{"id":235312,"date":"2026-04-24T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction-hyderabad-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T23:05:09","slug":"treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction-hyderabad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction-hyderabad-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Treat technology as tool rather than distraction\u2019 | Hyderabad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction\/articleshow\/130503105.cms\">\u2018Treat technology as tool rather than distraction\u2019 | Hyderabad News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction\/articleshow\/130503105.cms\">https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction\/articleshow\/130503105.cms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-24 18:53:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"timesofindia.indiatimes.com\">timesofindia.indiatimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hyderabad: Digital addiction is not just about being hooked to screen, but a gradual loss of control over attention, where minutes slip into hours without awareness, said Dr Jawaharlal Nehru, psychologist at Tele Manas, at \u2018The Times of India&#8217;s Let&#8217;s D-Stress: Campus Conversations&#8217; held at Kaveri University on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>&#8220;We open apps such as Instagram without purpose, keep scrolling, and by the end of it, we gain nothing except mental fatigue,&#8221; he said. Addressing students immersed in tech-driven learning environments, the session unpacked the deeper patterns behind excessive screen use. Alongside RJ Nani who moderated the discussion, Dr Nehru highlighted how digital behaviour today is often driven by the \u2018Fear of Missing Out&#8217; (FOMO), where individuals feel compelled to stay constantly connected despite limited real benefit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>&#8220;Your mind is not tired because of work; it is tired because it never gets rest. You keep feeding it random content \u2014 videos, alerts, distractions \u2014 and it never settles,&#8221; he explained, pointing to the cognitive overload caused by continuous scrolling.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The session also emphasised that the issue stems more from mental boredom than physical exhaustion. &#8220;When individuals lose interest or direction, the mind instinctively seeks distraction, leading to constant app-switching and reduced focus. Over time, even small habits, checking the phone repeatedly for a few minutes, accumulate into significant loss of productivity,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>He shared that the real threat is not the digital world itself, but what individuals allow into their minds. He encouraged students to build awareness around their screen habits, prioritise meaningful engagement, and treat technology as a tool rather than a distraction. He reinforced that discipline and clarity are essential for sustained focus and personal growth.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Welcoming the initiative, Harsha Polsani, director of student welfare, Kaveri University, said, &#8220;We see students constantly balancing academic demands with&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction\/articleshow\/130503105.cms\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Treat technology as tool rather than distraction\u2019 | Hyderabad News https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/treat-technology-as-tool-rather-than-distraction\/articleshow\/130503105.cms Publish Date: 2026-04-24 18:53:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130503099,width-1280,height-720,imgsize-35996,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-600\/photo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235314,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235312\/revisions\/235314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}