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Jan 6, 2025 | 
tribuneindia.com | Rakesh Kochhar
Home / Comment / The hidden health fallouts of a warming worldClimate change has is the single largest global health challenge in the 21st century.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
tribuneindia.com | Rakesh Kochhar
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a digital computer or a robot to perform tasks commonly associated with human beings, such as the ability to reason, generalise or learn from past experience. By processing vast amounts of data, AI algorithms can identify patterns and predict medical outcomes with unprecedented accuracy and speed. It has the potential to improve the practice of physicians and enhance patient outcomes for the world’s overburdened healthcare systems.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
tribuneindia.com | Rakesh Kochhar
THERE have been several disturbing reports about the quality of some commonly used drugs. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), in its monthly report for August, declared more than 50 drugs as 'not of standard quality' (NSQ). They include the commonly used paracetamol, vitamins and calcium supplements, available over the counter.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
tribuneindia.com | Rakesh Kochhar
THE rape and murder of a resident doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month has triggered widespread outrage and shaken the conscience of people. The post-mortem report indicates a Nirbhaya-like brutal assault. Shocking as it is, the incident occurred on the premises of the medical facility while she was on duty. To make it worse, the hospital authorities tried to cover it up. This was not an isolated case.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Rakesh Kochhar |Mohamad Moslimani
Household wealth or net worth is the value of assets owned by every member of the household minus their debt. The terms are used interchangeably in this report. Assets include owned homes, vehicles, financial accounts, retirement accounts, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, and more. Debt refers to home mortgage loans, education loans, credit card balances, and any other loan or credit extended to the household. Net worth is negative when debt levels are greater than asset values.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Rakesh Kochhar |Mohamad Moslimani
Household wealth or net worth is the value of assets owned by every member of the household minus their debt. The terms are used interchangeably in this report. Assets include owned homes, vehicles, financial accounts, retirement accounts, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, and more. Debt refers to home mortgage loans, education loans, credit card balances, and any other loan or credit extended to the household. Net worth is negative when debt levels are greater than asset values.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Rakesh Kochhar |Mohamad Moslimani
Household wealth or net worth is the value of assets owned by every member of the household minus their debt. The terms are used interchangeably in this report. Assets include owned homes, vehicles, financial accounts, retirement accounts, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, and more. Debt refers to home mortgage loans, education loans, credit card balances, and any other loan or credit extended to the household. Net worth is negative when debt levels are greater than asset values.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Rakesh Kochhar |Mohamad Moslimani
Overall, 1 in 4 Black households and 1 in 7 Hispanic households in the U.S. either had no wealth or were in debt in 2021Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how the economic downturn in the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wealth of U.S. households during the pandemic. We also emphasize how the financial impact varied across poorer and richer households and within and across racial and ethnic groups.
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Rakesh Kochhar |Janakee Chavda
One reason artificial intelligence will penetrate more deeply into some sectors of the U.S. economy than others is that the mix of jobs varies across industries. We found in our analysis that about half of workers (52%) in the professional, scientific and technical services sector face a high degree of exposure to AI, more than double the rate for workers overall. Exposure is also much greater than average for workers in finance, insurance and real estate (37%) and public administration (36%).
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Jul 26, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Rakesh Kochhar |Janakee Chavda
Although artificial intelligence may appear to be everywhere all at once, workers overall are more likely to be in jobs that are the least exposed to AI than the most exposed. In 2022, nearly one-in-four U.S. workers (23%) were employed in the least exposed jobs, compared with one-in-five workers (19%) in the most exposed jobs, our analysis found. This difference applies across most groups of workers, arising from differences in the types of jobs they do.
