The country can only derive the digital dividend of faster growth, more jobs and better services by expanding affordable Internet access to all/
There is little doubt that China has stolen a march on India when it comes to leveraging the Internet. Of the top 20 Internet companies in the world, 13 are American, five are Chinese, with one each for Japan and the United Kingdom. Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company, has a market capitalisation that is 25 times higher than that of Flipkart, the largest e-commerce company in India.
Why did India, which has had the remarkable achievement of being the largest exporter of information technology services and skilled manpower among developing countries, fall behind China in digitally transforming its economy? Is it now making a comeback? The World Bank’s recently released World Development Report (WDR) ‘Digital Dividends’ provides some answers.
The WDR finds that digital technologies have spread rapidly throughout much of the world, but their digital dividends — the broader development benefits from using these technologies — have lagged behind. In many instances digital technologies have boosted growth, expanded opportunities, and improved service delivery. Yet their aggregate impact has fallen short and is unevenly distributed.
The report argues that for digital technologies to confer their full benefit on society, it is vital to close the digital divide, especially in Internet access. But greater digital adoption will not be enough. To get the most out of the digital revolution, countries also need to work on its “analogue complements” — by strengthening regulations that ensure competition among businesses, by adapting workers’ skills to the demands of the new economy, and by ensuring that government institutions and others are accountable.
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Friday, 12 February 2016
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Why and How this Indian Realty Portal Exploits Data Science
While banks and ecommerce companies have tried their hands at data science and are benefitting from their initiatives around it, real estate appears to be the next big vertical that intends to leverage data science.
Housing.com, the Mumbai-based startup, is one among the top Indian online businesses that bet on data science and machine learning algorithms as a core priority. The realty portal, which raised $190 mn from Japan’s SoftBank, has come up with many tools such as Traffic Flux, Heat Maps, Listing Decay, and more in their efforts to present information to users in a visually appealing way that is more interactive than traditional plain listings.
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Housing.com, the Mumbai-based startup, is one among the top Indian online businesses that bet on data science and machine learning algorithms as a core priority. The realty portal, which raised $190 mn from Japan’s SoftBank, has come up with many tools such as Traffic Flux, Heat Maps, Listing Decay, and more in their efforts to present information to users in a visually appealing way that is more interactive than traditional plain listings.
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Monday, 25 January 2016
10 Awesome Health Benefits Of Ginger You Didn’t Know About!
Ginger is used for many purposes like cooking, as medicine, and for manufacturing purpose from centuries. It is used in various forms like powdered, fresh, dried, and as oil or juice. Ginger is a fantastic source of vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin C, potassium, phosphorus, silicon, iron, sodium, calcium, zinc, B-vitamins, magnesium, and beta-carotene. Ginger has many kinds of health benefits which one should be aware of!
Ayurveda provides to ginger the position of an essential medicine chest. That’s because this wonder flavour has time-tested, digestion-friendly properties, in accumulation to its numerous other health advantages. Ginger is the spice which is regularly used in India.
Here, we will discuss some of them which may be beneficial for you. It will cure your health problems naturally without any side effects. Just have a look at it and see which one is applicable to you!
10. Ginger Alleviates Gastrointestinal Disorders
9. Heals Sickness
8. Reduces Tenderness And Pain
7. Ginger Aids Preventing Cancer
6. Improves Resistant System
5. It Gives A Delicious Taste To Dishes
4. Great Medicine For Weight Loss
3. Ginger Is A Great Aphrodisiac
2. Ginger Aids Curing Asthma Problems
1. Get Rid Of Nose And Throat Congestion
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Ayurveda provides to ginger the position of an essential medicine chest. That’s because this wonder flavour has time-tested, digestion-friendly properties, in accumulation to its numerous other health advantages. Ginger is the spice which is regularly used in India.
Here, we will discuss some of them which may be beneficial for you. It will cure your health problems naturally without any side effects. Just have a look at it and see which one is applicable to you!
10. Ginger Alleviates Gastrointestinal Disorders
9. Heals Sickness
8. Reduces Tenderness And Pain
7. Ginger Aids Preventing Cancer
6. Improves Resistant System
5. It Gives A Delicious Taste To Dishes
4. Great Medicine For Weight Loss
3. Ginger Is A Great Aphrodisiac
2. Ginger Aids Curing Asthma Problems
1. Get Rid Of Nose And Throat Congestion
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Sleep Can Bring Life Changing Ideas
From solving problems to flashes of inspiration, scientists are beginning to unravel the creative powerhouse that is the mind at night.
