🔍Explained: The case against US journalist Evan Gershkovich, set to stand trial in Russia
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Explained: The case against US journalist Evan Gershkovich, set to stand trial in Russia
In 2023, Evan Gershkovich became the first American to be detained on espionage charges since the Cold War. What might happen next in his case?
🔍Why the Centre has extended the Digital Health Incentive Scheme
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Why the Centre has extended the Digital Health Incentive Scheme
Under the scheme, government and private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, diagnostic labs, and pharmacies are paid Rs 20 for each additional record they digitise, over and above the threshold of 100 transactions a month.
🔍Bypassing statute of limitation, stay on sedition law: Why UAPA has been invoked against Arundhati Roy
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Bypassing statute of limitation, stay on sedition law: Why UAPA has been invoked against Arundhati Roy
The Delhi Lieutenant-Governor has sanctioned the prosecution of author-activist Arundhati Roy and Kashmiri professor Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain under the UAPA in connection with a 2010 FIR in which the two are accused of “delivering provocative speeches”
🔍No outcome in Bonn: why money is key to climate action
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No outcome in Bonn meeting: Why money is key to climate action
The Bonn talks, an annual fixture in June, were expected to give at least some indicative numbers. They could have been worked upon before COP29 — scheduled to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November — where they have to be finalised.
🔍Why chilis burn. And why humans still love them
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Why chilis burn. And why humans still love them
The chemical capsaicin makes the brain feel that the mouth is on fire. But humans still love to eat chilis
🔍What is INCOIS’s new product to forecast El Niño and La Niña conditions?
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What is INCOIS’s new product to forecast El Niño and La Niña conditions?
Known as Bayesian Convolutional Neural Network (BCNN), the new product uses the latest technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)
🔍Regulation on tourism, push for ‘all inclusive’ government: What happened at this year’s Antarctic Parliament
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Regulation on tourism, push for ‘all inclusive’ government: What happened at this year’s Antarctic Parliament
Antarctica is the world's fifth largest continent spanning 14 million sq km area. Nearly 98% of Antarctica is covered in thick ice sheets which hold about 75% of the earth's freshwater reserves.
🔍‘Imported’ cricketers: Behind United States’ success in T20 World Cup
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‘Imported’ cricketers: Behind team United States’ success in T20 World Cup
The US has stormed into the Super 8s of the T20 World Cup, at the expense of mercurial cricketing giant Pakistan. Its success, in no small part, is owed to cricketers born outside its borders.
🔍Why has New Zealand removed the ‘burp tax’ on livestock?
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Why has New Zealand removed the ‘burp tax’ on livestock?
The burp tax was introduced in October 2022 under the leadership of then Prime Minister Jacinda Adern, whose Labour Party lost last year’s elections, making way for the currently ruling coalition led by the National Party.
🔍How Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ became the ‘Anthem of Europe’
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How Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ became the ‘Anthem of Europe’
Since 1972, the finale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been the official anthem of the European Community and its successor: the EU. Here’s why.
🔍How the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is being developed as India’s second home for cheetahs
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How the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary is being developed as India’s second home for cheetahs
The Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in western Madhya Pradesh is set to become the second home for cheetahs in India, after the Kuno National Park. It has been described as “perfect” cheetah habitat, but introducing the feline predator will come with its…
🔍Why direct seeding of rice (DSR) is yet to pick up in Punjab
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Why direct seeding of rice (DSR) is yet to pick up in Punjab
The DSR technique, which the Punjab government is actively promoting, has a number of benefits when compared to traditional transplantation. But why has it not yet seen widespread adoption in Punjab?
🔍Why is Father’s Day celebrated on the third Sunday of June?
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Why is Father’s Day celebrated on the third Sunday of June?
Father’s Day, as we know it today, largely exists due to the efforts of one American woman. Questioning why a counterpart to Mother’s Day did not exist, she launched a decades-long campaign to honour the memory of her father.
🔍We bring dengue to Europe, local mosquitos do the rest
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How climate change is helping the spread of dengue in Europe
Warmer conditions are helping the Aedes albopictus mosquito, which transmits dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses thrive, said the EU health agency.
🔍How Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, on this day in 1963
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How Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963
Valentina Tereshkova ventured into space at a time when the Cold War was fueling the Space Race between the US and the USSR. NASA did not allow women astronauts back then, leading the Soviets to take a small step forward.
🔍Nik Gupta extradited to US: His alleged involvement in Pannun ‘assasination’ attempt, chronology of events
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Nik Gupta extradited to US: His alleged involvement in Pannun ‘assasination’ attempt, chronology of events
The US Department of Justice has accused Indian national Nik Gupta of being involved in a plot to kill Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York
🔍US Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill: What was the case, and what the court said
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US Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill: What was the case, and what the court said
The verdict has preserved access to mifepristone in the US for now. The court, however, has kept the doors open to other attempts to limit the availability of the drug.
🔍Before Kanchanjunga Express: Major train accidents of the last decade
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Before Kanchanjunga Express: Major train accidents of the last decade
Several train accidents have occurred in India over the last decade for multiple reasons, ranging from mechanical failures to human negligence.
🔍Decline in migration to Gulf, rise in student migration: What the Kerala Migration Survey 2023 says
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The Kerala migration story: Decline in migration to Gulf, over 40% emigrants are Muslim
The Kerala Migration Survey 2023 report is out. While the total number of emigrants has gone up slightly, so has the number of returnees. Here are some key findings
🔍Elephants have names for each other: What a new study says
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Elephants have names for each other: What a new study says
Researchers have said that the findings showcase the fact that elephants have much higher intellectual capabilities than humans estimate.