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New species of extinct crocodilian, similar to North India's 'gharial', discovered in Egypt: Study

India, Oct. 7 -- Scientists have discovered a new species of extinct crocodilian in rock used to build the Sphinx of Giza in Egypt. The animal is similar to the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) found tod... Read More


2026 Chemistry Nobel awarded for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis

India, Oct. 7 -- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B Kagan from the Universite Paris-Sud, France and Kenso Soai from Tokyo Universi... Read More


Traffic pollution cost Gurugram's children nearly 95,000 school days in 2025: Study

India, Oct. 7 -- Exhaust from vehicles on Gurugram's roads caused one in four of the new asthma cases linked to air pollution among the Delhi satellite town's children and teenagers in 2025 and made t... Read More


Pneumonic plague fears in Siberia after lab worker's death

India, Oct. 6 -- A laboratory worker in Siberia has died after developing severe pneumonia symptoms, prompting authorities to place nearly 200 people under medical observation over possible exposure t... Read More


2026 Medicine Nobel awarded for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics

India, Oct. 5 -- The 2026 Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel "for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," the... Read More


What are the three plague pandemics in human history?

India, Oct. 5 -- Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from suspected pneumonic plague in Siberia's Irkutsk region, according to a report by The M... Read More


Plague scare in Siberia's Irkutsk after lab worker dies, 200 placed under medical observation

India, Oct. 5 -- Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague in Siberia's Irkutsk region, according to a report by The Moscow Times. The ne... Read More


Recommendations for the week

India, Oct. 3 -- Even as Nepal reels from the ice-rock avalanche of August 26 in the country's Rasuwa district near the Tibetan border, a biographical film on the life of one of the country's and the ... Read More


Pakistan rights lawyer Jalila Haider wins Right Livelihood Award

India, Sept. 30 -- Pakistani human rights lawyer Jalila Haider has received the 2026 Right Livelihood Award. The award recognises her work defending persecuted and marginalised communities in Balochi... Read More


Cholera remains a challenge, deaths increased by 30% in 2025: WHO

India, Sept. 30 -- Cholera, an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria, continues to be a challenge for today's world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Se... Read More