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2025 Nobel Prize for Economics celebrates innovation-led growth powered by S&T, skills and opennessThe Nobel Prize in Economics recognizes economists for explaining innovation-driven growth. Their work highlights the link between science,...
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Crackpot can jolly well be cutting edgeThe Ig Nobel awards, announced at MIT, celebrate unusual scientific achievements that make people laugh and think. This year's winners incl...
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The WHO's China mission: Five questions still unansweredWHO team members said they were granted full access to the sites and individuals they requested to visit.
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China firm uses workers to 'pre-test' coronavirus vaccine in global raceChina has positioned itself to be a strong contender. Eight of the nearly two dozen potential vaccines in various stages of human testing w...
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View: Rejuvenating India’s growth paradigmThe crisis arising out of the current pandemic has given India an opportunity to explore new and unique ways of driving economic growth. A ...
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‘Many parallels in Mumbai now to the handling of 1896 plague’In Mumbai, which has now become the epicenter of the disease in India, the response of the BMC with its containment measures is not any dif...
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Google emphasises on need for handwashing, pays tribute to Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis in the times of COVID-19The Hungarian physician is known as 'the father of infection control'.
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Germ theory: How probiotic products are flying off the shelvesProbiotics gain demand in the new millennium but there is still a lot of grey area around the science of ingesting good bacteria.
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Is Ganga water special because of an enigmatic X-factor?Ganga is the lifeline for about 300-400 million people who reside in its basin which is over 2,500 km in length.
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