Soorya Kiran NN

Articles by Soorya Kiran NN

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Finally, Jagan's time has come!

YS Rajasekhara Reddy discarded vehicles and took to walking all over the state to connect personally with people at the grassroots level.

May 23, 2019

No life on Mars? Why European spacecraft failed to sniff methane that NASA's Curiosity found in abundance?

TGO spacecraft failed to capture methane gas emanating from Mars surface at 5-km height but Curiosity at 1-km found it in abundance, puzzling scientists to question where and how it disappeared in the middle.

Apr 12, 2019

Phase 1: India Votes for the 17th General Elections to choose the next Prime Minister

Lok Sabha elections: First Round voting begins, top 10 seats under lens

From Jammu on top to Nizamabad in south, Gaziabad in UP to Pauri Garhwal in Uttarakhand, today's top 10 Lok Sabha seats worth watching

Apr 11, 2019

Uttarakhand reverting to Congress fold?

With Manish Khanduri on its side, Congress hopes to counter BJP in Uttarakhand, answering the clamour for 'Khanduri zarrori hai'

Mar 29, 2019

Elections 2019: Why Opinion Polls may fall apart this time?

After CVoter opinion poll last week, Congress has come out with its unique minimum income guarantee scheme that may take sheen away from BJP for some time

Mar 26, 2019

Dinosaur era chickens came out of the egg running, says new study

These chickens and ducks are up and about within hours of hatching, they are "precocial" unlike pigeons and eagles which are "altricial", said new study.

Mar 22, 2019

76 Mln-yr-old Gondwanaland frog discovered in Western Ghats of India; Scientists stunned

The frog belongs to a known species of a lineage dating back 57 million to 76 million years, when the Indian subcontinent was just breaking away from Madagaskar before merging with Asia.

Mar 19, 2019

Whether to eat egg daily or not - dilemma continues as new study adds to confusion

Eating 300 mg of dietary cholesterol per day was associated with 17 per cent higher risk of heart disease and 18 per cent with higher risk of all-cause deaths

Mar 18, 2019

Elections 2019: BJP gets bolt from the blue mountains of Uttarakhand

With Manish Khanduri joining Congress, BJP will find itself in a tight spot owing to the support the former general's son gets during the Lok Sabha elections in Uttarakhand

Mar 14, 2019

India Elections 2019: Hill state Uttarakhand may witness anti-incumbency again

As the BJP-ruled hill state of Uttarakhand goes to poll for Lok Sabha seats in the very first phase, anti-incumbency is likely to impact the outcome

Mar 13, 2019

5-km long Doon-Mussoorie Ropeway dream project to become reality soon

The original project, conceptualized in 2007-08 when BC Khanduri was chief minister of the state, faced several obstacles in the form of forest clearances despite categorized as large revenue generating project (LRG)

Mar 7, 2019

Stubble burning costs India $30 billion in losses, says new study

If unchecked, in five years, the economic loss due to stubble burning of crop residue and firecrackers is estimated to be $190 billion, or nearly 1.7 per cent of India's GDP, said a new study.

Mar 4, 2019

Who is Lagadapati? Why his pre-poll surveys often storm Telugu TV channels!

Lagadapati's surveys in pre-2014 elections in AP and Telangana predicted a clear victory to both TDP in AP and KRS in Telangana. Ever since, he is in demand but he is not a professional psephologist.

Feb 11, 2019

Not from land to sea but crocodiles have come long way with complex evolutionary past

Following the end-Triassic extinction, ancient crocodiles invaded the Jurassic seas and evolved jaws to capture agile prey, such as fish.

Jan 25, 2019

Bernard b, nearest exoplanet found; Alien life possible there, say Spanish astrophysicists

A new frozen planet that was discovered six light years away from the earth could harbor alien life, in its sub-oceanic layers.

Jan 17, 2019

Hormone-eating macrophages behind high blood pressure, finds new study

The specialised white blood cells called macrophages are key to the body's immune system and they 'eat' molecules of a powerful hormone known as endothelin, which in turn leads to hypertension, found scientists.

Jan 17, 2019

Move over drug addicts, Facebook users will now make those wrong decisions

A study showed that those who performed Iowa Gambling Task fairly better have less inclination to use social media, especially Facebook and their decision-making was as poor as drug addicts.

Jan 11, 2019

Fixing photosynthesis glitch, scientists say 40% yield on crops possible

University of Illinois scientists have engineered crops with a photorespiratory shortcut that could make it 40 percent more productive

Jan 7, 2019

Forget Andromeda, LMC could destroy Milky Way before that, says new study

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky Way in two billion years' time and there is a small chance that the collision could send our Solar System hurtling into space.

Jan 4, 2019

Named 'Farout', distant planet at 96AU discovered; Was it the elusive Planet X?

The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center has given it a code as 2018 VG18, nicknamed it "Farout." It is located at about 120 astronomical units (AU= distance between Earth and Sun).

Dec 18, 2018

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