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London, Oct 13 (IANS) A whopping 71 of the 162 ice shelves or more than 40 per cent that surround Antarctica have reduced in volume over 25 years from 1997 to 2021, according to a new study.The study, published in the journal ‘Science Advances’, found that over the 25 years, almost 67 trillion metric tonnes of ice was exported to the ocean, which was offset by 59 trillion metric tons of ice being added to the ice shelves, giving a net loss of 7.5 trillion metric tonnes.The team from University of Leeds in the UK found that almost all the…

This advancement promises a practical solution for producing potable water from seawater, addressing the pressing issue of global water scarcity.With the world facing a severe water shortage that outpaces population growth, the demand for desalination — a process that extracts freshwater from saltwater — has become critical.However, conventional desalination methods use heat generated by burning fossil fuels, leading to economic and environmental challenges. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) that uses sunlight to generate heat is a promising solution to this problem.The challenge of using CSP for desalination lies in transferring the generated heat from CSP systems to the desalination plants. Common…

A bench comprising CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices J.B. Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra heard the matter for the second day after another bench had delivered a split verdict on Wednesday.The bench directed the medical board to submit a report on whether there was any substantial abnormality as per subsection (2)(b) of section 3 of the MTP Act.The bench also asked the medical board to examine if there was any evidence to suggest that the continuance of pregnancy full-term would be jeopardised by drugs prescribed for the treatment of post-partum psychosis.The CJI further asked the board to find if there is any…

The new test is an epigenetic clock — a type of biochemical assessment that looks at DNA to understand how well the body is ageing in contrast to its chronological age — and is the first of these cutting-edge tests to be proven to perform accurately in a clinical setting, in both healthy and unhealthy tissue.Epigenetic clocks have been proposed as a ‘gold standard’ for measuring age accurately, beyond a person’s biological age, as they are able to measure methylation tags on DNA.The clock — named the Glasgow-Karolinska Clock — developed by teams from University of Glasgow in the UK…

The victim is currently admitted to a private hospital in Barria locality and is battling for his life. The accused are on the run.The family of the victim alleged that the man was fraudulently called by his girlfriend who said that her father had suffered a major heart attack and needed help to take him to hospital. When the victim went to the woman’s house, her family members overpowered him and cut his private part on Thursday evening.“My son went to the gym around 4 p.m. on Thursday. He received a call from his girlfriend and he went to her…

Utilities’ weight jumped to a 35-month high of 3.8 per cent in in Sep’23. Healthcare’s weight climbed for the fourth consecutive month to a 17-month high of 6.8 per cent.Private Banks’ weight moderated for the third consecutive month to 18.9 per cent.Oil and gas weight declined for the fifth consecutive month in Sep’23 to 5.7 per cent, the lowest since Nov’15.In terms of value change MoM, divergent interests were seen within sectors: Top 5 stocks that increased in value were NTPC, L&T, Bharti Airtel, Coal India and Axis Bank, the report said.Equity AUM for domestic MFs (including ELSS and index…

Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the final report lays out what will be the core of the India AI strategy as brought forward by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“AI is going to be a kinetic enabler for us to reach the $1 trillion digital economy goal. It is going to also create deep capabilities within our startup and research ecosystem in terms of real life AI use cases that we want to develop across platforms,” he told reporters here.Chandrasekhar said the government’s approach to AI is not just to follow the world but to deploy…

As of now, India and Pakistan have won both of their games in the tournament so far, so as New Zealand and South Africa. England overcame an opening defeat to New Zealand by defeating Bangladesh by 137 runs in Dharamshala.”It’s an incredibly tough challenge to win in India. Naturally, I think the sub-continental teams will feel more at home with the conditions. That makes it extremely hard for us to knock them off their perch, so to speak. But we’ve got the squad and the players to be able to compete.””People have looked at us for a while and we’ve…

The probe was ordered on Thursday the Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who also authorised the CID to question Goenka in the matter and if necessary, take her into custody.He directed the CID to submit a preliminary report by October 18.Although there was demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the matter, Justice Gangopadhyay rejected it, saying: “This is a local matter involving one college and hence the CID of state police is fit enough to carry out the investigation.”The city police started the investigation against Goenka following a complaint filed in 2018…

Officials said that ED teams are searching the residences and offices of one Dinesh Khodania in Jaipur and Dungarpur.Raids are also going in nine other places in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Dungarpur belonging to Spardha Choudhary and Ashok Jain.Dinesh Khodania is said to be close to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Spardha Choudhary is a friend of Suresh Dhaka, who is absconding in the paper leak case. Ashok Jain is also said to be close to a Congress leader.According to ED sources, RPSC member Babulal Katara and the paper leak case mastermind Bhupendra Saran were recently taken on remand by the…