That environmental pollutants can breach the placental barrier and affect foetuses is now well established in research. But how exactly does this happen? Finally, there is clarity on this question. Researchers at AIIMS Delhi have mapped the step-by-step biological pathway through which urban air pollution silences a key foetal growth protein, causing lasting harm to babies. The ICMR-funded study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, has...
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Annamalai submits 5-page resignation letter to BJP chief; to launch new party in 6-8 months
Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai met with party leaders in Delhi CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai on Tuesday met BJP national president Nitin Nabin and the party’s national general secretary (organisation), BL Santhosh, in New Delhi and submitted a five-page resignation letter, sources told TOI.The meetings come amid intense speculation...
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Watch: Mamata defies Bengal police, holds protest without permission in Kolkata
NEW DELHI: TMC chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday led a sit-in protest in Kolkata over alleged attacks on party leaders, including nephew Abhishek Banerjee. This comes a day after police denied permission to the West Bengal opposition party to hold any protest.Addressing the people, Mamata accused the BJP of “rigging counting in 177 of 294...
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Desi jugaads during heatwaves: India’s battle against 45°C temperatures
NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is...
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West Bengal BJP shuts doors on TMC rebels, vows to prevent ‘Trinamoolisation’
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday firmly rejected speculation over the induction of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders into the BJP, asserting that the party would not admit “tainted” individuals and that “trinamoolisation of BJP would never happen.”Emphasising that the BJP’s rise in West Bengal had been driven by grassroots workers...
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‘Isolate yourself’: Govt advisory for travellers from Ebola-hit countries showing symptoms
Govt issues advisory for travellers from Ebola-affected countries showing symptoms (Image credit: AP) NEW DELHI: The union ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday issued a precautionary advisory for travellers arriving from Ebola-affected countries. The ministry said no cases of Ebola disease have been reported in India so far.In a statement, the ministry urged...
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Twisha death case: Giribala Singh, Samarth to be sent to jail under judicial custody
BHOPAL: A special CBI court at Bhopal is likely to send Giribala Singh, a former district judge and mother-in-law of model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma and her lawyer son and husband of Twisha Sharma, Samarth Singh to jail under judicial custody on Tuesday afternoon.Giribala Singh and Samath Singh were produced in the court on Tuesday and after...
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After warning of entire job category losses, Sam Altman says AI firms are hiring more
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing back against the growing belief that AI is directly causing widespread job losses. Speaking in an interview with CNBC on June 1, Sam Altman argued that companies embracing AI the most are often the same companies that continue to hire workers, while firms blaming layoffs on AI may not...
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தலைமை செயலகம் எதிரே வாயு கசிவு, மூச்சு திணறல்: பொதுமக்கள் வாகன ஓட்டிகள் அச்சம்
சென்னை தலைமை செயலகம் அமைந்துள்ள சாலையில் மதியம் 12.15 மணியளவில் திடீர் புகைமூட்டம் ஏற்பட்டது. இதனால் தலைமை செயலகத்திற்கு வருகை தந்த பொதுமக்கள், அந்த சாலையில் செல்லும் வாகன ஓட்டிகளுக்கு மூச்சு திணறல் ஏற்பட்டது. திடீர் புகைமூட்டம் காரணமாக பொதுமக்கள் அச்சம் அடைந்தனர். தலைமை செயலகத்திற்கு அருகே இருக்கும் சென்னை துறைமுகத்தில் திடீரென சல்பர் வாயு கசிவு ஏற்பட்டது தெரிய வந்தது. துறைமுகத்தில் இருந்த கண்டெய்னர் ஒன்றில் இருந்து இந்த வாயு கசிவு ஏற்பட்டதாக கூறப்பட்டது. ஆனால்...
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Debt, inflation & IMF dependence: Pakistan still spending $900k every month on US lobbying
Donald Trump with Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir (PTI file photo) Pakistan’s fragile economy is spending an estimated $900,000 every month on lobbying efforts in the United States, taking its annual outlay to roughly $10-12 million, according to public disclosures filed under the US foreign agents registration act (FARA).The spending comes...