By Kate Wighton / The Times UK
History is peppered with tales of phenomenal ideas taking shape in sleeping minds; Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune of Yesterday in his head, and Robert Louis Stevenson said that the idea for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydecame to him in a dream.
But what exactly is going on in our minds while we sleep? Does slumber really prompt creative genius? And can the most uncreative of people receive flashes of inspiration once their head hits the pillow?
Scientists believe that the mind at night weaves together bits of information in innovative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think. In a state of constant alertness, it responds to a stream of challenges, from writing a report for a work deadline to remembering where you left your car keys and figuring out what to buy for dinner.
Even when we are relaxing in front of the television, the brain is still beavering away, processing the information about the plot lines, or co-ordinating your arm movements every time you sip your wine. Believe or not, even watching Strictly Come Dancing requires brain power.
Sleep is the only time when your brain gets to relax and mull over the thoughts of the day. This is when new ideas and ways of thinking start to emerge.
“Think of your brain like a web,” says Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University.
“During the day the web is very tight, so you can only put information in a certain number of places. During sleep the web expands, and with the luxury of time, those bits of information can be put into lots of different places and make new associations.”
He adds that this process may help to foster the formation of new ideas. Experts, however, are divided on whether this occurs when you dream, or during deeper, non-dreaming sleep. This bringing together of seemingly unrelated bits of information is crucial to helping the brain think itself out of problems, says Matthew Walker, a sleep researcher at University of California, Berkeley.
“Sleep seems to stimulate your mind to make non-obvious connections. It puts all the information from the day into a big biological theatre and forces the mind to speak to people at the back of the theatre, who you may not think you have any connection with. This is the basis of creativity - connecting ideas, events and memories that wouldn't normally fit together.”
In fact, this creative process has been visualised by scientists. By placing volunteers into brain scanners and sending them to sleep, scientists have seen that the areas associated with emotion go into overdrive, especially while dreaming, while the areas that are responsible for logic are switched off. This not only explains why dreams are incredibly random - you can be talking to a colleague one minute and the next minute sitting in a your old school classroom dressed in your pyjamas - but this rewiring also explains how the brain can pull together disparate information. As to how much sleep we need, experts believe this varies from person to person. But a sure sign of sleep deprivation is feeling sleepy during the day, aside from the mid-afternoon slump.
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By Kate Wighton / The Times UK
History is peppered with tales of phenomenal ideas taking shape in sleeping minds; Paul McCartney said that he awoke with the tune of Yesterday in his head, and Robert Louis Stevenson said that the idea for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hydecame to him in a dream.
But what exactly is going on in our minds while we sleep? Does slumber really prompt creative genius? And can the most uncreative of people receive flashes of inspiration once their head hits the pillow?
Scientists believe that the mind at night weaves together bits of information in innovative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think. In a state of constant alertness, it responds to a stream of challenges, from writing a report for a work deadline to remembering where you left your car keys and figuring out what to buy for dinner.
Even when we are relaxing in front of the television, the brain is still beavering away, processing the information about the plot lines, or co-ordinating your arm movements every time you sip your wine. Believe or not, even watching Strictly Come Dancing requires brain power.
Sleep is the only time when your brain gets to relax and mull over the thoughts of the day. This is when new ideas and ways of thinking start to emerge.
“Think of your brain like a web,” says Russell Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience at Oxford University.
“During the day the web is very tight, so you can only put information in a certain number of places. During sleep the web expands, and with the luxury of time, those bits of information can be put into lots of different places and make new associations.”
He adds that this process may help to foster the formation of new ideas. Experts, however, are divided on whether this occurs when you dream, or during deeper, non-dreaming sleep. This bringing together of seemingly unrelated bits of information is crucial to helping the brain think itself out of problems, says Matthew Walker, a sleep researcher at University of California, Berkeley.
“Sleep seems to stimulate your mind to make non-obvious connections. It puts all the information from the day into a big biological theatre and forces the mind to speak to people at the back of the theatre, who you may not think you have any connection with. This is the basis of creativity - connecting ideas, events and memories that wouldn't normally fit together.”
