This is the first time that a Nobel Prize in science has been awarded to an exclusive team of women: Emmanuelle Charpentier from France and Jennifer Doudna from the United States. They won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on October 7 for…
read moreThe reorganized Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which will meet this week, is expected to retain the main policy instrument: the repo rate, or the rate at which the RBI lend. funds in banks: unchanged at 4% on…
read moreThe minimum support price (MSP) is a “floor price” for any crop that the government considers remunerative for farmers and therefore deserves “support.” It is also the price that government agencies pay each time they buy. Currently, the Center establishes the EMP…
read moreEarlier this week, actor Irrfan Khan’s wife, Sutapa Sikdar, launched an appeal to legalize CBD oil in India. His appeal followed criticism from actor Rhea Chakrabaorty after it was reported that he administered CBD oil, used as a pain reliever for some,…
read moreA spokesman for the Uttar Pradesh government said on Friday (October 2) that polygraph tests and narco-analysis would be carried out as part of the investigation into the alleged theft and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman by four caste men from…
read moreThe 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists for their work on black holes, a phenomenon that has caused confusion in science and has also spread to popular culture. Roger Penrose of Great Britain received half the award for…
read moreActor Mishti Mukherjee, 27, who had worked in Bengali, Telugu and some Hindi films, died on October 2 in a Bengaluru hospital. His family said Mukherjee suffered from kidney failure because he was on a ketogenic diet. What is a ketogenic or…
read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi opened the Atal Tunnel in Rohtang on Saturday at an altitude of more than 3,000 meters in Himachal Pradesh. After the inauguration, he said the tunnel would provide new strength to the country’s border infrastructure. The 9.02 km…
read moreForeign Minister S. Jaishankar will meet other Foreign Ministers from the Australia-India-Japan-US Quadrangle in Tokyo on Tuesday, seen as a major turning point for the group, led by mounting concerns about China in the region. Officials familiar with the agenda say that…
read moreWhat is hepatitis C virus? Hepatitis C is a virus that is transmitted through the blood and causes hepatitis C which affects the liver. According to the WHO, “worldwide, an estimated 71 million people are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus…
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