M. Prasanna Kumar

On a day when students were negotiating a milestone that would shape their academic future, the overzealousness of four teachers brought to fore the rot in the education system.

M Prasanna Kumar has taken over as Managing Director of Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Ltd (GSECL), a generation arm of state-owned Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL). Prior to joining GSCEL, he was heading vertical of NTPC (corporate fuel management) as executive director. He is gold medallist in Mechanical Engineering from Nagarjuna University and also an MBA in operations management, marketing management, financial management and human resources management.

The annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Management (IIM-I) concluded here on Sunday.

Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, presents ‘Journey of the Self’, an exhibition of artwork created by its research grant awardees between 2013 and 2016.

VISAKHAPATNAM:The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will soon upgrade all its re-tail petrol outlets bringing them under the ‘Pure for Sure’ concept, according to J S Sokhi, General Manager (Retail) for South India.

Advanced composite materials are finding more applications in aerospace engineering because of their inherent properties.

Nitya was all of seven when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.Two years down, she's well aware of her condition and makes no demand for chocolates.

A cobra slithered into National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) assistant general manager M Prasanna Kumar's house at NTPC Township in the city recently, sending the entire household in a tizzy for nearly five hours.

BANGALORE: This is the second case of its kind in medical history, according to doctors at the M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital. Precocious puberty occurs to one in a million children. The onset of menstruation in a three-year-old girl or a five-old-boy developing moustache and beard are symptoms that can be arrested with medicines.

BANGALORE: One in 20,000 children suffers from Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency. In ordinary parlance, dwarfism. A condition which entails gigantic difficulties, especially in India.

BANGALORE: World Diabetes Day falls on the same day as Children's Day __ on November 14. And there's something strange about it: Type II diabetes, which usually occurs in adults because of obesity and hypertension, is on the rise among children.

BANGALORE: World Diabetes Day falls on the same day as Children's Day __ on November 14. And there's something strange about it: Type II diabetes, which usually occurs in adults because of obesity and hypertension, is on the rise among children.

Medical practitioners have warned people to watch their diet and be careful while venturing out in the open as the ‘agni nakshatram’ period, or the time of peak summer heat, began in the state on Monday night.

Diabetes is one of the most common lifestyle disorders and it clearly comes with its set of fears.

This riveting session focused on discussing the new frontiers of diabetes management and the advancement in glucose monitoring .

Don’t panic. There are ways tackle it. On World Diabetes Day, here’s a low-down on how to deal with this lifestyle disease effectively.

The Narendra Modi-led government had signalled that the country would reduce its dependence on the fossil fuel. But growing energy needs complicate the equation