इसके लिए एसडीआरएफ मुख्यालय जौलीग्रांट की ओर से प्रस्ताव तैयार किया जा रहा है। अगर इस प्रस्ताव को सरकार से मंजूरी मिल जाती है तो एसडीआरएफ देश की पहली रेस्क्यू फोर्स होगी जो सीधे सैटेलाइट इंटरनेट सेवा का इस्तेमाल करेगी. स्टार लिंक एलन मस्क की कंपनी है, जिसे भारत में इंटरनेट सेवाएं देने का लाइसेंस मिला है।

पहाड़ी राज्य होने के कारण उत्तराखंड अति संवेदनशील श्रेणी में आता है। जहां लगातार आपदाएं आती रहती हैं. आपदा के दौरान जनहानि के साथ-साथ मोबाइल कनेक्टिविटी भी ठप हो जाती है। वर्तमान में पहाड़ों में आपदा के दौरान कनेक्टिविटी बाधित होने पर एसडीआरएफ सैटेलाइट फोन का उपयोग करता है, जिससे केवल वॉयस कॉल और मैसेज का ही लाभ मिलता है। वहीं, सैटेलाइट इंटरनेट का उपयोग करने के बाद एसडीआरएफ के बचावकर्मी अन्य कंपनियों की तरह अपने मोबाइल फोन आदि में स्टार लिंक के इंटरनेट और वॉयस कॉलिंग का उपयोग कर सकेंगे. वार्ता

मौसम: ख़राब मौसम; देहरादून में आंधी के साथ भारी बारिश और ओलावृष्टि, पहाड़ों पर बर्फबारी के आसार।

यह सैटेलाइट इंटरनेट है

स्टारलिंक स्पेसएक्स की सैटेलाइट इंटरनेट कंपनी है जो पृथ्वी की निचली कक्षा में मौजूद हजारों छोटे उपग्रहों के जरिए इंटरनेट मुहैया कराती है। पारंपरिक इंटरनेट की तरह, यह ज़मीन या समुद्र पर बिछाए गए केबलों के माध्यम से काम नहीं करता है। यह अंतरिक्ष से सीधे उपयोगकर्ता के डिश एंटीना और राउटर तक सिग्नल भेजता है। जिससे ग्रामीण या दूरदराज के इलाकों में भी हाई-स्पीड इंटरनेट उपलब्ध है।

