Spread the love AI generated image The conversation about artificial intelligence and employment has shifted decisively from speculation to documented reality. What economists once considered a distant warning now appears in layoff notices, restructured organisation charts, and dramatically altered hiring pipelines across industries.The numbers are striking. Between January and June 2025 alone, companies reported nearly 78,000 tech job cuts directly...
Your heart may be older than your actual age, warns a cardiologist
Spread the love A cardiologist is drawing attention to the difference between chronological age and biological age, especially in heart health. In a recent Instagram post, board-certified cardiologist Dr Sanjay Bhojraj explained that while people often focus on the number on the calendar, the body — and particularly the cardiovascular system — may be ageing much faster depending on lifestyle...
The rise of epidemiology as a discipline and the birth of hypertension as a disease
Spread the love In February 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, then U.S. president, arrived at the Yalta Conference to negotiate the post-war future of Europe alongside Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. The American president appeared visibly exhausted, lethargic and physically frail. Behind those images lay a silent medical crisis. Roosevelt’s blood pressure had reached around 260/150 mm Hg before the conference. Only...
Why was Shami not considered for Afghanistan Test? Chief selector Agarkar reveals
Spread the love Mohammed Shami NEW DELHI: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chairman of selectors Ajit Agarkar on Tuesday said there were no discussions around Mohammed Shami’s return to Test cricket, adding that the pacer is currently only “ready for T20 cricket” despite playing an entire domestic season.The comments came after the BCCI announced India’s squads for...
Twisha Sharma’s family seek second autopsy, claims she had pre-death injuries
Spread the love Twisha Sharma The family of Twisha Sharma, a 33-year-old woman from Noida who died under suspicious circumstances in Bhopal last week, has sought a fresh postmortem examination through a local court, according to their lawyer on Tuesday.“We have moved an application for a second postmortem of Twisha before the concerned magistrate in Bhopal,” the family’s lawyer Anurag...
BITS Pilani Hyderabad researchers develop graphene electrode for improved supercapacitor performance
Spread the love Researchers at the BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus have developed a new graphene-based electrode that could improve the performance and lifespan of supercapacitors, an emerging energy storage technology used in portable electronics, wearable devices, and microelectronic systems. The work was carried out by scientists at the MEMS, Microfluidics and Nanoelectronics (MMNE) Lab and published recently in the journal...
IND vs AFG squad: Pant loses Test vice-captaincy, Kishan returns in ODIs – key points
Spread the love Rishabh Pant NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced squads for the one-off Test and the three-match ODI series vs Afghanistan, both set to be played in the month of June in India. KL Rahul replaced Pant as the vice-captain of the Indian Test team that is being led by...
Standard Chartered to cut 7,800 jobs across India, China and other hubs
Spread the love Standard Chartered will eliminate roughly 7,800 jobs by 2030, around 15 per cent of its corporate functions, as the Asia-focused lender leans on AI to slim down its back office. The bank employs nearly 82,000 people worldwide, and more than 52,000 of them sit in the corporate functions being targeted.CEO Bill Winters, the UK’s longest-serving major bank...
Jharia coal fires may burn hotter, emit more greenhouse gases than thought
Spread the love Fires have burnt beneath the Jharia coal fields in Jharkhand for decades now, releasing smoke and gases through cracks in the ground. And according to a new study, parts of this underground fire system may burn hotter and release more greenhouse gases than previously estimated. Researchers from the U.K. and India, including the CSIR-Central Institute of Mining...
Promise or pressure? Why TMC candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew from Falta repoll
Spread the love Jahangir Khan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jahangir Khan from Falta withdrew his candidature on Tuesday, just days before the repolling for Falta was scheduled.In a press conference, he cited West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s “special package” for Falta as the reason for him backing out.“I am the son of Falta, and I...
