Indian Scientist Dr P Arun working at the Mayo Clinic in the US,in a major breakthrough in cancer research identified the gene that prevents development of cancer cells Cyclin A2 – the protein that regulates the cell cycle Dr P Arun from Thjenjippalam in Malappuram district, in Kerala, India, discovered RNA binding protein to coordinate…
Saudi Arabia sold its debut soverign bond issue and raised £ 14.35bn ($17.5bn) and set a new emerging market record eclipsing Argentina’s £13.53bn ($16.5bn) bond sale earlier this year to become the largest debt issue by an emerging economy. Saudi Arabia’s venture into International markets is part of broader plan to divert its economy away…
Sterling which had fallen 6 per cent since Tory conference, bounced back after it had its best day since fears of a “hard Brexit” grippe the currency market couple of weeks ago, after James Eadie, a government lawyers said “Parliament would have the final say on whether to accept Britain’s exit deal with the EU”.…
King Bhumibol Adulyadej (88), of Thailand, died on Thursday 13th October, 2016, at the Siriraj Hospital, where he had been treated for various health problem for most of the past decade. The US born monarch’s reign spanned 70 years, became much more than Thailand’s constitutional head, and used his influence to unify the nation and…
Three British-born scientists won the 2106 Nobel Prize in Physics, for discoveries about strange forms of matter. David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz, will share £727,000 ( 8m Kronor) prize. Their work could benefit improved materials for electronics including super-fast computing. The winners will join an elite list of 200 other Physics laureates recognised since…
Inventors of radical imaging solutions including femto-photography- an ultra-fast imaging system can see around corners –low-cost eye-care solutions for developing world, and a camera that allows users to read pages of a book without opening the cover, Nasik-born Ramesh Rashkar (46) won the prestigious awards of $500, 000 Lemelson –MIT Prize 2016 and Dinesh Bharadia…
WLT announces Big Match Fortnight appeal 31 August, 2016 – 16:34 — World Land Trust Elephant project in South India – Big Match Fortnight appeal – Worldland Trust This year’s Big Match Fortnight will be raising funds to protect a wildlife corridor between two tiger reserves in southern India to enable the safe passage of…
Ankur Panwar 25, convicted of murder and other offences at a special court in Mumbai, India, has been sentenced to death, undersections 302 (murder) and 326B (Voluntarily throwing acid) of the Indian Penal Code, for a fatal acid attack on Preeti Rathi 23, at Bandra, a busy railway station three years ago, when she got…
Sprinter Jonnie Peacock 23, won his T44 100m title, Great Britain’s seventh gold medal of an extraordinary second day of the Rio Paralympics 2016. Cyclist Sophie Thornhill, with pilot Helen Scott and Jody Cundy won gold medals in the Velodrome. They set the Games records in Women’s B 1000m time trial and Cundy who won…