Health

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

US investigating second suspected case of Chinese virus

6:05 am January 24, 2020

Houston: Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a new and deadly Chinese virus, officials said Thursday. Brazos County, northwest of Houston, “is investigating a suspected case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV),” officials wrote in a statement on Facebook. “The patient traveled from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus […]

Govt institutions, corporate bodies may introduce Yoga breaks

3:09 pm January 14, 2020

New Delhi: Y-break or Yoga break — a 5 minute exercise designed for the workplace to help professionals de-stress and refresh — may soon become part of the schedule at government institutions and corporate bodies. Developed by the Ministry of AYUSH through the Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, with inputs from reputed Yoga experts, […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Social justice ministry ropes in pvt industries to extend reach of ‘Accessible India Campaign’

11:40 pm January 10, 2020

New Delhi: The social justice and empowerment ministry (SJEM), tasked with implementing the ‘Accessible India Campaign’ (AIC), has roped in private industries and is coordinating with them to extend the reach of the campaign, a senior official said on Friday. Department of empowerment of persons with disabilities (DEPwD) Secretary Shakuntala Gamlin told PTI on Friday […]

India can now create Aatmanirbhar secured internet

Anti-CAA stir: Internet services to remain suspended in Ghaziabad for 24 hrs

9:01 pm December 26, 2019

Ghaziabad: In the wake of violence in parts of Uttar Pradesh during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, Internet services will remain suspended here for 24 hours from 10 pm on Thursday. The restriction will remain in place till 10 pm on Friday. This is the second time in the month that Internet services have […]

Artificial Intelligence hub in Bengaluru to promote technology innovations: DST

‘New model may shed light on how our brain works’

4:13 pm December 26, 2019

Tokyo: Researchers have developed a brain-like network composed of ultrasmall metallic wires, an advance that may lead to new ways for understanding the brain’s computation processes. As part of the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, the researchers used the metallic nanowire network to simulate the human brain’s electrical activity unique to processes like […]