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VP Dhankhar calls on corporates to invest in research and development

"Looking to our nation's size, its potential, its position, and the growth trajectory on which it is there, our corporates need to come forward to engage in research and development," Dhankhar said while addressing the gathering at the 83rd CSIR Foundation Day Celebrations, Pusa Road, here.

Best you leave those shoes outside

The matter building up inside your home includes not just dust and dirt from people and pets shedding hair and skin. About a third of it is from outside, either blown in or tramped in on those offensive shoe bottoms. Some of the microorganisms present on shoes and floors are drug-resistant pathogens, including hospital-associated infectious agents (germs) that are very difficult to treat.

Mobile apps may offer support for those at risk of suicide

A team of international researchers, including from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain, in a review of studies said that apps based on an approach called ecological momentary intervention (EMI) may offer a useful tool for managing patients at risk of suicide.