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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee pared its initial gains and settled for the day 1 paisa higher at 86.40 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (July 24, 2025), as risk aversion in global markets and an overnight recovery in crude oil prices dented investors’ sentiments. Forex traders…
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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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A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning | All about proteins What fibrous protein is the main structural material in many animals? START THE QUIZ 1 / 10 |…
When gold is heated really quickly, it seems it remains solid at temperatures far beyond the point where it should have become liquid, a new study in Nature has found. The term for when a solid stays a solid at or beyond its melting point is superheating. Most materials can be superheated only in a…
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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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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…
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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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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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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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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