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PM Narendra Modi greets everyone on Vijaya Dashami

Dasara wishes

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has greeted everyone on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami. Shri Modi also wished that may this auspicious occasion brings courage, restraint and positive energy in everyone’s life. The Prime Minister tweeted; “सभी देशवासियों को विजय के प्रतीक-पर्व विजयादशमी की बहुत-बहुत बधाई। मेरी कामना है कि यह पावन अवसर हर किसी के जीवन में साहस, संयम ...

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Health: Which grains you eat can impact your risk of getting heart disease earlier

ultra-processed foods

In one of the first studies to examine the relationship between different types of grain intake and premature coronary artery disease in the Middle East, researchers found a higher intake of refined grain was associated with an increased risk of premature coronary artery disease in an Iranian population, while eating whole grains was associated with reduced risk. According to the ...

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Last date to submit application for National Means cum Merit Scholarship scheme extended till 15th October, 2022

National Scholarship Portal

The last date for submission of application for ‘NMCMSS for the year 2022-23 extended till 15th October, 2022’ Under the ‘National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme’ scholarships are awarded to meritorious students of economically weaker sections to arrest their drop out at class VIII and encourage them to continue their education at secondary stage. One lakh fresh scholarships are awarded to selected students ...

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Schedule for Assembly Bye-election in Maharashtra, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh,Odisha

The Commission has decided to hold the bye-election to fill vacancies in the following Assembly Constituencies of Maharashtra, Bihar, Haryana, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha: – Sl. No. Name of State Assembly Constituency No. & Name Maharashtra 166-Andheri East Bihar 178-Mokama Bihar 101-Gopalganj Haryana 47-Adampur Telangana 93-Munugode Uttar Pradesh 139-Gola Gokrannath Odisha 46-Dhamnagar(SC) Schedule for the bye election is as ...

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Swatting? FBI warns residents of Las Vegas over the dangers

FBI

The FBI Las Vegas Field Office wants to educate the public about the dangers of swatting. Swatting is a form of harassment to deceive an emergency service provider into sending a police and emergency service response team to another person’s address due to the false reporting of a serious law enforcement emergency. The individuals who engage in this activity use ...

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‘Love hormone’ revealed to have heart healing properties in Humans like EpiPCs regenerate organs in zebrafish

The neurohormone oxytocin is well-known for promoting social bonds including trust, empathy, positive memories, processing of bonding cues, and positive communication and generating pleasurable feelings, for example from art, exercise, or intimacy. Now, researchers from Michigan State University show that in zebrafish and human cell cultures, oxytocin has yet another, unsuspected, function: it stimulates stem cells derived from the heart’s ...

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VMC is biomarker of ageing for nematode; what is its role in Humans?

We all grow old and die, but we still don’t know why. Diet, exercise and stress all effect our lifespan, but the underlying processes that drive ageing remain a mystery. Often, we measure age by counting our years since birth and yet our cells know nothing of chronological time—our organs and tissues may age more rapidly or slowly regardless of ...

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President Murmu Announces Results of Swachh Survekshan 2022; Indore is India’s Cleanest City for 6th consecutive year

Indore is India’s Cleanest City for the Sixth consecutive year, and India’s first 7-Star Garbage Free city. Madhya Pradesh Cleanest State in >100 Urban Local Bodies(ULB) Category, Tripura Cleanest State in <100 ULB Category.India celebrated 8 years of Swachh Bharat Mission and the first anniversary of SBM-Urban 2.0 in grand style as President Droupadi Murmu  today felicitated the awardees of ...

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Scientists sequence world’s largest pangenome to help unlock genetic mysteries behind finer silk

Silk worms

BGI Genomics, in collaboration with Southwest University, the State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, and other partners, has constructed a high-resolution pangenome dataset representing almost the entire genomic content in a silkworm. Previously, due to the scarcity of wild silkworms and technical limitations of former studies, many trait-associated sites were missing. This is the first research ever to digitize ...

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President Murmu presents 68th National Film Awards’2022

68th National Film Awards

Cinema is not only an Industry but it is also a Medium of Artistic Expression of our Culture and Values: President Murmu. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, presented the 68th National Film Awards in various categories in New Delhi today (September 30, 2022). She also conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award on Ms Asha Parekh. Speaking on the occasion, the President ...

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RBI hikes Repo Rate by another 50 basis points to 5.9%

GDP for 2022-23 projected to grow at 7.0%. Internet banking facility to be started for Regional Rural Banks’ customers. Regulation of offline payment aggregators proposed. Repo Rate hiked to 5.90% The repo rate, the rate at which RBI lends money to commercial banks, has been hiked by 50 basis points again. Considering the prevailing adverse global environment, resilience in domestic ...

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Bitcoin Mining: Researchers find it environmentally unsustainable, threat to future energy

Taken as a share of the market price, the climate change impacts of mining the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is more comparable to the impacts of extracting and refining crude oil than mining gold, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports by researchers at The University of New Mexico. The authors suggest that rather than being considered akin to ‘digital gold’, Bitcoin ...

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PM Modi flags off new Vande Bharat Express between Gandhinagar and Mumbai

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi flagged off Gandhinagar- Mumbai Vande Bharat Express at Gandhinagar station and travelled on the train from there to Kalupur Railway Station today. When he arrived at Gandhinagar station, the Prime Minister was accompanied by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel, Governor of Gujarat, Shri Acharya Devvrat, Union Minister of Railways, Shri Ashvini Vaishnav, ...

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A reliable smart app ‘DryEyeRhythm’ to assess Dry eye disease; What is the disease [Details]

Dry eye disease (DED) is a condition characterized by an array of different symptoms, including dryness, ocular discomfort, fatigue, and visual disturbances. This condition has become increasingly common in recent years owing to an aging society, increased screen time, and a highly stressful social environment. There are about 1 billion people, worldwide, who have DED. Undiagnosed and untreated DED can ...

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Novel device: ‘Surface mapping’ a reliable diagnostic tool for gut health

Non-invasive sensors laid on the skin’s surface to measure bioelectrical activity could offer a better alternative for patients suffering with poor gut health. Stefan Calder, a recent PhD graduate at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland is the lead and joint-first author for two papers published in prestigious scientific journals this month on gut ...

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Did the pandemic change our personalities? Increased neuroticism among young adults seen: Study

Crowd during Pandemic

Despite a long-standing hypothesis that personality traits are relatively impervious to environmental pressures, the COVID-19 pandemic may have altered the trajectory of personality across the United States, especially in younger adults, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Angelina Sutin of Florida State University College of Medicine, and colleagues. Previous studies have generally found ...

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Telecom fraud: DoT unearths fraudulent illegal Telecom set-ups to route ISD calls

Fraudsters use illegal telecom set-ups to route ISD calls received through internet (VoIP) illegally to domestic mobile and wireline customers in India. Illegal telecom setups primarily use internet connectivity on one side and connect to domestic mobile and landline network for distribution of call which is not allowed as per regulations. Such illegal setups pose security threat and revenue loss ...

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Archaeological Survey of India unravels remarkable remains in Bandhavgarh Forest Reserve – Photos [Must see]

In a major find, ASI has unraveled remarkable archaeological remains in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Forest Reserve. During the exploration conducted by ASI, 26 ancient temples/relics of Kalachuri period (9th century CE to 11th Century CE), 26 caves (2nd Century CE to 5th century CE mostly Buddhist in nature), 2 monasteries, 2 stupas, 24 Brahmi inscriptions (2nd century CE to 5th century CE), 46 sculptures, 20 scattered remains ...

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