Health & Medicine
People who sleep less than 8 hours a night more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety
08 Jan 2018
Researchers design device to relieve tinnitus
06 Jan 2018
India-made turmeric extract gives UK cancer patient new lease of life
04 Jan 2018
British woman Dieneke Ferguson, 67, has stunned doctors by halting a fatal blood cancer in its tracks with the wonder curry spice turmeric, made by Indian company Sabinsa
A safer route to ultrasonic therapy
04 Jan 2018
Researchers at Oxford hospitals develop AI to diagnose heart disease and lung cancer from scans
04 Jan 2018
State-of-the-art MRI technology bypasses need for biopsy
03 Jan 2018
To determine if tumours found in the kidneys are malignant, researchers have developed an MRI technology that can determine this without having to perform a biopsy
Double strike against tuberculosis
01 Jan 2018
Berry gives boost to cervical cancer therapy
30 Dec 2017
Want to beat antibiotic-resistant superbugs? Rethink that strep throat remedy
29 Dec 2017
Avoiding antibiotics to treat mild bugs may help preserve drug effectiveness for severe infections
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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
02 Apr 2023
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