Month: February 2024

Why now is the time to address humanity’s impact on the moon

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The Lunar Resources Registry, a private business that locates valuable resources on the moon and helps investors conduct the required exploration and extraction operations, notes: “The space race is evolving into space industrialization.” Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual…

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Rupee falls seven paise to close at 83.03 against U.S. dollar

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On February 8, the Rupee settled on a flat note at 82.96 against the U.S. dollar, after the Reserve Bank of India decided to keep the key policy rate unchanged. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee depreciated by seven paise to 83.03 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on February 9, tracking a strong American…

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Stock markets settle in positive territory on buying in bank shares, Reliance

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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark Sensex rebounded by 167 points in a volatile trade on Friday amid buying in ICICI Bank, State Bank of India and Reliance Industries. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 167.06 points or 0.23% to settle at 71,595.49. During the day, it hit a high of…

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The Science Quiz | The Skylab ‘incident’

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released this reproduction of the emblem for the first Skylab mission. The Skylab is a 100-ton experimental space station including a laboratory for medical, scientific and technological experiments. The emblem, by artist Kelly Freas, shows the Skylab silhouetted against the earth’s globe, which in turn is eclipsing the…

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Earth-wide telescope confirms black hole shadow is ‘real’

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Scientists have unveiled new details of a colossal black hole 53 million lightyears away first photographed by the earth-wide Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) in 2017. The feat provided the first visual evidence that black holes exist, confirming a fundamental prediction of general relativity. In a new paper published on January 18, EHT scientists have reported…

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Rupee falls 5 paise against US dollar in early trade

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The rupee depreciated 5 paise to 83.01 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, February 9, 2024, tracking a strong American currency and elevated crude oil prices in the international market. Forex traders said a negative trend in domestic equities and foreign fund inflows weighed on investor sentiments. At the interbank foreign exchange,…

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Markets trade firm on buying in Reliance, TCS; Sensex climbs 122 points

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An employee of a stock trading firm looking at a share price on his computer, in Mumbai. File photo | Photo Credit: VIVEK BENDRE Equity benchmark indices rebounded in early trade on Friday, February 9, 2024, amid buying in Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy Services and ICICI Bank along with largely firm Asian markets. After a…

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What are the regulations with respect to rice prices? | Explained

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A farmer works on rice saplings at a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, India, on January 31. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: The Indian government recently made it mandatory for all traders, wholesalers, retailers, and millers to declare their respective rice stocks. The government has also announced the launch of…

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With CRISPR poised to revolutionise therapy, a pause to consider ethical issues

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“We will each write a ghost story”, said Lord Byron; and his proposition was acceded to. And so on a cold and rainy supposedly summer night in 1816, four friends inspired by German ghost stories, gathered to write one. Among them, a young Mary Shelley, consumed by the idea of creating a story that would “curdle…

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