Category: General Interest
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WHO classifies styrene as “probable carcinogen”
After years of debate and evidence collection, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reclassified styrene from being a “possible carcinogen” to a “probable carcinogen.”
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‘Upwelling’: The Antarctic Melt
The high seas are getting even higher, and all that water is largely coming from a colossal Antarctic ice melt that has gotten much worse in recent years..
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The Silk Road of Energy
Turkey’s President Recep Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev inaugurated the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) on June 12. The pipeline will carry gas..
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Pope speaks on global warming
In a recent conference titled “Energy Transition and Care for Our Common Home”, Pope Francis stressed on clean energy and reducing the use of fossil fuels..
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False news spread faster than truth
When false news hits Twitter, it moves faster and farther than the truth. It travels at about 6 times faster than standard news. To stop the of fake news, we have to first understand it..
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Universalism: The Genesis of Indian Nationalism
“The soul of India resides in pluralism and tolerance. This plurality of our society has come through assimilation of ideas over centuries. Secularism and inclusion are a matter of faith for us. It is our composite culture, which makes us into one nation.” This was the message shared by Former President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the…
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Economic co-efficiency of peace
The economic impact of violence on the global economy in 2017 was US$14.76 trillion in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP). This is tantamount to 12.5 percent..
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Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan
The Indian government has approved new measures to help check the rapidly expanding sugar surplus on Tuesday. The move comes as a result of BJP’s defeat in Kairana..
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Fuego’s fury over Guatemala
One of Central America’s most active volcanos, Volcan de Fuego, erupted in fiery explosions leaving thousands displaced and injured on Sunday. The death toll..
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Reduced chemotherapy for breast cancer?
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine could greatly reduce the number of women who need to undergo chemotherapy as treatment for breast cancer..