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Romania Says Found New Fragments Of Russian Drone On Its Territory

September 9, 2023 admin

The military has secured the area and the fragments will be analyzed, said defence ministry. (File) Buscharest, Romania: New fragments of a drone similar to those used by the Russian military were found on Romanian soil, the defence ministry said on Saturday, and President Klaus Iohannis said this indicated an unacceptable breach of Romania’s air…

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In ‘Delhi Declaration’, Commitments On Coal, Fossil Fuel Subsidies

September 9, 2023 admin

The declaration also spoke of providing targeted support for the “poorest and the most vulnerable”. New Delhi: The G20 countries on Saturday committed to expediting efforts to phase down unabated coal power in line with national circumstances and upholding their 2009 promise made in Pittsburgh to eliminate and rationalise inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. According to…

Nation

What are the predicted effects of rising sea level on coastal habitats?

September 9, 2023 admin

A recent study (Nature) has reported how ancient coastal habitats adapted as the last glacial period ended more than 10,000 years ago and projected how they are likely to change with this century’s predicted sea level rise. By examining the ocean sediments of ancient shorelines from a time when oceans rose rapidly, mainly because of…

Science

India vs Pakistan Asia Cup Super 4 Match: Who Has The Edge?

September 9, 2023 admin

The most-awaited moment is almost here as the Asia Cup 2023 Super Four match between India and Pakistan will be played on Sunday in Colombo. All the fans were left heartbroken after the group stage match between the arch-rivals got washed out due to heavy rainfall in Kandy. Since then, the Rohit Sharma-led side has…

Sports

Buchi Babu Final: MP still has the upper hand despite a batting collapse

September 9, 2023 admin

Bending his back: Delhi medium-pacer Siddhant rattled the MP middle-order with the second new ball. | Photo Credit: M. PERIASAMY Despite a batting collapse, Madhya Pradesh was at an advantage against Delhi at the end of day two in the Take Sports All India Buchi Babu tournament final at the Sri Ramakrishna College ground here…

Sports

Scientists grow a model of human embryo in the lab

September 9, 2023 admin

Due to ethical reasons and technical challenges, studying human post-implantation development has been limited. The closest that scientists have come to understand intrauterine development after implantation is by using mouse naïve embryonic stem cells (ESCs) that gave rise to embryonic and extra-embryonic stem cells capable of self-assembling into mouse structured stem cell-based embryo models at the…

Science

REC Signs MoU With PFC For FYs 2023-24 And 2024-25

September 9, 2023 admin

New Delhi: REC Limited signed an MoU with PFC as per the DPE Performance Evaluation System for FYs 2023-24 and 2024-25 for CPSEs on Friday. REC CMD Vivek Kumar Dewangan signed the MoU for FYs 2023-24 and 2024-25 with PFC CMD Parminder Chopra in the presence of directors and other senior officials from both REC…

Business

India reports far fewer people with orphan diseases

September 9, 2023 admin

The low incidence rate of leprosy (0.45 per 10,000 population) in India makes it a rare disease. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Much of our conversation about health leads to the talk of a few common ailments that afflict several of our acquaintances — diabetes probably tops this list. Yet, for each of the few ailments that…

Science

What helped Vikram lander to soft-land on the moon

September 9, 2023 admin

On July 22, 2019, India successfully launched Chandrayaan-2, the second mission to the moon. Twenty-two days later (August 14), after a series of orbit raising manoeuvres, the spacecraft finally escaped the earth’s gravity and followed a path towards the moon. Six days later, Chandrayaan-2 was successfully inserted into lunar orbit. Finally, on September 2, the…

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