Expert-Speak

By - Dr. Kanchan Sanyal - Advisor, Health and Wellness, Columbia Pacific Communities As seniors grow older, the risk for a number of health concerns increases. While family history, lifestyle, social inequality and health history all play a role in determining which diseases and conditions might affect the seniors, gender can also be an indicator of what to expect and...

"it is high time to make some major changes to the way you run your restaurant. Ensuring that your customers, as well as staff, stay healthy and safe during this pandemic should be your prime concern. All the way from ensuring the utmost level of sanitation to enforcing measures to protect workers under you, there are numerous changes you need to make right now"

After contracting by 7.1 per cent in 2020, India's gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to grow 12 per cent in 2021 as near-term prospects have turned more favourable, Moody's Analytics said. Hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent nationwide lockdown to control the spread of infections, Indian economy contracted by 24.4 per cent in April-June 2020 and 7.3...

By Aditya Patil, Educationist and Founder of Ascend International School Education plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of a nation and its individuals. In India, conventional educational boards such as CBSE, ICSE, and state boards have been the norm for many years. However, as we enter the digital age, a transformative approach to education has emerged as a...

By Dr.Suruchi Goyal, Consultant - Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology, Columbia Asia Hospital Whitefield Maria was happy that she could take time off from looking after her baby, whilst her baby slept. Her little one had a set routine of naps! 2 months into this set routine Maria noted a sudden change: her baby had shorter naps with erratic patterns. The...

Parliament on Tuesday passed a legislation to declare the five new IIITs in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur as institutes of national importance, enabling them to award degrees. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was introduced in Rajya Sabha by Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Monday. The bill was passed by Lok Sabha in...

Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Tuesday said that the production of foodgrains in the country surged over 18 per cent in the past five years with a rise in productivity by 15 per cent. He reiterated that India registered a positive growth rate even during the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the 16th Meeting of the General...

- by Akash Pharande, Managing Director - Pharande Spaces The pandemic had brought in an urgency to purchase homes, causing housing demand to hit a peak that lasted over 2 years. However, late realty stocks have been under performing, developers are increasing their property rates, and home loan interest rates have begun to increase. Is real estate's dream run over?...

Authored by Piali Dasgupta,Senior Vice President, Marketing, Columbia Pacific Communities Scientists have been studying the relationship between creativity and mental illnesses for a while now. Some studies have shown that highly creative people and those with higher than usual IQ are more prone to mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder. History chronicles many such geniuses – starting with...

by Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani – National President – NAREDCO and also President Assocham The expected lockdown extension has been announced, India welcomes the life-saving aspect, and looks forward to ‘relaxations and openings’ which will help sustain livelihood too. The ‘zoning’ will be decided by the State Governments/ Union Territories, and I see this shifting of decision-making as...