surgeon to the President and worked extensively with patients who came from foreign nations for treatment, and was awarded the Padma Shri.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post in X, said, “Pained by the passing of Dr. K.M. Cherian, one of the most distinguished doctors of our country. His contribution to cardiology will always be monumental, not only saving many lives but also mentoring doctors of the future. His emphasis on technology and innovation always stood out. My thoughts are with his family and friends in this hour of grief.”
Simple childhood
In his autobiography, Dr. Cherian recalled his simple childhood, from walking barefoot to school to playing marbles on the street with friends, and a love to don paint to participate in the tiger dance during Onam. He confessed to getting zero in mathematics in Class 5, but the school managed to give grace marks to all students as the exam was unusually tough.
K.R. Balakrishnan, chairman-cardiac sciences and director of the Institue of Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support in MGM Healthcare, recalled coming to Chennai in November 1984 “fresh from training in Bombay”. Dr. Cherian was a mentor, with whom he conducted experiments during his stint at the Railway Hospital. “We did exciting stuff at that time,” he said.
“He has travelled all over the world, planning for Madras Medical Mission (MMM). When I was working in Auckland in New Zealand, he stayed with me almost a week, visiting hospitals. I was the first cardiac surgeon to work with him. This is before he became famous. He was instrumental in me getting a fellowship in the United States. He was very generous to young people who worked with him. His contributions to cardiac surgery in India are legendary.”
Ajit Mullasari, director of cardiology at the Institute of Cardio-vascular diseases at the MMM, said his association with Dr. Cherian began in 1995 when he joined the hospital.
“The first bypass surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, the heart transplantation in the private sector, a lot of paediatric surgeries were pioneering efforts in this country. He had a great vision of the future,” he said. Dr. Cherian “believed standalone centres will have no dilution of cardiac care. Subsequently a lot of people followed. But he was always one step ahead,” Dr. Mullasari said, adding: “He put effort into research, which usually doesn’t happen in a private centre. He was pushing you to research, be it stem cell or lab work. He would push us to write and encourage us to present in international congresses.”
Sowmya Swaminathan, former chief scientist of World Health Organisation and chairperson of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, in her post on X, said, “Deeply saddened to hear of Dr. KM Cherian’s passing. His memoir was just released and we had long conversations recently — about the future of innovation and health technology development in India. Certainly a source of inspiration to many, apart from the countless lives he saved! RIP.”
Saturday, January 25, 2025
Study finds link between smartphone use and mental health of adolescents
Study finds link between smartphone use and mental health of adolescents
Global concern: Expert says the pace of deterioration of mental well-being is slower in India, when compared to U.S. GETTY IMAGES
Ramya Kannan
Chennai 25.01.2025
A survey of over 10,000 adolescents (13-17 years) in the United States and India has revealed that mental well-being is closely linked with earlier age of initiation of mobile phones, and could decline significantly with each younger year of age.
The report, titled “The Youth Mind: Rising Aggression and Anger”, by Sapien Labs documented the responses of 10,475 Internet-enabled adolescents across India and the U.S. in 2024. Although numerous factors have traditionally been identified as drivers of poor mental health, one key change in the younger generations is the arrival of smartphones, which were introduced in 2008, coinciding with the onset of rising mental health problems.
The report highlighted key trends, with a particular focus on rising feelings of aggression, anger, irritability, and hallucinations in this age group. The decline in mind health is characterised not only by sadness and anxiety but also by new symptoms, including unwanted thoughts and a sense of being detached from reality. Highlighting the differences between the American and Indian cohorts, Tara Thiagarajan, neuroscientist with Sapien Labs, said the pace of deterioration of mental well-being is slower in India. “While the overall decline in mental well-being in younger ages is strongly present for males and females in the U.S., it is only present for females in India and not in males (where only select aspects deteriorated, while others improved). Even for females, it (the overall decline in mental well-being) is not as steep in India,” Dr. Thiagarajan said.
“On the other hand, both adolescent males and females in India have worse mental well-being on the whole, than their counterparts in the U.S. While aggression, anger and hallucinations are consistently related to the age of smartphone initiation for both U.S. and Indian females, for girls in India, getting their phones very young is more likely to result in increased sleep and health problems as adults,” she said.
Merits of ed-tech
In an attempt to address this, there is a growing debate on the merits of educational technology (ed-tech) in the elementary and middle school years. “One of the possible solutions is also to provide restricted access to phones for teenagers using apps, which lock in parental controls regarding apps teens can access, while allowing them to access a school portal or messaging,” Dr. Thiagarajan said.
Friday, January 24, 2025
வாழ்வியலும் வழிகாட்டுதலும்
வாழ்வியலும் வழிகாட்டுதலும்
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யாகாவாராயினும் நாகாக்க காவாக்கால் சோகாப்பர் சொல்லிழுக்குப் பட்டு.
தீயினால் சுட்டபுண் உள்ளாறும் ஆறாது நாவினால் சுட்ட வடு.
வார்த்தைகளை சிதறவிட்டால், இறைத்து விட்டால் திரும்ப அள்ள முடியாது.
இந்த வார்த்தையை அடிக்கடி உச்சரிப்பவரா நீங்கள்?... இது உங்களுக்கான பதிவு...
தவிர்க்க வேண்டிய வார்த்தைகள்...!!
பொதுவாகவே நாம் பேசும் வார்த்தைகளுக்கு உயிர் உண்டு
அப்படியிருக்கும் போது ஒருபோதும் தகாத வார்த்தைகளை நம் வாயிலிருந்து உச்சரிக்கவே கூடாது.
