Health & Medicine
Massachusetts off-road-vehicle law significantly reduces injuries, hospitalisations in children
11 Sep 2017
11 minutes of mindfulness training helps drinkers cut back
11 Sep 2017
Brief training in mindfulness strategies could help heavy drinkers start to cut back on alcohol consumption, finds a new UCL study
Using glucose to fuel drug delivery to the brain
09 Sep 2017
A new drug delivery system that autonomously navigates the body using its own glucose molecules has been developed and tested by a team of scientists
Aedes to Zika, an Infectious Journey
08 Sep 2017
Drawing exhaustively on research and scientific data, medical professionals Ishrat Syed and Kalpana Swaminathan have cut through the clutter of misinformation to present to lay readers a comprehensive biography of the Zika Virus, in their book, The Secret Life of Zika Virus
New device accurately identifies cancer in seconds
08 Sep 2017
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has invented a powerful tool that rapidly and accurately identifies cancerous tissue during surgery
Gene mutations that increase type 2 diabetes risk also increase risk of heart disease: Study
06 Sep 2017
Zika virus kills brain cancer stem cells
06 Sep 2017
While Zika virus causes devastating damage to the brains of developing fetuses, it one day may be an effective treatment for glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer
Study shows contrasting long-term cognitive effects of psychiatric drugs in schizophrenia
05 Sep 2017
Does indoor spraying help prevent dengue?
02 Sep 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
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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
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