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Air Canada purchases 30 electric-hybrid planes to combat climate change ef
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], September 18 (ANI): Air Canada announced a purchase agreement for 30 ES-30 electric-hybrid aircraft to lower aircraft emissions and combat climate change's effects.
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Logistics policy will help lower transportation costs: India Inc
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): The National Logistics Policy launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will ensure seamless movement of goods and significantly lower transportation costs, industry leaders said.
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Study finds pythons to be true choke artists as they can eat big prey
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Biologists at the University of Cincinnati found that it's not just the size of a Burmese python's head and body that allows them to eat almost everything. They evolved super-stretchy skin between their lower jaws that allow them to consume prey up to six
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Researchers find macrophages may be scavenger cells of the immune system
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): Alveoli are microscopic air sacs in our lungs that exchange gases between the air we breathe and our blood. To keep this process running properly, the alveolar epithelial cells create a material called "surfactant," which coats the alveoli like a film. Th
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Sensex closes 224 points lower; Infosys, TCS slump amid negative global cu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 14 (ANI): The Indian stock market's benchmark Sensex closed 224 points down on Wednesday dragged by heavy selling pressure in IT stocks amid a rout in the global equities markets.
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IMF bailout discussion on Sri Lanka debt restructuring still on lower pede
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 13 (ANI): Sri Lanka has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Funds (IMF) regarding debt restructuring which will start only after all Sri Lankan creditors agree to restructure their existing loans to the island nation. On the other hand, while C
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Study reveals minimum blood sugar levels to avoid diabetes-related problem
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): Long-term blood sugar levels, known as HbA1c, can be used to accurately predict the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes having eye and kidney problems. According to research, this level should be lower than 53 mmol/mol (7%). The study tracked people for
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Drinking sweetened, unsweetened coffee may lower risk of death: Study
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 12 (ANI): A new study has found that in comparison to non-coffee drinkers, adults who drank moderate amounts (1.5 to 3.5 cups per day) of unsweetened coffee or coffee sweetened with sugar were less likely to die during a 7-year follow-up period.
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Study suggests flu shot may lower risk of stroke
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], September 11 (ANI): Getting an annual flu vaccine shot may help to lower the risk of stroke, according to researchers.
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Jumping gene found to be strongly linked to depression, fear, anxiety: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Okinawa [Japan], September 9 (ANI): The Tob gene, which was initially discovered in Prof. Tadashi Yamamoto's old group in Japan in 1996, is well known for its connection to cancer. Previous studies have shown that it also plays a role in controlling the cell cycle and the immunological respo
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Abnormal rise in exports, low availability rationale behind restricting br
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): An abnormal rise in exports and lower availability of broken rice in domestic markets pushed the central government to put a ban on its trade, said Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution.
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Control of blood sugar level in mothers with gestational diabetes leads to
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Lowering the target blood sugar level for moms with gestational diabetes did not lessen the chance of large newborns, but it did reduce the risk of death or injury to the baby during birth, according to a recent study.
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