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Collector K.M. Sarayu chairing a meeting of mango farmers, pulp industry and the administration at the Krishnagiri Collectorate on Friday. | Photo Credit: N. BASHKARAN A uniform relief for all mango growers at ₹30,000 per acre akin to the relief disbursement for crop loss in Cauvery delta for paddy farmers was what the mango farmers…
Construction workers are hard at work under the scorching sun. File | Photo Credit: Karthikeyan G The Tamil Nadu government should make insurance cover for construction workers mandatory in building plan approval applications, the Tamil Nadu AITUC Construction Workers Union has said. General secretary of the Union N. Selvaraj told The Hindu on Friday that three construction…
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IBD presently affects approximately 5% of the world’s population and one in every 10 people in the United Kingdom. Researchers have identified a new biochemical pathway that is a major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and related disorders that can be addressed with existing medications. An autoimmune disease, such as IBD, which encompasses Crohn’s…
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Scientists with test tubes containing stem cells at the GlaxoSmithKline research centre in Stevenage, Britain. Looking back 10 years to before my father passed away after his diagnosis of brain cancer, what I remember the most is the intricate web of challenges we confronted during his illness. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that approximately 33,000…
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Men watch stock news on a display screen as Sensex opens. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Benchmark equity indices jumped in late morning trade on June 7, extending their rally to the third straight session, after the RBI decided to keep the policy rate unchanged for the eighth time in a row, in line with…
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RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on June 7, 2024, said the Monetary Policy Committee has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. File | Photo Credit: ANI The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The decision, taken at the…
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The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 83.47 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday ahead of the RBI monetary policy announcement. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The rupee appreciated 6 paise to 83.47 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday ahead of the RBI monetary policy announcement. Forex traders said the outflow…
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A power generating windmill turbine in Gujarat. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India will have to invest as much as $385 billion to meet its target of 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2030, but coal will remain a key source of electricity generation for the next decade, Moody’s Ratings said on June 6….
The momentum in air passenger traffic witnessed in FY2024 is expected to continue into FY2025, ICRA said. File. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Domestic air passenger traffic grew 5.1% year-on-year to an estimated 138.9 million in May and was significantly higher by around 14 per cent than pre-COVID levels, credit ratings agency…
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