Women’s Rugby World Cup: Campaigns aim to stop thousands of girls giving up on sport

Women’s Rugby World Cup: Campaigns aim to stop thousands of girls giving up on sport

Nicola GoodwinBBC Midlands Investigations BBC Sports groups in England are hoping to use the success of the England Women’s team to keep youngsters, like these in Worcester, playing their sport A million teenage girls are giving up sport because of deep-rooted negative attitudes – but could the England Women’s Rugby World Cup victory change that? … Read more

Column | Why is the Internet giving Lewis Hamilton a digital bath at the Ganges?

Column | Why is the Internet giving Lewis Hamilton a digital bath at the Ganges?

A girl taking dip at Triveni Sangam, a sacred confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati rivers on paush poornima at Maha Kumbh 2025 in Prayagraj on Monday. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA My chronically-online self is usually unfazed by Internet absurdities. However, the time has come to let you know that one particular trend … Read more

Giving blood linked to lower risk of pre-cancer gene

Giving blood linked to lower risk of pre-cancer gene

Philippa Roxby Health reporter Getty Images People who give blood regularly are more likely to have genetic changes in their blood that could cut the risk of cancer developing, a study suggests. The researchers, from the Francis Crick Institute, say the findings are “fascinating” and could help understanding of how and why blood cancers develop. … Read more

GRAP is like giving medicine to an already critical patient, need to go back to the basics: Supreme Court

GRAP is like giving medicine to an already critical patient, need to go back to the basics: Supreme Court

People in large number seen basking in the sun near Kartavya Path on a cold sunny afternoon in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 19, 2024) compared the implementation of emergency anti-pollution measures like the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) to “medicine … Read more

Covid inquiry: Top civil servant Simon Case giving evidence after delayed appearance – BBC News

Covid inquiry: Top civil servant Simon Case giving evidence after delayed appearance – BBC News

Simon Case is the head of the civil service, which makes him probably the most important unelected person in politics. The cabinet secretary’s role is to advise the prime minister, lead implementation of the government’s policies and manage other high-level civil servants. Born in Bristol in 1978, he first joined the civil service as a … Read more

WHO’s new AI-powered chatbot SARAH is giving wrong medical answers – ET HealthWorld

WHO’s new AI-powered chatbot SARAH is giving wrong medical answers – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation is wading into the world of AI to provide basic health information through a human-like avatar. But while the bot responds sympathetically to users’ facial expressions, it doesn’t always know what it’s talking about. SARAH, short for Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health, is a virtual health worker that’s … Read more

Embracing the Digital – Giving Life Sciences a New Lease of Life and Direction – ET HealthWorld

Embracing the Digital – Giving Life Sciences a New Lease of Life and Direction – ET HealthWorld

By Subhro Mallik As the life sciences industry braces itself for the rising challenges of keeping up patient and employee engagement, there is an overriding need for resilience. Considering the major shocks and stresses felt by the industry in recent years, life sciences organizations must learn to repair, recuperate, and spring back faster and better … Read more

Centre giving ₹1,747 crore for AP fibernet project 

Centre giving ₹1,747 crore for AP fibernet project 

Gowtham Reddy addressing the media in Vijayawada on Saturday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao AP State FiberNet Limited (APSFL) Chairman P. Goutham Reddy has said the Central government was giving ₹1,747 crore for implementing the fibernet  project due to the persistent efforts made by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to garner funds. The APSFL has … Read more