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Concurrent heatwaves, sea level rises pose a threat to coastlines

April 13, 2024 admin

Concurrent occurrences of heatwaves and extreme short-term sea level rise at the same coastal locations significantly increased between 1998 and 2017 when compared to the preceding twenty years, as per a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The study also suggests that these events may be five times more likely to occur between 2025…

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Blood bank study reveals true incidence of Long COVID

April 13, 2024 admin

The pandemic has claimed over seven million lives officially, but the actual death toll is believed to be much higher. Among COVID-19 survivors, a significant number develop long-term health problems. The World Health Organization uses the term Long COVID for individuals experiencing such symptoms for over three months without another explanation. Unfortunately, measuring chronic illness…

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Is there any evidence that eyes have evolved several times independently of one another?

April 13, 2024 admin

Scientists have discovered a bristle worm with such sharp-seeing eyes that they can measure up to those of mammals and octopuses. The Vanadis bristle worm, also known as polychaetes which are nocturnal, has eyes as big as millstones, relatively speaking. As a set, the worm’s eyes weigh about twenty times as much as the rest of the…

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Watch | The troubles behind Vistara’s massive flight cancellations

April 13, 2024 admin

Watch | The troubles behind Vistara’s massive flight cancellations I Explained Starting March 30, Vistara began to see scores of flight cancellations flooding social media with passenger complaints. Over the next four or five days, the airline saw over 150 flights cancelled and more than 200 flights delayed for more than two hours. The airline…

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India extends operation of imported coal-based power plants until October 15

April 13, 2024 admin

The government has invoked an emergency clause to direct imported coal-fired plants to operate at full capacity till the end of the summer season. File | Photo Credit: AP India has extended a mandate on imported coal-based power plants to operate at full capacity until October 15 to meet the anticipated high demand for electricity…

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First Indian space tourist to fly on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission

April 13, 2024 admin

Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos crew mates after they flew on Blue Origin’s inaugural flight to the edge of space in 2021. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s…

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Chinese official talks with North Korean counterpart in the nations’ highest-level meeting in years

April 12, 2024 admin

A top Chinese official arrived in North Korea and held talks on how to boost their cooperation, North Korea’s state media reported Friday, in the counties’ highest-level meeting in about five years. Zhao Leji, who is chairman of China’s National People’s Congress and considered the No. 3 official in the ruling Communist Party, arrived in…

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Industry body seeks release of ‘pending’ subsidies by Tea Board

April 12, 2024 admin

Tea Association of India (TAI), a leading body of planters, on April 12 sought the release of “pending subsidies” from the Tea Board to carry out developmental activities undertaken at various gardens. The Tea Board has been extending subsidy and financial incentives for undertaking various activities relating to improving production and quality of tea under…

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Inflation drops to 10-month low in March 2024, but no relief on food bills yet

April 12, 2024 admin

A similar easing was recorded in pulses, whose prices rose 17.7% in March, 2024, from 18.5% in February. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma India’s retail inflation moderated to a ten-month low of 4.85% in March from 5.1% in February, but food inflation remained sticky at 8.52%, little changed from the 8.66% recorded in the…

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The Science Quiz | SI-derived units

April 12, 2024 admin

Construction tape measure on a wooden floor | Photo Credit: andreygonchar Questions: 1. X is the derived unit used to measure solid angles. 1 X is roughly 3,283 square degrees. More generally, it’s the amount of solid angle a unit area on a unit sphere’s surface subtends at the sphere’s centre. Name X. 2. The…

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