VIJAYAWADA: The suspected honour killing of a 23-year-old woman in Macherla has taken a dramatic turn with the victim’s father, the main accused, confessing to police that a couple of officers had helped him trace his daughter in lieu of money.According to investigators, Chowdeswari was murdered allegedly by her father Chandra Srinu on March 18…

“O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frightened thee…” wrote William Shakespeare centuries ago. Today, those lines feel less like poetry and more like a diagnosis.Sleep, once considered a passive, restorative necessity, has quietly turned into one of India’s most pressing yet under-recognised public health concerns. In a country racing toward…