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  • RS adjourned till 12 noon after Cong creates uproar
  • London copper hits 2-year high on outlook for China scrap imports
  • UAE buys first US oil cargo to replace Qatar condensate
  • China to convert all giant state companies into joint-stock firms by end-2017
  • Cloudy morning in Delhi, light rain likely
  • Strike by Pakistan fuel tankers enters third day; long queues at stations
  • After IS, Mosul rebuilds monuments, mosques -- and society
  • Lloris frustrated by Tottenham's lack of progress in Europe
  • RS ADJOURNED TILL 12 NOON AFTER UPROAR BY CONGRESS OVER NEHRU GANDHI ISSUE
  • J&K CM’s Grievance Cell disposes off 796 complaints
  • Scientists dim sunlight, suck up carbon dioxide to cool planet
  • Pothole plagued Harare seeks to build climate-resilient roads
  • Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap 10 oil contractors in northeast Nigeria -NNPC
  • 2 kidnapped jewelers rescued from Jhansi
  • LeT militant arrested in north Kashmir
Yemen

Yemen cholera epidemic slowing after infecting 400,000

By Tom Miles

GENEVA, July 25 (Reuters)  Yemen's cholera outbreak is set to hit 400,000 cases on Tuesday but there are signs the three-month-old epidemic is slowing, according to World Health Organization data analysed by Reuters.

IMA

IMA organises 'Kidney Update 2017'

Panaji, Jul 24 (UNI) State-level CME Kidney Update 2017 event, organised by Indian Medical Association (IMA) Goa, saw experts from all over India and Spain sharing knowledge with Goan doctors about how to manage better patients with kidney ailments.

HIV

HIV and cancer teams double up to seek out new disease killers

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent

LONDON, Jul 22 (Reuters) HIV experts at an international conference starting today are keenly courting colleagues in oncology to explore whether advances in harnessing the immune system against cancer can help the search for a cure for AIDS.

Scales

Scales tip in AIDS fight as death rates decline, treatment rates rise

By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, Jul 20 (Reuters) The scales have tipped in the fight against AIDS, with more than half of people infected with HIV now getting treatment and AIDS-related deaths almost halving since 2005, the United Nations said today.

Republican

Republican Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain tumor

Undated, Jul 20 (Reuters) US Republican Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with a brain tumor following surgery to remove a blood clot from above his left eye.

Agriculture

Nano-particle fertilizer could lead to new 'green revolution'

Nano-particle fertilizer could lead to new 'green revolution'

New Delhi, Jan 26 (UNI) Sri Lankan scientists report having developed a simple way to make a benign, more efficient fertilizer – described as nano-particle fertilizer - that could contribute to a second food revolution across the globe.

Make provisions of Food Security Act universal: Swaminathan

Gene editing ripens fruits faster, increasing yield

Neolithic Syrians were first to domesticate cereals

Herbicide-resistant 'superweeds' and GM crops

Rice a 'summer crop' of multi-cropping Indus Valley farmers

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Business & Society

Broken pebbles offer clues to Palaeolithic funeral rituals

Broken pebbles offer clues to Palaeolithic funeral rituals

New Delhi, Feb 9 (UNI) Humans may have ritualistically "killed" objects to remove their symbolic power, some 5,000 years earlier than previously thought, a new international study of marine pebble tools from an Upper Palaeolithic burial site in Italy suggests.

Oscar Awards biased towards America & American culture

Retail therapy for jealous partners

Bilingualism may save brain resources as you age

104th Indian Sciance Congress to begin tomorrow

Celebrated Scientist CNR Rao's Autobiography released

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