Month: July 2025

Sensex tanks 542 points dragged down by blue-chip stocks, foreign fund outflows

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A broker reacts while watching the downfall of stocks at Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Equity markets fell on Thursday (July 24, 2025) with the benchmark Sensex tumbling 542.47 points, amid profit-taking in blue-chip stocks and continuous foreign fund outflows. Despite a positive start, the 30-share BSE Sensex failed to…

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Bacterial cell walls could hold clues to better human health, say CCMB scientists

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Bacteria are enclosed by protective cell walls, made from a unique substance called peptidoglycan. This material is absent in other life forms, including humans, which is why many antibiotics target it. A team of scientists led by Manjula Reddy at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, has found that bacteria sometimes make mistakes…

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Markets trade lower in early deals on profit-taking in blue-chip stocks, foreign fund outflows

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A view of the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: AP Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty declined in early trade on Thursday (July 24, 2025) amid profit-taking in blue-chip stocks and continuous foreign fund outflows. Despite a positive start, the 30-share BSE Sensex failed to carry forward the momentum and fell later…

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Rupee rises 17 paise to 86.24 against U.S. dollar in early trade

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Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee appreciated 17 paise to 86.24 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Thursday (July 24, 2025), tracking the weakness of the American currency in the overseas market. Forex traders said uncertainty over the India-U.S. trade deal has been a huge overhang for…

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Trump’s AI plan prioritises deregulation to boost U.S. dominance

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U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled an aggressive, low-regulation strategy on Wednesday to boost big tech’s race to stay ahead of China on artificial intelligence and cement U.S. dominance in the fast-expanding field. Mr. Trump’s 25-page “America’s AI Action Plan” outlines three aims: accelerating innovation, building infrastructure, and leading internationally on AI. The administration frames AI…

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India’s mobile phone exports rise 127 times to ₹2 lakh crore in 10 years

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File picture of employees at the assembly line at a mobile phone battery manufacturing plant in Noida | Photo Credit: Reuters Export of mobile phones from India increased by 127 times to reach ₹2 lakh crore in the last 10 financial years, Parliament was informed on Wednesday (July 23, 2025). According to data shared by…

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Consilient evidence links lack of vitamin D to neurodevelopmental issues

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From bones to immune cells, vitamin D is everywhere, guiding growth and shaping defence. But could it also have an effect on the mind? A major new study suggests so. Published in The Lancet Psychiatry, the study drew from the extraordinary depth of Danish health data to establish whether neonatal vitamin D levels might contribute…

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Smart Irrigation Plan can save 10-30% of irrigation water in drought-prone regions: IIT Bombay research

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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: E. Lakshmi Narayanan   The researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (IITM Pune) have developed a Smart Irrigation Plan to save 10-30% of irrigation water in drought-prone regions, combining weather forecasts, satellite soil moisture data,…

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