‘Times are hard’ for fintech but latest report reveals glimmer of recovery
admin Fintech investment has been on a downward spiral since 2012, but the second half of this year could see the first shoots of recovery. Investment in UK fintechs fell…
Tamil Nadu’s Liquor Dilemma: Policies Fail to Cork Hooch Menace
The latest hooch tragedy in Kallakurichi, Tamil Nadu (TN), in which 61 people died after consuming methanol-spiked moonshine, has triggered State-wide concern over the rampant availability of illicit liquor. On…
EY: Industrial companies worldwide stunted in emerging technology use
Many companies from a range of industries worldwide are stuck at a trial stage of emerging technologies usage, according to the sixth annual EY Reimagining industry futures study. The…
India’s Healthcare System In Crisis As Patients Turn To Spiritual Healers Over Medical Practitioners
The upscale Marris Road in Aligarh’s Civil Lines area—lined with multi-storey mansions, high-end stores and American food chains—stands in contrast with the otherwise old and dingy town, overrun with drains…
Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger
Russia-backed hacking groups have developed techniques to compromise encrypted messaging services, including Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, placing journalists, politicians and activists of interest to the Russian intelligence service at…
World Mosquito Day: Here are Some of the Most Dangerous Mosquito-Borne Diseases
It has been more than 125 years since the role of mosquitoes as the transmitters of malaria was discovered on 20 August 1897 by British physician Ronald Ross. Ross was…
Ultra-high molecular weight polymer synthesis via aqueous dispersion polymerization
The synthesis of ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW, Mn ≥ 106 g mol−1) polymers is generally complicated by the high viscosity of the resulting polymer solution. We report the synthesis of…
AIIMS Madurai: Students Await Promised World-Class Medical Education as Campus Remains Unbuilt
“We have no hopes of seeing our college campus before we graduate,” said Srinivas, a third-year MBBS student from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) college, Madurai. Standing…
Over 4.4 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water: Study
Well over half the world’s population—4.4 billion people—cannot access safely managed drinking water, a new study has shown. That is more than double the estimates made in by the World…
Swachh Bharat’s Impact on Infant Mortality: Experts Urge Caution
Early this month, a paper in the journal Nature drew a heartening and widely reported conclusion about India’s Swachh Bharat Mission, the sanitation programme launched 10 years ago. It said…