India narrowed inequities in severe child food poverty in last decade: UNICEF

New Delhi (IANS) India has successfully narrowed the inequities in severe child food poverty between poorer and wealthier households in the last decade by at least 5 percentage points, according to a global report by UNICEF on Thursday. 

The…

Alcohol-based mouthwash may not be good for your oral health: Study

New Delhi (IANS) Commonly used alcohol-based mouthwashes may have adverse effects on oral microbiomes -- the community of bacteria that live in the mouth -- raising risks of periodontal diseases and some cancers, according to a study.

ChatGPT suffers global outage, OpenAI says working on a fix

New Delhi (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI)-chatbot ChatGPT on Tuesday suffered an outage as several users globally, including in India, were unable to access the service or generate any responses. 

Its developer OpenAI said that it was working…

Low-dose aspirin may lower inflammation caused by sleep loss

New Delhi (IANS) Low-dose acetylsalicylic acid, also known as aspirin, may reduce inflammation among people suffering from sleep loss, according to a new study on Monday.  

The findings, to be presented at the ongoing SLEEP 2024 annual meeting…

AMD introduces ‘Zen 5’ Ryzen chips to power next-gen AI PCs

New Delhi (IANS) Chip-maker AMD on Monday announced next-generation ‘Zen 5’ processors for AI-powered experiences on upcoming desktops and laptops from various manufacturers. 

AMD Chair and CEO, Dr Lisa Su, introduced new AMD Ryzen AI 300 series…

Google Meet now lets you use features like polls, Q&A during live streams on mobile

New Delhi (IANS) To make it easier for users to interact with people during a live stream, Google has rolled out features like "polls, Q&A, and reactions" on its video conferencing app Meet for mobile devices. 

According to the tech giant,…

New influenza B antibody will help develop universal vaccine: US scientists

New Delhi (IANS) US scientists have isolated human monoclonal antibodies against influenza B, a finding that can pave the way for a universal vaccine for a disease that majorly affects children, the elderly, and also people with weaker immune systems. 

Antimicrobial resistance among top health threats, over 2 people die every minute: Experts

New Delhi (IANS) Calling for accelerated action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), global experts, including from India, at the 77th World Health Assembly (decision-making body of the WHO), have once again reiterated that AMR continues to be…

ISRO, Wipro 3D partner for sustainable space exploration

Bengaluru (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Wipro 3D on Friday announced a partnership in space technology with the successful manufacturing of the PS4 3D-printed rocket engine powering the fourth stage of the Polar Satellite…

Centre introduces separate mobile numbering series for service, transactional voice calls

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Thursday introduced a new numbering series, 160xxxxxxx, for making service or transactional calls, to help citizens easily identify legitimate calls and curb unsolicited voice calls from telemarketers using 10-digit…