-NDTV.com A recent report by an international Research and advisory company forecasts a grim future for the job market in the five biggest economies of Asia Pacific, including India. By 2040, the working population of these five economies -- India, China, South Korea, Australia, and Japan -- are at a higher risk of automation than North America and Europe, notes Forrester in its latest report 'Future Of Jobs Forecast, 2020 To 2040'. As...

-Down to Earth Developing countries feel digital sequence information provides a loophole through which developed countries can circumvent the Convention of Biodiversity Negotiations on how to regulate the use of digital sequence information (DSI) of genetic resources could further delay the finalisation of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The process has already been delayed for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast potential of...

-The Telegraph Edutech is the white flour and refined sugar of learning The economic downturn caused by Covid-19 was the making of one class of business: the edutech industry. The closedown of schools created a need to teach students remotely. The electronic mode was the only possible means. But the way it was adopted prompts deep misgivings. I am actively involved with computer applications in teaching and Research. The promise held out by...

-The Telegraph People with disorders may appear healthy but are susceptible to dangerous patterns of cardiac electrical activity that could cause palpitations, blackouts or even death About one in 100 otherwise healthy Indians carries genetic variations linked to electrical disorders in the heart that can lead to sudden cardiac death, a study of 1,029 genomes has indicated. The study, the first in India to estimate through genomes the population prevalence of disorders called...

Door-to-door and village-to-village surveys carried out by Researchers of the Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana detected a total of 9,291 suicides that were committed by farmers in six districts of Punjab during the period from 2000 to 2018. Situated in the Malwa region of Punjab, which is known for cotton farming and the prevalence of cancer among its population, Sangrur (2,506) witnessed the highest number of...