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An Indigo flight landing on the runway at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport while an Air India flight is still in the process of taking off. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken swift action by de-rostering an Air Traffic Control officer (ATCO) officer from Mumbai following a potentially disastrous incident involving…
The logo of Lupin is seen on the facade of its pharmaceutical plant in Verna, in Goa. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Drug firm Lupin is recalling over 51,000 bottles of a generic antibiotic medication in the U.S. market due to a “defective container”, according to the American health regulator. The U.S.-based arm of the…
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Image used for representative purpose only. State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is seeking foreign partners to reverse declining output at its flagship Mumbai High fields, offering a share of revenue from incremental production plus a fixed fee but not any equity stake. ONGC on June 1 floated an international tender seeking global technical…
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Portrait of Robert Brown. | Photo Credit: WELLCOME LIBRARY, LONDON / Wikimedia Commons Even a little over 200 years ago, the world was very unlike what we are used to everyday now. Instant communication was inconceivable. Getting from one place to another was often a slow, laborious process. And vast spaces were still uncharted. Australia…
Teleophthalmology is helping eye care reach large, under-served populations The eastern train corridor is a lifeline that connects Northeast India, West Bengal and Orissa with the Southern States. Train travel along this route offers many scenic wonders, with the train track passing right on the edge of the 900 sq. km Chilka lake. Another interesting…
A survey-based study by ICMR was held between July and September 2022 involving 600 adult participants A small survey-based study held between July and September 2022 involving 600 adult participants from two blocks in Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh has found that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among the participants was around 12%. This included those participants…
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Visual: In 1829-1830, Russian mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky worked out hyperbolic geometry. Name the Hungarian mathematician (above) who achieved the same feat in 1932. 1. Geometry is the study of some properties of space. Hyperbolic geometric is a form of this geometry created when the parallel postulate of _________ geometry is replaced. Fill in the blank…
Swimming through turbulent water is easier for schooling fish compared to solitary swimmers. The turbulent sheltering hypothesis, which suggests that traveling in schools allows fish to shield each other from disruptive water currents, thus making it easier to swim through rough waters. The researchers tested their hypothesis using giant danios (Devario aeqipinnatus), and observed these…
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File pic of the successful LEX-02 mission in March 2024. Taking its Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) programme one more step closer to reality, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to carry out the third and final RLV landing experiment (RLV LEX). Speaking to The Hindu about the upcoming test mission, S. Unnikrishnan…
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Representational photo | Photo Credit: Reuters The CBIC on June June 7 listed out parts or components, such as touch panel, cover glass, and LED backlight, which constitute the display assembly of a mobile phone and will attract a 10% import duty. It also said components, including the frame, SIM tray, and side keys like…
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