Bruce Bentley

"When a sector is no longer fancied, that gives an opportunity. Among the larger companies, does seem to have value as it has the potential of giving double digit returns over the next one year. ICICI Prudential Life also got sold out very substantially right from Rs 620-630 odd to Rs 460 in a straight line. At these prices, even there I see value," says Sandip Sabharwal asksandipsabharwal.com The insurance space has been doing nothing for the longest time. has been one such idea which has been around the Rs 600 mark. Do you finally think it is time for the insurance space to breakout because fundamentally, the space is quite under penetrated? Actually the under penetration story and growth story was always the story in insurance and it is not a new story. It is just that over the last one or two years, people have realized that the kind of value accretion that people thought could happen in the insurance companies is not happening and that has led to moderation in the va...

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is an online course that allows users to participate in courses for free and without boundaries. MOOC were first introduced in 2008, by George Siemens and Stephen Downs. It is known as Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2008 (CCK08) and was created as a credit course at the University of Manitoba. CCK08 has approximately 25 fee-paying students and approximately 2,200 other students taking the course for free. In 2012, MOOCs gained popularity when Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig of Stanford University offered an online course called Introduction to Artificial Intelligence. This course has approximately 1,600,000 students participating from 190 countries. After the success of Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Thrun and Nrovig (2012) started Udacity, a business model for online knowledge sharing. Until now there are several platforms that offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), among them are Coursera, iversity, edX, Future Learn, Can...

Research indicates that too much technology usage results in negative effects on eyesight. Pediatric eye health is important in all aspects of a child's life and development. Vision is not simply a matter of clarity; it is a functional system that ideally is flexible and efficient. It is a primary sensory input that influences a child's learning, development, demeanor, and stamina, and is biologically unsuited to the excessive near vision demands of the digital culture in which children find themselves. Today's families must manage an onslaught of digital media in children's lives, including television content, cellular phones, tablets, and computers. Digital media devices can expand communication tools, provide easy and immediate access to information, and accommodate children's strengths and challenges. But the benefits of technology are accompanied by risks. The current exposure to digital media has a profound effect on children. We have never had a generat...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images UK cryptocurrency firms and investors have high hopes that new prime minister Rishi Sunak could turn around Britain's fading crypto aspirations. The new UK leader, who was finance minister in former PM Boris Johnson's government, faces a daunting to-do list, which includes undoing the economic havoc wreaked by his predecessor Liz Truss. Crypto isn't exactly high up on his priority list, but industry insiders say there's reason to be optimistic. "The feeling among entrepreneurs is one of relief," said Christian Faes, co-founder of digital lending startup LendInvest. "There's a feeling that we finally have someone sensitive in Number 10, after the arrogance and incompetence of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng almost crashed the UK economy." "Rishi sees the opportunity and potential that crypto has, and wants the UK to be a leader in it," Faes, who also chairs t...