‘Necessity is the mother of invention. When you don’t have the money to buy new, expensive stuff, you look within the system to find out your own solutions to reduce costs. India’s scientists have mastered the art
The internet taught a whole generation that content was not something you really had to pay for. So for years, digital content companies looked doomed to pursue a scale-only, ad-based business model. They tried to reach tens
As per the 1998 Rules, waste generated from healthcare facilities needs to be segregated at source into infected and non-infected components. Data suggests that Jharkand has just one common biomedical waste treatment facility that caters to 455
In his book ‘The Business Romantic,’ Tim Leberecht invites us to rediscover romance, beauty and serendipity by designing products, experiences, and organizations that “make us fall back in love with our work and our life.” The book
Expenditure on education as share of GDP has fluctuated between 3.55% and 4%, falling short of the 6% of GDP promised by successive governments. Nonetheless, over the last decade, education has accounted for nearly 50% of total
With increased 4G and 3G penetration, the number of Indians using the Internet is expected to reach 600 million by 2020, from 343 million currently, even as several challenges remain in realising the mission of Digital India.
Doctors with MBBS and MD degrees will undergo a revalidation exercise by way of taking stringent examinations every three to five years. This is part of a slew of health sector reforms that will be implemented by
The state government is all set to introduce postgraduate and short-term courses in public health for non-medical staff working in various government hospitals across the state. The Department of Health and Family Welfare has sought that the
With increasing penetration and affordable smartphones, learning is no longer restricted to classrooms. Of late, the education sector is undergoing tremendous changes, and the e-learning market has been seeing a sea-change in terms of technology and learners.
Source: K. Sujatha Rao, former union health secretary, ‘Do we care: India’s health system’ Most countries treat medical education as a public good. The US doesn’t, which is why, despite spending 2% of GDP on health, it
