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Space missions for moon in 2024
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Space missions for moon in 2024

Science & Tech 04/01/24 06:52 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The year 2023 proved to be an important one for space missions, with NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returning a sample from an asteroid and India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission exploring the lunar so Read More...

55% of patients were prescribed antibiotics for preventive indications
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55% of patients were prescribed antibiotics for preventive indications

Science & Tech 04/01/24 06:44 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Over half of the almost 10,000 hospital patients surveyed recently were given antibiotics to prevent infection, rather than to treat it, amidst growing concerns about the rise in resistance to antibi Read More...

Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine
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Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine

Science & Tech 04/01/24 06:09 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, requesting that a team of INDIA group leaders be provided an opportunity to meet him and his colleagues to put forward Read More...

Cyber kidnapping
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Cyber kidnapping

Science & Tech 04/01/24 06:03 AM IST
by Mahesh

'A Chinese student who was a victim of ‘cyber kidnapping’ has been found in rural Utah, unharmed.' The 17-year-old, Kai Zhuang, was reported missing on December 28. By the time the poli Read More...

Parliament breach accused underwent psychoanalysis
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Parliament breach accused underwent psychoanalysis

Science & Tech 03/01/24 07:24 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Recently, Delhi Police said the six individuals accused in the Parliament breach incident underwent psychoanalysis at a government institute in the city in order to ascertain their motives.' The Read More...

Super-energetic particle
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Super-energetic particle

Science & Tech 03/01/24 07:15 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Dr. Fujii, an astronomer at Japan’s Osaka Metropolitan University, discovered the cosmic ray when analysing data collected between May 2008 and November 2021.' Cosmic rays are streams of en Read More...

Baloch march: from Turbat to Islamabad
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Baloch march: from Turbat to Islamabad

Science & Tech 03/01/24 07:05 AM IST
by Mahesh

'In December 2023, hundreds of Baloch people marched to Islamabad protesting enforced disappearances and killings in Balochistan.' Despite the Islamabad High Court’s permission to stay and pr Read More...

Arun Yogiraj, one of the three sculptors who made Ram Lalla’s idol for Ayodhya temple
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Arun Yogiraj, one of the three sculptors who made Ram Lalla’s idol for Ayodhya temple

Science & Tech 03/01/24 06:46 AM IST
by Mahesh

'With the Ram temple in Ayodhya set to be inagurated, Karnataka BJP leaders since January 1 have been congratulating Arun Yogiraj, one of the three sculptors who have made idols of Ram Lalla (Lord Ram Read More...

Bangladesh court has sentenced Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus to jail
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Bangladesh court has sentenced Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus to jail

Science & Tech 03/01/24 06:22 AM IST
by Mahesh

'Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus on was sentenced to six months in jail by a court in Bangladesh for violating the country’s labour laws.' The 83-year-old, credited with pioneering the syst Read More...

India’s 1991 crisis and the RBI Governor’s role
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India’s 1991 crisis and the RBI Governor’s role

Science & Tech 02/01/24 07:04 AM IST
by Mahesh

'The Balance of Payment (BoP) crisis in 1991 was a major turning point in the history of India's economy.' It was triggered by a combination of factors such as a high fiscal deficit, growing curren Read More...