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Zepto Secures $450M from CalPERS, Positions for 2026 IPO

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Mumbai-based quick-commerce startup Zepto announced a $450 million funding round at a $7 billion valuation led by the US public pension fund California Public Employees' Retireme... Read More


IUCN Congress flags wildlife pet trade and environmental crimes as major global threats

India, Oct. 18 -- IUCN recognises the commercial wildlife pet trade as a major threat driving species decline and extinction. Calls for shift from a "negative list" to a "positive list" approach to r... Read More


For Wayanad 2024's survivors, the landslide never ended; it only moved from the slopes to the ledgers

India, Oct. 18 -- More than a year after the Chooralmala, Mundakkai and Punchirimattom mountains of Wayanad district in Kerala came crashing down, the nationalised banks of India have not stopped send... Read More


Book Excerpt: Valmik Thapar on tiger sex

India, Oct. 18 -- Young tigresses first come into oestrus between twenty-eight to thirty-six months. This is when conception can happen. Male tigers can father a litter from the age of forty to fifty ... Read More


Monoculture monotony

India, Oct. 18 -- Travelling across Lakhisarai district in northeastern Bihar, one is bound to see field after field of paddy, the crop grown here for generations. But as one approaches Durdih village... Read More


Uttarakhand Health Crisis: Almora deaths

India, Oct. 18 -- This is the Dhaludevi block in Uttarakhand's Almora district. Recently, it has been in the news due to a fever outbreak that has, since the past two weeks, claimed 9 lives and render... Read More


Thailand scores high in ICAO aviation safety audit

Dhaka, Oct. 18 -- Thailand has scored 91.35pc in a preliminary aviation safety audit by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), well above the global average of 70.50pc, the Civil Aviati... Read More


Qure.ai launches world's first AI-powered paediatric TB screening tool

India, Oct. 18 -- image credit- shutterstock Diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in children has long been a challenge, but that is set to change.qXR from Mumbai-based startup Qure.ai is the first AI-enable... Read More


Strides Pharma to market Medogen SubQ in Africa to strengthen women healthcare

India, Oct. 18 -- Bengaluru-based Strides Pharma Science has announced that one of its step-down wholly owned subsidiary will market the world's firstWHO-prequalified generic version of subcutaneous d... Read More


Aragen strengthens discovery leadership with appointment of Neeraj Garg as CEO

India, Oct. 18 -- Aragen, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has announced the appointment of Neeraj Garg as CEO of its Discovery Solutions busines... Read More