Month: February 2024

Ram Nath Kovind-Led Panel On Simultaneous Polls Holds Another Review Meet

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Ram Nath Kovind-Led Panel On Simultaneous Polls Holds Another Review Meet

The committee at its meeting on Saturday “reviewed its various activities”, the statement said. New Delhi: The high-level committee on ‘one nation, one election’ headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday reviewed the progress made by it since it was set up in September last, an official statement said. The committee at its…

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Nation

DBS Bank sees CAD sliding below 1% of GDP, cites strong services exports, benign commodity prices

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DBS Bank sees CAD sliding below 1% of GDP, cites strong services exports, benign commodity prices

While the Finance Ministry this week said it expects the current account deficit (CAD) to narrow to 1.3% of GDP this fiscal after the provisional merchandise trade deficit eased to a nine-month low of $17.5 billion in January, DBS Bank economists went a step further and projected the year’s CAD to come under 0.8%, citing…

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Business

Yashasvi Jaiswal Joins Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid In Elite Club With Another Impactful Innings vs England

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Yashasvi Jaiswal Joins Sunil Gavaskar, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid In Elite Club With Another Impactful Innings vs England

India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal continues his red-hot form in Test cricket and with a six during the first innings of the fourth Test against England, the young opener has gone past many legends, including Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid etc in terms of sixes hit in Test cricket. In the first innings,…

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Sports

Putin Critic Alexei Navalny’s Body Handed To Mother Week After Death, Says Team

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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny’s Body Handed To Mother Week After Death, Says Team

Alexei Navalny was a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin (File) Moscow: The body of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed to his mother, more than a week after he died in an Arctic prison colony, his spokesperson said on Saturday. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic, died on February 16 in…

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World

Film Producer Scripts Rs 2,000-Crore Drug Story, Smuggles Meth Chemical

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Film Producer Scripts Rs 2,000-Crore Drug Story, Smuggles Meth Chemical

Three members of the gang have been arrested. New Delhi: Being a part of the lucrative movie business was not enough for a Tamil film producer, who chose to mastermind a drug racket that earned his gang nearly Rs 2,000 crore in just three years.  Officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau said Information was received…

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Nation

76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support

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76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support

The percentage of TB patients in nine States who received at least one instalment of Rs.500 increased from 57% in 2018 to 76% in 2022 | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto If in 2022 only 1.6 million (66%) of the 2.4 million notified TB cases received at least one month’s payment of ₹500 under the Ni-kshay…

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Science

Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome found in ancient individuals

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Down syndrome, Edwards syndrome found in ancient individuals

Researchers have reported chromosomal disorders discovered from prehistoric skeletal remains, dating up to approximately 5,500 years old — including six cases of Down syndrome and one case of Edwards syndrome. According to the authors of a paper published in the journal Nature Communications, the findings may represent the first time Edwards syndrome has been identified from historic…

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“Briefly Crossed My Mind”: Joe Root Wanted To Repeat “Stupidest Shot In English Test History”. Here’s Why He Didn’t

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“Briefly Crossed My Mind”: Joe Root Wanted To Repeat “Stupidest Shot In English Test History”. Here’s Why He Didn’t

Star with the bat in the fourth Test Joe Root believes that England has got themselves into a strong position after the end of Day 2 in Ranchi on Saturday. Root stayed unbeaten throughout England’s first innings with a score of 122. After Root’s classic Test knock, Shoaib Bashir introduced himself by steamrolling…

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Sports

Kerala takes a pioneering step to curb antimicrobial resistance

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Kerala takes a pioneering step to curb antimicrobial resistance

In 2011, the Indian government introduced the H1 rule to prohibit the over-the-counter (OTC) sales of antibiotics without a prescription, responding to the growing concern over antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, due to the healthcare system’s heterogeneity across the country, the implementation of this rule faced significant challenges. In 2013, following the Chennai Declaration document and…

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Science

Did neanderthals use glue to create stone tools?

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Did neanderthals use glue to create stone tools?

Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists has discovered. The astonishingly well-preserved tools, more than 40,000 years old, showcase a technical solution broadly similar to examples of tools made by early modern humans in Africa. Its findings, which are the earliest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe,…

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