May Your Life Be Blessed.. A beautiful story, do read… One day Maths teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. ... Read More »

Glass of Water Stress Story While psychologist was teaching stress management to the class. He raised a glass of water. Seeing this everyone expected that he is going to ask, “Half Empty Hal Full..!!” But instead he asked, “How Heavy is this Glass of Water?” Many called out the answer that it ranged from 8 oz. to 20 oz. Now ... Read More »

Saint-Gobain to expand flat glass capacity in India French multinational corporation Saint-Gobain said that it will investaround€135 million (about Rs 975 crores) to expand its flat glass production capacity in the country by setting up a new production facility at its Sriperumbudur (Chennai) site. The expansion expected to be completed by 2018, will increase the capacity by around 1,000 tonne ... Read More »

McKesson to buy Canadian drug store chain Rexall Health for $2.2bn McKesson has agreed to acquire Canadian pharmacy drug store chain Rexall Health from Katz Group for C$3bn ($2.2bn). Rexall Health employs over 8,600 people in over 470 pharmacies throughout Canada. The company also operates Rexall Specialty Pharmacy, a division which offers clinical care and complex medication management services in ... Read More »

Manufacturing of Ethylene Oxide by Chlorohydrin Process Ethylene Oxide also called as epoxyethane, oxirane. It is cyclic ether, simplest epoxide with faintly sweet odor and colorless flammable gas at room temperature. Ethylene oxide is important to the production of detergents, thickeners, solvents, plastics, and various organic chemicals such as ethylene glycol, ethanolamines, simple and complex glycols, polyglycol ethers and other ... Read More »

DiabetOmics setting up Rs 35 crore plant to make saliva-based diabetes diagnostic devices It relies on saliva and all that people need to do to monitor the ailment is to insert a small strip of sheet into the mouth to pick up a bit of the saliva and get the readings. Read More »

Nerve Block Technique Might Help Ease Chronic Back Pain A procedure that uses radio waves to treat chronic low back pain provided long-lasting relief to a small group of patients, researchers report. Called intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB), the procedure uses two water-cooled needles to blast radiofrequency energy at the nerve fibers within and around a spinal disc that’s begun to degenerate ... Read More »

Views on 100% FDI in Medical devices by Dr. GSK Velu, Trivitron BY DR. GSK VELU, FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRIVITRON GROUP OF COMPANIES: New Delhi, Jan 03, 2015: “While 100‎% FDI in Medical Devices sector is a welcome in our opinion this was already in existence and many MNCs have 100% subsidiaries in India though predominantly with trading and distribution ... Read More »

Diabetes drug may prevent recurring strokes Pioglitazone, a drug used for type 2 diabetes, may prevent recurrent stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance but without diabetes. The results of the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) trial, presented at the International Stroke Conference 2016 in Los Angeles and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest ... Read More »

Natco Pharma Bags Award For Invention Natco Pharma Limited has been awarded the first prize for the best invention category by the Exhibition Society of Andhra Pradesh. The governor, S S Barnala, gave away the prize carrying a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 30,000 to A K S Bhujanga Rao, the vice-president (R&D) of Natco Pharma, at a ... Read More »