Patna: There was a time when Bihar’s rugged terrain, ancient ruins and vibrant textures made their way to the silver screen. Then, for years the cameras remained elsewhere. Now, the state is again set for its conclusion – not by chance, but by plan.The state government has implemented the Bihar Film Promotion Policy, 2024, signaling a new ambition to regain its place on India’s film production map. The policy, introduced in July last year, is a structured effort to transform Bihar into a destination where cinema is both an art and an industry.Initial reaction suggests the pitch is starting to descend. Since the implementation of the policy, 48 projects have been approved for shooting across the state. The slate includes 41 feature films, six documentaries and one web series. Notably, 25 of these are Hindi films – a sign that Bihar is moving attention beyond regional cinema and towards the mainstream. The mix also includes projects in regional languages ​​and an English film, reflecting the wide creative interest.But beyond the numbers lies a more layered approach. The government is trying to create an ecosystem where cinema boosts the local economy. From hotels and transportation services to catering and logistics, each production unit that comes in brings with it a wave of economic activity.Ruby, additional secretary of the art and culture department and managing director of Bihar State Film Development and Finance Corporation, said the policy was made to ensure that film production provides tangible benefits to the people at the grassroots level. “Our focus is not just on attracting productions, but also on ensuring that local communities benefit from them,” Ruby said.That focus is already shaping how the state prepares for upcoming projects. Youth are being trained in film-related skills – from handling cameras to entry-level production roles such as spot assistance and lighting support. Their profiles are being uploaded online, creating a ready pool of local talent for filmmakers. The idea is simple but strategic: reduce dependence on outside workers while opening new avenues of employment within the state.This emphasis on local participation is one of the defining features of the policy. It marks a shift from viewing Bihar merely as a picturesque backdrop to establishing it as a functional, production-ready destination.At the same time, officials are working to close logistical loopholes that have traditionally plagued filmmakers. Information regarding availability of equipment including vanity vans is being actively shared with producers. Financial assistance is being provided to film students by linking immediate production needs with long-term talent development.Ruby said the policy was prepared after studying film frameworks in other states and was designed to make it more updated and advanced. The message is clear: Bihar understands the practical demands of film production – quick clearances, clear incentives, trained manpower and smooth execution at the grassroots level.Financial incentives are a key part of this new pitch. The state is offering assistance up to Rs 4 crore under specified conditions. To qualify for the highest assistance, a producer must shoot his or her third film in Bihar, and at least 75% of the project must be filmed within the state. There are also provisions for smaller, entry-level productions, ensuring that both established and emerging filmmakers can gain a foothold.This policy moves forward by encouraging infrastructure development. Subsidies are being offered to set up studios, indicating a shift from temporary shooting arrangements towards more permanent film production facilities.Pranab Kumar, Secretary, Department of Arts and Culture, Bihar, said, “The film policy represents a strategic pivot towards becoming a global cornerstone for cinematic excellence. By institutionalizing a robust single-window clearance system and offering competitive financial incentives – including subsidies of up to Rs 4 crore – we are effectively eliminating legacy barriers to entry for filmmakers. Our objective is to develop a self-reliant creative economy. By bridging the gap between local talent and global production standards, Bihar is establishing itself not only as a beautiful backdrop but also as a credible, professional ecosystem for high-value content creation and large-scale youth employment.This ambition finds its clearest expression in the proposal for a film city in Bihar – a project currently in the pipeline. If realized, it will be an important step towards building a comprehensive film production ecosystem, covering everything from production to post-production, within the state itself.Yet, beyond policies and incentives, Bihar’s strongest asset is its landscape – diverse, textured and largely untapped. From the historical tranquility of Rajgir and Nalanda to the spiritual solemnity of Gaya, from the dense forests of Valmiki Tiger Reserve to the developed urban sprawl of Patna, the state offers an amazing variety of visual backdrop.For filmmakers, this means versatility without the need to travel to multiple states. Heritage sites, temple towns, forests, plains and rural surroundings exist within a single geographical canvas, providing both scale and authenticity.It also has an intangible allure – a certain rawness that modern cinema is increasingly exploring. The river banks, historic settlements and everyday life of Bihar possess a realism that cannot be easily recreated on a studio set. At a time when familiar filming locations are at risk of being repeated, Bihar’s relative newness becomes an advantage.

Sandarsh ​​Krishna (left) went missing inside the Grand Canyon National Park. An unidentified person (right) found a backpack that may have belonged to Krishna.

Sandarsh ​​Krishna, a 26-year-old Indian man, was reported missing in Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, prompting the park to seek public assistance in locating the man. Park officials said Krishna went missing inside the park on April 28, when he was last seen on the Rim Train on Hermit Road between Bright Angel Lodge and Mohave Point. At that time he was wearing athletic clothes.“Grand Canyon National Park is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing person who was last known to be in the park,” officials said.“On April 28, 2026, Grand Canyon Dispatch was notified of a missing person identified as 26-year-old Sandarsh ​​Krishna. The last possible known location was along the Rim Trail along Hermit Road between Bright Angel Lodge and Mohave Point between 4 pm and 12 am on April 27. On 28 April. There is no known vehicle associated with the individual who is using the rideshare or taxi service. Krishna is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a slim build, approximately 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. “He was last seen wearing athletic clothing,” the message said.Authorities said Krishna did not own a vehicle and was believed to be traveling in a rideshare or taxi service.After park officials asked for the public’s help in locating Krishna, a man submitted a black backpack that officials believed belonged to Krishna. “Investigators believe Krishna had a black backpack with him before he disappeared,” park officials posted on Facebook. “Later at approximately 7 p.m. a black backpack was turned over to hotel personnel at the Bright Angel Lodge.” He said the person who returned the bag was not a suspect and that investigators would speak to him once he was identified. National Park Service rangers at Grand Canyon National Park released a photo of a man who was seen returning the backpack and asked for the public’s help in identifying him.According to its website, entirely within the state of Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park spans 278 miles (447 km) of the Colorado River and adjacent headwaters.

