The trial, to be conducted by the University of Oxford, will involve 50 healthy volunteers in the age group of 18 to 55 years Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched 4,000 investigational doses of a newly manufactured Ebola vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain, thus paving the way for phase I human trials…
Image Credit: By Calistemon – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=127909261 The global race to combat climate change has started a debate on how we use our energy, moving us toward a world powered by wind, sun, and electricity. We view technologies like electric vehicles and battery storage systems as beneficial for the planet, but…
Some days move like a clear road, and some feel full of small bumps. Today is the second kind. The Moon is under strain, and Saturn’s cold glance can make simple matters feel heavier than they are. That is why expenses may rise without much warning, and your mood may dip for no big reason.Don’t…
Kolkata: Three men, Gopal Dhara (42), Dipankar Mondal (25), and Shankar Bhuiyan (55), have been arrested by Anandapur Police for their involvement in an illegal soil smuggling racket operating on govt land near Ruby Crossing. Acting on a complaint by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, officers raided the vacant plot and arrested them for excavating soil…
Saurav Palodhi, the film’s director, with child actors Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, and Gitashree Chakraborty Kolkata: Saurav Palodhi, director of “Onko Ki Kothin”, which saw its three child actors win National Awards, has publicly declared his support for Sonam Wangchuk. Palodhi dedicated the film’s recent success to Wangchuk, who is leading a youth-driven movement calling…
Panaji: The state cabinet on Wednesday granted approval for the policy for management of used cooking oil (UCO) for the production of biodiesel. TOI was the first to report that the state govt will come out with the policy.UCO was a major byproduct of the food industry, restaurants and home kitchens.Goa transported approximately 9 lakh…
DMK leaders meet governor Chennai: Tamil Nadu Lok Bhavan turned into the focal point of Tamil Nadu politics on Saturday as DMK, AIADMK and BJP made a beeline to governor R V Arlekar, seeking action against the TVK govt over allegations of horse-trading and other “unconstitutional activities”.DMK organising secretary R S Bharathi, accompanied by Nagercoil…
Representative Image of an ocean dye experiment tracking how river water reaches the sea (AI-generated image) In January and February 2023, waves along a stretch of San Diego coastline briefly turned a striking shade of fuchsia, the result of a deliberate scientific experiment rather than any natural phenomenon. Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution…
Kolkata: After an 18-day break, students of classes 5-7 and 11 returned to Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya on Wednesday. Regular classes will begin on Thursday.The school had declared a closure from July 5 following the death of class-12 student Diptangshu Mahato after drinking scalding tea. The authorities decided to reopen the school in a phased manner….
A researcher following scuba divers for this project Most scuba divers believe they rarely touch fragile seabed ecosystems, yet underwater observers tracking hundreds of tourists found that more than 40 per cent of their physical contacts caused visible damage to living coral structures.Research published in The Conversation by marine scientists and dive professionals revealed that…
