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File picture of the INDIA bloc leaders addressing the media | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The INDIA bloc will hold its proposed “public impeachment” of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s official residence, 10, Rajaji Marg, in New Delhi, at 3.30 p.m. on Friday (October 30, 2026), Congress general secretary…
In 1904, two scientists, Henry Wheeler and Treat Johnson, synthesised a variant of cytosine, one of the building blocks of DNA, in the laboratory. The variant they synthesised contained a chemical tag called a methyl group (-CH3) attached to cytosine, so they called it 5-methylcytosine. Their motivation for doing so was based on the observation…
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In less than 14 months, an idea to bring India’s fragmented market onto a common electronic platform germinated from legislative intent to a formal regulatory framework and, finally, setting the stage for establishing mineral exchanges. The proposed exchanges cobbled an ambitious plan, ensuring a transparent marketplace where representative prices reflect demand and supply rather than…
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A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court on Wednesday (October 28, 2026) reserved its verdict in the case relating to the murder of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) worker Abdul Shukkoor for November 12. The case assumed political significance after former Kannur district secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) P. Jayarajan and…
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People check an information screen displaying a message that the high-speed train line between Madrid and Andalucia has been interrupted following the collision of two high-speed trains between the towns of Mora and Orgaz at Atocha train station in Madrid, Spain, on October 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Spain’s state-owned news agency and other…
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The Chief Minister said that works worth ₹31,761 crore taken up as part of KIIFB, which are under various stages of implementation, will continue. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) staged a walkout from the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Wednesday after Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan disallowed its notice for an adjournment…
A Serbian gendarme guards the Israeli embassy after an unidentified assailant attacked a guard with knives in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, October 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP An attacker with two knives wounded a policeman guarding the Israeli embassy in Belgrade overnight, before the officer shot the assailant dead, Serbia’s outgoing Interior Minister said on…
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Brazil’s Supreme Court banned Flavio Bolsonaro from leaving the country as he is under investigation for alleged corruption and money laundering. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Defeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro was on his way to Ecuador after fleeing Brazil, Argentina’s government said on Wednesday (October 28, 2026). Mr. Bolsonaro, who lost Brazil’s runoff…
Artistes enact a scene during rehearsals | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Our choices and beliefs are shaped, often unknowingly, by what we consume on social media, says theatre director Maheedar. His new play, reel-ISM, staged this weekend in Hyderabad, explores how reels and digital dependence affect modern relationships. Universal appeal Relationship drama | Photo Credit:…
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Technology is rapidly changing the way we cultivate rice and wheat, and India has the opportunity to lead the pack if we restore the attraction of fundamental research in plant sciences to our students. The shrillness of anti-GMO voices have driven aspiring biology researchers to other areas of life sciences, which use much the same…
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