Healthcare
Smoking affects genetic function
16 Jul 2010
State-run health insurance providers stick to pruned list of preferred hospitals for cashless claims
14 Jul 2010
Fortis trumps Khazanah with $3.1-billion offer for Parkway
01 Jul 2010
Fortis, which holds around 25 per cent stake in Parkway Holdings, has offered to buy all of Parkway for S$3.8 a share, against Khazanah's offer of S$3.78 a share.
New cancer vaccine starves tumours of blood
11 Jun 2010
A DNA-vaccine that restricts the supply of blood to tumours has been developed by scientists at the Karolinska Institutet. The vaccine slows the growth of breast cancer tumours in mice.
ECG reports on Blackberry to be avilable in India
04 Jun 2010
Tele-medicine has come of age in India as doctors in the country will now be able to view patient’s electrocardiogram (ECG) reports on their Blackberry smartphones
India launches indigenous swine flu vaccine
03 Jun 2010
India's first dental stem cell bank launched
27 May 2010
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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