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The research study titled "A study on shifting perceived value of e-books in light of pandemics" aims in exploring the value of e-books among guardians and students. It also aims in understanding the changing behavior of students toward the purchase of e-books. It will also help in comprehending the future preference or trends linked with the format of books purchased. The research study will help the researcher in identifying the variations in everyday life initiated by the pandemic related to the books. Both primary and secondary research methods have been taken into consideration for the evaluation of the research data. Based on the collected data, the researcher has evaluated it and has presented research findings. Here the researcher has highlighted both the perspectives, the traditional books, and e-books. Traditional books tend to have an emotional value compared to e-books. Moreover, with the adoption of various applications of technology, E-books can be searched or accessed easily. E-books are preferred as they are more affordable than the printed copy version.

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In search of economic growth and prosperity, Indian civilization has developed new problem. In the maze of crisscross attack of communicable diseases, it is a matter of concern that non-communicable disease (NCD) is silently infecting the underdeveloped and developed nations leaving its long-term intensified effect on both social and political front, that is, a public health burden. Unhealthy lifestyle, such as urban consumption pattern, is the ‘anti-hero’ in the tragedy of development of health disparity contributing to lifestyle diseases. Nuclear family, being the most vulnerable to have NCDs, needs to be observed for its extended status of threat. With this objective, this article concentrated on the subjective probability of individuals of nuclear family to get affected by lifestyle diseases. The analysed result of primary data collected from 10 Kolkata-based superspeciality hospital’s OPD patients has confirmed the vulnerability of nuclear family of having NCDs. It also indicates the non-competitive probability of attack of NCDs and contagious diseases among nuclear families.

Present study is an opinion survey of the Dealers of Berger Paints Pvt. Ltd., India and Interior designer of Kolkata, India that reveals the factors affecting the choice of paints of the said respondents of Kolkata. The objective of the study was to understand the factors affecting the recommendation of domestic paints with respect to the dealer and interior designer of BERGER Paints Ltd., Kolkata (India). The result denotes some important auxiliary and ancillary factors having an impact on the choice process of the respondents.