Health & Medicine
Pills of the future: nanoparticles
28 Nov 2013
Clinical trial shows tongue-controlled wheelchair outperforms popular wheelchair navigation system
28 Nov 2013
Stuck on flu
27 Nov 2013
Antidepressants are not 'happy pills'
27 Nov 2013
Different gene expression in male and female brains helps explain differences in brain disorders
26 Nov 2013
Dying from a food allergy is less likely than being murdered
By by Sam Wong | 26 Nov 2013
Lack of protein drives overeating
23 Nov 2013
Lowering BP, cholesterol and blood sugar could halve obesity-related risk of heart disease and stroke
23 Nov 2013
Dreading pain can be worse than pain itself
22 Nov 2013
Biologists identify new cancer weakness
21 Nov 2013
Low-fat diet changes prostate cancer tissue
By By Kim Irwin | 21 Nov 2013
Synthetic alcohol substitute could eliminate health risks – and hangovers
By by Sam Wong | 21 Nov 2013
A drug that mimics some effects of alcohol but lacks its harmful properties would have real benefit for public health, a leading scientist says
A new way to monitor induced comas
16 Nov 2013
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation