Saskatoon gets top marks when it comes to the health performance of the city and its citizens, according to a new ranking comparing 10 Canadian cities. The Conference Board of Canada released its first-ever City Health Monitor report on Tuesday, assigning grades for the physical and socio-economic health of 10 ... Read More »
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, DEC 11: ‘Vardah’ a very severe cyclone, has closed in on the north Tamil Nadu and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts and is projected to make landfall at a place close to Chennai on Monday afternoon. An India Met Department (IMD) warning said that a tidal wave of about ... Read More »
CANBERRA – On Nov. 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that 500- and 1,000-rupee notes (1,000 rupees is about $15) were no longer legal tender; people were given 50 days to deposit them in bank accounts or exchange them for new notes at banks and post offices — when only ... Read More »
The US surgeon general has said e-cigarettes pose an emerging health threat to young people. In a report released on Thursday, Vivek Murthy acknowledged a need for more research into the health effects of vaping, but said e-cigarettes were not harmless and too many teenagers were using them. “My concern ... Read More »
Older people should consider working until their 70s for the good of their health, the chief medical officer will pronounce today in new advice to today’s baby boomers. Prof Dame Sally Davies will tell those aged 50 to 70 that they are better off staying in work, or else taking up ... Read More »
The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has proposed that children of immigrants who are in the country illegally should be refused school places as part of tough measures to restrict state services. “I’ve got nothing against foreigners but I say to them: if you come to our country, don’t ... Read More »
Interest rate sensitive shares from the sectors such as banking, automobiles and real estate were in focus ahead of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting due later in the day. A majority of the nearly 60 analysts polled by Reuters predict the ... Read More »
Even as the boardroom battle at the Tata group heads towards some kind of denouement, it is amazing to see how much either side has relied upon external communication consultants to present their side of the story to the public. This is despite the presence of a strong in-house public ... Read More »
“Often the perception of the fashion industry is that it’s a frivolous entity, based on silly ideals about what we should wear, and how we should look.” So goes the opening line to my TEDx talk delivered in London in late October this year. Feeling extremely privileged to be invited ... Read More »
Microsoft asked people who hold research positions in the company to share their thoughts on future developments in their different fields. Microsoft chose 17 women in order to draw attention to the opportunity for careers for women in STEM fields. The researcher’s ideas about future technology in 2017 and 2027 make ... Read More »
Architects Ran Ankory and Maya Carni of Scenario Architecture have opened up the interior of their Victorian terraced house in north London and added a glazed extension at the rear. The architect couple bought the property in London’s Stoke Newington with the intention of renovating, extending and updating it to ... Read More »
Quality Of Education Key To Emancipated Society: TS Thakur All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: December 04, 2016 05:04 IST by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Big Data & Hadoop online course from SPJIMR (Big Data and Hadoop) Sonakshi’s Holiday to Seychelles Will Make You Cry with Envy ... Read More »
