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Principals discuss ’emotional wellbeing’ through Teno App
MUMBAI: Teno App, India’s leading free-to-use mobile app for schools, is organizing a panel discussion where reputed educationists will deliberate on the role of educators in promoting emotional wellbeing amongst school students. This panel discussion will also be the first initiative as part of their unique series, which will be an open forum for lead industry conversations on various issues that impact school children.
The event will host over 150 school principals from across Mumbai, New Mumbai and Kalyan alongside well-known educationalists and child psychiatrists. There will be an elite panelist of veterans from the education sector who will deliberate on the theme for the discussion. The discussion will also dwell on how schools can adopt technology to identify and tackle this menace among the student community and create an amicable environment for emotional wellbeing and bridge the communication gap between the school and parents.
Talking about this initiative, Teno App vice-president Anurag Dixit said, “A child spends most of the active time of the day in school and hence it is imperative that schools have the right environment and infrastructure to accentuate the overall growth and well being of the child. We often read about heart-wrenching incidents of self-harm among students due to depression and it is critical that we have a forum to discuss the ways to mitigate the perils of this illness. We work with schools across the country offering an easy and efficient mobile App to facilitate communication between parents and schools. This helps us leverage our connect to create a platform for like-minded educational experts to discuss pertinent issues among school children.”
It is always better to pre-empt circumstances rather than waiting to take curative measures once an unfortunate incident occurs. Children nowadays are influenced, not only by peers but also face cyber pressure, which often misleads them to feel inferior. This is one of the key reasons that leads to emotional trauma and disrupts their mental wellbeing, causing them to resort to unhealthy measures. It is difficult to wean away a child from technology and modern day lifestyle habits but one can mitigate the risk of the child suffering mental stress, by ensuring timely intervention and conversations. It is important for schools and parents to shift conversations beyond functional PTA meetings or report days, and be more accessible to each other, despite the hectic urban lifestyle. Use of school apps like Teno App helps achieve this objective without any hassle
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
