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'Jumping genes' help fungus kill salamanders: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A fungus that infects salamanders contains multiple copies of the same "jumping genes", scientists have discovered. Jumping genes, called transposons, can "copy and paste" themselves and impact the organism.
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Exercise reduces insulin production: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Insulin is a hormone that is required by humans and many other living things. Its most well-known function is to control sugar metabolism. Much less is known about how insulin-producing cells, and thus insulin secretion, are controlled.
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Representation of women in judiciary is still very low, says retiring SC j
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Supreme Court judge Justice Abdul Nazeer, who retired on Wednesday, in his farewell function, said that representation of women in the judiciary is still very low.
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Study finds how common nonexcitatory amino acids worsen stroke, TBI damage
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Scientists report that in the aftermath of a stroke or TBI, a group of amino acids that normally support brain function contribute significantly to the brain destruction that can result from both of these injuries.
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Imran Khan admitted to reintroducing TTP militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was being funded from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and that PTI chief Imran Khan had himself admitted to reintroducing the TTP militants in the province they were expelled from, reported The
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Silver Consumer Electricals Pvt Ltd closes private placement round; Valued
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 4 (ANI/PNN): Rajkot Gujarat-based, Silver Consumer Electricals Private Limited ("Silver"/ "the Company") confirmed the closure of the private placement round at a valuation of Rs. 4000 Million. Arpit Khandelwal, Managing Partner of Plutus Wealth Manageme
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Law and order disturbed in state: Tamil Nadu BJP chief
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Hours after two Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionaries were arrested for allegedly harassing a Chennai police constable during DMK public meeting, Tamil Nadu Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) chief K Annamalai on Wednesday slammed the state government, saying the incident shows how the law a
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PublicNext has been selected as a recipient of the Google News Initiative
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/PNN): The GNI Innovation Challenges 'empower news organizations from around the world that pioneer new thinking in digital journalism, develop new paths to sustainability and better understand their communities.'
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Norway's Climate Investment Fund invests Rs 900 million in Karnataka's tra
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In partnership with ReNew Power, one of the largest renewable energy independent power producers (IPPs) in India and globally, Norfund and KLP will invest around Rs 900 million for 49 per cent ownership stake in ReNew's transmission project in Koppal, Karnataka.
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Tamil Nadu: Police arrests DMK members accused of sexually harassing woman
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The police on Wednesday arrested two Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) functionaries for allegedly harassing a Chennai police constable during DMK public meeting.
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A decade of direct mutual funds: Investors amass 1000s of crores of extra
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/PNN): Direct Mutual Funds officially completed ten years of existence on January 1, 2023, allowing Indian investors to earn 1 per cent more than regular funds by saving on commissions. To mark this occasion, ET Money, one of India's largest wealth tech platf
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"Supreme Court has done great balancing job", says petitioner on judgement
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Advocate Kaleeswaram Raj said that the Supreme Court has done a great balancing job in the judgement of no additional restrictions, other than those prescribed under Article 19(2) of the Constitution, can be imposed on a citizen under right to freedom of speech and expression.
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