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What do countries and companies want in global plastic treaty talks? | Explained

April 22, 2024 admin

People participate in a ‘March to End the Plastic Era’ rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sunday, April 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Global leaders will gather in Canada’s capital this week to discuss progress in drafting a first-ever global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution by the end of the…

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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, at nearly twice global average: report

April 22, 2024 admin

A lake of meltwater has formed on the tongue of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, on June 13, 2023. Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, April 22, 2024, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt…

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Aditya mission continuously sending data about Sun: ISRO chief

April 22, 2024 admin

ISRO chief S. Somnath on April 21 said that the Aditya L1 solar mission of the premier space research agency is continuously sending data about the Sun. | Photo Credit: ANI ISRO chief S. Somnath on April 21 said that the Aditya L1 solar mission of the premier space research agency is continuously sending data…

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The ‘genomic accordion’ mpox viruses use to evolve, infect humans

April 22, 2024 admin

Poxviruses have long been a cause of fear as well as curiosity for humankind. One particularly infamous poxvirus, smallpox, alone may have killed more than 500 million people in the last century. Smallpox didn’t discriminate between rich, poor, young, old, and killed a third of the individuals whom it infected. The turning point came with…

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What are antihistamines?

April 22, 2024 admin

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Heart failure, not stroke is the common complication of atrial fibrillation

April 20, 2024 admin

The lifetime risk of atrial fibrillation (a heart condition that causes an irregular and often abnormally fast heart rate) has increased from one in four to one in three over the past two decades, as per a study published in The BMJ. Among those with the condition, two in five are likely to develop heart failure…

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Glycemic index of diets: importance beyond diabetes control

April 20, 2024 admin

Diets with high glycemic index are associated with major cardiovascular events, including deaths | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The concept of ‘Glycemic Index’ was first proposed by Prof. David Jenkins of University of Toronto in 1981. Glycemic index (GI) of a food refers to the property of the food to increase the blood glucose level…

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Tamil Nadu uses inexpensive method to treat rodenticide poisoning

April 20, 2024 admin

Deaths caused by ingestion of rat poison containing yellow phosphorus is a major problem in a few States. A six-month survey carried out in six districts in Tamil Nadu in 2019 by the Tamil Nadu chapter of Indian Society of Gastroenterology (TN-ISG) found 450 people suffered from liver toxicity caused by ingestion of rat poison….

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Fossils of massive prehistoric snake found in lignite mine in Gujarat

April 19, 2024 admin

The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus found in Kutch. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have reported the discovery of fossils of one of the largest snakes that ever existed and likely lived 47 million years ago during a period called the Middle Eocene. The fossils were found in Kutch, Gujarat, and the…

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Daily Quiz | On India’s first satellite ‘Aryabhata’

April 19, 2024 admin

Daily Quiz | On India’s first satellite ‘Aryabhata’ An employee inspects the Coded information from the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata, being received at the ground telemetry receiving station at Siriharikuta, an island off the Nellore coast. File. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | An important reason this mission was possible was the Soviet Union’s…

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