(Our Science Desk) Millions of homes are at risk of elevated benzene exposure every time their gas stoves are ignited, warns a recent Stanford-led study. Benzene is a chemical associated with an increased risk of leukemia and other blood cell cancers. It appears to become an unwelcome guest when residents prepare meals on their gas…
Washington: India is one of the most important markets for Google and a source of incredible talent and innovation that help create and empower the company’s products globally, a top official at the tech giant has said. Karan Bhatia, Google’s global head of government affairs and public policy, told PTI on Friday that the company is…
New Delhi: Ever since the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conceptualized the Athmanirbhar Bharat with the sole objective to encourage our defence labs and other manufacturing public sector units and discourage dependence of external help, appears to have started paying rich dividends, that too in such a short time. This is evident from the…
New Delhi: Commvault, an enterprise data protection firm, on Thursday announced new security capabilities to help businesses secure, defend, and recover their data in the midst of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. As part of these capabilities, Commvault has expanded its security ecosystem to include product integrations with Microsoft and CyberArk, a company statement said. “Our customers…
Silicon Valley: India has almost everything needed to have a successful semiconductor industry but it still needs to work to reestablish credibility, the head of the world’s top advocacy group representing the semiconductor industry has said. From near-zero levels just a year and a half ago, India is now well on its way to having 100…
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras continued to bag the top spot in the National Institute Ranking Framework, 2023 for the fifth consecutive year, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has been ranked as the best university, according to the Ministry of Education. IISc Bengaluru has bagged the second spot in…
New Delhi: Apollo Hospitals is investing extensively in new age technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) to create new medical benchmarks in disease prediction, diagnosis accuracy, reduced patient in-time and advanced home care, Shobana Kamineni, Executive Vice Chairperson of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise said. She said a good example of this is its preventive…
New Delhi: Scientists have developed a simple, low-cost clip that uses a smartphone’s camera and flash to monitor blood pressure at the user’s fingertip. The clip developed by researchers at the University of California (UC) San Diego, US, works with a custom smartphone app and currently costs about 80 cents (5.6 rupees) to make. The…
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, on Thursday launched a Department of Medical Sciences and Technology that will offer a first-of-its kind four-year BS programme in medical sciences and engineering. According to officials, top doctors in India and abroad who were also closely involved in the development of the curriculum will be hired as…
New Delhi: Minister for IT and Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw met Google CEO Sundar Pichai at the tech giant’s headquarters in the US, and the two discussed India stack and ‘Make in India’ programme. Vaishnaw, on Tuesday, tweeted about his meeting with Google top honcho. “Met @sundarpichai at the @Google HQ. Good discussion on India Stack and…
