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Researchers have discovered chromosomal disorders in prehistoric skeletal remains dating up to 5,500 years old, including six cases of Down syndrome and one case of Edwards syndrome.
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Researchers have discovered chromosomal disorders in prehistoric skeletal remains dating up to 5,500 years old, including six cases of Down syndrome and one case of Edwards syndrome.
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Recently, the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) has notified the “Equal Opportunities Policy for Transgender Persons” to ensure fair treatment of transgender individuals.
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The world's most powerful MRI scanner has produced its initial images of human brains, achieving an unprecedented level of precision expected to illuminate more about our enigmatic minds and the ailments that afflict them.
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Kolkata East Wetlands in West Bengal, designated as a Ramsar site, feature a vast network of natural and constructed wetlands.
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Scientists have used a human gene editing tool, CRISPR-Cas9, to restore vision in people with a rare form of inherited or congenital blindness.
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Researchers have discovered that choline, an essential nutrient vital for brain health, is actively transported from the bloodstream into the brain by a protein.
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The 5th Joint Group of Customs (JGC) meeting between India and Bhutan was held on 6th-7th May, 2024 in Leh, Ladakh.
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Surinder S. Jodhka, professor, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, has been chosen for the Malcolm Adiseshiah Award 2024.
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The Centre recently warned about drip pricing can surprise consumers with “hidden charges” and advised them to seek assistance if they encounter such surges in charges on a product's MRP (maximum retail price).
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West Nile fever cases have been reported from Thrissur, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts of Kerala. Reports suggest ten individuals have contracted the virus, with two suspected fatalities.
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When India and Australia are in the middle of negotiations for a broad basing mini trade deal into a more comprehensive pact, an Australian parliamentary committee, in its report submitted to its lawmakers, has raised concerns over child labour in India.
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The temperature across India is increasing, with many places reporting unusually high temperatures. It may not be possible to link each heat event to climate change, but we know climate change is bringing such anomalies to more areas with greater intensity.
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The Union Cabinet has approved an additional allocation of Rs 2500 Cr for continuation of the Interest Equalisation Scheme till 30th June 2024.
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The Border Security Force (BSF) has thwarted a cross-border wildlife smuggling attempt and rescued 296 Indian star tortoises which were being smuggled to Bangladesh.
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Insurance companies in India have faced losses from recent floods, like the Sikkim floods in October and the Chennai floods in December. The insurance industry has, over the years, developed instruments to deal with such disasters: Catastrophe bonds or 'cat bonds'.
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NMCG launched the Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA) at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCC) COP28 in Dubai.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor said that permanent deletion of transactions can make the e-rupee or Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) anonymous and bring it at par with paper currency.
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At the recently concluded 19th Interpol Conference of Heads of National Central Bureaux at Lyon in France, the Indian delegation said that online radicalization continues to pose a significant challenge to global security.
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, carrying two NASA astronauts, will be launched by an Atlas V rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the International Space Station (ISS).
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India's drug regulatory body is in the process of updating the approval procedures for pharmaceutical exports in response to apprehensions raised by international authorities regarding the quality and safety of medications originating from the country.
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Flying Wedge Defence, a defence and aerospace technology firm unveiled the FWD-200B unmanned aircraft. The firm claimed that it is India’s first indigenous bomber unmanned aircraft.
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The Supreme Court has declined a plea by MSMEs challenging a rule under the Income Tax Act under which businesses are prohibited from extending credit to buyers beyond 45 days.
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The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has found that coral reefs in the Lakshadweep Sea have undergone severe bleaching due to prolonged marine heatwaves since October 2023.
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The nine-member Vijay Raghavan panel was set up by the Government last year to review the functioning of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and is learned to have submitted its report this month.
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A new study has raised concerns about the rising acidity levels of the continental shelves in Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPA) under high levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
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According to the recent findings by the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), higher concentrations of PFAS were found in biogas digestate from sewage sludge compared to that from food waste.
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The Central government has amended the Surrogacy (Regulation) Rules, 2022 and notified that both gametes (egg or sperm) need not come from a married couple in case they are certified as suffering from a medical condition.
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India remains the only major economy to not yet investigate the potentially abusive licensing practices of technology companies that own SEPs.
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Researchers have created a free-standing sheet of gold that is only one atom thick. This makes gold the first metal to be formulated into (freestanding) 2D sheets opening up a host of exciting possibilities for the future.