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Militaries that have taken power in Africa’s Sahel region – notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger – have put pressure on western mining firms for a fairer distribution of revenue from the lucrative mining sector. Gold is one of the resources at the heart of these tensions. West Africa has been a renowned gold mining hub for … Read more
Another colonial-era legislation is set to bite the dust as Parliament is seeking to push the Boilers (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the second part of the Budget session. Passed by Rajya Sabha in the Winter session, the Boilers Bill, 2024 will replace the Boilers Act of 1923. The Bill is aimed at regulating industrial boilers … Read more
The Ministry of Works and Housing mandates that one percent of the cost entailed in the construction of a public building be reserved for works of art. That is a precondition for approval of a public project. The artworks at Mumbai and Bengaluru airports reflect this rule, and they do blend into the landscape. However, … Read more
In recent years, cardiovascular medicine has seen significant advancements that have transformed how we diagnose and treat heart diseases. Innovations in cardiac interventional care, specifically for structural heart disease and coronary artery disease, are providing less invasive, more effective options for patients. Structural heart diseases are conditions affecting the heart’s valves, walls, or chambers. One … Read more
Wider reach: Dr. Mohamed Rela, Dr. Priya and Sikkil Gurucharan after one of their performances. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Liver transplant surgeon Mohamed Rela oftens finds himself jetting across the world for medical conferences and professional engagements. Amid the whirlwind travels, he devotes time to an unexpected hobby: memorising verses from Kamba Ramayanam. His … Read more
Difficult commute: It is always bumper-to- bumper traffic at peak hours on GST Road in Perungalathur. In the Airport-Kilamba- kkam network, a station has been planned at Perungalathur. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Every day, Hemadarshini, 28, a resident of Perungalathur, spends nearly an hour to reach the Chennai Airport Metro Rail station from … Read more
A police patrol vehicle parked on the main road near Jubilee hills check post in Hyderabad in 2019. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The story so far: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in Deepa versus S. Vijayalakshmi and Others ruled that the legal provision in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, … Read more
The New Delhi elections bore witness to an intense battle of narratives, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promising a double-engine sarkaar to voters while battering the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its failures in governance, and its myriad corruption scandals. While the AAP attempted to reframe the discourse to welfare, and the Centre-State conflict, it … Read more
Eighty million years ago humans, rats, and mice shared the same mammalian ancestor. More recently, researchers made the astonishing discovery that even today our genomes contain close to 500 segments that have remained totally unchanged since then. These segments are called ultra-conserved elements (UCEs). Nearly all the UCEs are also highly unchanged in the chicken … Read more
New Delhi, Feb. 25: Finance Minister C. Subramaniam’s statement in the Rajya Sabha to-day on IT searches in Jaipur and in Delhi showed that the Income Tax authorities had discovered so far from Moti Doongri Palace, the residence of Mrs. Gayatridevi in Jaipur, gold mohars, sovereigns, half-sovereigns and primary gold with and without markings of … Read more