A hallmark of a truly luxurious meal is a sprinkling of truffle shavings — the fungal kind, not the chocolate. Nicknamed “diamonds” of the culinary world, these fanciful fungi are prized for their unique flavor and scent. But newer truffle species are fighting to achieve that same gourmet status. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Omega have performed the first full aroma characterization ...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs meeting on “Illegal Loan Apps”; Steps to prevent operations
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a meeting yesterday to discuss the various issues related to “Illegal Loan Apps” outside the regular banking channels. The meeting was attended by the Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance; Secretary, Economic Affairs; Secretary, Revenue, & Corporate Affairs (Addl. Charge); Secretary, Financial Services; Secretary, Electronics & Information technology; Deputy Governor, ...
Read More »28-ft statue of Netaji to grace vacant canopy at India Gate tomorrow
A grand statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, will be unveiled on 8th of September 2022 near India Gate in New Delhi in a jet black granite stone measuring 28 ft. under the Canopy near India Gate, which had King George’s statue originally. Ever since the plan to install King George V statue by the British was scrapped owing to ...
Read More »Centre helps Manipur to organize pineapples export promotion show in Dubai
In a move towards harnessing export potential of naturally grown, organic certified fresh pineapples of North-Eastern Region (NER), centre, through Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) organized an in-store export promotion programme in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Manipur’s pineapples among consumers. The ‘in-store promotion show’ of organic certified fibre rich Kwe variety of pineapples from ...
Read More »Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala left behind Rs. 50,000 Crore for family; 4th child gets a bit
Legal fraternity sources have revealed that top stockbroker and Big Bull Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has left a will which will provide direction and intent on his heirs and the handling of his colossal fortune, believed to be worth approximately Rs 50,000 crore. He had arranged in his will to ensure his estate, including shares and property, is bequeathed to his wife ...
Read More »Wheat prices spike due to climate change: Study
Rising temperatures are harmful to wheat yields. However, crop yields do not provide a holistic vision of food security. The impacts of climate change on wheat price, livelihood and agricultural market fundamentals are also important to food security but have been largely overlooked. An international research team has now estimated the comprehensive impact of climate change and extreme climate events ...
Read More »COVID mRNA vaccines are safe in patients with heart failure
COVID mRNA vaccines are associated with a decreased risk of death in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2022.1 The study also found that the vaccines were not associated with an increased risk of worsening heart failure, venous thromboembolism or myocarditis in heart failure patients. “Our results indicate that heart failure patients should be prioritised for COVID-19 ...
Read More »Streaming platform overtakes cable TV in US first time: Nielsen report
Streaming viewership in the United States has exceeded cable usage for the first time in the US as traditional television failed to cope up with the new content demand and reduced sports programming, said the industry monitoring agency Nielson. According to Nielsen, streaming represented a 34.8 per cent share of total TV viewing in the US in July — an ...
Read More »India Covid cases rise again to 15K today
India on Friday reported marginal rise at 15,754 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, against 12,608 infections on Thursday, with 47 more Covid deaths, taking the nationwide death toll to 5,27,253 so far. The active caseload of the country stands at 1,01,830 cases, accounting for 0.23 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of 15,220 ...
Read More »S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer, passes away after battling Covid-19
Renowned Indian singer and legendary S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, 74, who worked predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam passed away in Chennai on Friday at 13:04 Hrs, after battling coronavirus for over a month. Balasubramanyam tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai early in August and his condition deteriorated by August 13. He was ...
Read More »Michelle Obama lashes out at Trump, overshadows Joe Biden, Kamala at 2020 Convention
Wearing a viral DNC ‘V-O-T-E’ necklace, Michelle Obama brought to the Democratic National convention Monday an entirely new twist to lash out at President Donald Trump with her fiery speech that obliterated the candidates. Urging Americans to vote for Joe Biden, she said, he “is not perfect,” but “there is no perfect candidate, no perfect president… His ability to learn ...
Read More »Trump targets Kamala Harris under oft-rejected ‘natural-born’ citizenship row
US President Donald Trump, who had once brushed aside Newsweek as a source of fakenews has embraced its dubiously opinionated article alleging that Kamala Harris, the Vice Presidential candidate of Joe Biden Kamala is not a natural-born citizen of the United States. The Newsweek column was aimed at repeating the same old argument leveled against Barack Obama when he contested ...
Read More »It’s Official: Kamala Harris Becomes Joe Biden’s pick for Vice President
As expected, Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris, the voice for coloured people as well as Indian Americans and prominent senator from California, as his Vice President running mate, setting the speculations to rest on Tuesday. Her selection is likely to send shockwaves even among her own followers and India as well. Harris, who was among those who pitched for ...
Read More »Mega Millions: No winner for Tuesday numbers July 28, 2020, Next Jackpot Friday at $22 Million Now
The Mega Million Lottery Winning numbers for the draw held at 11 p.m. ET are — 17,20,27,31,34, and Gold Ball 19, with megaplier at 4X. The prize amount for Tuesday’s lottery is $20 Million and the cash option is for $16.2 Million but there is no winner of these jackpot numbers pushing the amount to 422 million for the next ...
Read More »Here’s a hilarious video from film ‘Lootcase’ set for release on July 31
Fox Star Hindi’s upcoming film Lootcase has been making a lot of buzz ever since the trailer was released. As the film nears its release, the makers have been sharing hilarious promos with the most recent one being Gajraj Rao’s character MLA Patil as Uday Bhai from the film ‘Welcome.’ Gajraj Rao shared the video on his social media with ...
Read More »Tiny Dinosaur claim by Chinese Scientists in March Proved Wrong, could be lizard; Nature retracts paper
A diminutive bird-like skull, exquisitely preserved in amber for almost 100 million years, did not belong to the smallest dinosaur ever discovered. It was probably a lizard. The skull was believed to offer a whole new lineage of birds, but the paper was retracted on Monday. The story on tiny dinosaur, its skull measuring only 7.1mm long, smaller than the bee ...
Read More »Mexico cave stone tools hint Americans arrived much earlier, say 30,000 years ago
A massive haul of stone tools discovered in a cave in Mexico provide evidence that people occupied the area more than 30,000 years ago, suggesting that humans arrived in North America at least 15,000 years earlier than had been previously thought. The discovery is backed up by a separate statistical analysis incorporating data from sites in North America and Siberia. ...
Read More »Pune-based Serum Institute of India seeks regulator’s nod to produce Oxford Vaccine for Covid-19
As the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford university and AstraZeneca enters the third phase of the trials, Serum Institute of India (SII) is geared up to procure a licence from the Indian regulator to start clinical trials in the country in a week’s time. Serum Institute of India, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, and a partner in ...
Read More »India Coronavirus cases reach 17,265, death toll stands at 543 as of 20th April
A total of 17,265 confirmed cases are reported for COVID-19 in the country and a total of 543 deaths have been reported so far. Among those infected, 2,547 persons or 14.75 % of total cases have been cured or discharged after recovery, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its daily bulletin. The doubling rate of COVID-19 ...
Read More »How to take care of children during coronavirus? WHO issues guidelines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines to take care of children at home and in schools from transmission of the COVID-19 virus with critical considerations and practical checklists and also advised national and local authorities on how to adapt and implement emergency plans for educational facilities. Issued jointly with the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) ...
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