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Watches to monitor glucose, dehydration, pulse soon

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What if a watch can monitor a patient’s vital signs and other physiological parameters?

Researchers from the Netherlands and Israel have developed two new wearable devices that use changing patterns of scattered light to monitor biometrics.

While one device tracks glucose concentration and dehydration levels, the other monitors pulse.

The glucose sensor is the first wearable device that can measure glucose concentration directly but non-invasively.

Jaguar Land Rover sales rise 20% in May to 38,831 units

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Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover Wednesday reported a 20 percent increase in global sales to 38,831 units in May.

The Jaguar brand sold 6,450 units, up 4 percent, while Land Rover sold 32,381 units, a growth of 23 percent, the company said in a statement.

JLR’s sales rose 53 percent in China, while in North America it was up 19 percent, the UK up 15 percent, Asia Pacific up 11 percent, and Europe up 8 percent, it said.

Friends drive you to pick the butt more than kick it

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Friends can influence behaviour of your kid a lot and researchers have found that friends exert influence on their peers to both start and quit smoking, but the influence to start is stronger.

“What we found is that social influence matters. It leads nonsmoking friends into smoking and nonsmoking friends can turn smoking friends into nonsmokers,” said Steven Haas, an associate professor of sociology and demography at Pennsylvania State University in the US.

How brain regulates CO2 levels in blood

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A specific group of neurons found in a region of the brain are involved in detecting and maintaining adequate levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in blood and in modulating the activity of the neuronal groups that control respiratory activity, a study showed.

CO2 is important for regulating the acid-base balance of the blood. When the concentration of this gas becomes higher than normal, the blood tends to become more acidic.

“It promotes the activation of specialised sensors called chemoreceptors,” said Eduardo Colombari, a professor at Sao Paulo State University in Brazil.

Summer shoe trend: Try footbed sandals for comfort

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Summer season is meant to dress up in comfortable clothes and shoes. Give your feet some ease with footbed sandals.

The footbed is the inside part of the shoe that runs under the bottom of the foot. It is also sometimes referred to as the insole, inner sole or innersole.

These comfortable sandals were a rage in the 1990s, and now the trend is making a stylish comeback. Britain-based footwear retailer Kurt Geiger has come up with some embellished pairs.

Govt keeping close watch on onion, milk prices

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With onion and milk prices showing an upward cue, the government today said it is closely watching the trend and will take appropriate steps to ensure adequate availability of these commodities in the domestic market.

“Onion and milk are important. We are closely observing the price trend and an appropriate action will follow, whenever required,” Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher told reporters here.

He was replying to a question whether the government is mulling any export restriction considering the possibility of deficit monsoon and rising prices.

India-EU mango issue: EU team visiting India in Sept

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Amid temporary import ban of Alphonso mangoes, a team of experts from Europe is likely to visit India in September to check the measures put in place by the country.

“In September, a European team is likely to visit us. That is the time when they will go through the whole technical infrastructure of the country and the technical processes which certify fruits and vegetables,” Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher told reporters here.

In April, the 28-member European Union had temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes and four vegetables from India from May 1.

Murthy to step down, Sikka new Infosys CEO

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Indian IT bellwether Infosys Thursday announced that Vishal Sikka would be its new chief executive officer and managing director from Aug 1, said a statement here.

In a dramatic development two days ahead of the $8.25-billion company’s 33rd annual general meeting here Saturday, co-founder and executive chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy and executive vice-chairman S. Gopalakrishnan will step down June 14 to facilitate the transition smoothly, the global software major said in the statement.IANS

Single parents have obese kids: Study

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Kids who are raised by single parents are far more likely to get fat, as revealed by new finding.

According to the study that measured children’s health and learning, more than 35 per cent of children with a lone parent were overweight or obese, compared with 24 per cent of kids those living in couple families, News.com.au reported.

Commerce Ministry for easing of gold import norms

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The Commerce Ministry today pitched for easing of gold import norms to increase the availability of the metal in the domestic market and boost exports.

Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher said the ministry has spoken to the Finance Ministry on the matter and it is “under their consideration”.

“There is a need of rationalisation in (gold import) duty and (gold import) procedure…. We have already made it clear that there is a need to look at the current gold import regime,” he told reporters here.

Sensex recovers 56 points ahead of IIP data

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The BSE Sensex today gained nearly 56 points in early trade on selective buying in oil, IT and banking stocks ahead of industrial output data for April to be released later in the day.

The 30-share index, which had retreated from record high by losing almost 110 points in the last session, recovered 55.77 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 25,529.66 in early trade.

The National Stock Exchange Nifty moved up by 4.35 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 7,631.20. It breached 7,700 level for the first time yesterday.

Al-Quds Minorities Shauharda Credit Co-operative Society organizes awareness programme on Yashaswini scheme

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Following the success of the rural schemes, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently inaugurated the Nagara (urban) Yashaswini health scheme for those living in urban areas. The scheme is being operational from June 1, members of various cooperatives can avail this facility by paying Rs 710 annually. The members would get cashless treatment at any of the 496 network hospitals conducting 823 surgical procedures in both government and private hospitals as part of this network. For this purpose fifty one hospitals are linked for the scheme in Bangalore.

Cabinet subcommittee formed to look into terror cases against Muslims

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The State government has fulfilled one of its major promises in the manifesto by constituting a Cabinet subcommittee for looking into cases of Muslim youths being arrested on charges of terrorism, and get them released if found innocent.

The Congress had in its manifesto promised to form a committee headed by a retired high court judge for studying such cases for early release of the innocent. But sources in the Home Ministry told that the government finally decided on a Cabinet subcommittee, which will have more constitutional powers.

