Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft Mogul Bill Gates met with India's IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday to discuss digitalisation in India. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has shown a keen interest in partnering with India for digital inclusion through e-payment, e-healthcare and e-agriculture.
The meeting lasted for almost 30 minutes. Gates said, "It's very exciting time in India and...
There is some good news for all smokers; a glass of red wine before lighting up a cigarette can prevent some cardiovascular diseases. According to a new report in the American Journal of Medicine, a glass or two of red wine can help mitigate a few of the short-term negative side effects of smoking.
The investigation involved 20 healthy non-smokers...
Unless President Barack Obama shuts down Gitmo before vacating office, Donald Trump promises to keep it open, and fill it up even more.
On Monday, President Obama expressed regret at not being able to shut down the military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in accordance with his promise soon after coming in to office. "With respect to Guantanamo, it...
According to the 2016 Salary Budget Planning (Q3) Report released by leading global advisory, broking and solutions company Willis Towers Watson, salaries in India are estimated to rise 10% in 2017, same as the actual increase in 2016.
When compared to key emerging markets in Asia, India's 2017 projected salary increases are the highest. Indonesia's 9%, Sri Lanka's 8.9%, China's...
A new wearable smart device has been developed by scientists in Japan to help obese diabetics lose fat.
The device has been developed by researchers from Kumamoto University and it attacks the visceral fat as well as improves blood glucose levels.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when excess visceral fat in a body leads to hyperglycemia, a metabolic disorder, which in turn reduces the...
Scientists from the University of Buffalo in New York have developed a new smartphone app that can detect signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a child in less than a minute by tracking his or her eye movements.
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, autism spectrum disorder is a neuro-developmental disorder where patients have lasting problems with...
The world is 1.2° C warmer in 2016 than the pre-industrial temperature levels, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
In a preliminary assessment provided by the WMO in its Status of the Global Climate in 2016 report, the global UN weather agency said that 2016 is going to be the hottest year on record, with temperatures across the globe...
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand on Nov 13, killing two people. This temblor was followed by another 6.2 magnitude shock on Monday. A tsunami warning was issued which led to mass evacuations.
A large surge in the sea hit Wellington in the North Island and Christchurch.
Though the U.S. Geological Survey measured the first quake at 7.8, New...
The new 500 rupee note has been released by the Reserve Bank of India. The RBI has already moved 50 million five hundred rupee notes to various State Bank branches and five million more notes will be added this upcoming Wednesday.
These notes have been introduced in Delhi, Mumbai and Bhopal State Bank of India (SBI) branches on Sunday. "It...
Researchers at the Imperial College of London with the association of tech firm DNA Electronics has created a USB stick that can measure the level of HIV virus from one drop of blood.
Project lead, Dr. Graham Cook informed that a traditional HIV monitoring equipment checks the viremia (presence of virus) and “virus load”. Such tests are expensive and unwieldy...
