Science technology in future

By: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw The Covid-19 outbreak has taken the world completely unawares, exposing the vulnerability of public health systems in coping with infectious disease pandemics. Effective go vernance of pandemics involves preparedness, response and recovery at local, national and international levels. As the world has fallen short on all these counts, the failure has allowed Covid- 19 to spread like wildfire across hundreds of countries, affecting lakhs & killing thousands. While many apocalyptic predictions are being made about a post-Covid-19 world, it can act as a wake-up call for all of us, as individuals, as a society and as a country. Life after Covid-19 will not — and should not — be the same. It will call for a change in priorities, in focus and in the way we do things. The coronavirus pandemic is a lesson that governments worldwide ignore research into infectious diseases at their own peril. Avian flu, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), MERS … [Read more...] about How to make India ready for future coronavirus-like crises

Bitcoin is the Pandora's Box in terms of investment – it can be either good or bad, depending upon how careful you are about where you are investing.Ever since its launch in 2008, controversy has not left Bitcoin's side. It has fuelled hundreds of rags-to-riches stories, but at the same time, it has enabled scammers to earn millions from unsuspecting buyers and investors. … [Read more...] about Here’s how can you save yourself from Bitcoin Crypto scams

Then the car in front of us slowed. Our car, sensing this, began to change lanes gradually. But then came a driver to our left, dickishly racing into our blind spot, cutting us off. I griped to myself about California drivers with their composting and their unvaccinated kids and their vestigial turn signals. But the Audi wasn’t bothered. It merely sensed that other car coming, drifted back to center of our lane, and eased onto the brakes so as not to hit the car in front of us. You wanted to be scared, but it was over before you realized it happened. It was like being driven by that uncle who could tell you how to survive a snake-bite or order a roast chicken in seven languages. You trusted what was happening, and that was remarkable: The car, by design, was calming me before any worries could surface. This is exactly where so many carmakers have failed. … [Read more...] about The Secret UX Issues That Will Make (Or Break) Self-Driving Cars

PUNE: Indian IT services providers are playing an important role in helping healthcare and pharmaceutical companies fight the Covid-19 pandemic globally. They are using predictive analytics, creating Covid-19 response teams and accelerating drug trials, to name a few ways in which they are playing a critical role at the backend. Pune-based Persistent Systems has, along with the Biocomplexity Institute, created Covid-19 response solutions for nurses as well as mobile apps for patients. Teaneck, New Jersey-based Cognizant has designed and developed an online test booking facility for a retail pharma chain, helping millions of patients across the United States save time by quickly locating test centres and scheduling tests. “Cognizant is fulfilling the urgent need for rapid Covid-19 testing by enabling tens of thousands of customers of a global life sciences company to avail of its recently approved Covid-19 diagnostic kit and related essential supplies,” said Sairamkumar … [Read more...] about Indian IT helps global healthcare firms fight Covid-19

Looking further back, as Törnqvist and colleagues found, yields a completely different answer. They drew on hundreds of sediment cores taken from the area—samples of mud extracted from the Earth and studied to determine what kinds of materials were being deposited as the centuries rolled by. Their samples allowed them to analyze the survival of the region's marshes as far back as 8,500 years ago. … [Read more...] about New data indicates the Mississippi Delta is on borrowed time