In fact, this creative process has been visualised by scientists. By placing volunteers into brain scanners and sending them to sleep, scientists have seen that the areas associated with emotion go into overdrive, especially while dreaming, while the areas that are responsible for logic are switched off. This not only explains why dreams are incredibly random - you can be talking to a colleague one minute and the next minute sitting in a your old school classroom dressed in your pyjamas - but this rewiring also explains how the brain can pull together disparate information. As to how much sleep we need, experts believe this varies from person to person. But a sure sign of sleep deprivation is feeling sleepy during the day, aside from the mid-afternoon slump.
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7 Minute Fitness Workout For Those Who Do Not Have Time
This 7 minute workout that you can do anywhere for your health
Don't have time to exercise? Sadly, your answer will be ‘Yes’. You certainly can extract 7 minutes from your busy schedule. Do this set of exercises in the next 7 minutes and you will start seeing the benefits sooner than you imagine.
1. Jumping Jack: Stand upright with your hands on your side. Jump up bringing your hands on top of your head and your legs hip-width apart. Jump again to bring your legs and hands back to initial position. Repeat.
2. Wall Sticking: Stand with your back flat against a wall. Walk your feet to the front, about two feet and while doing so, slide your back down the wall until you are sitting on an invisible chair.
3. Push-Up: Lie face down on the floor and lift your body on your palm and toes of your feet. Bring your body near the ground and your back upwards, by only bending your elbows.
4. Abdominal Crunches: Do any variation of this by changing position of your legs. Lie on your back with your hands behind your head and lift your upper body to do crunches.
5. Step-On-Chair: Stand in front of a chair. Lift one leg and place on the chair; lift your body to stand up on the chair. Get back on the ground and repeat with the other leg.
6. Squatting: Stand with feet hip-width apart and hands in front, parallel to the ground. Without moving your upper body, squat down, bringing your butt closer to the ground. Stand up and repeat.
7. Tricep Dip On Chair: Stand in front of a chair, facing away from it. Lower your body, to place your hands on the chair behind you until your hips are adjacent to the seat of your chair. Lower your hips towards the ground as much as you back and bring it back to the level of the chair. Repeat.
8. Plank: Similar to push-ups, only in plank, you don't lower your body. You hold in a position. High knees running in place i.e. jogging in one place, with your knees touching your chest. And then try side plank i.e. doing the plank, but on your sides.
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Don't have time to exercise? Sadly, your answer will be ‘Yes’. You certainly can extract 7 minutes from your busy schedule. Do this set of exercises in the next 7 minutes and you will start seeing the benefits sooner than you imagine.
1. Jumping Jack: Stand upright with your hands on your side. Jump up bringing your hands on top of your head and your legs hip-width apart. Jump again to bring your legs and hands back to initial position. Repeat.
2. Wall Sticking: Stand with your back flat against a wall. Walk your feet to the front, about two feet and while doing so, slide your back down the wall until you are sitting on an invisible chair.
3. Push-Up: Lie face down on the floor and lift your body on your palm and toes of your feet. Bring your body near the ground and your back upwards, by only bending your elbows.
4. Abdominal Crunches: Do any variation of this by changing position of your legs. Lie on your back with your hands behind your head and lift your upper body to do crunches.
5. Step-On-Chair: Stand in front of a chair. Lift one leg and place on the chair; lift your body to stand up on the chair. Get back on the ground and repeat with the other leg.
6. Squatting: Stand with feet hip-width apart and hands in front, parallel to the ground. Without moving your upper body, squat down, bringing your butt closer to the ground. Stand up and repeat.
7. Tricep Dip On Chair: Stand in front of a chair, facing away from it. Lower your body, to place your hands on the chair behind you until your hips are adjacent to the seat of your chair. Lower your hips towards the ground as much as you back and bring it back to the level of the chair. Repeat.
8. Plank: Similar to push-ups, only in plank, you don't lower your body. You hold in a position. High knees running in place i.e. jogging in one place, with your knees touching your chest. And then try side plank i.e. doing the plank, but on your sides.
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Sunday, 24 January 2016
The Scientific Benefits of Meditation
This post deals with "14 Ways Meditation Rewires Your Brain for Happiness, Peace and Success"covering the following:
Why Meditate?
Who Meditates?
The Mind-Blowing Science of How Meditation Rewires Your Brain
How Do I Start?
Nine Major Types of Meditation
How do I pick the best type of meditation for me?
In case you were curious…
Get Meditating!
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Why Meditate?
Who Meditates?
