Dengue virus evolved ‘dramatically’ in India in last few decades: Study
New Delhi: The dengue virus evolved “dramatically” over the last few decades in India, according to a study led by scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), which stresses the need for developing a vaccine against the strains found in the country. Dengue cases have steadily increased in the last 50 years, predominantly in […]
Indian job market to see 22 pc churn in five years
AI, machine learning among top roles: WEF
New Delhi: The Indian job market is estimated to witness 22 per cent churn over the next five years, with top emerging roles coming from AI, machine learning and data segments, a new study showed on Monday. Globally, the job market churn is estimated at 23 per cent, with 69 million new jobs expected to […]
JK rail project: Country’s first cable-stayed rail bridge in Reasi completed
Jammu: The work on the country’s first cable-stayed railway bridge at Anji Khad in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir has been completed, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The completion of the bridge drew praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is keenly monitoring the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL), which will provide rail connectivity between […]
Climate change increasing risk of new emerging viruses, infectious diseases in India: Experts
New Delhi: Changing climatic conditions, particularly temperature and moisture variations following events such as extreme rainfall in some places and drought in others, will lead to a surge in the spread of vector-borne and infectious diseases across India, say scientists. As concerns mount over the recent increase in respiratory viral infections, including H2N3, adenoviruses and […]
Army to ‘test bed’ niche technologies, operationalise command cyber operations
New Delhi: The Army on Thursday said it has decided to operationalise command cyber operations and support wings as part of an overall approach to absorb niche technologies and modernise its online networks. The decision to have dedicated cyber operations wings was taken at the Army Commanders Conference that took place from April 17 to […]
Study suggests rodents likely origin of the Omicron variant
New Delhi: The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have originated from rodents, according to scientists. The scientists are investigating the means through which SARS-CoV-2 contracted so many mutations in the pandemic’s second year and suggest that reverse zoonosis, circulation in rodent population and subsequent spread as a zoonosis probably led to the evolution […]
Y20 Pre-summit set to begin today with focus on health, climate change
Leh: More than 100 delegates from 30 countries will participate in the Y20 Pre-Summit starting Wednesday to discuss pressing issues confronting the world’s youth and try to evolve a consensus on issues such as health, climate change and sports, among others. With India presiding over the G20 — an inter-governmental forum comprising 19 countries and […]
Sudan crisis: India launches ‘Operation Kaveri’ to evacuate its nationals
New Delhi: India on Monday launched ‘Operation Kaveri’ to bring back its nationals from Sudan that has been witnessing fierce fighting following a power struggle between the regular army and a paramilitary force. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the operation to evacuate the Indian citizens from Sudan is underway and that about 500 nationals […]
2022 fifth or sixth warmest year on record: WMO
New Delhi: The global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, making it the “fifth or sixth” warmest year on record despite the La Nina conditions, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in a report on Friday. The eight years from 2015 were the warmest ever and the concentrations […]
Govt to introduce new variety of NPS-5 mushroom in Sep
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s agriculture department will introduce a high resistance and better shelf-life NPS-5 variety of mushrooms for commercial farming in September this year after successful field trials of the cultivation of this variety. “Our second strain is NPS-5 (a variety of mushrooms). We are making its master culture. The seeds will be distributed […]