New Delhi: On paper, the 2026 assembly elections are straightforward: five constituencies, 824 seats and a familiar roster of parties vying for power. West Bengal (294 seats), Tamil Nadu (234), Kerala (140), Assam (126), and Puducherry (30) Taken together this constitutes an important, but not unprecedented, electoral practice.Still, this is no regular election cycle.Time gives importance to it. By May 3, 2026, BJP-led NDA rules 21 out of 31 states and union territories. The areas where voting has just taken place – especially in the south and east – are among the last major areas where the BJP has not completely won power. That alone turns it into a test of geographical expansion.The scale of voter participation intensifies that sense of importance. Nearly 91% voting took place in West Bengal, the highest ever. Tamil Nadu witnessed 85.1% voting, a remarkable jump. Assam has recorded around 86%, Kerala has remained steady around 80%, and Puducherry has touched almost 90%. These are not numbers that indicate voter fatigue. Instead they point to politically active voters invested in the outcome.However, high turnout remains an ambiguous signal. This may indicate an anti-incumbency wave, but it may also reflect strong mobilization by the ruling parties. This may point to enthusiasm for new entrants, or consolidation of traditional vote banks. In 2026, it all appears to be coming together – which is what makes it difficult to predict the outcome just hours before the counting begins.

Question of BJP’s expansion

For the BJP, the 2026 elections are as much about the immediate results as it is about the long-term trajectory. The party has already achieved national dominance, but its map remains uneven. The Hindi heartland and parts of the West are firmly in its grip, while the South and East are continuing to offer resistance.This election is a test of whether that resistance is softening.BJP is no longer an outsider in West Bengal. Its rise from a marginal presence to a strong challenger in 2021 – when it secured 77 seats and more than 38% vote share – marked a structural shift. The question now is whether this growth can translate into power, or at least vote share that will decisively push it into the mid-40s.

The challenge is different in Tamil Nadu. BJP remains a secondary player but is gradually trying to expand. Even incremental gains – a higher vote share or a stronger assembly presence – would carry political significance by breaking the perception that the state is impenetrable.Assam is a test of integration. There is BJP government here. If it improves its standalone performance, it would suggest a move beyond alliance dependence towards deep dominance.In these states, the BJP faces a key question: can it translate national strength into a similar regional presence, or is it closer to a natural ceiling in culturally distinct regions?

Congress and the fight for its relevance

If the BJP’s question is about expansion, the Congress faces a more fundamental question: relevance.The party remains a major player, but is no longer the default pole of the opposition. Instead, it operates in a fragmented landscape, often as part of a coalition rather than a central force.In Kerala, it remains a major contender. A win would confirm its ability to compete independently. Defeat would weaken its claim to be a national alternative, especially in the South.

In Assam, it is challenging the strong BJP but faces the complexities of a multi-cornered contest, where vote division could dilute its influence.In Tamil Nadu, it is a junior partner dependent on the DMK. In West Bengal, it has grown alone but remains a marginal force.The underlying question is clear: Can the Congress rebuild as a primary force in key states, or will it remain an essential but secondary player within the alliance?

Regional stronghold under pressure

While national parties dominate the narrative, these elections are equally about the resilience of regional forces.

In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is defending not just a government but also a political model built on welfare, identity and leadership. The scale of its victory in 2021 ensured dominance, but the rise of the BJP means that dominance is now under pressure. Even a slim majority can have consequences beyond numbers.In Banerjee’s case, in the final phase of the campaign a leader is not just contesting an election but also contesting a narrative. In the last few days after polling ended, Banerjee shifted focus from big rallies to hyper-local mobilization, focusing on booth-level management and direct voter contact. The post-polling session became increasingly elaborate – the Chief Minister reviewed constituency-wise feedback, marked sensitive booths, and stressed the cadre to ensure turnout among key support groups. His visits to the strong room and repeated public warnings about election vigilance reinforced this view, indicating a strategy to win votes as well as protect them.

