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In the first half of 2025, India added around 3.5 GW to the wind sector – an 82% year-on-year growth – taking the total installed capacity to 51.3 GW. Even so, India’s wind power remains largely untapped. According to the National Institute of Wind Energy, India’s gross wind power potential is 1163.9 GW at 150…
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A supervisor inspects pre-filled syringes of a biosimilar of Adalimumab at a Zydus Group facility in Changodar, Gujarat, 2014. The biosimilar is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. | Photo Credit: AFP Most of the drugs that we consume are called ‘small molecule drugs’. Their chemical structure is reasonably simple. Disprin, for instance, has a molecular…
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The story so far: On July 30, U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on imports from India “plus a penalty”. While this puts to rest months of speculation over what the tariffs would be on Indian imports into the U.S., it opens up fresh uncertainties with respect to a potential bilateral trade agreement between…
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Representational image of a n Indian Oil fuel station in Sonipat. | Photo Credit: Reuters India will keep purchasing oil from Russia despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of penalties, two Government sources told The New York Times, not wishing to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. “These are long-term oil contracts,”…
Search for power The concept of underwater transport is deeply embedded in human history. It wasn’t until the 17th Century, however, that the first practical submarine was built. And it was only during World War I that submarines became a huge factor in naval warfare. Even in the decades after World War I, the submarines…
Representational image of the Enforcement Directorate logo | Photo Credit: PTI The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Partha Sarathi Biswal, managing director of Biswal Tradelink Private Limited (BTPL), in connection with an alleged fake bank guarantee case. The arrest was made following searches in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. The probe is based on a first information…
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A view of the Kothari Industrial Corporation Limited, Ennore in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Chennai-based Kothari Industrial Corporation Ltd. (KICL), the flagship company of the D.C. Kothari group, has acquired Zodiz, Jeetlo and other associated sub-brands in the footwear field. The acquisition of Zodiz, Jeetlo and associated sub-brands will come into…
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ISRO Chairman V Narayanan in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: PTI The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is aiming for a 2027 launch for its first LVM3 launch vehicle equipped with a semi-cryogenic propulsion stage. “Right now we are on track. The power head tests (on the engine) are progressing with great success. Five…
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This image made from video provided by NASA and SpaceX shows from right in blue, Japan’s Kimiya Yui, NASA’s Zena Cardman, NASA’s Mike Fincke and Russia’s Oleg Platonov, with colleagues up there since March at the International Space Station during a welcome ceremony, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP SpaceX delivered a fresh…
A colourised scanning electron micrograph of a T cell. | Photo Credit: NIAID A team of Harvard scientists has used artificial intelligence (AI), in the form of AI-designed proteins, to generate large numbers of immune cells and enhance immunity against diseases ranging from cancer to viral infections, a new research paper published in Cell said….
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