Experts

Budget 2017: Experts hail infrastructure status to affordable housing

Experts believe it will provide ample push for the sector as developers will now be able to get access to preferential and lower borrowing rates from banks

Children are going to love the new guidelines set out, for their playtime, by WHO

Children should stay away from screens and spend more time playing outside and sleeping, say experts

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh farmer protest due to impoverishment of agri sector, say experts

Farmers are struggling hard to meet their input expenses due to a drop in prices of agriculture produce, which agricultural experts attribute to the rising cost of farming, the haphazard use of fertlisers, and failed government policies over the years.

US scientists discover new method of water splitting; could solve hurdles in producing hydrogen

University of Houston physicists have found a new way of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen which could be an effective method of producing an abundance of clean hydrogen fuel in the future.

Note ban policy: RBI's autonomy under threat, say experts

"The government said the RBI has recommended the demonetisation. I do not know whether the government has forced the RBI to ask or the RBI took the call on its own," RBI's former Deputy Governor K.C. Chakrabarty told IANS over phone from London.

End-to-end encryption boon for terror groups in India: Experts

When Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp announced to turn on end-to-end encryption for its over one billion monthly active users last month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg hailed this as an "important milestone for the WhatsApp community.

First black bear spotted in Indiana in 144 years

A black bear has been spotted in Indiana for the first time in more than 140 years, state wildlife officials said on Tuesday.

Nepal earthquake moves Kathmandu 10 feet south but Everest height unchanged, say experts

The earthquake that devastated Nepal and left thousands of people dead shifted the earth beneath Kathmandu by up to several metres south, but the height of Mount Everest likely stayed the same, experts said on Tuesday.

Experts pitch for a tobacco-free world by 2040

A world virtually free of tobacco and its devastating health consequences could be a reality within 30 years

Iraq crisis: India braces for Rs 20,000 cr hole in budget as oil could rise to $120 per barrel

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents his maiden budget next month and faces headwinds from a weak economy, a food inflation scare and now the risk that higher oil prices could swell the government's oil subsidy bill.<br />