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India revokes Pak.’s MFN status day after terrorist strike in J&K
India on Friday revoked the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status of Pakistan and warned of more measures in response to its support for terrorist groups targeting India.
Inter-State frictions are back in the Northeast
Several people, including women, were injured during a clash between the Assam police and people of Umwali village in Meghalaya. The village is near Langpih, a disputed place on the Assam-Meghalaya border, about 40 km west of Guwahati. While Assam says the village is in the State’s Kamrup district, Meghalaya claims it falls in its West Khasi Hills district.
India and Saudi Arabia are poised to dramatically deepen the bilateral relationship
China on Friday reiterated that it stood by a UN ban on the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), but stopped short of reversing its stance against sanctioning its chief, Masood Azhar, as a global terrorist.
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Vande Bharat: India’s fastest train takes off
The express will ply between Delhi and Varanasi, with halts at Kanpur and Allahabad. It will complete the 780-km journey in eight hours, slicing off 180 minutes from the current travel time of 11-and-a-half hours.
A lifetime of finding genes to counter heart disease
The PCSK9 discoveries led to the development of PCSK9 inhibitors, said to be the most effective drugs to lower cholesterol — or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) — since statins.
Antibiotic-resistant NDM-1 gene found in pristine Arctic
The recent detection of the antibiotic resistant (AR) gene NDM-1, first isolated in India, in the Arctic region is a further indication of the globalisation of antimicrobial resistance, said a study.
Before humans set foot on the lunar surface again, NASA aims to land an unmanned vehicle on the moon by 2024, and has invited bids from the burgeoning private sector to build the probe.
