The stubble-burning season is almost over, and Diwali has come and gone, but Delhi’s air quality took a sharp turn for the worse on Tuesday, highlighting the role that weather and local sources of pollution play in ensuring that the capital’s air remain largely unhealthy. of the year, with agricultural …
Read More »As India Prepares Vaccination Strategy Against COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Warns Of Possible Side Effects
Prime Minister Modi urged states to work with the government to keep distribution infrastructure ready. (Archive) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Tuesday that any COVID-19 vaccine could lead to side effects in some people, as even popular drugs do, and that the government would only rely on …
Read More »Explained: What is the Chinese probe Chang’e-5 to the Moon about?
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 7:55:19 am In this Nov.17, 2020 photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, a Long March-5 rocket moves at the Wenchang space launch site in Wenchang, south China’s Hainan Province. (Xinhua via AP) On November 24, China’s Chang’e-5 lunar …
Read More »Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover point to ancient mega-flood on Mars: study
NEW YORK: Giant Floods Once washed through Gale Crater on the equator of Mars about four billion years ago, according to a study hinting at the possibility that life may have existed on the red planet. The research, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, evaluated data collected by NASA’s …
Read More »New Study Finds Traces of Ancient Mega Flooding in Gale Crater on Mars
By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 23, 2020 6:26:27 pm In a NASA photo, a self-portrait taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover at Gale Crater, at the center of which is Mount Sharp, a 3.4-mile-high mound, on June 15, 2018. Apparently Mars burps up a large amount of …
Read More »The AI Headphones of a Delhi-Born MIT Scholar Are One of Time’s 100 Best Inventions of 2020
Delhi-born Arnav Kapur’s artificial intelligence headphones, which “enhance human cognition and give voice to those who have lost the ability to speak,” have been named one of Time’s 100 Best Inventions of 2020. Kapur, a 25-year-old postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), invented the device called AlterEgo …
Read More »Humpy’s gambit: how Koneru altered the male-dominated status quo in chess
Written by Shashank Nair | New Delhi | Updated: November 22, 2020 8:43:21 am Koneru Humpy began his journey in chess at the age of six. (Archive) Koneru Humpy has yet to see The Queen’s Gambit. She has been receiving numerous phone calls about the Netflix miniseries, but has not …
Read More »Nod for Ayurvedic Doctors to Do Surgery | India News
In a move that has shocked the medical community, the government has released a notice that will allow Ayurvedic physicians to be trained and legally licensed to perform a variety of general, ENT, ophthalmic, orthopedic, and dental surgical procedures. However, the president of the Central Council of Indian Medicine He …
Read More »Scientists Discover Oldest Known Nanostructures in Ancient Artifacts in Tamil Nadu
Scientists have discovered the oldest known human-made nanomaterials in ancient artifacts in Tamil Nadu New Delhi: Scientists have discovered the oldest known human-made nanomaterials in the “unique black coatings” of ancient pottery shards, dating back to 600 BC. C., unearthed from an archaeological site in Keeladi, Tamil Nadu. The research, …
Read More »German partner Pfizer seeks emergency approval, what’s next?
At a time when we are all desperately waiting for a vaccine to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus, the American pharmaceutical company confirmed that Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech have formally applied to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA ) an emergency use authorization. for …
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