Canberra, November 20 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday criticised China for a “dangerous” encounter between Chinese and Australian warships but declined to say whether he had raised the issue in recent talks with President Xi Jinping. He said one Australian diver was injured when a Chinese destroyer used sonar while near an Australian frigate in international waters last Tuesday. …
Read More »Gunfire kills, wounds dozens in Gaza hospital encircled by Israeli tanks: Health ministry
Gaza/Jerusalem, November 20 Israeli tanks surrounded a hospital in north Gaza and at least 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by firing into the complex, health officials said on Monday, as fighting raged on amid indications of a possible pause in hostilities. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military about the situation at the Indonesian Hospital, where …
Read More »Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked India-bound ship in Red Sea; take 25 crew members hostage
Jerusalem, November 20 Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship, bound to India, in a crucial Red Sea shipping route on Sunday and took its 25 crew members hostage, officials said, raising fears that regional tensions heightened over the Israel-Hamas war were playing out on a new maritime front. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they hijacked the ship over …
Read More »India look at young guns to take their legacy forward after WC heartbreak
Bengaluru, November 20 An expressionless Virat Kohli gave a quick handshake and hug to an equally expressionless Shubman Gill before going to collect his runners-up medal. It was the most poignant moment of a teary Sunday night for the Indian cricket team. It, perhaps, was the most visible sign of the imminent generational shift in Indian cricket after the hosts …
Read More »‘I haven’t yet thought about it’: Rahul Dravid on future as India coach
Ahmedabad, November 20 Spent emotionally after enduring a heartbreaking World Cup final defeat, India head coach Rahul Dravid needs time to reflect on his future with the national team even as his two-year contract ended on Sunday. India lost the World Cup title clash to Australia by six wickets and with this assignment, ‘Mr Dependable’s contract with the BCCI has …
Read More »“Defeat will be avenged in future,” says grandfather of Shubman Gill after WC final loss
Fazilka, November 20 Following Team India’s disheartening defeat in the ICC World Cup cricket match against Australia on Sunday, the grandfather of India cricketer Shubman Gill, Didar Singh Gill, said that the defeat will be “avenged” in the future. “There was a lot of expectation from Team India but it could not live up to that expectation. There are many …
Read More »Markets fall for 2nd day amid sell-off in auto, commodity stocks
Mumbai, November 20 Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty stayed on the back foot for the second straight session on Monday as investors offloaded auto, utility and commodity stocks amid fresh foreign fund outflows. In a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 139.58 points or 0.21 per cent to settle at 65,655.15. During the day, it fell 246.93 points …
Read More »Adani-Hindenburg row: Plea in Supreme Court seeks contempt action against SEBI
New Delhi, November 19 A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court for initiation of contempt proceedings against the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), alleging it has violated the timeline for completing the investigation and submitting its report on the allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani group. An application has been filed by PIL petitioner …
Read More »Microsoft hires OpenAI founders to lead AI research team after ChatGPT maker’s shakeup
Washington, November 20 Microsoft announced on Monday that it has hired Sam Altman and another co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI after they unexpectedly departed the company days earlier in a corporate shakeup that shocked the artificial intelligence world. Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella also tweeted that the major investor in OpenAI behind the chatbot that kicked off the generative …
Read More »Punjab’s realty bites
THE wait for many people who have invested their hard-earned money and life savings into realty projects that promise dream homes in Punjab seems to be never-ending. Several private builders — mostly in Mohali — have defaulted on paying dues to the government worth a whopping Rs 700 crore, leading to hurdles in getting project clearances. In fact, these projects …
Read More »Job quota quashed
IT does not come as much of a surprise that the Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the Haryana law that provided for 75 per cent reservation for locals in private jobs fetching up to Rs 30,000 a month. The Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act, 2020, has been declared unconstitutional. A Division Bench ruled that it was beyond …
Read More »Study reveals how hunger influences decision-making
New Delhi, November 19 A study on mice has shown how gut-produced hunger hormones can influence decision-making and drive an animal’s behaviour. The researchers said that the findings demonstrate how the hunger hormone can cross the blood-brain barrier and directly impact the brain to drive activity, controlling a circuit in the brain that is likely to be the same or …
Read More »Muktsar: Project on monitoring health stats of students remains non-starter
Muktsar, November 19 A philanthropist spent around Rs 3.75 lakh to provide 92 blood pressure and as many glucose monitors to government senior secondary schools in Muktsar district in May. However, the project to monitor blood pressure and glucose of Class XI and XII students, has so far remained a non-starter. Prof SPS Brar (retd) of Maha Badhar village said before …
Read More »New glaucoma treatment strategy to guide stem cells to retina
New York, November 20 Researchers have identified a promising new strategy for glaucoma cell replacement therapy. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide, and vision loss, due to the loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), cannot currently be reversed with any treatment. In the new study researchers at the Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass Eye and …
Read More »Fully injectable continuous glucose monitor for diabetics soon
New York, November 19 Researchers at Texas A&M University in the US are working to create a fully injectable continuous glucose monitor (CGM) so small it rivals a grain of rice and can be used with an external optical reader to measure sugar levels at any given time. Two faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the university …
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