Rumita Patel
NEW DELHI: State oil companies have decided to stop chartering tankers owned or operated by Chinese companies, even if the vessels are registered with third country flags. The move follows regulations issued last month to curb trade deals with China in retaliation against the Chinese army’s border transgressions in Ladakh and the deaths of 20…
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala, whose scientific contact tracing strategy in the first weeks of the pandemic became a role model for others, has now created an ethical and legal storm with a controversial police decision to collect call detail records (CDR ) of Covid-positive citizens and develop “road maps” to track those who came into contact with…
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NEW DELHI: Three people were killed Wednesday after police opened fire to quell a mob that broke out in Bengaluru’s Pulakeshi Nagar following a derogatory post on social media allegedly posted by a relative of a congressional lawmaker. Dozens, including about 50 policemen, were injured in the violence It erupted Tuesday night and continued until…
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NEW DELHI: The death toll in the landslide in Kerala’s Idukki district rose to 55 on Wednesday when three more bodies were recovered from under rubble as the flood situation worsened in Bihar but slightly improved in Assam. While 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh were also affected by the floods, several parts of the country…
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ISLAMABAD: Legendary hitter Javed Miandad said on Wednesday that he was the captain of incumbent Prime Minister Imran Khan and that he will join politics to “challenge” him. Miandad said on his YouTube channel that he was the driving force for Khan, also a former captain, in cricket. Miandad said he will join politics and…
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NEW DELHI: While China may be in pole position in Sri Lanka with the Rajapaksas firmly in the saddle again, India seems confident that its own approach to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa when he was in opposition will ensure that the neighboring island does not return. to your country. pre-2015 pivot for Beijing. India sees…
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CHENNAI: More than not knowing Hindi, the question of equating Hindi with nationalism is “shameful” and surpassed all other languages in the country in determining identity, DMK MP Kanimozhi said Wednesday. Thoothukudi MP Lok Sabha claimed that she had never studied Hindi in school or learned the language, even after she started going to Delhi…
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NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Road and Highway Transport (MoRTH) issued a notification on Wednesday for the sale and registration of electric vehicles without batteries in order to boost the acceptance of electric mobility in the country. The ministry has clarified that vehicles without batteries can be sold and registered based on the type approval…
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NEW DELHI: Is it easy to stamp your authority when there are no direct rivals? Not always, but you sure have an advantage. The car in dispute is Honda’s answer to the bigwigs in B-segment SUVs. With the likes of the VW Polo Cross, Hyundai i20 Activa and Toyota Etios Cross discontinued, Honda WR-V could…
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The study author noted: “We consider here the diffusion processes through the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network driven by SARS-CoV-2 as an alternative route. We found a subdifusive regime that allows the spread of virus perturbations through the PPI network at a significant rate. The study highlighted that for two proteins to interact with each other,…
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