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Health Ministry withdraws fiat mandating doctors prescribe only generic drugs

August 24, 2023 admin

Thursday evening saw the end of a half-month stand-off between the National Medical Commission (NMC), India’s regulatory body guiding medical professionals and the Indian Medical Association (IMA), a national voluntary organisation of physicians with over three lakh members. (For top health news of the day, subscribe to our newsletter Health Matters) The two had locked-horns over one…

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The eyes and ears of Pragyan that help rover find its way on moon

August 24, 2023 admin

A screenshot shows the surface of the Moon captured by Lander Imager Camera aboard ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 before its successful touchdown. With the Chandrayaan-3’s lander module Vikram successfully making a touchdown on the moon and the rover Pragyan ramping down, one camera developed by Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems (LEOS) in Bengaluru has already made an impact…

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‘Fly me to the moon’ seems to be global ambition in 2023

August 24, 2023 admin

The ISRO’s LVM3 carrying Chandrayaan-3 at the launch pad before its launch. Year 2023 seems to be the year of the Moon as a number of lunar missions are scheduled to take place this year. In the past two months, two missions were launched — India’s second mission to the Moon Chandrayaan-3 on July 14…

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Chandrayaan-3’s Pragyan rover has begun mobility operations, says ISRO

August 24, 2023 admin

The indigenous rover’s exploration of the lunar surface began a day after India became the fourth country to successfully land on the moon, spurring euphoric celebrations at ISRO and around the country. Photo: ISRO Hours after the Pragyan lunar rover rolled out from the Vikram lander and took its first “walk on the moon” in…

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Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On Indian Scientists

August 24, 2023 admin

This 2011 image provide by CERN, shows a real CMS proton-proton collision in which four high energy electrons (green lines and red towers) are observed in a 2011 event. The event shows characteristics expected from the decay of a Higgs boson but is also consistent with background Standard Model physics processes. | Photo Credit: AP…

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Google celebrates India’s Chandrayaan-3 feat with special doodle

August 24, 2023 admin

Search engine giant Google on August 24 celebrated India’s success in its third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 with a special animated doodle. India scripted history on August 23 with its touchdown on the lunar south pole, making it the first nation to land on the uncharted surface. With this achievement, India was propelled into an exclusive…

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A Coimbatore team is back from their first visit to Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in Ladakh

August 24, 2023 admin

The Milky Way at night sky in Hanle | Photo Credit: Akshay Satish A stunning view of the Milky Way in a 180 degree arc extending from the South to the North at the night sky in Hanle, Ladakh, India’s first dark sky reserve, is an unforgettable memory for a bunch of young students from Coimbatore….

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The ‘weird’ male Y chromosome has finally been fully sequenced. Can we now understand how it works, and how it evolved?

August 24, 2023 admin

The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few genes and is full of junk DNA that makes it horrendous to sequence. However, new “long-read” sequencing techniques have finally provided a reliable sequence…

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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah visits ISRO, felicitates Chairperson S. Somnath

August 24, 2023 admin

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah (centre) felicitates ISRO Chairperson S. Somnath (right) at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), in Bengaluru on August 24, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A day after Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the lunar surface, making India the first country to achieve a soft landing on the South Pole of the…

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Why are space agencies racing to the moon’s south pole?

August 24, 2023 admin

The Dark Side of the Moon, 23 August 2023: The portion of Chandrayaan-3’s landing site taken after by Vikram Lander after the successful landing. | Photo Credit: ISRO/The Hindu India’s space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon’s south pole, a mission that could advance India’s space ambitions and expand knowledge of…

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