The Mind-Blowing Science of How Meditation Rewires Your Brain
How Do I Start?
Nine Major Types of Meditation
How do I pick the best type of meditation for me?
In case you were curious…
Get Meditating!
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Thursday, 19 February 2015
10 reasons why the internet is not the answer
With the Internet about to celebrate its fiftieth birthday, there’s no doubt that digital revolution and the disruptive businesses that it’s empowering, has transformed the world profoundly. But has the Internet – which is now disrupting industries as disparate as media, transportation, healthcare, finance, education and commerce – actually benefitted society?
In my upcoming new book, The Internet Is Not the Answer, I argue that the networked revolution has, so far, been an enormous failure. So here are ten reasons why the Internet is not the answer.
Rather than redistributing power and wealth, it has created supersized 21st century monopolists like Amazon & Google.
Instead of creating jobs, it has created $19 billion Internet startups like WeChat that only employ 55 people.
As the Snowden NSA leaks have revealed, rather than creating a healthily transparent society, it is is destroying our privacy and enabling both governments and private companies to spy on us all the time.
Rather than democratizing wealth, the Silicon Valley economy of multi billion dollar startups like Airbnb is compounding the chasm between rich and poor.
Rather than a cultural renaissance, Online piracy and the “free” content of the blogosphere and social media have decimated the music, newspaper, photography and book industries.
Rather than advancing democracy, anonymous networks like Reddit and 4Chan have empowered the rule of the mob.
Rather than improving tolerance, self-broadcasting networks like Twitter and Facebook are compounding an online pandemic of racism, sexism and bullying.
Rather than a cultural renaissance, it has sparked an selfie-centric era of invidious narcissism on networks like Instagram.
The so-called “sharing economy” of networks is actually the selfish economy of ethically challenged entrepreneurs like Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.
It puts us all to “work” in “data factories” like Tumblr and Pinterest for free as they grow rich from the data we provide them about ourselves every day.
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In my upcoming new book, The Internet Is Not the Answer, I argue that the networked revolution has, so far, been an enormous failure. So here are ten reasons why the Internet is not the answer.
Rather than redistributing power and wealth, it has created supersized 21st century monopolists like Amazon & Google.
Instead of creating jobs, it has created $19 billion Internet startups like WeChat that only employ 55 people.
As the Snowden NSA leaks have revealed, rather than creating a healthily transparent society, it is is destroying our privacy and enabling both governments and private companies to spy on us all the time.
Rather than democratizing wealth, the Silicon Valley economy of multi billion dollar startups like Airbnb is compounding the chasm between rich and poor.
Rather than a cultural renaissance, Online piracy and the “free” content of the blogosphere and social media have decimated the music, newspaper, photography and book industries.
Rather than advancing democracy, anonymous networks like Reddit and 4Chan have empowered the rule of the mob.
Rather than improving tolerance, self-broadcasting networks like Twitter and Facebook are compounding an online pandemic of racism, sexism and bullying.
Rather than a cultural renaissance, it has sparked an selfie-centric era of invidious narcissism on networks like Instagram.
The so-called “sharing economy” of networks is actually the selfish economy of ethically challenged entrepreneurs like Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.
It puts us all to “work” in “data factories” like Tumblr and Pinterest for free as they grow rich from the data we provide them about ourselves every day.
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Thursday, 4 July 2013
A COMPENDIUM OF THE BENEFITS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN INDIA !
We at WhenAt60 are indebted to Sri Mohanty (one of our esteemed member) for collating such useful information in one concise window. We are sure these pieces of information, in such lucid form, will be very helpful to all our readers.
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Tuesday, 27 September 2011
10 Benefits of Laughter
Laughter dissolves tension, stress, anxiety, irritation, anger, grief, and depression. Like crying, laughter lowers inhibitions, allowing the release of pent-up emotions. After a hearty bout of laughter, you will experience a sense of well-being. Simply put, he who laughs, lasts. After all, if you can laugh at it, you can live with it. Remember, a person without a sense of humor is like a car without shock absorbers.
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Thursday, 24 February 2011
An In-Depth Look at ROI
In this economy, as IT budgets remain flat or get reduced, doing more with the infrastructure you have has never been more important. But is investing more money in the same old networking infrastructure wise? In this whitepaper, Riverbed discusses its compelling and powerful return on investment in hard dollars, and a way to leap past the obstacles preventing you from reaching your IT objectives.
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