In January, Gopalakrishnan had donated Rs 225 crore (Rs 2.25 billion) to set up a brain research centre in a joint effort between IISc and a trust formed by him and his wife.
A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site.
Never retaliate and write a nasty post in response as it will only make the situation worse, advises Ravi Mittal, founder of the dating app QuackQuack.
In a video issued by the Health Ministry, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) answered commonly asked questions regarding the dosage of the vaccine saying that two doses of the vaccine will have to be taken 28 days apart and protective levels of antibodies generally would develop two weeks after the second dose.
Women who initiate casual sex are less likely to regret it, a study has revealed.
The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, invites applications for admission to its Fellow Programme in Management.
the connection between the sunflower mystery and the 'rotatable solar trees' India plans to develop.
Lack of sanitation is leading to avoidable deaths of infants, and underweight and stunted children.
Edward Hess, Professor of Business Administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence, Darden School of Business, discusses the growth of technology and the challenges it creates for organizations with Sangeeta Tanwar.
It's more common than majority of Indians realise.
Volunteers dressed as clowns visit hospitals and old-age homes to spread cheer and dispel the gloom of ill health and old age.
'Is it advisable to have more number of scrips in small quantities or a few scrips in big quantities?'
'Don't be under the illusion that we are in a lockdown for 21 days and then we are free.'
Trisha Prabhu has developed an app to prevent cyber-bullying.
'Chances of getting the disease are not reduced, either after one dose or both doses of the vaccine.' 'And the probability of getting the infection -- you need to differentiate infection from disease -- by getting vaccinated is almost unaltered, be it single dose or two doses.' 'But your chances of developing moderate to severe disease, after getting infected, gets reduced with every dose you receive.'
Robot birds will be put in use for rescue, photography, mapping, and even national defence.
Whether the third wave will ravage us depends on the pace of vaccinations, careful and calibrated opening up of establishments, and a strategy to contain the spread in specific states or pockets.
Harvard scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have created the world's largest robotic swarm -- 1,024 little bots standing on pin-like legs -- that can assemble into predetermined shapes.
'Even with 3 lakh cases a day, we have saturated our resources.' 'It is scary to even think what will happen when the number doubles.'
'Mamata's numbers will reduce this time compared to 2016.'
It also directed the state government to assess the compensation liable to be paid to such victims under the scheme and submit a report to the court.
If you want your spouse to exercise, quit smoking and stop drinking alcohol, you have to adopt a healthy lifestyle first -- this will inspire your partner to do the same.
'Wherever the Delta variant is spreading, and the population is not vaccinated, there is death and devastation.'
'...Where there is clearly no evidence of community transmission, letting life return to normal in those districts while continuing to rigorously control the spread of the infection.'
T N Seshan believed that toughness at every level is needed to keep the flock under him strictly duty bound, recalls Dr K S Parthasarathy, former secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
'Wastewater containing excreted material can tell us how a community is doing in a particular area pertaining to any epidemic, pandemic, and other bacterial and viral diseases.'
'The prioritisation of groups for COVID-19 vaccine shall be based on two key considerations -- occupational hazard and risk of exposure to infection, and the risk of developing severe disease and increased mortality'
'We were lucky, in many ways, that we got the disease late.'
'At this moment, the Trinamool has an edge.'
Government data shows getting justice is a long-drawn-out process for rape victims.
India Inc has high hopes from the upcoming Budget.
Alert: M Phil Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, for the 2004-2006 academic session.
For Duflo and Banerjee, an important part of their work has been ensuring that the agency of the "beneficiaries" -- usually, in developing countries like India, poorer individuals -- is put at the centre of any policy design. This is a crucial way in which experimental results are often better than large scale data-based inference, says Mihir S Sharma.
Cyberstalking is a real threat as social media increasingly becomes an extension of one's life. But there are things you can do to protect yourself from it
Tushar Kulkarni, 40 from Dombivali, Mumbai tells us what he learned from his father.
A culture of science and innovation must be embedded in society wherein people not only use new technology but understand it as well. Without this, obscurantism and blind faith can sit side by side with digital technology and, in fact, use the same technology to reinforce their hold on people, says Shram Saran.
'The COVID-19 virus has the power to quietly enter your body, without causing pain via symptoms, because it craftily manipulates your pain response.'
'Cynics don't make it big in advertising.' 'Often, the medium calls for a rock-like commitment to puny, easily digestible ideas.' 'Here's a text that understands this facet of advertising and one that keeps its tone breezy and reporter-like; that's set across a wide canvas but one that never overstates its own importance,' says Sreehari Nair.
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