உங்களால் முடிந்த அளவிற்கு சுப சொற்களை பயன்படுத்தி பழகுங்கள்.
வழக்கத்தில் தான் எல்லாமே உள்ளது.
முதலில் இல்லை முடியாது என்று எப்போதும் கூறாதீர்கள்.
முடியாது, தெரியாது என்று கூறுவதை தவிர்த்து முயற்சி செய்கிறேன் என்று சொல்லுங்கள்.
இதுவே தன்னம்பிக்கை வளர உந்துகோளாக இருக்கும்.
வீடாக இருந்தாலும், தொழில் செய்யும் இடமாக இருந்தாலும், வேலை செய்யும் இடமாக இருந்தாலும் அந்த இடத்தில் நாம் பயன்படுத்தக் கூடாத வார்த்தை 'இல்லை இது இல்லை, அது இல்லை, வீட்டில் மளிகை பொருட்கள் இல்லை, காய்கறிகள் இல்லை, நகைகள் இல்லை, புது துணிமணிகள் இல்லை என்று இல்லை இல்லை என்ற வார்த்தையை சொல்லிக்கொண்டே இருந்தால், இருப்பதும் இல்லாமல் போய்விடும் என்று சொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளது.
எவரேனும் ஏதாவது ஒரு பொருளை உங்களிடம் கேட்டால் இல்லை என்று உடனே கூறி விடாதீர்கள். இல்லை என்ற சொல்லை பயன்படுத்தாமல் தீர்ந்துவிட்டது என்று கூறலாம்.
உதாரணமாக, வியாபாரம் செய்யும் இடங்களில் நாம் கேட்கக்கூடிய குறிப்பிட்ட பொருள், அந்த கடையில் இல்லையெனில் அந்தக் கடைக்காரர் அந்த பொருள் குடோனில் இருக்கின்றது அல்லது அந்த பொருளுக்கான ஆர்டரை செய்து இருக்கின்றோம் இரண்டு நாட்களில் வந்துவிடும். வந்தவுடன் இந்த பொருளை உங்களுக்கு தருகின்றேன் என்று தான் சொல்வார்.
எக்காரணத்தைக் கொண்டும் இல்லை என்ற வார்த்தையை பயன்படுத்தமாட்டார்.
இனி உங்கள் வாயிலும் இல்லை என்ற சொல் வராமல் பார்த்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள். வாழ்க்கையில் உங்களுக்கு தேவையான எல்லாமும் இருக்க வேண்டும் என்றால், இல்லை என்ற வார்த்தை உங்களிடம் இல்லாமல் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
அடுத்தபடியாக நமக்கு கோபம் வரும் போது அடிக்கடி நாம் பயன்படுத்தக்கூடிய வார்த்தை, சனியனே.. மூதேவி..
இந்த இரண்டு வார்த்தைகளையும் எவர் உச்சரித்துக் கொண்டே இருக்கிறார்களோ... அவர்களிடத்தில் கஷ்டமும் ஒட்டிக்கொள்ளும் என்பதில் ஒரு துளி அளவும் சந்தேகம் இல்லை.
'சனியன்" என்ற வார்த்தை சனி பகவானின் பிடியில் அகப்படுவதற்கு சமமான சொல் ஆகும். ஒருமுறை ஒருவர் இந்த வார்த்தையை கேட்டு விட்டால் நமக்கும் தொற்றி விடும். கவனித்து பாருங்கள் தெரியும்.
சில வீடுகளில் குழந்தைகள் சரியாக படிக்கவில்லை என்றால் அந்த வீட்டில் இருக்கும் பெற்றோர்கள் அந்த குழந்தைகளை பார்த்து 'நீ எதற்கும் பயன்பட மாட்டாய். வாழ்க்கையில் நீ கஷ்டப்பட தான் போகின்றாய்" என்ற வார்த்தைகளை சொல்லி திட்டுவார்கள். இந்த வார்த்தைகளை வைத்து எக்காரணத்தைக் கொண்டும் குழந்தைகளை திட்டவே கூடாது.
நீ நன்றாக படித்தால் உன் வாழ்க்கை சிறப்பாக இருக்கும் என்று தான் அந்த குழந்தைகளுக்கு புத்திமதி சொல்ல வேண்டும்.
எதிர்பாராத விதமாக உங்களுக்கு ஏதாவது நடந்து விட்டால் அம்மா என்று தான் சொல்ல வேண்டுமே தவிர, அய்யோ என்ற வார்த்தையை உச்சரிக்காதீர்கள்.
அதே போல பெண்கள் அடிக்கடி தற்பெருமையாக கூறும் வார்த்தைகள்.....
வீட்டில் அடிக்கடி 'சமையலறையை சுத்தமாக துடைத்து விட்டேன். வீட்டை சுத்தமாக துடைத்து விட்டேன். பூஜை அறையை சுத்தமாக துடைத்து விட்டேன் என்று சொல்வது
சுத்தமாக துடைத்து விட்டேன் என்ற வார்த்தை வீட்டை துடைத்து எடுத்து விடும் என்றும் சொல்லப்பட்டுள்ளது.
உங்களை பார்த்து தான் குழந்தைகள் பேச கற்று கொள்வார்கள். பெரியவர்கள் நல்ல வார்த்தைகளை பேசினால் தான் அந்த குடும்பம் சிறந்து விளங்கும்.
சொல்லில் இனிமை சேர்த்து வாழ்வில் வளம் பெற்று மன நிறைவுடன் இருங்கள்.
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