There's a little-known hero quietly working behind the scenes of your body, estrogen. Often typecast as the "period hormone," estrogen is so much more than just a player in your menstrual cycle. From glowing skin to strong bones and a sharper brain, this hormone is...
New Delhi: India's industrial production growth slowed to 2.7 per cent in April 2025 due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released Wednesday. The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), rose...
New Delhi: There is a 70 per cent chance that the average global temperature for the 2025-2029 period will exceed pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to a new report published by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Wednesday. It also said that...
New Delhi: In a landmark development poised to transform the global standing of traditional medicine systems, an agreement has been signed between the Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization (WHO). The agreement inked Saturday marks the beginning of work on a dedicated Traditional...
New Delhi: The Elon Musk-run social media platform X Saturday suffered an outage globally, including in India, as users were unable to load new posts and were unable to login. According to outage tracking website Downdetector, thousands of users struggled to access X webpages, as...
Berhampur: As Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha's Ganjam district has emerged as a major rookery for Olive Ridley turtles, wildlife lovers and experts have demanded the establishment of a turtle research centre in the area to study the behaviour of the marine animal. The demand...
New Delhi: One case of the newly emerging COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1 and four instances of the LF.7 type have been detected in India, according to INSACOG data. As of May 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies LF.7 and NB.1.8 subvariants as Variants Under Monitoring,...
As COVID-19 resurges in parts of Asia, India is once again facing concerns over new waves of infections. With fresh variants emerging and cases fluctuating, understanding the real situation at home is more important than ever. Should we be worried, and what do these latest...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR) hosted an inspiring talk session with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman, department of Space secretary, and Space Commission chairman V Narayanan at its campus here Wednesday. Also Read: ISRO enhances national safety with 24/7 satellite surveillance,...
New Delhi: About 57 per cent of Indian districts, home to 76 per cent of India's total population, are currently at 'high' to 'very high' heat risk, according to a new study. According to the study published Tuesday by Delhi-based climate and energy think-tank Council...
Freedom of speech and expression is the soul of democracy and to rob an individual of that fundamental right is...
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US President Donald Trump is opening new theatres of his global tariff war. This appears to be a strategy he...
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Many of the acts of omission and commission by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the recent past have...
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One of the most remarkable democratic developments of recent times came from New York City this month. A 33-year-old man...
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