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Microbes deep within Arctic Sea yield promising prospects for antibiotics: Study
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Microbes deep within Arctic Sea yield promising prospects for antibiotics: Study

New Delhi, Aug 30: A team of Finnish researchers has developed a new suite of methods to test for the antivirulence and antibacterial effect of hundreds of unknown compounds from the Arctic Sea. The team from the University of Helsinki targeted an enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strain that causes...
Over 200 pc surge in property registrations among Mumbai
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Over 200 pc surge in property registrations among Mumbai's elderly post-Covid

Mumbai, Aug 30: The share of overall property registrations by buyers of aged 61 and above surged 204 per cent in Mumbai, increasing from 7,554 in 2020 to 15,276 in 2024, as elderly buyers sought better properties for a stable lifestyle, a report showed on Friday. The proportion on registrations in...
Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch sues WazirX to recover stuck funds
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Indian crypto exchange CoinSwitch sues WazirX to recover stuck funds

New Delhi, Aug 29: Indian cryptocurrency exchange CoinSwitch has sued rival platform WazirX, saying they are taking legal action to recover the funds stuck on Nischal Shetty-run crypto platform. Ashish Singhal run CoinSwitch said it has been over a month since WazirX, a major crypto exchange...
PhonePe launches PG Bolt to revolutionise in app payments for merchants
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PhonePe launches PG Bolt to revolutionise in app payments for merchants

New Delhi, Aug 29: PhonePe Payment Gateway on Thursday announced the launch of PhonePe PG Bolt a groundbreaking solution that empowers merchants by offering the fastest in app payment experience to customers with a 99 per cent success rate. PhonePe PG Bolt offers a 1-second transaction time with the...
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World's first 6th gen DRAM chip developed in South Korea

Seoul, Aug 29: SK hynix, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, said on Thursday it has developed the world's first 16 gigabyte DDR5 chip using the sixth generation of the 10 nanometer chipmaking technology. According to SK hynix, the new product comes with an improvement in cost...
Global health organisation hails PMUY LPG scheme for poor
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Global health organisation hails PMUY LPG scheme for poor

Mumbai, Aug 28: Families in Indian villages switching to exclusive use of LPG would save more than 1,50,000 lives a year due to reduction in both indoor and outdoor pollution that arises from ‘chulha (wood/coal stove)’ smoke in household kitchens, according to a study by global public health...
China’s AliExpress carries excessive hazardous substances in kids goods: S. Korea
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China’s AliExpress carries excessive hazardous substances in kids goods: S....

Seoul, Aug 28: Children's bicycles, skates and sunglasses sold in South Korea by Chinese online platform AliExpress have been found to contain a hazardous substance exceeding the country’s standard by about 260 times, the Seoul city government said on Wednesday.The city government said it has...
ChatGPT a hit among students who struggle to pay attention: Study
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ChatGPT a hit among students who struggle to pay attention: Study

New Delhi, Aug 28: Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like Open AI’s ChatGPT are widespread hits among students who have problems paying attention, according to a study on Wednesday. Researchers in Sweden looked into how teenagers related to how they used and thought of generative AI...
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission delayed over helium leak, to attempt on Wednesday
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SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission delayed over helium leak, to attempt on Wednesday

New Delhi, Aug 27: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission aimed to conduct the first-ever 'all-civilian' spacewalk has been delayed over a helium leak, said the Elon-Musk-led company on Tuesday. The four-member mission was scheduled to launch today. It is now planned for liftoff onboard SpaceX’s Falcon...
PLI booster: Apple ecosystem to create 5-6 lakh jobs in India
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PLI booster: Apple ecosystem to create 5-6 lakh jobs in India

New Delhi, Aug 27: Riding on robust local production as iPhone manufacturing plants in India continue to create new export records each month, Apple is all set to create 5-6 lakh jobs (direct and indirect) in the coming 1-2 years. As iPhone exports continue to clock around $1 billion each month...
Musk supports California bill that aims to create guardrails around AI
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Musk supports California bill that aims to create guardrails around AI

San Francisco, Aug 27: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday came out in support of a new California bill that aims to create guardrails around artificial intelligence (AI). The California “SB 1047 AI safety bill” aims to prevent large AI models from being used to cause “critical harms” against...
Centre bans 156 Fix Dose Combination drugs used for fever, pain
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Centre bans 156 Fix Dose Combination drugs used for fever, pain

Guwahati, Aug 25: The central government has banned at least 156 Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) medicines due to safety concerns. The list includes commonly used drugs such as antibiotics for fever and colds, painkillers, multivitamins, and more.The Union Health Ministry issued a gazette notification...
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