India

The hunger and nutrition crisis: The dark side of Covid pandemic

21 Jun 2021 03:25 AM IST

Coronavirus has presented itself as a challenge and an opportunity to address our long-standing problems of food security and nutrition. The current need is to come up with sustainable solutions to lift millions of people out of the vicious cycle of hunger and poverty.

Reflecting on refugee pasts and possible future

21 Jun 2021 02:51 AM IST

India has had a stellar history in welcoming refugees and sheltering them. Independent India saw us handling an unprecedented refugee crisis of 1947. In fact, as a child of 1947 refugees, I can’t but applaud that part of our nation-building history. India had hosted Tibetan refugees from the 1960s and

NATHEALTH & ACHE present a gripping discussion on ‘The Evolution of COVID-19 Variants’

20 Jun 2021 21:38 PM IST

NATHEALTH and American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), as part of its joint initiative, recently organised an engaging session to hear different perspective from India and US, on the evolution of Covid-19 variants and strategies to better understand their impacts. Moderated by Dr. Harsh Mahajan, President, NATHEALTH & Founder and Chief

Innovation is spurred when there is a challenge: Vikram Khurana

19 Jun 2021 05:30 AM IST

In an exclusive conversation with NewsX for its special series NewsX India A-List, Vikram Khurana, Chairman of the Toronto Business Development Centre spoke about how they supported India’s fight with the Covid-19 pandemic, their Start-up Visa Programme and more.

Self-executing crypto contracts: The advent of smart law

19 Jun 2021 05:29 AM IST

Relying on a distributed consensus model, smart contracts have the DNA of blockchains and run on platforms similar to cryptocurrencies. These technology-enabled innovations in law are being watched closely as they make contracts more reliable, simultaneously making it difficult to evade execution.

We take pride in trying our best to save lives: Marina Shaikh & Nandini Singh Jhabua

18 Jun 2021 05:33 AM IST

Marina Shaikh and Nandini Singh Jhabua from The Rising World Foundation recently joined NewsX on its special series NewsX India A-List to share how they helped thousands of people across India during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

A FATHER’S LOVE IS LIKE AN UNENDING TRIP OF JOY AND HAPPINESS

18 Jun 2021 05:29 AM IST

Whenever we talk about God, One word that always resonates with it is father. Whether it’s our dad, brother, son, or any other father figure, these men need to know what a huge difference their presence makes in society. Many of us are lucky to have our dad by our

Genome surveillance for pandemic disaster preparedness

18 Jun 2021 05:28 AM IST

Covid-19 has ushered in a new digital era and is rewiring the world’s perspective to genomic science and sensibilities to personal data privacy in public health management.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON HELPING THE HELPLESS AND FEEDING THE NEEDY: ARIDAMAN RATHORE & AANJNEYA SINGH

17 Jun 2021 04:41 AM IST

Aridaman Singh Rathore, Founder, Act Jaipur and Aanjneya Singh, Member, Act Jaipur joined NewsX’s special series, NewsX India A-list and spoke about how social media became a valuable tool in making their aim a fortunate reality.

WHAT OTHER STATES CAN LEARN FROM MP IN DEALING WITH COVID-19

17 Jun 2021 04:38 AM IST

The worst ever pandemic, Covid-19 has affected the mankind world over, almost every country was caught unaware and unprepared. The gravity and severity of the pandemic were very much visible over time. It affected almost every aspect of human life including health, economy, development, and growth. It all came to

The Greek connection of the pandemic and more

17 Jun 2021 04:36 AM IST

When the world is looking for politically-correct nomenclature and yearning for a medical utopia in which everyone is protected from the pandemic, ancient Greece is as good a place as any to start looking for beginnings of ideas and experiences that preoccupy us today.

Need for family offices to work together under a co-investment structure: Jahnavi Kumari Mewar

16 Jun 2021 19:54 PM IST

Jahnavi Kumari Mewar recently joined NewsX for an exclusive conversation as part of NewsX India A-List. In the exclusive conversation, she spoke to us about her business firm along with insights on internationalism, effective global governance practices and the way forward for the post-Covid world. Jahnavi commenced her talk by