UN Rights Chief express alarm over rise in extremist in EU

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Navi Pillay, UN human rights Chief expressed alarm on Tuesday at the rise in extremist, racist public speaking in Europe, warning that anti-immigrant language can ignite serious rights abuses.

“I am disturbed by the recent increase across the political spectrum in several states in Western Europe of a discourse rooted in anti-immigrant and racist sentiment and religious intolerance,” Pillay told diplomats as she opened a UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva.

KCR focus on electoral promise of providing 2BHK

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After the electoral promise of farm loan waiver, the next electoral promise Chief Minister KCR and his regime must keep is providing two-bedroom homes to weaker sections, each costing Rs 3 lakh.

The Chief Minister is reportedly eager to get the much publicized housing scheme off the ground and has instructed officials to work out the modalities.

According to sources, that the government will give preference to the poorest of the poor who live in thatched huts or are on the streets or homeless.

Nitin Gadkari opposes plan to impose anti-dumping duty on solar gear

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Voices against the government plan to slap anti-dumping duty on solar panels are getting stronger with Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari asking his commerce counterpart to drop the proposal as it would ‘escalate’ the cost of solar power in the country.

The Directorate General of Anti-Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD) had recommended slapping the restrictive duty on imported solar panels from the U.S., Malaysia, China and Chinese Taipei to protect domestic manufacturers.

T-CM KCR decides to stay at camp office

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Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday finally comes to a decision to shift to the sprawling CM’s camp office at Begumpet. There was a move earlier to accommodate him at Kundanbagh.

“Yes, he is planning to stay at the CM’s camp office at Begumpet. He found it to be an ideal place,” T. Harish Rao, minister for irrigation and the Chief Minister’s nephew, told this newspaper.

Alto slip to third as DZire sale grows

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Expensive cars have carried off the bestseller tag from Maruti Alto. The model has been pushed to the third spot, with sales of 17,311 units last month. The pole position has been taken by none other than but the DZire, which comes at double the price.

All top spots taken by Maruti Suzuki, its Swift hatchback has taken the second spot, but, unfortunately Alto has been pushed to the third slot for the first time in its over-two decade existence in India. Whereas the subcompact sedan DZire sold 18,953 units last month, Maruti Suzuki sold 17,936 units of Swift hatchback.

MH CM promises Fast-track court in Mohsin’s murder case

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Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra has promised that the murder of Pune IT professional Mohsin Shaikh will be handled by a fast-track court and it would appoint Ujjwal Nikam as Special Public Prosecutor in the case.

The victim, Mohsin, a 24-year-old IT professional from Solalpur, was beaten to death last Monday with hockey sticks by alleged activists of the Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) who went on a rioting spree when a Facebook post showed Maratha warrior Shivaji and Sena Chief Bal Thackeray in a poor light.

Madrassa modernization may face Deoband’s stir

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Darul Uloom Deoband, the leading Islamic seminary may stonewall the Narendra Modi-led NDA government’s proposed plan to revamp madrassa education.

Deoband, which has been at the vanguard of the countrywide campaign against madrassa modernization, has sought clarification on the Centre’s `National Madrassa Modernisation Programme’, which was referred to in President Pranab Mukherjee’s speech to Parliament on Monday.

Sekhar Basu claim to have 50k MW of nuclear power soon

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It look as if authorities are relying on the rich uranium deposits at Tummalapalle in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh to make India’s vision of generating 50,000 MW of nuclear power a reality.

“We have to make uranium mining at Tummalapalle a success,” Sekhar Basu, director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai said.

Sekhar Basu said the new government at the Centre `wants us to be more efficient’. He said the plans to generate 50,000 MW of nuclear power could become visible due to the latest technological developments.

New vehicle registrations delayed in Telangana

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While Telangana state came into being 10 days ago, the first vehicle proudly sporting the new state’s code is yet to roll out of regional transport authority (RTA) offices.

Transport officials said that they cannot take up registrations until the Union government accepts their latest revised proposal of `TS’ as state code. Therefore, at least 15,000 vehicle owners across the 10 districts of Telangana are waiting to get their vehicles registered.

Rahul Gandhi attends National Council meet of All India Mahila Congress

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Rahul Gandhi attended the National Council meet of All India Mahila Congress where issues like women empowerment and proper electoral representation of women were discussed.

This was the first meeting of the Mahila Congress after the general elections and it was attended by the Pradesh Mahila Congress candidates in all the states of the Indian Union.

Mahila Congress chief, Shobha Oza said on the occasion that India will be empowered only when women are empowered and every woman should join with them as then only India will be empowered in whole sense.

Get back Indian land under Pakistan, China: Mulayam

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Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Wednesday asked the government to get back Indian land “under occupancy of China and Pakistan”, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inform parliament about the discussions with his Pakistani counterpart.

“I want to tell the government we will support you if you bring back the Indian land under the occupancy of China and Pakistan. When will you get Kashmir back? Did you discuss about it when (Pakistan Prime Minister) Nawaz Sharif came here,” Mulayam Singh said while participating in a debate on the motion of thanks on the president’s address.

Priyanka Chopra inaugurates road named after her father

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A road in Mumbai has been named after the father of actor Priyanka Chopra on his first death anniversary.

Lt Col Ashok Chopra Marg in Andheri leads to the apartment building in which the Bollywood star lives. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray was also present at the event.

Priyanka who carries a wrist tattoo that describes her as “Daddy’s Li’l Girl”, said it was proud moment for her.