High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is one of the biggest health concerns in the world with close to 7.5 million deaths associated with the lifestyle ailment all across the globe. According to the official WHO data, high blood pressure causes close to 12.8% of total deaths in the world. It is also one of the primary reasons behind some Read More

Peggy Johnson and Jennifer Nason talk about what companies can do to fight gender discrimination at work. Tech companies aren’t sticking to their bread and butter when it comes to acquisitions. In 2016, Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.03% surprised the market with its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. And this year, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -1.69% purchased Whole Foods for more than $13 billion. Wall Street Journal Senior Editor Yun-Hee Kim talked Read More

Hines India was set up in 2006 and has two commercial office projects in Gurgaon—One Horizon Centre and Skyview Corporate Park. Bengaluru: Eleven years after setting up the India operations of Hines, an international real estate investment and management firm with $100 billion of assets under management (AUM), Yash Gupta has resigned from the firm and plans to turn entrepreneur. Gupta Read More

Following in the footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, and more, Drew Barrymore is launching her first-ever lifestyle brand. The contemporary collection, dubbed Dear Drew, went live on Amazon Fashion Monday, and is “a love letter to women around the world,” Amazon said in a statement. “it is intended to empower customers to be their best selves and live their most inspired, spirited lives.” Designed to Read More

You might be surprised to find what your data says about your past – and future – health. Scanrail1/Shutterstock.com Have you ever wondered why your computer often shows you ads that seem tailor-made for your interests? The answer is big data. By combing through extremely large datasets, analysts can reveal patterns in your behavior. A particularly sensitive type of big data is Read More

Yang Zixuan, 8, a student at Beijing No 2 Experimental Primary School learns English through VIPKID online courses. [Photo provided to China Daily] China’s online education sector has been eyed by the capital market as emerging and promising, Securities Times reported Monday, citing multiple industry sources. An unidentified analyst with a Shanghai broker said since 2014, online education companies have Read More

Noble said the gross consideration of the sale would be $1.4 billion and after deducting indebtedness of about $836 million, the cash proceeds would be about $580 million. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Mumbai: Mint brings to you your daily dose of top deals reported by newsrooms across the country. Flipkart set to make more acquisitions Armed with over $4 billion in cash, India’s Read More

It is mind-boggling to understand how our bodily processes are so intricately entwined and need careful planning of our daily diet to achieve a state of good health and wellness. In my opinion, most of the weight related issues are the outcome of a bad dietary pattern or a lifestyle that is too sluggish to be able to maintain a healthy Read More

al feedback as well as reinforce behaviours that are rewarded, while reducing behaviours that are not. The results showed that those who were less susceptible to the effects of poor sleep showed significantly higher brain activity in response to positive feedback or reward compared to negative feedback. The effects of poor sleep showed significantly higher brain activity “Poor sleep is Read More

A report released by World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated some shocking facts. According to it, antibiotics that are currently in clinical development are insufficient to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Most of the drugs currently in the clinical phase are modifications of existing classes of antibiotics and are only short-term solutions. There are, however, very few potential treatment Read More