The campaign message was also intensified this time: from broad welfare claims to more explicit appeals about identity, rights and alleged voter list exclusion. By putting forward issues such as special intensive vetting and positioning herself as the protector of the “vote”, Banerjee tried to convert organizational strength into electoral security. For the Trinamool Congress, this last mile effort is important. In a contest where margins may be tight, the effectiveness of booth-level mobilization – ensuring that every identified supporter actually votes – may ultimately matter as much as the broader political narrative.Tamil Nadu is seeing a disruption in its traditional DMK-AIADMK binary. Rise of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) led by actor VictoryHas shown unpredictability. Even without a sweeping victory, its vote share could change the outcome in all constituencies.In Kerala, the stakes are structural. The Left, under the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan, is seeking a third consecutive term. For Congress, stopping this is central to its political relevance.Assam already represents a changed system, where the BJP is dominant and the question is whether opposition forces can regroup.Across states, a common thread has emerged: regional parties remain powerful, but they are laboring under increasing pressure from national expansion and changing voter behavior.

a moment before the verdict

By this time tomorrow the numbers will start to settle. Governments will take shape. Winners and losers will become clear.But there may be a deeper story hidden behind the results.If BJP expands, it strengthens its sphere of national dominance. If regional parties do this, it indicates the flexibility of India’s federal diversity. If Congress benefits then it is a sign of improvement. If new entrants like TVK make an impact, it signals an appetite for disruption.What makes this election moment special is that all these possibilities remain open on the eve of vote counting.This is why the choice feels existential – not because of any one outcome, but because of what the combination of outcomes would mean.As the countdown begins on May 4, one question will remain beyond the trends:Is India moving towards a more centralized political system, or will its regional diversity continue to define its democracy?The answer will emerge seat by seat.

उत्तर प्रदेश के सहारनपुर जिले से एक बेहद दर्दनाक और चौंकाने वाली घटना सामने आई है। यहां एक महिला पर अपनी ही सहेली के 14 साल के मासूम बेटे की बेरहमी से हत्या करने का आरोप लगा है। इस घटना से पूरा इलाका हिल गया है और लोगों में भारी गुस्सा है. पुलिस ने मामले में आरोपी महिला पूजा को हिरासत में ले लिया है और उससे पूछताछ शुरू कर दी है. इस पूरे मामले का खुलासा सीसीटीवी फुटेज से हुआ, जिससे पुलिस को जांच में काफी मदद मिली.

मासूम अंशुमन परिवार में सबसे लाडला था.
मृतक अंशुमन बालकृष्ण भारती का सबसे छोटा बेटा था. वह चार भाइयों में सबसे छोटा था और परिवार का सबसे पसंदीदा बच्चा था। आरोपी पूजा का परिवार के घर अक्सर आना-जाना था और वह अंशुमान की मां ज्योति की करीबी दोस्त मानी जाती थी। बताया जाता है कि पूजा ब्याज पर पैसे देती थी और इलाके में उसकी दबंग छवि थी.

वहां पहले से ही विवाद और तनाव था
परिजनों का आरोप है कि पूजा अक्सर घर पर आकर विवाद करती थी और बच्चों से मारपीट भी करती थी। घर में कई बार तोड़फोड़ की घटनाएं हुईं. कुछ समय पहले अंशुमान के पिता ने पूजा के घर में आने पर रोक लगा दी थी, जिसके बाद दोनों पक्षों के बीच तनाव बढ़ गया था. हालांकि पहले भी झगड़े हो चुके थे लेकिन ये मामला इतना बड़ा हो जाएगा ये किसी ने नहीं सोचा था.

सीसीटीवी से खुला पूरा राज!
यह घटना 1 मई की दोपहर करीब 2 बजे की है, जब अंशुमन सामान लेने के लिए घर से बाहर गया था, लेकिन वापस नहीं लौटा. परिवार ने पहले खुद तलाश की, फिर पुलिस को सूचना दी. जांच के दौरान नुमाइश कैंप क्षेत्र के सीसीटीवी कैमरे में अंशुमन को पूजा के साथ जाते देखा गया। आगे की जांच में पता चला कि पूजा उसे हरियाणा के यमुनानगर ले गई थी।

आरोपी ने कबूला जुर्म, नदी में मिला शव
पुलिस ने जब उससे सख्ती से पूछताछ की तो पूजा ने पहले तो गुमराह करने की कोशिश की, लेकिन जब सबूत सामने आए तो उसने अपना गुनाह कबूल कर लिया. उसने बताया कि उसने अंशुमन को अंबाला रोड पर पूर्वी यमुना नदी में फेंक दिया। पुलिस और गोताखोरों की एक टीम ने तलाशी अभियान चलाया और रविवार सुबह बच्चे का शव बरामद किया गया। परिजनों का आरोप है कि आरोपियों ने बच्चे को पानी में डुबाकर मार डाला.

