THE SOFT-SPOKEN technology entrepreneur Darshita Gillies says she revels in “any opportunity to give our gifts more to the world”, suggesting that she wants to help make the world a better place. The Indian-origin British philanthropist loves what she does for its impact on a large section of people as her organisation uses technology to … Continue reading The rags-to-riches story of Mumbai-born Darshita Gillies as a tech entrepreneur with a big heart
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Low Vitamin D Levels Raise Covid-19 Infection Risk: Israeli Study
When Dr Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern and her colleagues at Israel’s Bar Ilan University tied up several months ago with scientists at the country’s Leumit Health Care Services, a health insurance and medical services entity, their intention was to determine the links between low vitamin D and COVID-19-related hospitalisation. Frenkel-Morgenstern, Head, Cancer Genomics and BioComputing of Complex Diseases Lab at Azrieli Faculty of … Continue reading Low Vitamin D Levels Raise Covid-19 Infection Risk: Israeli Study
We Have Addressed Security Concerns: Zoom India chief Sameer Raje
Raje speaks about the exponential growth of Zoom's videoconferencing app in India and globally, recent controversies over its safety, the Supreme Court's intervention, public wariness and the efforts to win back user trust. Edited excerpts from an interview: The Zoom app has seen a rapid growth in its users from 10 million earlier to 300 … Continue reading We Have Addressed Security Concerns: Zoom India chief Sameer Raje
Zoom is Bending Over Backwards to Meet Security Targets, But Winning Back User Trust is Easier Said Than Done
Zoom is my lifeline now,” says Navi Mumbai-based yoga coach Pooja Cariappa narrating the story of her adaptation to the world of social distancing and lockdown thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak. She’s not alone. The video-conferencing platform she recently adopted has grown globally to 300 million users from 10 million in the first 12 weeks … Continue reading Zoom is Bending Over Backwards to Meet Security Targets, But Winning Back User Trust is Easier Said Than Done
How Long Can People Sustain Appropriate COVID-19 Response and Behaviour?
Driving through the road below the Munirka flyover on Delhi’s Outer Ring Road has a surreal feel to it. It is true of most roads across a world in lockdown. Bottlenecks until a few months ago, these stretches now resemble football pitches—you can take a U-turn towards the same flank and keep driving without looking in … Continue reading How Long Can People Sustain Appropriate COVID-19 Response and Behaviour?
The Quest for Immortality and the War on Death
LENNY ABRAMOV, A CHARACTER from novelist Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story, declares in his diary that he is never going to die. Why? Because he thinks the technology for it is almost here. ‘As the Life Lovers Outreach Coordinator (Grade G) of the Post-Human Services division of the Saatling-Wapachung Corporation, I will be the … Continue reading The Quest for Immortality and the War on Death
“All Aadhaar-enabled Services Are Prone to Cyber Attacks”
SANDEEP SHUKLA IS the Poonam and Prabhu Goel Chair Professor at IIT Kanpur. Along with his colleague Professor Manindra Agrawal, he set up the interdisciplinary Centre for Cybersecurity and Cyber Defence of Critical Infrastructure at the institute, which is shortly expected to launch India’s first industrial-scale cyber security test bed for power and manufacturing equipment. … Continue reading “All Aadhaar-enabled Services Are Prone to Cyber Attacks”
Why the Politicisation of the Indian Military is Bad News for India
ONE FREEZING AFTERNOON in September 2015, I was fortunate enough to dine at the warm officers’ mess at Siachen base camp, one of the highest and most famous war zones in the world, where a lunch- time chat that started with Kashmiri cuisine drifted to books by Myra McDonald and Nitin Gokhale and then to … Continue reading Why the Politicisation of the Indian Military is Bad News for India
What Jobs Will Trend in the Future? Industry Experts Share Insights
JAMES JOSEPH, FORMER director at Microsoft India, left the fast-changing world of IT in his prime some years ago after winning a global in-house award of the world’s largest software maker by revenue, to become a food entrepreneur. “One has to re-train and adapt constantly to gain from the rapid growth of the industry,” notes … Continue reading What Jobs Will Trend in the Future? Industry Experts Share Insights
Pulkit Gaur: The Geek as Humanist
Next to thumb-sucking and nail-biting, one of the most common habits among children is to break open toys out of curiosity to see what is inside. Pulkit Gaur, founder of Ahmedabad-headquartered robotics firm Gridbots Technologies Pvt Ltd, says his journey as an obsessive and compulsive innovator started when he was at his destructive best with … Continue reading Pulkit Gaur: The Geek as Humanist
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