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Health apps could support older adults with their health : Study
"Now that most older adults have at least one mobile device,...
Tesla recall: Can make sounds obscuring pedestrian warnings
Last week, Tesla had to recall nearly 54,000 vehicles equipped with...
More than 1 million sexually transmitted infections acquired every day worldwide: WHO
Mother-to-child transmission of STIs can result in stillbirth, neonatal death, low-birth-weight and prematurity, sepsis, pneumonia, neonatal conjunctivitis, and congenital deformities. Over 900 000 pregnant women were infected with syphilis resulting in approximately 350 000 adverse birth outcomes including stillbirth in 2012 .
SBI takes work-life balance to a new high cutting mechanical lives in the bud
The programme, christened Nayi Disha or the new path, focuses on work-life balance and also involves the staffs’ immediate family members, also giving them the ability to inform the bank if an employee is not able to leave work on time. Over 27 per cent of SBI staff are women and the average age has now come down to 43, he said.
Self-driving cars ‘learn’ to predict pedestrian movement
Equipping vehicles with the necessary predictive power requires the network to dive into the minutiae of human movement: the pace of a human’s gait (periodicity), the mirror symmetry of limbs, and the way in which foot placement affects stability during walking
48% employees keen on switching jobs for greater flexibility: Indeed
Even though 47 percent of employers surveyed felt the investment required in technology to facilitate remote work is a deterrent, 83 percent of employers believed that offering employees flexibility in work improve productivity.
Novel pill could replace injections to deliver insulin, says study
“We are really hopeful that this new type of capsule could someday help diabetic patients and perhaps anyone who requires therapies that can now only be given by injection or infusion,” said Robert Langer, Professor at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research in Britain
2018 fourth hottest year on record: NASA
“2018 is yet again an extremely warm year on top of a long-term global warming trend,” GISS Director Gavin Schmidt said in a statement on Wednesday. Since the 1880s, the average global surface temperature has risen about 1 degree Celsius. This warming has been driven in large part by increased emissions into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases caused by human activities.
Automation impact: 76 per cent Indian employers plan to increase, maintain headcount
“As more and more robots are being added to the workforce, we, as leaders, must ensure that humans are integrated with machines, as this is the need of the hour,” said Manmeet Singh, President ? Experis, ManpowerGroup India
India should start a Well-Being Index
As noted in the Executive Summary of the Happiness Report, “All the top countries tend to have high values for all six of the key variables that have been found to support well-being: income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity.” The well-being study disclosed that “The life satisfaction of individuals worldwide correlates with income, health, employment, education as well as with positive moods, freedom and beliefs about the benefits of work.”
Blood cancer can lead to premature ageing
The aged bone marrow cells accelerated the growth and development of the leukaemia — creating a vicious cycle that fuels the disease.
India improves global corruption index ranking by 3 points to 78 in 2018
India has improved its ranking on a global corruption index in 2018, while its neighbour China lagged far behind, according to the annual index released by an anti-graft watchdog on Tuesday. India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries in the...