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  • Frequent, rapid testing can cripple Covid within weeks: Study

    Frequent, rapid testing can cripple Covid within weeks: Study

    "Our big picture finding is that, when it comes to public health, it's better to have a less sensitive test with results today than a more sensitive one with results tomorrow," said study lead author Daniel Larremore from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US.

    November 24, 2020
  • Suspension of H1B visas ‘short-sighted’ decision, threatens scholarly engagement: Harvard University

    Suspension of H1B visas ‘short-sighted’ decision, threatens scholarly engagement: Harvard University

    The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

    June 26, 2020
  • India-US ‘2+2’ meet to take place today as Citizenship Act protest grip nation

    India-US ‘2+2’ meet to take place today as Citizenship Act protest grip nation

    The 2+2 talks are the second such meeting after last year's inaugural edition in Delhi.

    December 18, 2019
  • The lexicon of emotions

    The lexicon of emotions

    Is there a common thread that connects different symbols underlying a state of mind?

    July 25, 2019
  • Psychological turmoil of the future

    Psychological turmoil of the future

    A new book by Anne Harrington called Mind Fixers Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness has started a dialogue in the world of biological psychiatry.

    June 26, 2019
  • Purchasing power rise a must to boost economy

    Purchasing power rise a must to boost economy

    Arvind Subramaniam has no doubt correctly spoken of the downturn in the Indian economy, but he has not gone deeper and gone into the cause and remedy.

    June 19, 2019
  • Harmful for health

    Harmful for health

    They found that there were 977 single-supplement related adverse event reports for the target age group. Of those, approximately 40 percent involved severe medical outcomes, including death and hospitalisation.

    June 14, 2019
  • Dietary supplements could harm your health

    Dietary supplements could harm your health

    The study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found that these types of supplements were linked to nearly three times as many severe medical outcomes in young people

    June 8, 2019
  • Unto Gandhi’s Trusteeship

    Unto Gandhi’s Trusteeship

    In formulating his doctrine of trusteeship, Gandhi was profoundly influenced by John Ruskin's Unto This Last and Other Essays. He was so impressed that he later translated the book into Gujarati with the title Sarvadaya.

    May 8, 2019
  • Science & Society, the annual symposium on possibilities for scientific advancements

    Science & Society, the annual symposium on possibilities for scientific advancements

    The 6 sessions of the symposium range from Setting the Context for Science & Society to Technological Advancements in Agriculture.

    March 20, 2019
  • Gita Gopinath joins International Monetary Fund as its first woman chief economist

    Gita Gopinath joins International Monetary Fund as its first woman chief economist

    The John Zwaanstra professor of International Studies and Economics at Harvard University, Gopinath, 47, succeeds Maurice (Maury) Obstfeld as Economic Counsellor and Director of the IMF's Research Department, who retired on December 31.

    January 8, 2019
  • Stress in middle-age can impair memory, reduce brain size

    Stress in middle-age can impair memory, reduce brain size

    "Memory loss and brain shrinkage were found in the study's middle-age participants before the onset of any symptoms," Echouffo-Tcheugui added.

    October 25, 2018
  • Potentially dire consequences

    Potentially dire consequences

    Rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere would depress nutrients in food crops.

    August 29, 2018
  • Discrimination begins at home

    Discrimination begins at home

    Every nerd secretly (and some not so secretly) dreams of getting into Harvard University. Often, the nerd’s parents share the dream, shelling out wads of cash for special lessons, private tuitions, even admission coaches to make it all happen. Desis, far as they may be from Cambridge, Massachusetts, nurse the dream too; wealthy Indians and...

    July 5, 2018
  • No more films for me: Kamal Haasan

    No more films for me: Kamal Haasan

    Filmstar Kamal Haasan on Tuesday said there will be no more films for him as his plunge into politics for the people of Tamil Nadu is final and irreversible. The actor-turned-politician, who is set to announce his party and its guiding principles this month, believes Hindu extremism is a threat and he cannot just keep...

    February 14, 2018
  • Kamal Haasan to speak on Tamil Nadu’s issues at Harvard

    Kamal Haasan to speak on Tamil Nadu’s issues at Harvard

    Actor-politician Kamal Haasan will deliver a keynote at the Harvard University on February 10. He will talk about the issues plaguing Tamil Nadu, which he feels has “sunk to the lowest depth”. This is the second time the legendary actor will be seen speaking at the prestigious business school. He had earlier spoken at Harvard...

    February 1, 2018
  • Zuckerberg, wife give $12M public service grant to Harvard

    Zuckerberg, wife give $12M public service grant to Harvard

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are giving Harvard University USD 12.1 million to help low-income undergraduate students pursue public service jobs. The Cambridge, Massachusetts, school announced yesterday that the grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will provide financial support for up to 2,300 students over the next 15 years. The school’s...

    November 15, 2017