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World Cancer Day: How Genetics, Pollution & Stress Are Rewriting the Risk Map

The new science reveals cancer is far more complex than we once believed! For years, cancer in India has been largely branded as a “lifestyle disease.” The narrative is familiar, quit smoking, eat healthy, exercise more, and you’ll be safe. While lifestyle choices do play a significant role, science is now telling us a more uncomfortable truth: cancer is no longer just about bad habits. Across India, oncologists are seeing a worrying trend. Patients who have never smoked, rarely drink, and follow balanced diets are being diagnosed with cancer. The reason? A powerful mix of genetics, environmental pollution, and chronic stress, factors often beyond individual control are quietly reshaping cancer risk in the modern age. Genetics: The Risk You’re Born With Not all cancers start with lifestyle choices; some begin in our DNA. Genetic mutations passed down through families can significantly increase cancer risk. Conditions like hereditary breast and ovarian ...

Soham Halder
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Republic Day 2026 Special: Fun Drawing Ideas to Inspire Young Minds
Republic Day 2026 Special: Fun Drawing Ideas to Inspire Young Minds
Where young imaginations meet India’s proud history! Republic Day is more than a public holiday or a grand parade on TV, it’s a powerful reminder o...
Happy Republic Day: Meet The Man Who Designed India's Constitution Cover: Beohar Rammanohar Sinha's Artistic Vision of 'Unity in Diversity’
Happy Republic Day: Meet The Man Who Designed India's Constitution Cover: Beohar Rammanohar Sinha's Artistic Vision of 'Unity in Diversity’
It is not ink on paper; it is a civilization breathing in the margins. You have seen the words. "We, the People." You have probably recited them, m...
Jan 26, 1950: The Hand That Wrote India's Constitution - Meet Prem Behari Narain Raizada, The Calligrapher Who Made History
Jan 26, 1950: The Hand That Wrote India's Constitution - Meet Prem Behari Narain Raizada, The Calligrapher Who Made History
Before we had the cloud, we had a room in Delhi, 303 nibs, and a man who refused to take a paycheck. Let’s be honest. In 2026, the idea of writing...
From Delhi to the Diaspora: Republic Day Celebrations Across the Globe
From Delhi to the Diaspora: Republic Day Celebrations Across the Globe
How the Indian Diaspora Keeps Republic Day Alive Across Continents! Every year on January 26, India wakes up to the grandeur of the Republic Day pa...
A Parade of Diplomacy: Remembering Global Leaders at India’s Republic Day
A Parade of Diplomacy: Remembering Global Leaders at India’s Republic Day
India’s Republic Day, the world’s front row seat! India’s Republic Day is a spectacle of military precision, cultural pride, and constitutional val...
Jan 26, 1950: India Became a Republic But Kept the British Queen on Currency - The Confusing First Year Explained
Jan 26, 1950: India Became a Republic But Kept the British Queen on Currency - The Confusing First Year Explained
India declared itself a republic on January 26, 1950. But Queen Elizabeth's dad was still on the coins, and that overlap tells a story about patience...
India Gets its National Anthem on this day: How Rabindranath Tagore Became the Only Person to Write National Anthems for Both India and Bangladesh
India Gets its National Anthem on this day: How Rabindranath Tagore Became the Only Person to Write National Anthems for Both India and Bangladesh
Two nations, one voice, and the curious irony of a poet who hated boundaries yet defined them for half a billion people. It’s January 24, 1950. In...
India Gets its National Anthem on this day : From Bollywood to Sports Stadiums, How Jana Gana Mana Got Modern Makeovers - AR Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar & Viral Remixes
India Gets its National Anthem on this day : From Bollywood to Sports Stadiums, How Jana Gana Mana Got Modern Makeovers - AR Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar & Viral Remixes
52 seconds that hold a billion of us together, even when the beat drops. Let’s be honest. For a long time, the National Anthem was something you st...
Birthday Special: The Rebel Leader's Style File: How Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Sharp Suits and Military Uniforms Made Him India's First Fashion Icon
Birthday Special: The Rebel Leader's Style File: How Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Sharp Suits and Military Uniforms Made Him India's First Fashion Icon
The man who stared down an empire didn’t just wear a uniform; he weaponized it. History books have a bad habit of flattening people. They turn fles...
Birthday Special: Netaji's Startup Mindset: How Subhash Chandra Bose Built the Azad Hind Government Like a Modern-Day Founder
Birthday Special: Netaji's Startup Mindset: How Subhash Chandra Bose Built the Azad Hind Government Like a Modern-Day Founder
Netaji didn’t have a VC pitch deck or a LinkedIn profile, but make no mistake: this was the ultimate hustle. It’s 2026, and we are obsessed with fo...
Birthday Special: Netaji's Startup Mindset: How Subhash Chandra Bose Built the Azad Hind Government Like a Modern-Day Founder
Birthday Special: Netaji's Startup Mindset: How Subhash Chandra Bose Built the Azad Hind Government Like a Modern-Day Founder
Netaji didn’t have a VC pitch deck or a LinkedIn profile, but make no mistake: this was the ultimate hustle. It’s 2026, and we are obsessed with fo...
