In 1831, a sand-clearing resident on the Isle of Lewis unearthed 93 elaborately carved figures, the Lewis Chessmen, made of walrus ivory and whale teeth. Image Credits: British Museum, via Wikimedia Commons Long before the Isle of Lewis came to be known as a hiking paradise for history lovers, there was a hidden story that…
Six MPs didn’t turn up for the parliamentary party meeting MUMBAI: The crossover of two-thirds of Shiv Sena (UBT)’s nine LS members to the Eknath Shinde-led party seems more or less complete as the six MPs, who had written to the LS Speaker Wednesday about forming a separate group, didn’t turn up for the parliamentary…
The semaglutide in the jab and pill mimics the actions of a hormone called GPL-1 (glucagon-like-peptide-1), which is released from the intestine after people eat. It acts on receptors in the brain that control appetite, making people feel fuller, less hungry and crave food less. Very common side effects with both include stomach problems, like…
PTC Industries on Friday, July 17, said it has won an order from Brahmos Aerospace for the metallic airframe system and its integration. The company in an exchange filing said the order is for the development, integration and supply of a strategic missile sub-system for the BrahMos programme. PTC Industries said this is the first…
Rashmika Mandanna is all set to team up with Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon for ‘Cocktail 2’ and expectations are high. The actress has given fans a delightful behind-the-scenes look at her latest project. The actress shared memories from shooting the peppy number ‘Jab Talak’ from ‘Cocktail 2’. She described the experience as full of…
A lawsuit against a senior JPMorgan Chase executive has put America’s largest bank in an uncomfortable spotlight.At the centre of it is Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old executive director in the bank’s leveraged finance team, accused by a former junior colleague of South Asian origin of drugging him, sexual assault, racial abuse and coercion, including threats…
Arogyaswami Paulraj: The Indian engineer whose MIMO breakthrough powers 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi In 1971, a naval officer was asked to solve a problem that India could not simply buy its way out of. The Indian Navy needed better anti-submarine sonar, but access to advanced foreign systems was restricted. The officer tasked with finding an…
Aurobindo Pharma Ltd. has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Glycerol Phenylbutyrate Oral Liquid, 1.1 grams per mL, the company announced on Friday, April 17. The approved product is bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug, Ravicti Oral Liquid, of Horizon Therapeutics U.S. Holding LLC. The company…
Astronomers have spent years using the James Webb Space Telescope to examine the atmospheres of distant worlds, hoping those thin outer layers would reveal what lies beneath. For one of the galaxy’s most abundant classes of planets, that assumption may need another look.Many warm sub-Neptunes could contain far more water than their visible atmospheres indicate….
The earthquake measured 4.2 on the Richter scale. UTTARKASHI: Tremors were recorded in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, on Saturday night following an earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale.The epicentre was reported to be approximately two kilometres northwest of the Uttarkashi district headquarters.According to recorded data, the earthquake struck at 8:07:30 pm, with a focal depth of…
