Israeli defense firm announces Indian deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars

Israeli defense firm announces Indian deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars Announcement comes at the end of India's Defexpo 201...

Haifa pollution report ready – just not for the public

Haifa pollution report ready – just not for the public Environmental Ministry official: Government has maintained complete transparency. ...

Global agenda: All Fools’ Day

Global agenda: All Fools’ Day All Fools’ Day O judgement, thou art fled to brutish beasts And men have lost their reason – Julius Caesar, ...

Israeli company Playbuzz raises $15 million in new financing from Disney, Saban

Israeli company Playbuzz raises $15 million in new financing from Disney, Saban Read on the original site

Israeli and Chinese universities to establish entrepreneurship center

Israeli and Chinese universities to establish entrepreneurship center The new joint center will promote academic cooperation in research a...

A green meet-up for Tel Aviv’s eco-minded olim

A green meet-up for Tel Aviv’s eco-minded olim Three speakers shared personal stories behind their ventures, and offered behind-the-scenes...

Litzman vows to continue crusade against junk food

Litzman vows to continue crusade against junk food Minister launches national plan to fight diabetes Read on the original site

Israelis unconcerned that China free trade deal will affect jobs

Israelis unconcerned that China free trade deal will affect jobs Israel's main industrial markets are abroad, so lowering tariffs on C...

Rx for Readers: A tractor in bed

Rx for Readers: A tractor in bed As people get older, the amount of fat in the neck increases, causing snoring and apnea to be more common...

Israeli scientists improve Wikipedia gene entry

Israeli scientists improve Wikipedia gene entry Israel Hanukoglu of Ariel University and his brother, TAU Prof. Aharon Hanukoglu, wrote fo...

Tel Aviv University study reveals how diet helped shape human evolution

Tel Aviv University study reveals how diet helped shape human evolution Neanderthals were quite similar to Homo sapiens with whom they som...

TECH TALK: Don’t make it so easy for cyber criminals

TECH TALK: Don’t make it so easy for cyber criminals Modern medical clinics are complex organizations. Read on the original site

Natural gas execs meet with Steinitz to get gas deal back on track

Natural gas execs meet with Steinitz to get gas deal back on track Energy, Infrastructure and Water Resources Minister and Noble Energy In...

Knesset passes limits on finance executives' pay

Knesset passes limits on finance executives' pay The law limits tax breaks on executive salaries at NIS 2.5 million a year, or 44 time...

3 Israeli companies to help establish Brazilian smart city

3 Israeli companies to help establish Brazilian smart city The startups won a challenge to develop high-tech solutions for the future city...

Green Israel: Shoppers now have to pay for plastic bags

Green Israel: Shoppers now have to pay for plastic bags Law passes almost two years after initiative law Read on the original site

Leviathan partner says they’re concerned, resolute following High Court ruling

Leviathan partner says they’re concerned, resolute following High Court ruling The High Court’s ruling on Sunday supported most of the gas...

Epilepsy Awareness Week: Half of child sufferers recover, but stigma remains

Epilepsy Awareness Week: Half of child sufferers recover, but stigma remains Half of children diagnosed with the neurological disease will...

'Israel's psychiatric facilities unprepared to cope with PTSD victims during wars'

'Israel's psychiatric facilities unprepared to cope with PTSD victims during wars' Yesh Atid MK urges Health Ministry to hurry...

Bill to charge 10 agorot for plastic bags passes first hurdle in Knesset

Bill to charge 10 agorot for plastic bags passes first hurdle in Knesset Move brings the bill closer to becoming a law, almost two years a...

Antritust Authority may block Golan-Cellcom deal

Antritust Authority may block Golan-Cellcom deal "A decision against approving the deal would signal to foreign investors that Israel...

Experienced immigrant doctors from certain countries to be exempt from licensing requirements

Experienced immigrant doctors from certain countries to be exempt from licensing requirements Bill would recognize the US, France, Sweden,...

UN turns to Israel for advice on inclusion of disabled

UN turns to Israel for advice on inclusion of disabled Beit Issie Shapiro, a leading Israeli facility in Ra’anana, was awarded "speci...

Given Imaging’s ‘Pillcam’ available at Rambam for colorectal cancer screening

Given Imaging’s ‘Pillcam’ available at Rambam for colorectal cancer screening Pillcam was invented by Given Imaging in Yokne’am. In March ...

