Maternity leave integral to rights: Court on benefits extended to working women

Maternity leave integral to rights: Court on benefits extended to working women

The Supreme Court on Friday observed that maternity leave is integral to maternity benefits and reproductive rights are now recognised as part of several intersecting domains of international human rights law, setting aside a Madras High Court order which denied the facility to a government teacher who was awaiting the birth of her third child. … Read more

PM Modi hails Election Commission, says global community should study its working

PM Modi hails Election Commission, says global community should study its working

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a podcast with renowned computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman, in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised India’s “neutral and independent” Election Commission and said that its management of the world’s largest democratic exercise should be studied by the global community. Speaking … Read more

Telangana Govt working to enlist support of global majors for enhancing skill sets of youth  

Telangana Govt working to enlist support of global majors for enhancing skill sets of youth  

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy launched the skill development programme for engineering and non-engineering graduates in association with the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) consortium here on Wednesday (September 25, 2024) | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has said his Government is actively working to enlist support of … Read more

Google working on AI that can detect TB through the sound of cough and breathing – ET HealthWorld

Google working on AI that can detect TB through the sound of cough and breathing – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Google has unveiled a groundbreaking AI system that can potentially detect early signs of disease by analysing audio signals, according to a recent Bloomberg report. This technology, part of Google’s Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) project, could revolutionise healthcare accessibility in underserved regions. The AI model, trained on 300 million audio samples including coughs, … Read more

England’s health bookings system down but emergency services working, NHS says – ET HealthWorld

England’s health bookings system down but emergency services working, NHS says – ET HealthWorld

London: England’s National Health Service (NHS) said a global tech outage on Friday had disrupted the booking of doctors’ appointments and patient records, but emergency services had not been affected. The outage, which has been linked to cyber security firm Crowdstrike and its impact on the operation of Microsoft Windows, hit operations in multiple industries … Read more

Rajasthan BJP working committee pledges to take welfare schemes to masses

Rajasthan BJP working committee pledges to take welfare schemes to masses

Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: PTI The working committee of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Rajasthan unit, which met on July 13welfare for the first time after the party came to power in the State in December 2023, took a pledge to take the public welfare schemes and policies of the “double engine” … Read more

AI, robots, drones: How Amazon is working to ‘change’ how people buy medicines – ET HealthWorld

AI, robots, drones: How Amazon is working to ‘change’ how people buy medicines – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Amazon Pharmacy is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of their prescription fulfilment process. This translates to same-day medication delivery for customers in select cities. The AI technology automates tasks that previously took pharmacists hours to complete, reducing them to minutes or even seconds. This frees up pharmacists … Read more