Miscellaneous
03 Dec 2014
Declining oil price and its impact on countries
Oil, the most important commodity of the world is in news once again. Whenever in news, oil brings gladness to a group of nations while gloom to others. This time, it is in news for the sharp decline of oil prices from $ 115 a barrel to $ 70 a barrel. One oil barrel in
01 Dec 2014
Crowdfunding: The concept and other aspects.
Move over banks, stock market and venture capitals. Now is the turn of crowdfunding. Modern method of crowdfunding, though has been in existence since 1997, once again attracted media attention with the launch Lammily doll, the competitor to Barbie doll. It is stated that Nickolay Lamm , the artist cum promoter, raised an amount of
30 Nov 2014
Liftware Spoon: Google smart spoon to make life of Parkinson patients easy.
“Will the Google Smart Spoon improve my life?”, the question crossed the mind of Thomas Jackson last week. Thomas Jackson, from Philadelphia, is one among the estimated 10 million people worldwide who suffer from essential tremors or Parkinson disease. What caused the question was the launch of Liftware spoons, by life sciences division of Google
27 Nov 2014
SAARC and its relevance
SAARC stands for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. It is a an organization of 8 counties in South Asia, similar to EU in Europe and ASEAN in South East Asia, with secretariat in Kathmandu, Nepal. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,Maldives, Nepal,Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan are the members. The first seven are the founding members.
26 Nov 2014
Hepatitis: Refresh the basics
Hepatitis is the medical condition that causes inflammation of the liver. Most of the cases it goes without much noticeable symptoms. Once affected with hepatitis, the liver is unable to remove harmful substances from the blood. Hepatitis could be of many types – viral, alcoholic, auto immune and many more depending on the underlying cause