​After a long time, I had an opportunity to go to my school to meet someone. Since there was time before the bell, I thought I’d take a round. As I turned the corner, I saw 7–8 kids in the dazzling corridor of an elite school, and the language they were using made my ears go numb. Gen Z’s fast, chopped-up, emoji-dripping tongue… and in every sentence, a four-letter firecracker.

What began as routine questioning of a 16-year-old girl by teachers at a prestigious city school has snowballed into a digital-age nightmare, exposing the dark underbelly of student social media use.

The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana stands as a ray of hope and empowerment for millions of young girls across India.

Research from the family locator app and safety membership platform Life360 has revealed the top benefits that parents of kids 13 and under see from mobile ownership alongside the rules that they put in place to encourage healthy and safe smartphone habits.

​The rise of technology has taken over everything today. And, coding is the core of technology. It is a creative process where you make something from scratch. For kids, it’s the difference between knowing how to navigate a website or play a game and building a website or game on their own.

If you can’t remember the last time you saw a teenager reading a book, newspaper or magazine, you’re not alone. In recent years, less than 20 per cent of teens report reading a book, magazine or newspaper daily for pleasure, while more than 80 per cent say they use social media every day, according to research. To get full access to this story, "Subscribe Now", in just Re.1 for the next 24 hours.