Last two years have seen remarkable stories of new jobs and salaries that raised the hope of thousands of engineering graduates getting ready to pass out. The $110 billion IT industry, hires them by the thousands every year, keeping the engineering education sector gainfully engaged. Almost always, it’s only the success story that we hear – Infosys planning to hire 16,000, TCS setting a much higher target of 55,000 new […]
New Delhi: The deadly H1N1 influenza virus has returned and appears to have taken epidemic proportion in several parts of the country like Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where two fresh cases were reported on Friday, according to the health department officials. As per reports, two women, one each from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, were found infected with swine flu disease. “A woman from Kadapa in AP and another woman from […]
Conventional western medicine dictates that Lesions on the tongue could indicate oral cancer; Ulcers could indicate high stress and a white, filmy coat creates an environment perfect for bacterial infections. But did you know that the tongue can actually be a great indicator of the health? Conventional medicine treats the ‘furry’ tongue as a cosmetic problem. The concern is due to bad breath and unsightliness, and they don’t delve to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments in October, that Lord Ganesha was the product of plastic surgery, has prompted the Indian History Congress, attended by over 2000 professional historians in Delhi, to pass a resolution that says “genuine historians would stand by the values of their profession and resist interested distortions of our past.” The resolution, adopted during its Platinum Jubilee meet on Tuesday, mentions the Prime Minister’s statement and also […]
Washington: A new study has examined that Neu5Gc, a non-human sugar found in red meat, promotes inflammation and cancer progression in rodents. The study conducted at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that feeding Neu5Gc to mice engineered to be deficient in the sugar (like humans) significantly promoted spontaneous cancers. The study did not involve exposure to carcinogens or artificially inducing cancers, further implicating Neu5Gc as […]
1. All-Day Energy Do your batteries drain in the middle of the day? Welcome to the afternoon-slump club. While serving yourself a second (or third) cup of coffee may seem like the easiest solution, these strategies are proven to perk you up all day, every day. 2. Have breakfast… even if you don’t feel hungry You’ll be a lot perkier: Studies show that people who eat breakfast feel better both […]
As science has steadily undermined the long-held beliefs of religion, almost all that remains for people of faith is to say that God is and will forever be a mystery. Insofar as Einstein was religious, he possessed a feeling of awe and wonder at the mystery of the universe. But science hasn’t stopped chipping away at mystery, promising to reduce spiritual experience to measurable brain activity. It’s doubtful that belief […]
The recent death of a 51-year-old woman, who passed away two days ago at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, after being diagnosed with the deadly swine flu virus, has once again rung the alarm bells in the city. It is important to protect yourself before the disease strikes you as its next target. But, there is absolutely no need to panic as we bring to you measures, that you […]
The Greek word for basil is ‘king’ which speaks highly of the qualities of this aromatic herb. Basil plant, particularly the leaves, has great significance for mankind, not only because of its culinary uses but also due to its medicinal properties. Holy basil leaves have been widely used in Ayurveda since thousands of years. This herb is even mentioned in the “Charaka Samhita”, an ancient Ayurvedic text due to its […]
In this world, each person has some weakness or the other. For instance, someone cannot run very fast while another cannot lift heavy weights. While one is afflicted with a malignant disease, another is unable to recall the things he has learnt. There are many such examples. Do you know a person who has everything? That single weakness of ours is considered the epicenter of our lives. This gives birth […]
