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Corneal blindness is a major cause of blindness in India The International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) marks every second Thursday of October, which falls on October 14 this year, as World Sight Day. The aim is to increase awareness and support efforts to ensure everyone across the world can benefit from vision. This…
Doctors and paramedical professionals protesting at Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IOG) and Government Hospital for Women and Children, Egmore in Chennai, on Thursday | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B In a tragic incident at a government hospital in Chennai on November 13, 2024, a doctor was repeatedly stabbed while performing his duties. This follows…
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Doctors and paramedical professionals protesting at Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IOG) and Government Hospital for Women and Children, Egmore in Chennai, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam In a tragic incident at a government hospital in Chennai on November 13, 2024, a doctor was repeatedly stabbed while performing his duties. This follows…
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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: G. N. Rao For the first time, Indian scientists have reported antimicrobial resistance (AMR) gene profiles in poultry from Kerala and Telangana, and have cautioned that this emerging resistance may be aggravated by the depleting antibiotics repertoire. Poultry is a major source of AMR, because industrial…
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Daily quiz: on nuclear fusion reaction This undated image provided by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows a sphere in the window at the center, inside a cylindrical hohlraum container about 0.4 inches tall. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Sustainable nuclear fusion requires the conditions in a fusion reactor to meet the ______…
Based on recommendations from an expert committee, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to include Ayurveda Biology on the list of subjects from December 2024 onwards. The UGC conducts the National Eligibility Test (NET) through the National Testing Agency (NTA), twice a year, in June and December. Inclusion of a subject on the list…
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School students at the Safe Food, Safe Future event with Dr. Veena Panicker, Head – BioMonitoring India, Merck Life Sciences and Dinesh Raveendraraju, Scientist at Merck Life Science. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Meet Captain Khau, aka Rishi, who is on a mission to demystify the microbial contamination of food during his summer vacation. His first case:…
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Questions: 1. The philosopher John Locke floated a theory called ______ ____. It held that at birth, the mind of a child was blank and that it was the duty of adults to populate it with the ‘right’ thoughts and ideas. Fill the blanks. 2. A common biological definition of childhood is that it’s the…
In human physiology, the endocrine glands act by releasing chemical messengers called hormones. They are produced in extraordinarily small quantities, ranging from 10−9 to 10−12 grams. They travel through the bloodstream to influence distant organs and tissues, guiding bodily functions. Nervous and endocrine systems carry out a common mandate: to transmit the brain’s instructions to peripheral organs and tissues. Unlike the nervous system, which operates through a network…
Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: on semi-conductors Semiconductor chips are seen on a printed circuit board. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | What is a semi-conductor? A material that is a perfect insulator A material with electrical conductivity between that of metals and insulators A type of metal used in computers A…
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