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UN holds emergency talks over sky-high costs for COP30 climate summit

July 30, 2025 admin

A drone view shows a hotel under construction ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations’ climate bureau held an urgent meeting on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) over concerns that sky-high accommodation prices for this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out…

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Insurance can better cataract surgery outcomes for India’s elderly: study

July 29, 2025 admin

Only 16% of all senior citizens seeking cataract surgery at four LVPEI centres used any insurance, a new study has found. | Photo Credit: Mohammed Yousuf India’s population is growing older and eye problems such as cataracts already cause nearly half of all vision‑loss in people over 60. However, fewer than one in eight Indian…

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Countdown begins for NISAR satellite launch on July 30, 2025

July 29, 2025 admin

About 19 minutes after lift-off, the GSLV-F16 rocket will inject the NISAR satellite into a 743-km sun-synchronous orbit. Photo: X/@isro The countdown for the NISAR satellite mission started at 2.10 p.m. on Tuesday (July 29, 2025). The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) with the 2,392-kg satellite is scheduled to lift off from the second launch…

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NISAR mission will showcase Indian space engineering on global scale: ex-ISRO scientist

July 29, 2025 admin

Radha Krishna Kavuluru highlighted the mission’s importance as ISRO’s first major partnership with NASA for an Earth observation satellite. File Photo: X/@iamkrishradha The NISAR mission, a collaborative effort between ISRO and NASA, will demonstrate Indian space engineering capabilities for Earth observation on a global scale, a top scientist has said. The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic…

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World’s smallest known snake makes big comeback

July 29, 2025 admin

For nearly two decades, no one had spotted the world’s smallest-known snake. Some scientists worried that maybe the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny morning, Connor Blades lifted a rock in a tiny forest in the eastern Caribbean island and held his breath. “After a year of searching, you begin to get a…

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Climate change and climate justice: India’s efforts to balance economic growth with green transition

July 29, 2025 admin

In Climate Change and Climate Justice: India’s efforts to balance economic growth with green transition, The Hindu investigates India’s multifaceted response to climate change. This exclusive e-book delves into India’s unique position as the fourth largest economy in the world and one of the top polluters, its strategies for meeting rising energy demands while maintaining…

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India has world’s highest number of slum clusters in flood-prone areas

July 29, 2025 admin

Flooding events are a major hazard worldwide. According to a 2024 Moody’s report, more than 2.3 billion people are exposed to flooding every year. In India, more than 600 million people are at risk of coastal or inland flooding. However, there is a lack of comprehensive data on vulnerable communities’ flood exposure risk, especially in…

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Why solar dried epipelagic fish has 70% protein, only 12% salt and long shelf life

July 28, 2025 admin

If fresh fish is already a rich source of protein (17-19%) depending on the fish variety, dry fish with up to 70% protein is a far superior source of protein. Besides high protein content, dry fish is also a rich source of omega-3 fatty acid, calcium and iron. Since the protein content is high, a…

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NISAR satellite mounted on GSLV for launch on July 30, 2025

July 28, 2025 admin

A view of the NASA-ISRO’s joint satellite NISAR in Sriharikota on July 28, 2025. Photo: X/@isro via ANI Ahead of the launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite scheduled for July 30, 2025, the ISRO on Monday (July 28, 2025) announced that the satellite had been mounted on a geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle…

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BITS Pilani Hyderabad scientists develop smart wound dressing to kill infection-causing bacteria

July 28, 2025 admin

The smart wound dressing developed by interdisciplinary team of scientists from BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT An interdisciplinary team of scientists from BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus has developed a smart wound dressing capable of killing the infection-causing bacteria and also visually signalling the presence of infection — all without the use of…

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