इलाके में आक्रोश, कड़ी सजा की मांग
इस घटना के बाद परिवार में मातम का माहौल है और पूरे इलाके में गुस्सा है. परिजन आरोपियों को कड़ी सजा, यहां तक ​​कि मौत की सजा देने की मांग कर रहे हैं. पुलिस मामले की गहराई से जांच कर रही है और पोस्टमार्टम रिपोर्ट का इंतजार किया जा रहा है, ताकि घटना के पीछे की पूरी सच्चाई सामने आ सके.

Kolkata Knight Riders have given Manish Pandey a game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, May 3, making him the third player after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to play at least one match in each of the 19 seasons of the Indian Premier League. The 36-year-old was bought in the auction for Rs 75 lakh as a replacement for Ramandeep Singh in the KKR XI for the ninth match of the season and had spent the initial part of the campaign on the bench during the team’s poor spell.

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Pandey was selected over young options like Tejashwi Dahiya and Sarthak Ranjan, while captain Ajinkya Rahane opted for experience after Ramandeep struggled for form. This was Pandey’s first competitive match at the highest level since last year IPL. The batsman, who is one of the fittest players, was not selected by Karnataka for the 2025-26 domestic season.

Players in all 19 seasons of IPL

1. Virat Kohli

2. Rohit Sharma

3. Manish Pandey

MS Dhoni, 44, would join that list if he plays for Chennai Super Kings this season, but a calf injury has kept the former skipper out of competitive action so far.

Pandey made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in 2008 before moving to Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he became the first Indian centurion in the league in 2009. He then joined the now-defunct Pune Warriors India in 2010 and spent four seasons there. His best season came with KKR in 2014, when he played a key role in their second title win under the captaincy of Gautam Gambhir. He scored 400 runs in an IPL season for the first time that year.

He spent four seasons at KKR before moving to Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2018. Pandey played for Lucknow Super Giants in 2022 and Delhi Capitals in 2023 before returning to KKR in 2024. He played only one game in KKR’s victorious season and three games for the franchise last year.

KKR, who came into the game on a two-match winning streak, also brought back Finn Allen, giving the New Zealand opener another chance after failures at the start of the season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad were without all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who was rested due to illness. They brought back Harshal Patel and gave a chance to Karnataka’s in-form Smrana Ravichandran. However, Pandey’s return was the key selection call, as it placed him alongside Kohli and Rohit in a small part of IPL history.

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Inside unbearable hospital wards, in the rubble after a disaster, or amid the quiet devastation of personal loss, dark, absurdist jokes burst like twisted lifelines.Novelist James Grippando wrote, “We can either laugh in the face of death or die trying not to laugh.” It’s morbid, it’s wrong, yet it exudes horror, reminding us that we are all absurdly alive.George Bernard Shaw said it best: “Life is no longer funny when people die, but serious when people laugh.” This line shows why gallows humor can feel so necessary: ​​It refuses to let death erase the full, messy complexity of being alive.Far from disrespect or denial, this laughter is humanity’s rawest rebellion – a defiant spark against the void.So today, on World Laughter Day, celebrated on the first Sunday of May, we honor the strange, healing power of humor.On a day dedicated to laughter, perhaps the most profound thing we can examine is not why we laugh when life is good, but why we laugh, almost fearlessly, when it is not.Dr Saloni Seth Agarwal, consultant psychiatrist at Ent & Mind Care, Indirapuram and associate consultant at Max Vaishali, said, “Humor appearing in the midst of crisis is not random – it is one of the brain’s more sophisticated survival tools. When reality feels overwhelming, the brain looks for ways to reduce the emotional intensity without completely denying the situation. Humor allows exactly this.”Dark humor vs. denial: where’s the line?Not all laughs in crisis are created equal. There is a meaningful and often misunderstood difference between humor that helps people cope and humor that helps them hide.Dark humor, in its most functional state, is an act of acceptance. It looks suffering straight in the eyes and chooses, consciously, to laugh anyway. The cancer patient who makes fun of her hair loss, the soldier who makes sarcastic quips in the field, the family who laughs while sharing embarrassing stories at a funeral, these are not people in denial. These are people in pain who have got a pressure valve.

