The American Indian Raja Chari was one of 18 astronauts selected by NASA for the manned mission to the Moon. Washington: Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American colonel in the US Air Force, is among 18 astronauts, half of them women, who have been selected by NASA for their ambitious …
Read More »Indian-American astronaut among 18 on NASA’s manned Moon mission
By: PTI | Washington | December 11, 2020 10:14:33 am Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari reported to service in August 2017 and, having completed initial astronaut candidate training, is now eligible for a mission. (Twitter / @ NASA_Astronauts) Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, an Indian-American colonel in the US Air Force, is …
Read More »Adam Gilchrist urges selectors to block Joe Burns to help final warm-up match
News Cameron Green will play his first day and night first-class match at SCG on Friday Adam Gilchrist believes the Australian selectors should seal Joe Burns’ spot in the Test lineup ahead of the pink ball warm-up game against India at SCG to allow him to play with a freedom …
Read More »The Indus Valley civilization predominantly had meat in their diet, preferred meat
The study was conducted essentially at five sites: four villages: Alamgirpur in Uttar Pradesh; and about five locations in Haryana. A recent study has found that people living in the Indus Valley civilization in northwestern India had a high proportion of meat in their diet, with cattle / buffalo being …
Read More »Indus Valley Civilization Had Diets Rich In Meat And Preferred Beef, Study Reveals
The people of the Indus Valley civilization in northwestern India had a predominantly meat-rich diet, which included animals such as pigs, cows, buffalo and sheep, along with dairy products, according to a study published in Archaeological Science Magazine has shown. High proportions of cattle bones were also found, which may …
Read More »Farmers’ Protest: Why Farm Reforms Are Hard to Sell
As the 1990s began, India found it difficult to repay the interest on the $ 90 billion in foreign loans that had underpinned a socialist system, causing a balance of payments emergency. Then the country resorted to a series of economic reforms to get out of the crisis. The 1991 …
Read More »The diet of the Indus Valley civilization dominated meat, study finds
Written by Esha Roy | New Delhi | Updated: December 10, 2020 9:00:24 am Lead author, Akshyeta Suryanarayan, at an excavation site in Hisar. The diet of the people of the Indus Valley civilization had a predominance of meat, including extensive consumption of beef, according to a new study published …
Read More »UK Issues Anaphylaxis Warning On Pfizer Vaccine After Adverse Reactions
Pfizer and BioNTech said they were supporting the MHRA investigation. London: Britain’s drug regulator said that anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a drug or food should not receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, providing more comprehensive guidance on a previous allergy warning about the vaccine. Starting with the elderly …
Read More »Government blinks, unyielding farmers
The Union government offered broad concessions to farmers, proposing to amend two land reform laws and a bill pending in Parliament to try to end weeks of protests, but the farm unions stuck to their demand to remove all three. pro-market laws that say they will. they damage their livelihoods. …
Read More »Who is Vivek Murthy, the Indian-born physician appointed Surgeon General by Joe Biden?
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | December 9, 2020 3:56:19 pm Vivek Murthy. (Source: Bloomberg) Dr. Vivek Murthy, of Indian-American descent, will reprise his role as Surgeon General under the Joe Biden administration after serving under former President Barack Obama. US President-elect Joe Biden announced his elections to …
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