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Common pesticide may contribute to global obesity epidemic [here's how]

A commonly-used pesticide could be partially responsible for the global obesity epidemic, finds a study.

Aug 29, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 215 mn; UK records 38K in one day, Russia reports 19K

Global Covid-19 caseload topped 215 million so far, with UK registering 38,046 cases in the last 24 hours while Russia reported 19,509 new cases

Aug 28, 2021

Magic in mother's voice reduces pain in new born babies [Study]

An UNIGE team shows that the maternal voice reduces signs of pain in premature babies when they undergo life-saving medical interventions.

Aug 28, 2021

Beginning of third wave? Fresh Covid cases drastically rising in Kerala and Maharashtra

In the last 24 hours, India witnessed 44,658 fresh cases and 496 Covid-related deaths

Aug 27, 2021

Transmission Rate of COVID-19 Within Households Can Be Over 30%, More than 50% from Minority Communities [Study]

A new study by researchers from the University of North Carolina found that the secondary attack rate of the infection within the household of COVID -19 positive individuals was 32 percent.

Aug 26, 2021

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 213.8 mn; UK reports 35K; India 46K

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 213.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.46 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.03 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Aug 26, 2021

Berries, apples, wine may improve your Blood pressure levels

Unable to manage your blood pressure levels? Eating flavonoid-rich foods like berries, apples, pears and drinking red wine can lower systolic blood pressure levels, as well as improve greater diversity in gut microbiome, according to new research.

Aug 24, 2021

Afterlife journey real or not: Man claims to have seen deceased wife in extraordinary realm during NDE

The testimonial shared by the NDE victim has gone viral, and it has made several people believe that life after death could be real

Aug 23, 2021

Covid Delta variant: Two vaccine shots may be ineffective, booster shots needed [details]

In the initial battle against Covid, the Delta variant of the pandemic seems winning over the vaccine

Aug 23, 2021

"200 Halla Ho": A well-balanced tale of mob revenge, with 3 star rating [Movie Review]

Set in Nagpur, the film tells you how a group of Dalit women, residents of Rahee Nagar, take the law into their own hands by lynching and killing Balli Chaudhary, a gangster

Aug 20, 2021

MEA safely evacuates 192 Indians out of Afghanistan.

Two Kashmiri professors stranded in Afghanistan; J&K LG speaks to MEA for evacuation [details]

J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has assured the families of two professors belonging to South Kashmir's Kulgam district that the two teachers are safe, and they will soon return to India.

Aug 17, 2021

Australia is increasingly becoming a strategic partner, it is time for economic relations to keep pace

Why Australia and India are natural partners; now more than ever [explained]

Given the present geopolitical scenario, India and Australia are fast emerging to be natural partners. Meanwhile, an important event that got only a limited attention in the media was the last visit of former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to India. In this piece, we explore how.

Aug 17, 2021

Dr. Dibya Singha Das lauded as one of the top joint replacement surgeons in the country

Dr Dibya Singha Das said if poor patients trust me in my early days, I have to assist them stable so that poor and needy people can have operations for free

Aug 16, 2021

Google Doodle of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Google doodles India's iconic poetess to continue story of India's freedom movement [details]

Marking the birth anniversary of Indian poetess Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, August 16 is remembered, for it gave us the first woman Satyagrahi to court arrest fighting for freedom, and 'Jhansi ki Rani', an iconic poem penned by her in praise of another female freedom fighter.