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Last week, Quora announced that 100 million user accounts were compromised, including private activities like downvotes and direct messages, by a “malicious third party.” Data breaches are a frustrating part of the lifecycle of every online service – as they grow in popularity, they become a bigger and bigger target. Nearly every major online service has had a security breach – Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Tumblr, Uber, Evernote, eBay, Adobe, Target, and Sony all extensively have faced data breach in the last few years. Security breaches like these are a…

Role of climate and weather in crop production and management   Climate and weather are significant factors affecting agriculture production around the world. Both seasonal and regional variability in weather directly influences crop yield potential. While advances in technology have enabled farmers to adopt modern techniques in agriculture and thus enhance their farm output, weather remains a major factor affecting their crops. From plantation to harvest, precipitation, temperature, sunshine hours and wind can affect the quality and quantity of a crop. The correlation between crop volumes and weather can result…

With the approaching Lok Sabha elections for the year 2019, one can anticipate the string of controversies that are going to sprout like weed in near future in addition to all the ones which have already engaged the masses like, the ongoing hunger strike, political parties taking pot shots, blaming each other for bad governance and finding faults with reservation policies.    The reservation system in modern India has become a political weapon to draw votes and brainwash youths. However, saying that reservation is not needed now would also be…

By Akshay Modi, VP, Olive Oil Association of India    Edible oils are under constant scrutiny and criticism for posing potential threat to health. While a significant number of the population is opting for a no-fat diet, health experts are voicing their concerns on fat-free diet. Nutritionists are of opinion that fat free diet does not fit into the mechanism of body as majority of human anatomy is made of fats such as cell tissues, brain. Brain needs fat to perform its neurological deliverables and in absence of fat in…

India can’t achieve developed nation status until it finds a way to bridge the gap created by gender bias in terms of employment. The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender Gap index 2017 ranked India at 108th place on gender equality, behind China, Nepal and Bangladesh. We are stuck in an ugly situation as of now and the reasons for it are deeply disturbing. For starters, we have a stagnant job market despite the economy growing at more than 7% growth rate. Secondly, government’s various initiatives to create jobs have…

Every year in India, approximately 123000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed and 68000 women die from this deadly disease. Maximum numbers of cases occur in rural areas as compared to urban areas because of lack of awareness, knowledge and facilities to diagnose. Fortunately the incidence is decreasing but unfortunately it is still one of the most common cancer in Indian women, along with breast cancer.   Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the lower narrow part of the uterus which is the entrance to the womb. It…

Making agriculture a sustainable livelihood for millions of Indian farmers calls for a serious thought and deliberation. NITI Aayog’s plan to double the farmer’s income by 2022 stressed upon giving focus to irrigation and quality seeds. However, there is more that can be done by integrating technology in routine agricultural operations. IoT forms an integral part of the Next generation Indian agriculture.   Farmers in many parts of India are largely dependent on climate related such as a good monsoon for their harvest which has a huge impact on their…

When our forefathers laid the foundation of this country, they knew that education would be the key to unite India as a secular state. So, to promote education, it was embedded into the constitution of India as a fundamental right. According to the Article 45, it is the state’s responsibility to provide free and compulsory education to all children until they attain the age of 14 years.   How disappointed do you think our forefathers would be if they could see what is the scenario of education in India today?…

Dr. Minija. C.K, Senior consultant Medical Retina Cataract &Uvea, Sankara Eye Hospital Bangalore   As we are preparing to mark World No Tobacco Day on 31st May 2018, here’s another reason to quit smoking: Your Eyes.   We are all aware of the fact that smoking is injurious to the body, but less aware of its harmful effects of smoking on vision.  The smoke generated by smoking a cigarette, a pipe or any other tobacco products can cause a severe damage to the individual who is smoking and also people…

Dr Sunil Kumar S, Consultant Interventional and Structural Cardiologist & Endovascular Interventionalist & Dr.Hirennappa B Udnur, Consultant – Pulmonology, Columbia Asia Hospital, Hebbal   Dear Smokers, Smoking Kills. Smoking causes cancer. But of course you aren’t oblivious to that! But do you know which of your organs is the greatest victim of smoking? Lungs? Well, you couldn’t have got it more wrong. It is your heart that tobacco smoking affects the worst! In the early stages it is the lungs that gets affected and every smoker literally feels the repercussions…