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The discussion titled “Animal and Fish Breeders’ Rights: An Imperative in India’s Economy” brought together judges, scientists, legal experts, and policymakers who held discussions on the little known area of breeding rights. Photo: Special Arrangement Academicians and experts came together at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) in Kolkata to share concerns … Read more

Spokespeople for Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Nearly 120,000 authors and other copyright holders are seeking a share of a $1.5 billion class-action settlement with Anthropic over the ​company’s unauthorised use of their books in artificial-intelligence training, according to a filing in ‌California … Read more

The rind is the greenish outer layer that we throw out when we cut the fruit for its red interior. | Photo Credit: reportperm/Unsplash The summer season is on and the fruit market is flush with the watermelon (‘turbuz’ in Hindi, ‘vathakkai’ in Tamil, ‘tormuj’ in Bengali, and Citrullus lanatus in botany), with its green-yellow … Read more

The year 2025 witnessed the highest number of launches since the beginning of the space age. There were 328 launch attempts, out of which 315 launches were successful in placing 4,198 known operational satellites. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only More than 1.5 lakh alerts were issued for Indian satellites during 2025. According to … Read more

Published – April 15, 2026 05:00 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit

There is a growing movement now to view infertility now just as a purely medical issue, but also as an environmental one. Image used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: Getty Images We are all aware of the fact that the use of plastics causes harm to our environment, and dangerously so. But not … Read more

The human brain takes a different approach to traditional computers. Every synapse — the junctions where neurons communicate — both stores and processes information locally, which means memory and processing are fused inside the same biological hardware. | Photo Credit: DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aec2324 Researchers from the University of Cambridge have reported a new kind of brain-inspired … Read more

Saturated fats are found in butter, red meat, and full-fat dairy. | Photo Credit: Sorin Gheorghita/Unsplash — Aravind N., Hyderabad A: Simply speaking, the two kinds of fats affect the body’s LDL cholesterol differently. LDL is the kind that clogs arteries. Published – April 16, 2026 08:00 am IST

The fundamental challenge in surgery is not precision but adaptability. | Photo Credit: César Badilla Miranda Elon Musk recently claimed that in three years, there will be more expert surgical robots than surgeons on the earth. The statement generated considerable excitement, speculation, and outrage in equal measure. While medicine is a deeply personal enterprise, it … Read more