Healthcare
Obama unveils revised healthcare bill
23 Feb 2010
Low carbohydrate meals after exercise may benefit diabetics
05 Feb 2010
New research from the University of Michigan shows that meals eaten after each exercise session have an important impact on controlling blood sugar.
India and Sweden to cooperate in healthcare
02 Feb 2010
Overweight septuagenarians less likely to die early: Study
30 Jan 2010
Overweight people in their 70’s enjoy a greater chance of living beyond an additional 10 years than people of "normal" weight in the same age group, according to an Australian study
Cochlear, Synthes seen front runners for Siemens’ hearing aid unit
27 Jan 2010
The two companies are joining hands with a slew of private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and KKR for the German company, which sells one in every four hearing aids sold in the world
Senate secures majority to pass health bill
21 Dec 2009
Featured articles
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