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Israeli population pushes 10 million as Jewish New Year approaches
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As the Hebrew year draws to a close, the Jewish state has a population of approximately 9.795 million people, the report said. Some 7.181 million (73 per cent) identify as Jewish, 2.065 million (21 per cent) as Arab and 549,000 (5 per cent) as neither.
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Israel to increase natural gas output by 60 pc
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The government said the step is being taken in order to strengthen the energy security of the State of Israel and to encourage competition in the natural gas industry.
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US: Memphis police shoot man for firing shots at Jewish school
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The Memphis police were called to the Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South at around 12:20 pm after an armed man tried to enter the school, according to Memphis Police Assistant Chief Don Crowe.
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Israeli researchers develop tool to predict extreme rainfall
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Extreme rain events, particularly those that cause flash floods in the south and east of Israel in spring and fall are particularly difficult to forecast even a short while in advance.
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Israeli discovery opens door to new treatments for Autism
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Dr Haitham Amal and his team at the university's School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Medicine discovered a direct connection between nitric oxide (NO) levels in the brain and behaviours associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel dies
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Turkel was born in 1935 in Tel Aviv to Austrian immigrants. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's law school in 1960.
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Israeli researchers develop drought-resistant tomato
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The study, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was led by doctoral student Shai Torgeman and professor Dani Zamir from the Hebrew University Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
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Gallant likely to retain job, will have to apologize to Israel PM for over
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, whose sacking prompted protests across Israel, is likely to retain his job as he is willing to issue an apology in writing while also have to confirm his loyalty to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Times of Israel reported citing a Hebrew media.
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A rare form of cancer found in mice
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], August 21 (ANI): Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem have discovered the cell of origin of mixed liver/biliary duct carcinomas, a rare type of liver cancer, in mice. Interleuk
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Researchers discover rare form of liver cancer in Mice
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], August 19 (ANI): The cell of origin of mixed liver/biliary duct carcinomas, a rare type of liver cancer, has been found in mice by researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Carcino
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Israeli President unveiled Hebrew translation of book 'Indians at Herod's
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], August 16 (ANI): Israeli President Isaac Herzog unveiled the Hebrew translation of the book 'Indians at Herod's Gate' written by the former Ambassador of India to the US, UK and Israel Navtej Sarna on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of its independence on Monday.
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Study finds new technique that helps in early-stage Parkinson's disease di
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Professor Aviv Mezer's team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) recognized that by modifying a related procedure known as quantitative MRI (qMRI), the cellular alterations in Parkinson's may be discovered.
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