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Fewer birds migrating Chandigarh
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Fewer birds migrating Chandigarh

Science & Tech 04/04/21 17:00 PM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

The migratory waterfowl bird count has drastically decreased in the Inter State Chandigarh Region (ISCR) over the years, raising concerns about habitat destruction, food availability for migratory wat Read More...

Digital currency in China
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Digital currency in China

Science & Tech 04/04/21 12:00 PM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"China in February launched the latest round of pilot trials of its new digital currency, with reported plans of a major roll-out by the end of the year and ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing in Read More...

Effect of Asian desert dust on Indian summer monsoon
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Effect of Asian desert dust on Indian summer monsoon

Science & Tech 04/04/21 11:00 AM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"A new study details how dust coming from the deserts in the West, Central and East Asia plays an important role in the Indian Summer Monsoon" The researchers explain how the Indian Summer Monsoon Read More...

Touch-sensitive watch for the visually impaired
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Touch-sensitive watch for the visually impaired

Science & Tech 04/04/21 09:30 AM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"Two researchers from IIT Kanpur have developed a touchsensitive, tactile, haptic watch that can help visually impaired people learn what time it is by touching the face" The watch makes up for two Read More...

Trends in diphtheria incidence
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Trends in diphtheria incidence

Science & Tech 04/04/21 09:00 AM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"Researchers from India, the U.K. and Russia have analysed a large collection of 502 genomes sourced from over 16 countries and collected from over a period of 122 years of the bacterium that causes d Read More...

National migrant policy: A good first draft
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National migrant policy: A good first draft

Science & Tech 03/04/21 17:00 PM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

Spurred by the exodus of 10 million migrants (as per government estimates) from big cities during the Covid-19 lockdown, NITI Aayog, along with a working subgroup of officials and members of civil s Read More...

First farm-based solar power plant in Rajasthan
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First farm-based solar power plant in Rajasthan

Science & Tech 03/04/21 11:00 AM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"The first farm-based solar power plant under the Prime Minister’s Kisan Urja Suraksha Evum Utthan Mahabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme has come up in Jaipur district’s Kotputli tehsil with a provisi Read More...

First Image of a Black Hole’s Magnetic Field
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First Image of a Black Hole’s Magnetic Field

Science & Tech 03/04/21 09:25 AM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"Astronomers Have Captured the Most Detailed Photo of a Black Hole Ever—See the Magnetic Fields That Power It" Two years ago, astronomers managed to photograph a black hole for the very Read More...

New deadlines for thermal power plants to meet emission standards
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New deadlines for thermal power plants to meet emission standards

Science & Tech 03/04/21 09:00 AM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

"The Environment Ministry has amended rules allowing thermal power plants within 10 kilometres of the National Capital Region (NCR) and in cities with more than 10 lakh population to comply with Read More...

Underwater Neutrino Telescope
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Underwater Neutrino Telescope

Science & Tech 02/04/21 17:00 PM IST
by Pradeep Kumar

      Recently, Russian scientists launched one of the world’s biggest underwater neutrino telescopes called the Baikal-GVD (Gigaton Volume Detector) in the waters of Lake Baikail Read More...