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Here is a masonry blog layout with no sidebarInflow in equity mutual funds drop 68% in April to Rs 6,480-cr
Overall, the 42-player mutual fund industry witnessed a sharp turnaround in April as it attracted Rs 1.21 lakh crore, on huge contributions from debt-oriented schemes, after seeing an outflow of Rs 19,263 crore seen in the previous month Mumbai: Inflow in equity...
Doc’s killing outcome of ‘systemic failure’, says Kerala HC; directs police to come out with new security protocols
A special bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Kauser Edappagath directed the State Police Chief to come out with a new set of protocols for ensuring security of the doctors and other healthcare professionals in all government hospitals in the state Kochi: The...
AI predicts future pancreatic cancer: Research
The findings, published May 8 in Nature Medicine, suggest that AI-based population screening could be valuable in finding those at elevated risk for the disease and could expedite the diagnosis of a condition found all too often at advanced stages when treatment is...
Obesity in children is rising dramatically, and it comes with major – and sometimes lifelong – health consequences
Severe obesity carries a heightened risk of liver disease, cardiovascular disease and metabolic problems such as diabetes. As of 2016, almost 8% of children ages 2 to 19 had severe obesity By 2060, the number of people under 20 with type 2 diabetes will increase by...
Research discovers new cause of heart failure condition in children
"Although much has been studied about heart failure in adults, there is still much to learn about the genetic causes of heart failure in infants," said Charles "Chaz" Hong, MD, PhD, Melvin Sharoky, MD Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Director of Cardiology...
Change in breast density over time associated with cancer risk: Study
"Our best tool against breast cancer is early detection," said senior author Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH, associate director of Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine Many middle-aged and older women have...
Blood delivery by drones across India may soon be reality, says official after ICMR’s successful trial run
''Today, we are transporting blood and blood-related products which are supposed to be kept at a low temperature. After the experiment, we found that not only can we maintain the temperature but there was also no damage to the products transported.We sent another...
Research reveals environment impacts mental health of young people
Young people living in health-constraining environments -areas with close proximity to dairies, alcohol, fast food and gambling outlets, poor access to green spaces, blue spaces, fruit and vegetable stores, and physical activity venues - were more likely to experience...
World Bank approves USD 82 mln for zoonotic disease prevention in India
Animal disease outbreaks globally continue to pose risks to public health systems and have enormous economic costs. With India having the largest livestock population in the world, these risks are particularly high, it said. Foot and mouth disease alone costs the...
Paytm beats PhonePe, GooglePay as India’s highest revenue earner in mobile payments, financial services
Paytm has built a key differentiation in the market for itself with the widest array of payment instruments like Wallet, UPI, Postpaid, Food Wallet, Fastag and a variety of banking products available through Paytm Payments Bank New Delhi: Indian fintech giant Paytm on...
57% of all fraud incidents in India now ‘platform’ frauds: Report
More than 26 per cent of Indian organisations lost over $1 million due to platform fraud, and 44 per cent of the perpetrators were found to commit fraud for financial gain, according to PwC's second edition of 'Global Economic Crime and Fraud Survey 2022: India...
Google is giving its dominant search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover
Google announced Wednesday that Bard will be available to all comers in more than 180 countries and more languages beyond English. Now Google is ready to test the AI waters with its search engine, which has been synonymous with finding things on the internet for the...
China audits littered with deficiencies, US accounting watchdog finds
The U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)published the findings of its inspections after gaining access to Chinese company auditors' records for the first time last year following more than a decade of negotiations with Chinese authorities. That...
Assam govt launches cashless healthcare scheme
Himanta Biswa Sarma,Chief Minister,Assam Owing to certain limitations, a significant number of families belonging to the economically-disadvantaged sections were left out of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which also offers cashless healthcare treatment benefits...
ED action against companies can trigger reputational risks:Fitch
Such searches need not lead to further regulatory action, but investigations raise reputational risk that could tarnish a lender’s business prospects and constrict funding access due to reduced market confidence - potentially affecting an issuer’s credit profile -...
Kerala govt grants relaxation in working hours for its employees having children with autism
One of the government employees who is a parent of children with 40 per cent or more such disabilities will be given relaxation in working hours, the government said in a statement A maximum of 16 hours of total working hours in a month will be allowed to one of such...
Over 500mn cyberattacks blocked in India in Q1 2023: Report
"It is interesting to see how industries such as BFSI and Healthcare are more targeted by vulnerability and bot attacks. Clearly, attackers are more interested in Personally Identifiable Information (PII) from these sectors. That said, other industries including SaaS...
FinMin to take call on Rs 3,000 crore infusion into 3 PSU general insurers
The FY’23 financial numbers would give some idea about the impact of restructuring initiated on the profitability numbers and the solvency margin, sources said Barring the solvency ratio of New India Assurance, this key indicator of the three Public sector general...