World Health Organisation The World Health Organization rang a global alarm over the Zika virus, saying that the disease was spreading explosively in the Americas and that as many as four million people could be infected by the end of the year. WHO Director-General, Margaret Chan, will convene an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee on […]
Guruprasad S., General Manager, Healthcare Practise,?Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions guruprasad.s@in.bosch.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj1kiQpEDNs&feature=em-upload_owner India’s unique challenges: An opportunity to innovate? Affordable Healthcare 1,287,372,705 People Urban Rural inequity in HC access 5480 Towns/Cities; 638,000 Villages Doctors: 8,88,741 urban / 29,562 rural High Out of Pocket HC Spend Estimated at >75% of total Sector Growth forecasts till […]
PTI Jan 25, 2016:?Davos The combined value of digital transformation — for society and the industry — could be greater than $100 trillion over the next 10 years, according to a new research by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The research, which is part of the Forum’s Digital Transformation of Industries (DTI) project, focuses on […]
BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — China’s country code domain “.cn” is now the world’s most commonly used. It had 16.36 million users by the end of last year, topping Germany’s “.de,” according to data released on Friday by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), which manages the domain. The .cn domain is also world […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Only one Indian business school featured in a recent global ranking list that ranked 100 international business schools worldwide. The Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad was ranked 60th in the list compiled by the Economist, slipping 12 spots from last year and 21 places from its 2013 ranking. India’s tiny Asian […]
ICTpost News Network London, Jan 6: The world’s largest database for cancer drug discovery has been updated by adding three-dimensional structures of faulty proteins and maps of cancer’s communication networks, reports a study. The updated database, developed at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, will allow scientists across the globe to design new cancer treatments […]
ICTpost Education Bureau Digital India has been envisioned as an ambitious umbrella programme to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Prime Minister has introduced initiatives such as e-education, e-basta, Nand Ghar which will impart education using technologies including smartphones, mobile apps and internet services in far-flung areas where it may not […]
ICTpost mHealth Bureau A recent Time magazine poll found that 84 percent of respondents worldwide could not go a day without their mobile device, and one in four people check their phones every 30 minutes. Mobile is a global game changer. As mobile health gains ground as a way to improve population health and curb […]
By Nirendra Dev Deteriorating soil health has been a cause of concern and that has been leading to sub optimal utilization of farming resources. Imbalanced use of fertilisers, low addition of organic matter and non-replacement of depleted micro and secondary nutrients over the years, has resulted in nutrient deficiencies and decrease in soil fertility in […]
