In 1987, four years after the discovery of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS, scientists reported the first drug effective against the virus, called zidovudine. Zidovudine targeted a viral enzyme called reverse transcriptase, and prevented the virus from completing its life-cycle. However, zidovudine was no magic bullet. It could hold the virus at bay...
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Watch: Zelenskyy reveals his ‘base’ in Kyiv; taunts Putin – watch
Volodymr Zelenskyy in the video As the Ukraine–Russia war marked four years on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy disclosed the “base” from which he directed his country’s initial response to the military offensive launched by the Kremlin.To mark the fourth anniversary of the conflict, Zelenskyy shared a video message to the nation on his X...
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POCSO case: Seer files anticipatory bail plea, says will ‘talk to police’
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Tuesday filed an anticipatory bail petition in the Allahabad high court in connection with alleged sexual harassment charges against him and his disciple, Mukundanand Giri.The seer also said that he will talk to the police about the matter. Speaking to reporters in Varanasi, he said:...
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‘Fine if Israel takes Middle East’: Trump ally’s remark sparks Arab fury
President Donald Trump talks with U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Donald Trump has the Bart Simpson-like gift of getting away with almost anything he says. His acolytes do not. It...
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Why don’t left-handed persons make up half the population?
— Gayatri Chandrashekar A: There’s a neural basis for handedness but it’s not due to any single part of the brain. Hand preference reflects how the brain organises movement control. In most right-handed people, the left hemisphere has stronger control over fine hand movements and also more often dominates language. In left-handed people, these patterns...
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‘Keralamite, Keralamian’? Shashi Tharoor quips after Centre renames Kerala as Keralam
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday reacted with wordplay after the Union Cabinet is understood to have approved the proposal to change the name of Kerala to ‘Keralam’, asking what Anglophones would now call residents of the state.The Thiruvananthapuram MP asked how people from the state now would be referred to, and...
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Bhopal: How 2 sisters and their gang ran a rape-conversion racket
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only. (AI Image) BHOPAL: Acting on complaints filed by two women—a 21-year-old from Chhattisgarh and a 30-year-old Bhopal-based woman—Bag Sewania police on Sunday registered two separate FIRs on charges of rape and forced religious conversion against around half a dozen accused, including two women who are sisters, under relevant sections...
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 schedule out; India & Pakistan in same group
Women’s T20 World Cup (Pic Credit – X) NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council on Tuesday announced the full schedule for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, setting the stage for the biggest edition in the tournament’s history, with 12 teams competing for the coveted title from June 12 to July 5 in England.Go...
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