A genetically modified fungus has wiped out malaria-carrying mosquitoes in a month and a half, in trial runs in west Africa. Researchers from Burkina Faso and the University of Maryland supercharged a naturally occurring parasite of the anopheles mosquitoes, a major carrier of the malaria parasite which kills 400,000 people a year. It wiped out more than 99% of mosquitoes
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The only Sikh temple in UAE hosts Fftar for workers throughout the month of upcoming Ramadan. This is as per the announced made by chairman Surender Singh Kandhari of the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara,
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India has achieved a major diplomatic victory . The Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar is now declared a global terrorist by the UN Security Council. This could be achieved after China decided against putting up a technical hold on the declaration. A veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council, China was the only hold-out in the 15-nation body on the
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The unprecedented image has been analysed in six studies co-authored by 200 experts belonging to about 60 institutions and published in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have claimed that they have “totally eliminated” Islamic State in Syria and “all territory in Syria is now clear of IS fighters”.
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All military-style semi-automatic weapons, assault rifles and high-capacity magazines will be banned in New Zealand following the mass shootings at two Christchurch mosques that killed 50 people.
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Microsoft’s Seeing AI has just got better. The wonderful app that lets blind and limited-vision folks convert visual data into audio feedback will now allow users to now use touch to explore the objects and people in photos
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The world is a greener place than it was 20 years ago, and data from NASA satellites has revealed.
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According to World Steel Association (worldsteel), India has replaced Japan as world’s second largest steel producing country
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US and Taliban officials have agreed in principle to the framework of a deal that could pave the way for peace talks in Kabul
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