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British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets

Choephel Norbu had ordered chicken biryani and was upset that the Bangladeshi restaurant messed up his order.

The wtf gene family are killer meiotic drivers; they not only transmit the selfish gene to over 50 percent of offspring but then destroy the reproductive cells -- or spores in yeast -- that do not inherit the drive gene.

The spokesman emphasised that the cases were not related to Covid-19 vaccines, reports Xinhua news agency.

The pilot issuance of digital government bonds will be conducted by the digital-asset technology companies VMware and Fireblocks, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the statement

In a statement on Wednesday night, the company said that there had been more attacks on power facilities in the past 10 days than in the whole preceding period since Russia waged its war on February 24, reports the BBC.

In an advisory, the mission also called upon Indian nationals not to travel to the Eastern European country.

Guterres will be on an official visit to India from October 18-20, 2022. This will be UNSG's first visit to India, since he commenced his second term in office in January 2022.

London: UK inflation accelerated to a 40-year high in September as the soaring cost of food squeezed household budgets. The consumer price index rose 10.1%, compared with 9.9% the previous month, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday. The new data shows inflation returned to the July peak and is once again at the highest […]

New York: A globe spanning, 15-year investigation has led to the repatriation of 307 antiquities by the US that were stolen and trafficked from India and valued at nearly four million dollars, the majority seized from disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Monday the return of 307 antiquities valued […]

The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) memo recommends that it process a total of 285,000 decisions and 300,000 new citizens by March 31, 2023.

More than a thousand towns and villages across Ukraine remain without power after massive Russian attacks in recent days.

San Francisco: Tech giant Microsoft has laid off nearly 1,000 employees across multiple divisions of the company, media reports said. According to Axios, the move is yet another example of large tech companies cutting jobs after earlier moving to slow or freeze hiring as the broader economy cools. The tech giant declined to say how […]

Hyderabad: Your Monday blues may now become an officially recognised phenomenon, all thanks to the Guinness World Records. On Monday, GWR took to Twitter to announce the ‘worst day of the week’. “We’re officially giving Monday the record of the worst day of the week,” wrote GWR. Soon, the micro-blogging site was filled with comments […]

Canberra: Australia has reversed a previous government’s recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the foreign minister said Tuesday, prompting consternation from Israel. The center-left Labor Party government agreed to again recognize Tel Aviv as the capital. The Cabinet also reaffirmed that Jerusalem’s status must be resolved in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, […]

The study, published in the journal SLEEP, found that 57 per cent of the participants were habitual snoozers. While scientists and medical professionals have long advised against it, the act of snoozing -- how often and why we do it -- remains virtually unstudied.

A new comprehensive review of global ocean temperature data has allowed researchers to paint a clear picture of ocean warming since the 1950s, and predict future warming scenarios, according to a study released on Tuesday.

The Biden administration touts it as a simple, straightforward application that should only take about five minutes.

Following the announcement of new limitations by the administration of US President Joe Biden, the mass departure of American workers has shaken China's semiconductor industry.

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is part of the world’s largest and most diverse genomic study covering 54 lakh individuals, which has identified 12,222 places in human genome that are associated with human height. The study — ‘A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height’ — was published […]

The results obtained from this study helped the researchers in filling several critical gaps about the history and past demographic events that shaped the present Nepalese genetic diversity.

The Federal Office of Justice said Telegram FZ-LLC hasn't established a lawful way for reporting illegal content or named an entity in Germany to receive official communication.

Preston's 'Chaii Stop' overcharges people who are rude while placing their order, and gives discounts to those who ask for their order politely.

Hyderabad: Arrangements are in full swing for unveiling of a statue of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao at Homebush Park in Sydney in Australia on October 22. Later, a meeting will be held at Strathfield Town Hall to commemorate Narasimha Rao and his contribution towards the development of India. Strathfield Mayor Mathew Blackmore and […]