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Sustainable Development

HDFC Changing Rural Banking In India Forever

In remote villages and deep hinterland of India, installing and  maintaining an ATM machine is a huge challenge. But banking needs to be spread and rural population ar...

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Health

The World’s Poorest Countries Could Finally Wipe Out Polio, As Long As The Rich One’s Don’t Bring It Back

On July 24, 2015, it will be exactly one year since the last case of poliomyelitis was detected in Nigeria. Once that’s officially confirmed, the country will get off...

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Sustainable Development

How Bioengineered Bacteria Could Give Robots A Living Brain

Imagine a future where robots with organic brains could be controlled through their microbiome. That might become reality, if researchers at Virginia Tech can transfer thei...

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Environment

Africa’s Low-Carbon Revolution

Imagine you woke up tomorrow without access to modern energy. You have no refrigerator, cooking stove, or air conditioning. Your kids cannot do homework after sundown. You ...

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Sustainable Development

Renewable Energy Model Combines Solar, Bio-Gas And Hydrogen, Plans To Light Up Village Near Shantiniketan

To provide 24×7 uninterrupted power from renewable energy sources, experts from the UK and IITs are working together to create a new model which combines the best of ...

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Sustainable Development

This Rat Limb Was Grown In The Lab

The naked little animal arm in this video is no ordinary limb. According to a report by the New Scientist, it’s the world’s first bioengineered rat limb grown i...

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Trending

How to Attract Female Engineers.

THE figures are well known: At Apple 20 percent of tech jobs are held by women and at Google, only 17 percent. A report by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee estima...

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Trending

Defeating Polio, The Disease That Paralyzed America

Tens of thousands of Americans — in the first half of the 20th century — were stricken by poliomyelitis. Polio, as it’s known, is a disease that attacks t...

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Thought Factory

NOW ART FITS TO COLUMNS OF EXCEL SHEETS!

In the last week I happened to spend an evening with relatives who were visiting Mumbai from Jammu; my hometown and the place I took birth in. It’s a no-brainer that ...

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Festivals

MANISH MUNDRA’S DRISHYAM / SUNDANCE INSTITUTE SCREENWRITERS LAB, 2015 CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THEIR FIRST EDITION

Mumbai, February 27, 2015: Manish Mundra’s film production company, Drishyam, in partnership with Sundance Institute, is organising Dhrishy...

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