NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry has asked states and Union territories to act against unauthorised stem cell therapy, reiterating that it can be offered as routine treatment only for disease conditions or indications approved by the ministry.In an advisory issued on September 16, the ministry said stem cell therapy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…
Egg-laying Skink (Oligosoma suteri) in New Zealand. Image Credit: Wikipedia A conservation effort in New Zealand took a surprising turn when 30 egg-laying skinks were moved from Green Island to Korapuki Island in 1992. The group consisted of 10 males and 20 gravid females (already carrying eggs). Years later, researchers compared the skinks on both…
AIIMS Delhi researchers have developed an AI tool that can act as a second reader of mammograms and flag possible signs of breast cancer, with the technology now transferred to BPL Technologies for further development and deployment. New Delhi: An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by doctors and researchers at the All India Institute of…
Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea) at Alibel Tortoise Park, Mahe, Seychelles (2025). Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Madagascar began rebuilding a giant tortoise population in 2018 with only 12 founder animals at the Anjajavy Reserve in the north-west of the country. The small group faced an important challenge because a population started from so few animals…
India’s Ambassador to the United States India’s Ambassador to the United States Vinay Mohan Kwatra has defended New Delhi’s energy sourcing policy after the US House of Representatives passed legislation that gives US president Donald Trump the authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries continuing to buy Russian oil and…
LaLiga – Elche v Real Madrid – Estadio Manuel Martinez Valero, Elche, Spain – September 15, 2026. Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappe rolls up his t-shirt displaying a slogan in solidarity with the people of Ceuta Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has come under criticism from conservative and far-right politicians in Spain and France after he…
Planck in 1918, the year he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum theory (Image: B Lagrelius & Westphal/ The American Institute of Physics ) Long before quantum mechanics became a household term, Max Planck was already thinking carefully about what it actually means to do science. In this quote,…
AI representation/ChatGPT Most people cannot remember their first birthday, their first steps or the days they spent learning to speak. Even though those years shaped the rest of their lives, the memories usually disappear from conscious recall. This is known as infantile amnesia, or childhood amnesia. It refers to the lack of clear, personal memories…
TMC vs TMC: EC bars both factions from using party symbol, name in Bengal bypolls NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday barred both rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) factions from using the party name and its reserved election symbol in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls, according to an interim order.The decision comes ahead of…
Deep in Ethiopia’s Harenna Forest, a snake that initially appeared familiar has turned out to represent a species new to science. The discovery began with a juvenile female collected from the forest and kept for observation as she grew. The appearance gradually raised questions about whether she belonged to a known egg-eating snake. What followed…