New Delhi
The Kumbh Mela which is held every 12 years coinciding with the planet Jupiter’s completing a round of Sun, has been on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of UNESCO since 2017. However, the ongoing Mahakumbh mela is held every 144 years to commemorate 12 rounds of Jupiter’s circli...Read more
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As usually happens, the overthrow of the Bashar Al Assad regime in Syria is seeing a jostling between regional powers for influence in that country. The Assads had always prided themselves on their pan-Arabism. Ironically, the powers jostling for influence there are all non-...Read more
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New Delhi
A team of Indian doctors, including from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has in a new study published on Wednesday, redefined obesity for the Indian population.
Traditionally Body Mass Index (BMI) was used to define o...Read more
New Delhi
The success of Indian space startup Digantara's Space Camera for Object Tracking (SCOT) mission is important to the growing space industry in India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
Digantara launched its SCOT satellite aboard SpaceX'sTransporter-12 mission on Wednesday to enhance space safety and track Resident Space Objects (RSOs). Mission SCOT is a commercial space-based surveillance mission that will change how humanity operates in space. Built to detect and catalog objects moving at orbital speeds, paving a way for safer, more secure space operations.
On Thursday, the c...Read more
New Delhi
Greater exposure to air pollution particulate matter (PM2.5, PM10) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in the three months before conception can raise the risk of childhood obesity to two years after birth, according to a study on Thursday.
Past research has linked air pollution exposure during pregnancy to a broad range of health problems in children, including respiratory issues and a higher risk for chronic diseases such as obesity and heart problems.
But, the new study by an international team of researchers from the US and China focused on the preconception period -- typically defined as the three ...Read more
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