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In addition to its food value, coconut has health, medicinal, and cosmetic benefits A paper published in 2014 by Uma Ahuja et al., in the journal Asian Agri-History, points out that the coconut palm is considered as a native of Malesia, a bio-geographical region that includes Southeast Asia (notably India), Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, and several Pacific Island groups….
Geologists at MIT and Oxford University have found ancient rocks in Greenland that bear the oldest remnants of Earth’s early magnetic field. The researchers determined that the rocks are about 3.7 billion years old and retain signatures of a magnetic field with a strength of at least 15 microtesla. The ancient field is similar in magnitude…
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Police experts work near a crater at the site of hospital buildings damaged by a Russian missile strike as people watch, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine April 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine overnight, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure….
All over the world, kidney disease and kidney failure are most prevalent in the poor and economically underprivileged. About 50,000 or more patients are on dialysis in Kerala for terminal kidney failure. Being on dialysis is never a permanent solution to kidney failure. Fraught with several complications and lethal infections the yearly mortality rate in…
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Part of the answer about how birds fly in a coordinated and effortless way lies in precise, and previously unknown, aerodynamic interactions, mathematicians have found. The researchers found that flow-mediated interactions between neighbours are, in effect, spring-like forces that hold each member in place. However, these ‘springs’ act in only one direction — a lead bird…
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Efforts are underway to arrest both the accused, police said. (Representational) A man sits atop his wife’s chest, trying to strangle her, shows a distressing video from Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr. Her fault? She confided in him about being raped by his brother. The man who allegedly raped her also shot the video, she claimed. The…
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“Those who refused to disclose their affiliation were arrested,” the school said. Boston: Police in riot gear detained about 100 people as they cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at a Boston university Saturday, the latest in a series of clashes on US campuses triggered by protests over Israel’s war against Hamas. The action was taken after…
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NCP split in July 2023 after Ajit Pawar, 8 MLAs joined the Eknath Shinde government (File) Pune: The 2024 Lok Sabha polls will decide the future of the country, said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday in Baramati, where his wife Sunetra Pawar is the ruling alliance candidate. She is up against three…
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File photo of Rohit Sharma (left) and Ajit Agarkar.© AFP Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of the senior men’s selection committee, is in attendance for the ongoing Delhi Capitals-Mumbai Indians clash at the Arun Jaitley Stadium here on Saturday afternoon. Sources told IANS that Agarkar was spotted being seated in the commentary box of the media…
Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey. File | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey, on April 27, put it down to the dew factor as to why the CSK spinners haven’t been able to come greatly into play at its home ground in the ongoing IPL season. “I…
