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If you've ever seen The Social Network, you probably know that Mark Zuckerberg's social media behemoth began its life as 'Thefacebook' and was, at that time, was a college-only affair — and unsurprisingly exclusive to the Ivies. Well, the company says it's 'returning to its roots' with the launch of Facebook Campus, a section of the main Facebook app that's dedicated to all things college. … [Read more...] about Facebook hopes to be cool again with college-only Campus news feed

KOLKATA: Moody’s Investor Service has affirmed Bharti Airtel’s Ba1 corporate family rating (CFR) and revised the outlook to `stable’ from `negative,’ following clarity around adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues payment timelines and improved profitability of the Sunil Mittal-led telco’s India mobile services business. The global ratings agency said Airtel’s core India mobile business has benefited from a combination of reduced competition, steady 4G customer adds and tariff hikes taken last December. “The ratings affirmation and change in outlook to stable reflect improving profitability at Bharti's core Indian mobile business, because of a moderation in industry competition, an increase in its 4G customer base, and a tariff hike from December 2019,” Annalisa DiChiara, Moody’s senior vice president, said in a media statement Friday. Staggered payment resolution related to AGR liabilities, she said, “is a positive … [Read more...] about Moody’s has ‘good news’ for Airtel

There also is no reason to assume cockroaches cannot feel pain. Indeed, there is evidence that insects are capable of feeling pain and have what are called nociceptors, sensory receptors that are sensitive to pain. However, even if people learn cockroaches cannot for some reason feel pain, it still would not be okay to use them in invasive research or in projects like RoboRoach. [Gallery: Dazzling Photos of Dew-Covered Insects ] … [Read more...] about ‘RoboRoach’ is Bad News in So Many Ways (Op-Ed)

NEW DELHI: With digital payments constantly growing, financial service providers need to collaborate with fintech developers to build "resilient front-ends" to safeguard consumer interest in view of rising cyber frauds, a top finance ministry official said on Monday. Speaking at a FICCI event on FinTech, K Rajaraman, Additional Secretary in the Finance Ministry, said an area that "needs to be highlighted is cyber security and fraud prevention. Now that there is an explosion in the use of digital platforms. A lot of the activities of fintech have been focused on how to provide resilient front-ends for the financial services providers". Financial service providers must not hesitate to actually collaborate with fintech (financial technology) innovators for beefing up cyber security and fraud prevention, he said. Citing an example of recent cyber attack on New Zealand's stock market, he said, cyber security should get continuous attention from all stakeholders. Last month, New Zealand's … [Read more...] about Fintech companies need to focus on providing resilient front-ends for financial service providers: Government

Tracking results of open heart surgeries may soon become easier and cheaper,thanks to a simple, cost effective palm size blood flow meter developed by scientists of the prestigious Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) here. India is currently fully dependent on imported blood flow meters to precisely measure blood flow rates - a critical parameter to measure the outcome of open heart surgeries. However, this becomes expensive with each unit costing upto Rs 25 lakh to 30 lakh and can be afforded only by very few super speciality hospitals in India. The research team at the city based SCTIMST,an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology under the union government, has developed the palm size device that measures the flow rate of blood using a novel magnetic method and a signal conditioning technique,a press release from the institute said. "The device has a mechanism to produce a magnetic field, an electronic measurement … [Read more...] about New device developed to reduce cost of tracking open heart surgeries