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The technical term for this is “gallows humor” and research consistently shows that it can reduce anxiety, promote togetherness, and even improve resiliency in high-stress occupations like emergency medicine, military service, and disaster relief work. The joke becomes a way of saying: I see it. I am not disappointed by this.Denial often operates differently. It doesn’t acknowledge the pain and laugh despite it, it uses laughter to avoid confession altogether. It distracts, it minimizes, it keeps difficult emotions permanently at an arm’s length. Where dark humor says “This is terrible, and here’s how absurd it is,” denial says “It’s okay”, and means it. Over time, that distinction has real psychological consequences. Unprocessed grief does not go away; It gets accumulated.The line between the two is rarely a matter of content, it’s a matter of direction. Is humor moving toward truth, or away from it? Is it being shared openly between people who understand what they’re laughing about, or is it being used to shut down a difficult conversation?The darkest jokes, told in the right company, can be brutally honest. It is laughter that refuses to feel anything that should give us pause.

Crisis comedy in the digital age: how Gen Z overcomes pain

When the world feels like it’s actively burning, sometimes literally, Generation Z isn’t the first to reach out to a newspaper or a therapist. They open their phones and make a meme with it.For a generation that grew up with climate anxiety as background noise, witnessed racial injustice trend on social media, lived through a pandemic in its formative years, and inherited an economic landscape that makes it feel like owning a science fiction home, humor has become a primary coping language. The meme is their gallows joke, short, shareable and very accurate.During the COVID-19 lockdown, Gen Z flooded the internet with content that was equal parts absurd and painfully self-aware. The dog meme depicting a figure calmly drinking coffee in a burning room became shorthand for an entire generation’s relationship with “it’s okay” collective distress.

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Anxiety, irritation and existential dread repackaged into formats that were fun enough to share and honest enough to hurt. The humor was not dismissive, it was diagnostic. This helped. They were naming what they felt was true in a format that felt original to them.“During large-scale crises—pandemics, wars, economic uncertainty—collective humor becomes almost a parallel communication system. It helps communities by normalizing shared fears: “If everyone is joking about it, I’m not the only one feeling this way. Reducing ambiguity: Humor simplifies complex, heavy realities into digestible narratives,” said Dr. Aggarwal.

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“On a personal level, the dynamic is just as obvious. Gen Z openly joke about therapy, financial stress, loneliness and mental health struggles on platforms like X and Instagram in a way that would have seemed shocking to previous generations. What appears on the outside is often, upon closer inspection, a sophisticated form of community-building. When someone posts “I’m explaining my trauma to a stranger at 2 a.m. online” via a cartoon frog, thousands of people relate. happen, comment, and partly feel less alone,” he adds.

Laughter has never been just a social good. Beneath every laugh, snort and helpless laugh, the body is running a remarkably sophisticated biological program that, under stress, begins to look less like entertainment and more like armour.When we laugh, the brain releases a rush of endorphins, the same neurochemicals that are produced by exercise and especially pain relief. At the same time, cortisol and epinephrine, hormones associated with the body’s stress response, begin to fall. Research has found that even the mere anticipation of laughter can reduce cortisol levels by about 39 percent and epinephrine by 70 percent, meaning the body begins to repair itself before the joke even occurs. In a crisis, where the stress response may be activated for a long time and be physically damaging, this is not a minor effect.

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Evolutionary biologists suggest this is no accident. Laughter, in its earliest form, predates language. Its origins can be traced back about 10 million years, and its primary function appears to be to form deep social bonds, the kind that allowed early human communities to stick together under pressure, coordinate during danger, and signal each other for protection. A group that could laugh together was a group that trusted each other. And trust, in a crisis, is often the difference between survival and collapse.“If one can laugh and reflect, connect and process one’s experience, humor becomes a powerful resilience tool.If laughter is the only response available, it may be worth gently exploring what lies beneath, most importantly hidden depression or ‘smiling depression,” Dr Saloni said.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned that anti-Semitism in Britain is “growing, real and dangerous” following a series of recent violent incidents, including a knife attack in Golders Green that left members of the Jewish community injured.Starmer said the attack was “not isolated” but part of a broader pattern of hate-motivated violence, adding that the government had already stepped up policing and increased protective security for at-risk communities.