Texas: Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I was feeling and gently suggested trying breathing exercises. As a neuroscientist, I couldn’t help but wonder: Was I actually feeling better, or was I … Read more
Mayeni Jones BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg. But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly faced an uncertain future. Gugu was lucky, the clinic where she got … Read more
Mayeni Jones BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in downtown Johannesburg. But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly faced an uncertain future. Gugu was lucky, the clinic where she got … Read more
Industries and IT Minister D.Sridhar Babu | Photo Credit: Arrangement Industries and IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu advised Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) officials to consider pursuing a target of training at least 6,000 unemployed youth in advanced technologies and facilitate their placement in the current academic year. The Minister, who conducted a … Read more
Mumbai: AI solution provider company Qure.ai has introduced AIRA, an AI-powered co-pilot tool for frontline healthcare workers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva this week. The company states that community health workers spend over 40 per cent of their time on manual data collection, yet many countries … Read more
Survivors of the July 30, 2024, landslides in Mundakkai-Chooralmala in Wayanad district held a protest on Monday (May 19), saying they have not received the monthly rent and relief money promised by the government. Many of the worst-affected people said their lives are now in a crisis due to the delay in payments, despite the … Read more
Indore: Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I), has developed Quantum AI nanotechnology that will help in accurate and early detection of genetic mutations, including those associated with cancer. The researchers used advanced AI algorithms to decode the raw electric signals with exceptional speed, accuracy, and cost-efficiency, overcoming the long-standing limitations of traditional sequencing methods. The … Read more
The District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), in association with Canara Bank and Samagra Shiksha Kerala (SSK), has distributed medical aid, including wheelchairs, to 32 specially abled children under Chathannur Block Resource Centre. DLSA secretary Jisha Mukundan inaugurated the programme and SSK Kollam district project coordinator Sajeev Thomas presided over the function. Canara Bank regional head … Read more
South Africa’s government says it won’t help a group of illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access to basic supplies as part of an official strategy against illegal mining. The miners in the mineshaft in Stilfontein are believed to be suffering from a lack of … Read more
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) East Godavari district president Ch. Venu Gopala Krishna, YSRCP State Youth Wing coordinator Jakkampudi Raja and his mother Jakkampudi Vijaya Lakshmi on Saturday demanded a detailed probe into the alleged gang-rape of a 43-year-old worker in a nursery at Kadiyam mandal in East Godavari district. The woman was abducted by a … Read more