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Ebola is a Public Health Emergency: WHO

August 8, 2014

The emergency committee of the World Health Organization has unanimously agreed to proclaim the Ebola virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. As per the UN body, the possible outcomes of further international spread are particularly serious in view of ..

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ZMapp: Experimental drug to treat Ebola infected U.S. Aid Workers

August 7, 2014

A small biotech company Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. based in San Diego-based has provided an experimental Ebola treatment for two Americans infected with the deadly virus in Liberia. The biotechnology drug, produced with tobacco plants, appears to be working. The company ..

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Mangroves in Sunderbans losing capacity to soak up CO2: Research

August 6, 2014

As per a latest research financed by the Union government and headed by noted marine scientist Abhijit Mitra, the Sunderban’s huge mangrove forest is rapidly losing its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, from the ..

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How Ebola spread and became deadliest disease

August 5, 2014

The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa has emerged as a new medical challenge and poses a serious threat to the rest of the African region and the world at large. Researchers are still trying to ascertain the causes, key ..

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NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission to have MOXIE to generate Oxygen on Mars

August 5, 2014

The US space agency NASA has decided to put MOXIE – Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment as one of the payloads on the Mars 2020 rover mission. MOXIE will produce oxygen on MARS using the Martian atmospheric Carbon Dioxide (CO2). NASA ..

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PM Modi to induct warship INS Kolkata

August 4, 2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to induct country’s largest indigenously-built combat vessel INS Kolkata in Mumbai in August 2014. Key points about INS Kolkata: Largest indigenously-built warship Constructed by the Mazagon Dockyards Limited and designed by Navy’s design bureau. ..

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Chinese Government takes strict steps to regulate GM Crops

August 4, 2014

With a view to exercise stern regulation on GM Crops, China’s Ministry of Agriculture has decided to regulate the sales and growth of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in the country. As per the Ministry of Agriculture, any firm or individual ..

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India’s PM Narendra Modi’s Nepal visit concludes

August 4, 2014

The two-day Nepal visit of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded on August 4, 2014.  Highlights of Mr. Modi’s Nepal visit: Mr. Modi is the first Indian PM to Nepal in 17 years. He was welcomed by the guard of ..

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"Right to Research (R2R) Foundation" to promote Indian researchers launched

August 3, 2014

With a view to support foreign-educated and trained Indian researchers to help them find suitable jobs, upon their return to the country, a group of researchers and academicians have launched the Right to Research (R2R) Foundation. It has been observed ..

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Science can now explain why sun’s atmosphere is hotter than its surface

August 2, 2014

Researchers have found substantial evidence to explain why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is much hotter than its surface. As per scientists, ‘Nanoflares’ – a continuous infusion of impulsive bursts of heating, none of which can be individually detected – is ..

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