Daily Archives: August 21, 2018

Milk at breakfast can help manage diabetes risk

Drinking high-protein milk at breakfast can help lower blood glucose level throughout the day, suggests a study. The findings showed that milk consumed with a high-carbohydrate breakfast reduced blood glucose even after lunch. Milk with an increased proportion of whey protein had a modest effect on pre-lunch blood glucose, achieving …

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Book soon on life of V.V.S. Laxman

Westland Publications announced on Monday the acquisition of former Indian cricketer V.V.S. Laxman’s autobiography. A book titled 281 and Beyond will be published on 20 November 2018, the company said. “It was an emotional journey that left me drained at the end of each session. Several incidents that I had …

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Robots can manipulate children

Robots can influence the opinions and decisions of young children, according to a study published in the journal Science Robotics. The study shows that kids are significantly more susceptible to manipulation by machines than adults. Researchers from University of Plymouth in the U.K. compared how adults and children respond to …

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‘Blast fishing’ thrives in Libya’s chaos

Residents of Tripoli’s seafront wake up most weekends to loud blasts: fishermen using dynamite to maximise their catch, regardless of the damage they are causing to marine life. Dynamite fishing, or “blast fishing”, has flourished — with impunity — since Libya’s 2011 uprising that left the country awash with weapons …

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Coal use to rise on power uptick: Crisil

Consumption of non-coking coal is forecast to climb to 1,076 million tonnes in fiscal 2023, from 826 million tonnes in fiscal 2018, Crisil Research said in a report. In a sectoral study, Crisil Research also said that non-coking coal imports would decline to 145 million tonnes in fiscal 2023 from …

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‘Consortium lending led to more NPAs’

Consortium lending often led to inordinate delays in loan appraisal and resulted in swelling non-performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system, according to Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, State Bank of India. Consortium banking, as it was called till mid-90s, later became multiple banking following complaints of delay in appraisal process but …

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Credit registry: RBI Act may need tweak

The Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, may need to be amended to facilitate the setting of a public credit registry (PCR), RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya said on Monday. Underscoring the vital need for the registry — the PCR is planned as an extensive database of credit information for …

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Highest U.S. civilian honour for Mahatma?

American lawmaker Carolyn Maloney on Sunday said that she will introduce a legislation to posthumously award Mahatma Gandhi a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award in the U.S., for inspiring peaceful movements for civil rights around the world. In 2016, she had led the successful effort to create the …

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Russia invites Taliban to Sept. talks

Russia on Monday said it was preparing international peace talks on Afghanistan on September 4 and has invited the Taliban. “We are preparing it for September 4,” Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the Russian President on Afghanistan, said in an Interfax news agency report. Asked whether the Taliban was invited …

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