US sees COVID variant NB.1.8.1 surge: Why are more than 300 people in America still dying from pandemic every week?A new COVID-19 subvariant, NB.1.8.1, is spreading globally, with a recent surge in infections in Asia and detection in the US. Despite prog...
24 May, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
You can’t stop a landslide, the only thing you can do is save lives: M RajeevanIn the early hours of July 30, consecutive landslides struck Wayanad, Kerala, marking one of the worst natural disasters in the state's his...
04 Aug, 2024, 01.30 AM IST
How a ban on human activities could've saved over 150 lives in Kerala's WayanadThe recent landslides in Wayanad, Kerala, which claimed over 150 lives, underscore the ongoing issues in notifying the Western Ghats as an ...
01 Aug, 2024, 11.20 AM IST
For risk takers: 6 smallcap stocks from different sectors with upside potential of up to 46%Even as the stock market corrects, small and midcap stocks are refusing to leave the party. On a number of days the breadth of the small ca...
16 Aug, 2023, 12.20 PM IST
Karnataka govt committed to implementing Kasturirangan panel reportKarnataka Environment and Forests Minister Eshwar Khandre on Saturday said the state government is committed to the implementation of the K...
29 Jul, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
Malala Yousafzai working on new memoir, her 'most personal'Malala graduated from Oxford University and married Asser Malik, a manager with the Pakistan Cricket Board
18 Apr, 2023, 10.34 AM IST
From Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’, to Shaun Tan’s ‘Creature’, 13 books that can be the perfect holiday giftsSome perfect festive gifts for bookworms!
28 Dec, 2022, 10.07 PM IST
Private equity firms aim to raise up to $1 billion acquisition funding across three dealsThree global funds - Partners Group, CVC Capital and Blackstone Group - are in talks with a bunch of investment banks for financing arrange...
06 Oct, 2021, 06.33 AM IST
Alcohol and the heart: Even a single can of beer, glass of wine can increase risk of a type of cardiac arrhythmiaAtrial fibrillation, also known as A-fib, is the most commonly occurring heart rhythm abnormality.
06 Sep, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
How Netflix’s Reed Hastings conquered Hollywood with a PowerPoint presentationNetflix’s high-performance culture was forged during a round of layoffs in 2001, just after the dot-com bubble popped. The company needed t...
07 Sep, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
Hydroxychloroquine can cause 'serious' heartbeat disturbancesThe drug made it 'surprisingly easy' to trigger irregular beats in the heart.
02 Jun, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
Proactive interaction needed between organisations and skilled talent, says ISRO former ChairmanHe was speaking at the 10th anniversary of Aerospace Forum of Society of Automotive Engineers India (SAEINDIA) hostel by Atria University i...
18 Dec, 2019, 08.10 PM IST
Indian students create earphones that can detect pain, send SOSThe device automatically detects panic in the user by analysing brain wave data pat terns to trigger an SOS, removing the need to physicall...
31 Oct, 2016, 11.16 AM IST
Industry, academia criticise VTU's new E&C syllabusExperts say the new syllabus is not competitive enough to ensure students' preparedness for industry and higher studies.
25 May, 2016, 12.16 PM IST
New technology to let robots walk like humans doScientists have developed new technology that will enable legged robots to walk like humans do, an advance that could allow the machines to...
28 Oct, 2015, 06.52 PM IST
Two-legged robot can take a walk in the grassResearchers last week successfully field-tested for the first time the locomotion abilities of the two-legged robot with technology that th...
30 Apr, 2015, 06.08 PM IST
Super-fast bipedal robot may set world recordUS researchers have developed a two-legged robot modelled after birds which aims to become the fastest bipedal robot in the world.
16 Mar, 2015, 08.29 PM IST