Greens worried construction legislation will deal heavy blow to public beaches

Greens worried construction legislation will deal heavy blow to public beaches Groups said legislation would allow for “uncontrolled const...

Bedouin woman turns camel milk into thriving beauty business

Bedouin woman turns camel milk into thriving beauty business An Israeli Beduin woman runs a successful business making beauty products fro...

Real-time imaging

Real-time imaging The new system would allow ultrasound scans to be performed in disaster areas and after road accidents in developing cou...

Wave of the future – cutting and pasting genes

Wave of the future – cutting and pasting genes Israeli scientists are being introduced to a new technique to cure some genetic diseases by...

‘Soldiers with emotional problems number in the thousands’

‘Soldiers with emotional problems number in the thousands’ Soldiers’ mental health files are not accessible to doctors and medics except w...

Ministers approve food import reforms while saying more is needed

Ministers approve food import reforms while saying more is needed Israeli fish breeders with get a one-time compensation of NIS 23 million...

Energy minister to approve natural gas pipeline plan in cabinet

Energy minister to approve natural gas pipeline plan in cabinet Statements from the ministry last week indicated that the European Union e...

Israeli company hopes to replace batteries with dye solar cells

Israeli company hopes to replace batteries with dye solar cells Read on the original site

Israel and WHO fighting TB cases

Israel and WHO fighting TB cases The events are meant to raise awareness of the infectious disease that in 2014 killed 1.5 million people,...

50 electric buses expected to hit Israel’s roads by 2017

50 electric buses expected to hit Israel’s roads by 2017 Through this initiative, public bus companies will receive subsidies to buy elect...

Beaches get tsunami-safe with series of signs along coast

Beaches get tsunami-safe with series of signs along coast The Mediterranean Sea has a history of tsunamis, with 25 percent of all those ev...

Building starts up, but completions drop in 2015

Building starts up, but completions drop in 2015 The fact that more units are taking off and are in the pipeline should eventually ease th...

Report: Israeli firm helping FBI to open San Bernardino shooter's encrypted iPhone

Report: Israeli firm helping FBI to open San Bernardino shooter's encrypted iPhone Apple is engaged in a legal battle with the US Just...

Class action lawsuit filed against Israel Railways over Dimona train crash

Class action lawsuit filed against Israel Railways over Dimona train crash Lawsuit demands that the train company pay NIS 1,500 per reside...

For China, Israeli tech is a bargain basement deal

For China, Israeli tech is a bargain basement deal "Compared to Silicon Valley, the valuation is usually less,” says Chinese business...

Tech Talk: Beware of ransomware

Tech Talk: Beware of ransomware Ransomware are viruses that are sent to people, mostly through email, that infect people’s computers and r...

85-floor 4th tower approved for Tel Aviv's Azrieli Center

85-floor 4th tower approved for Tel Aviv's Azrieli Center Israel's tallest building will replace the Yediot Ahronot building on th...

Baby delivered in Ness Ziona shopping center clinic by ophthalmologist

Baby delivered in Ness Ziona shopping center clinic by ophthalmologist “This was the first baby I delivered since graduating from medical ...

Snakebite season has already begun

Snakebite season has already begun Vipers are full of venom and the most dangerous in this area. Read on the original site

Fluoride to again be added to drinking water

Fluoride to again be added to drinking water The fluoridation policy, especially beneficial to the dental health of children, is endorsed ...

In a first, Californian rice to be grown sustainably with Israeli tech

In a first, Californian rice to be grown sustainably with Israeli tech This is not the first time Israel and California have paired up to ...

Fire disrupts Pelephone services for millions of customers

Fire disrupts Pelephone services for millions of customers Cellular carrier told customers problem was being addressed, and encouraged its...

Making Israel's forests thrive—even in the desert

Making Israel's forests thrive—even in the desert "To grow a forest in an area with annual rainfall of 270 mm. is magic," he...

Israeli professor whose technology can diagnose cancer by sensing breath earns int'l honors

Israeli professor whose technology can diagnose cancer by sensing breath earns int'l honors “Precisely because I am not a doctor, I wa...

Safety first: Important tips for safe Purim celebrations

Safety first: Important tips for safe Purim celebrations The Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and Hygiene, and Beterem – The Israe...

Public smoking rooms head for extinction

Public smoking rooms head for extinction Thirdhand smoke absorbs in carpets and furniture, does not dissipate, study shows Read on the o...