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

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

A new large-scale UK study has found that preterm babies are at a higher risk of developing cognitive, motor and behavioural difficulties in later childhood, which could affect school performance. Previous research showed that preterm babies are more likely to sleep independently but perform poorly in academics. Led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), the research looked at 74 separate studies which Read More

Apple has considered an expansion into health care clinics, and had talks to buy a start-up called Crossover Health, which works with big employers to build and run on-site medical clinics, according to three sources familiar. Crossover Health is one of a small number of companies that specialize in working with self-insured employers to provide medical and wellness services on or near Read More

shutterstock.comSeason in the sun Nalanda University of old University towns, typically, nurture an environment of ideas. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be happening in India As India continues with the twin tasks of building universities and developing urban centres the links that are emerging between the two are worth pondering over. There is a strong tendency for universities to gravitate Read More

FUSE The 9th of August saw thousands of scientists take to the streets in defence of the scientific temper and against budget cuts and the proliferation of pseudoscience that has plagued various fields of knowledge and academia within the country. Just a few months before the protests came the NITI Aayog’s three-year action plan which contained within it a section on higher education reform. Though Read More

In the post-RERA Era, Tamil Nadu could become one of the first states to overhaul its existing housing policy, as the government plans changes to existing guidelines surrounding land-pooling, low-cost housing and project approvals Doing business in Tamil Nadu’s real estate sector is set to get a lot easier, provided a list of proposals gets the state government nod.   Read More

Cape Town – Mangosuthu University of Technology bigwigs have told MPs that they have been on the verge of quitting their posts because of “grave challenges” at the university. Briefing the portfolio committee on higher education, acting vice-chancellor Marcus Ramogale said the situation at the university was so dire last year when they took over that they feared the imminent collapse Read More

In an attempt to being a pioneer in the F&B market, FIL Industries Limited has recently introduced Acute Fruit Energizer, the first fruit energizer in India. Developed in collaboration with Monarch Beverages (France), Acute Fruit Energizer is a part of the new generation of healthier alternative beverages, which with help of unique energizing formula, offers a sustained energy boost. File Read More

The vice-chancellor of Oxford University, Prof Louise Richardson, compared her pay with that of bankers. Photograph: David Hartley/Rex/Shutterstock Government threats to fine universities that pay their vice-chancellors more than £150,000 without justification have been criticised for not going far enough. The universities minister, Jo Johnson, told the annual conference of Universities UK (UUK) that “leadership and restraint” was needed, and Read More