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Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for first time

New York: Scientists have discovered, for the first time, water molecules on the surface of an asteroid. The team from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the US looked at four silicate-rich asteroids using the FORCAST instrument from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)...

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One in five migratory species faces extinction: UN report

New Delhi: One in five migratory species is threatened with extinction and 44 per cent have a decreasing population trend, according to the United Nations' first 'State of the World's Migratory Species' report released Monday. The situation is far worse in aquatic ecosystems, with 97...

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MS Swaminathan, the master farm scientist who made foodgrain sufficient

Chennai: Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, fondly addressed as ‘MS’ by his friends and colleagues, made the stellar contribution of making the nation foodgrain surplus. In the process Swaminathan ended dependency on American wheat imports. Swaminathan is the father of India’s green revolution, the celebrated agronomist, who...

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Explainer: Paytm Payments Bank meltdown, its meaning

New Delhi: Son of a schoolteacher from Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh, Vijay Shekhar Sharma was enamoured by Jack Ma-run Alibaba's focus on smartphones rather than desktop computers, when he built a digital payments company that would let Indians pay for vegetables, pay utility bills...

 

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