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A canopy of trees provides shade over a road in Chennai, 2022. | Photo Credit: V. Srinivasan/Unsplash Green trees and plants are vital for human health. In villages and farmlands, the uppermost parts of the tree provide a canopy, with roof-like branches, offering people a cooler and healthier environment. And the rivers, canals, ponds and…
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India must build domestic capabilities across the semiconductor value chain, from manufacturing and materials to research and specialised skills, to reduce dependence on foreign technologies and strengthen supply-chain resilience, Dr. Kamaljeet Singh, Director-General of the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL), Mohali, said on Tuesday. Speaking at the inaugural session of the Semiconductor Summit 2026, organised by SRM…
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) asked former finance secretary Subhash Garg to block or mute certain allegedly objectionable remarks made by him against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey in a podcast. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela told Mr. Garg to take steps to beep…
High waves crash along the coast in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on October 27, 2026, as cyclonic storm Arnab approaches the coast. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK As cyclone ‘Arnab’ moves closer to the coast, many parts of Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts in north Andhra Pradesh continue to receive widespread rainfall on Tuesday (October 27, 2026)….
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri. File | Photo Credit: ANI India is poised to strengthen its position as a global refining hub, with its oil processing capacity set to rise to 300 million tonnes annually by 2030 even as Europe and other parts of the Western world see refinery capacity…
Decades of psychology have categorised human personality into five broad buckets: openness to experience (curiosity and imagination), conscientiousness (organisation and responsibility), extraversion (sociability), agreeableness (compassion), and neuroticism (a tendency towards anxiety and volatility). In new findings published in Nature, scientists have completed one of the largest-ever genetic analyses of these ‘big five’ traits, offering a…
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Railway authorities have cancelled 64 train services scheduled to operate on October 27 and 28 as a precautionary measure in view of the anticipated impact of Cyclone Arnab, prioritising passenger safety amid forecasts of heavy rainfall and strong winds along the Andhra Pradesh coast. The cancellations include 53 passenger and other services operating across the…
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Sudan’s warring sides have traded drone strikes that killed 21 people in the western Darfur region and left vast swathes of the country’s east without electricity, medics and witnesses said on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the de facto capital of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in…
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Photo: istock/gettyimages As it turns out, scientists have wondered about this too. There is even a research paper titled “The Pleasurability of Scratching an Itch”. Yes, you read that right. So, what exactly is going on between your skin, nerves and brain when you scratch? Let’s find out. First, what’s an itch? Seems like a…
The woman student from a private college in Pune was arrested on May 9, 2025, over the controversial Instagram repost related to India-Pakistan tensions following Operation Sindoor. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 27, 2026) quashed a criminal case registered against a 20-year-old engineering student for reposting a controversial…