No Six-Pack, No Formula: How Vijay Sethupathi Redefined the Idea of a Hero, A Birthday Tribute
No Six-Pack, No Formula: How Vijay Sethupathi Redefined the Idea of a Hero, A Birthday Tribute
Breaking the Hero Mould, One Performance at a Time! For decades, Indian cinema followed a familiar hero formula, chiselled bodies, towering screen...
Remembering the Mahanayika: From Smoky Eyes to Deepika's Padmaavat look : How Suchitra Sen Invented Bollywood's Timeless Glamour Code
Remembering the Mahanayika: From Smoky Eyes to Deepika's Padmaavat look : How Suchitra Sen Invented Bollywood's Timeless Glamour Code
From Park Street balconies to Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s sets, the Mahanayika’s smoky eyes and poised silences still haunt the way Bollywood dresses its...
On This Day (Jan. 14): Narain Karthikeyan Birthday Special -- the Man Who Put India on the F1 Circuit
On This Day (Jan. 14): Narain Karthikeyan Birthday Special -- the Man Who Put India on the F1 Circuit
On February 1, 2005, Karthikeyan signed a preliminary contract with the Jordan F1 team, becoming the first Indian to be the main driver on the F1 grid...
The Jeff Bezos Mindset: Why He Played the 20-Year Strategy; A Birthday Tribute
The Jeff Bezos Mindset: Why He Played the 20-Year Strategy; A Birthday Tribute
Think Decades, Not Days: What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn from Bezos! When Jeff Bezos celebrates his birthday, it’s more than just a personal mile...
Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Bezos’ Obsession with Customers
Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos: What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Bezos’ Obsession with Customers
Customers Before Competition: A Lesson Every Founder Needs! Jeff Bezos didn’t build Amazon by chasing competitors. He built it by obsessing over cu...
From Online Bookstore to Space Dreams: Jeff Bezos’ Long Game Explained on His Birthday
From Online Bookstore to Space Dreams: Jeff Bezos’ Long Game Explained on His Birthday
Every year on Jeff Bezos’s birthday, business leaders, innovators, and aspirers around the world reflect on one common question: How did a young Wall...
Remembering Nikola Tesla on His Death Anniversary: 5 'Crazy' Inventions He Predicted That We Use Every Day Now
Remembering Nikola Tesla on His Death Anniversary: 5 'Crazy' Inventions He Predicted That We Use Every Day Now
He died penniless in a New York hotel room, but his "mad" sketches now live in your pocket and buzz on your nightstand. Every January 7th, the scie...
In Memoriam: Nikola Tesla -- The 'Mad Scientist' Who Dreamt of Giving Free Energy to the World
In Memoriam: Nikola Tesla -- The 'Mad Scientist' Who Dreamt of Giving Free Energy to the World
Tesla invented alternating current and the polyphase alternating current system, because of which the mass production of power supply is possible toda...
From Royalty to Responsibility: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s Leadership Lessons on His Birthday
From Royalty to Responsibility: Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s Leadership Lessons on His Birthday
Courage, conviction, and character: lessons from the Tiger. On his birth anniversary, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi is remembered not simply as cricket...
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Birth Anniversary: The Nawab Who Changed Indian Cricket’s Attitude Forever
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Birth Anniversary: The Nawab Who Changed Indian Cricket’s Attitude Forever
The prince who taught India to compete without fear. Every year, the cricketing world remembers Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi on his birth anniversary,...
January 1, 1995: How World Trade Organisation Brought Your Favorite Global Brands to India - From Zara to Netflix
January 1, 1995: How World Trade Organisation Brought Your Favorite Global Brands to India - From Zara to Netflix
Thirty-one years ago on this date, the World Trade Organisation unlocked India's gates, letting Zara's racks, and Netflix marathons in our lives....
Birthday Special: From Petrol Pump Attendant to India’s Business Icon Dhirubhai Ambani’s Incredible Rise
Birthday Special: From Petrol Pump Attendant to India’s Business Icon Dhirubhai Ambani’s Incredible Rise
Before unicorns, there was Dhirubhai. Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani, fondly remembered as Dhirubhai Ambani, was not born into wealth, privilege, or po...
Vijay Diwas Special: From Dr. Sitara Begum's 400-Bed Field Hospital to Teen Taramon Bibi's Bravery - The Women Who Made History in 1971
Vijay Diwas Special: From Dr. Sitara Begum's 400-Bed Field Hospital to Teen Taramon Bibi's Bravery - The Women Who Made History in 1971
Vijay Diwas isn’t all about anchors and admirals - sometimes, it’s about a doctor’s quick hands and a teenager’s resolve, both braver than the books e...
Celebrating Vijay Diwas: India's Pioneering First Missile Strike at Sea - A Naval Breakthrough in 1971
Celebrating Vijay Diwas: India's Pioneering First Missile Strike at Sea - A Naval Breakthrough in 1971
On Vijay Diwas, the spotlight quietly swung seaward - to a handful of missile boats that proved India could rewrite naval playbooks from the Arabian S...
On This Day: The First Nobel Ceremony & The Mystery of the Missing Math Prize
On This Day: The First Nobel Ceremony & The Mystery of the Missing Math Prize
A historic ceremony, a century-old mystery, and a question the world still loves to debate. On December 10, 1901, the world witnessed a moment that...