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While addressing a virtual event organised by the PHD Chamber of Commerce, NITI Aayog member V.K. Saraswat on June 10, 2020 favoured imposing a border adjustment tax (BAT) on imports to provide a level-playing field to domestic industries. Reason: U.S.-China Read More …
The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced to suspend its earlier move to abrogate the two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, which allows U.S. and Philippine troops to train together and conduct counter terrorism missions. In February Read More …
CSIR scientists have identified a type of coronavirus that may be the second most prevalent in India. This new type has been christened A3i. The most dominant coronavirus clade in the world as well as in India is the A2a. Read More …
New satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA) reveal that the magnetic field of the Earth between Africa and South America is weakening, causing problems for satellites and spacecraft. Scientists have dubbed this phenomenon as the South Atlantic Anomaly. Read More …
To solve the mystery behind the birthplace of Purandara Dasa, Karnataka’s Department of Archaeology, Heritage and Museums will commence field research work at Keshavapura in Araga Grama Panchayat of Tirthahalli taluk in Karnatak. It was widely believed that the mystic Read More …
The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane ( PK-8303) carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members crash-landed near the Karachi airport. In the last conversation, the pilot of ill fated plane said that they had “lost two engines”. Several seconds later he Read More …
Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, has developed an electrochemical sensing platform for detecting carcinogenic or mutagenic compound N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethanolamine (NDEA) sometimes found in food items like cured meat, bacon, some cheese, and low-fat milk. It was Read More …
On May 20, 2020, the ‘loud sound’ heard in Bengaluru was revealed to have emanated from an Indian Air Force test flight involving a supersonic profile. The sound effect caused due to such high-speed flights is known as ‘sonic boom’. According Read More …
Pinanga andamanensis is a rare palm endemic to the South Andaman Island. The name is derived from ‘Penang’, the modern-day Malaysian state. It has been replanted at Palode, Thiruvananthapuram by the Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute (JNTBGRI). Read More …
Scientists have identified a new species of fungus on Twitter. They spotted an image of a millipede while scrolling through the site and noticed a few tiny dots near the creature’s head. The newly discovered parasitic fungus has now been Read More …
Researchers have warned that substances used to replace ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) may be just as problematic as their predecessors. An ice core drilled on the summit of Devon Ice Cap in the Canadian high Arctic shows a tenfold increase in Read More …
A rare Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) has been documented in the forests of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka for the first time. The rare sighting in the Southernmost forest landscape of the state was documented by the Read More …
According to a recent study by ecologists in the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, the sal forest tortoise is not common in the designated protected areas. The study was published in the journal Herpetological Conservation and Biology. It is widely Read More …
(Image credit: International Journal of Mycobacteriology) With thousands and thousands of migrants, returning every day to their home districts in Bihar from all over the country, Chief Minister Shri Nitish Kumar asked the Health Department officials to start random testing Read More …
Joint secretary in the Union Health Ministry Lav Aggarwal on May 8, 2020 said that Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated a multi-centre clinical trial called PLACID trial — “Phase-II Open-Label, Randomised Controlled Trial — to assess the Read More …