Health & Medicine
Even light drinking can cause cancer, fresh study underlines
09 Nov 2017
The reason that drinking isn’t entirely safe is because ethanol found in alcoholic beverages turn into a toxic chemical, acetaldehyde, which once broken down in the body, can damage DNA and proteins
Inner ear stem cells may someday restore hearing
08 Nov 2017
In pursuit of a universal flu vaccine
07 Nov 2017
Promising new prostate cancer test developed
06 Nov 2017
How toxic air clouds mental health
04 Nov 2017
Solving of a decade-long mystery could help in fight against TB
03 Nov 2017
Scientists have solved a decade-old mystery that could eventually lead to the development of earlier treatments for TB, which affects up to 2 billion people worldwide
New dengue virus caused outbreaks in southern India, say scientists
01 Nov 2017
The Asian genotype of the dengue virus, DENV-1, was responsible for outbreaks in Tamil Nadu in 2012 and Kerala in 2013 and scientists are studying samples to find out whether the Asian genotype of DENV-1 was present in these regions
Air pollution killed over 5 lakh Indians in 2015
31 Oct 2017
Research suggests new way to treat inflammatory gut disease and prevent rejection of bone marrow transplants
31 Oct 2017
Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain
28 Oct 2017
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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
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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