Science & Health

Covid Update: India reports 6,809 new covid cases, 26 death in last 24 hours [details]

While the daily positivity rate rose to 2.12 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.29 per cent.

Sep 4, 2022

COVID-19 updates: India reports 7,219 fresh cases in last 24 hours, active cases lower to 56,745

While the daily positivity rate rose to 1.98 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.42 per cent.

Sep 3, 2022

Egyptian vultures on decline in TN due to scarcity of food, presence of chemicals in prey

Even as the Tamil Nadu government restricted the use of anti-inflammatory drugs ketoprofen and flunixin, considering the adverse impact they cause to predatory birds, the Egyptian vulture population in the state is on the decline.

Sep 2, 2022

Exposure to air pollution more harmful to women than men, finds study

In both females and males, they found changes in components of the blood related to inflammation, infection and cardiovascular disease, but they found more changes in females than males.

Sep 2, 2022

INS Vikrant: A collective effort of all govts since 1999, Congress claims [details]

The aircraft carrier keel was laid in 2009 during UPA government and was launched during that period, he Congress said.

Sep 2, 2022

PM Modi commissions India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant; a historic moment [here's why]

The Prime Minister said that despite the security of the Indo-Pacific region is "our priority, but in the past it was ignored".

Sep 2, 2022

Who is Laxman Narasimhan; Starbucks gets new Indian-origin CEO [details]

Laxman Narasimhan, who currently heads health and hygiene company Reckitt, will join Starbucks in October and take over from its iconic interim CEO Howard Shultz in April.

Sep 2, 2022

Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2): NASA, Axiom Space to send private astronauts to ISS in 2023

NASA and American space infrastructure developer Axiom Space have signed a pact for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, to take place in the second quarter of 2023.

Sep 2, 2022

Space: NASA captures first direct image of exoplanet "'HIP 65426 b"outside our solar system

For the first time, astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system.

Sep 2, 2022

Covid-19 Update: India reports marginal decline in new cases at 6,168 in last 24 hours

The daily positivity rate rose to 1.94 per cent, the weekly positivity rate stood at 2.51 per cent in India now

Sep 2, 2022

Global Covid-19 caseload surpasses 600 million; US, India worst hit: WHO

The global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed 600 million, and is still continuing after it first broke out in early 2020, said WHO

Sep 2, 2022

Two new studies link ultra-processed foods with heart disease, bowel cancer and death

In the first study, researchers examined the association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of colorectal cancer in US adults.

Sep 1, 2022

Covid Update: India reports 7,946 new cases, 37 deaths in 24 hrs

The active caseload of the country has dipped to 62,748, accounting for 0.14 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

Sep 1, 2022

New rule of nature? These mice grow bigger on the rainier sides of mountains

The mice from the western side of the mountains were bigger than the ones from the east, but DNA said that they were all from the same species.

Sep 1, 2022

MIT's MOXIE experiment produces oxygen on Mars in 7 test runs, equivalent to a small tree

On the red and dusty surface of Mars, an instrument the size of a lunchbox is proving it can reliably do the work of a small tree in producing oxygen.

Sep 1, 2022