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Mumbai: The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE opened at 36,138.83 points and touched a high of 36,230.99. The Sensex touched a low of 36,129.66 points. On Tuesday, the Sensex closed at 35,973.71 points. The Sensex is trading […]

New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA Wednesday said operations at the nine airports, which were shut earlier in the day, have resumed “as of now”. A spokesperson of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said, “As of now, ops to these airports resumed (sic).” The DGCA Wednesday issued a notice to airmen (NOTAM), saying flight operations […]

London: Working for nine plus hours a day could put women at higher risk of depression, but not men, finds a study. Women who worked extra long hours, more than 55 hours a week, had 7.3 per cent more depressive symptoms than women working a standard 35-40 hours a week. However, the same was not […]

New York: Sharing your sexual orientation or health problems with co-workers can make you a happier person and would not affect your productivity at work, researchers suggest. According to findings, workers who expressed these non-visible stigmas experienced decreased job anxiety, role ambiguity, improved job satisfaction and increased commitment to their position. In addition, these workers […]

Chennai: In a special mission in March, the Indian space agency will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the DRDO, 28 third party satellites and also demonstrate its new technologies like three different orbits with a new variant of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, said a top official. The exact date has not […]

New York: Owing to barriers to access and referral in health systems, nearly one in two children with cancer worldwide are never diagnosed and are likely to die untreated, reveals an analysis of childhood cancer cases in 200 countries. The study, published in The Lancet Oncology journal, estimates that there are almost four lakh new […]

New Delhi: The Indian Railways has issued a security alert across its network in view of the escalating tension with Pakistan, a senior official of the Railway Protection Force said Wednesday. Security has been beefed up on board all trains operating in border areas and on railway premises, he said. “We have issued an alert […]

Bengaluru: Premium smartphone maker OnePlus on Wednesday announced it was working with chipset making giant Qualcomm to start 5G trials in India. The firm recently displayed its first 5G prototype smartphone powered by Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 855 processor at MWC Barcelona (Mobile World Congress) in Spain. The company would be amongst the first original equipment […]

San Francisco: US Internet giant Google has said its artificial intelligence (AI)-based grammar checker, corporate web tools and services are available for all users of G Suite, to help them improve writing. Unlike standard spellcheck in Google Docs, Google applies Machine Learning technology to grammar checker as one of the AI tools that can let […]

New York: Finding it hard to sleep at night? If so, blame your genes, say researchers, who identified 57 genes associated with symptoms of insomnia, affecting 10 to 20 per cent people worldwide. “Our findings confirm a role for genetics in insomnia symptoms and expand upon the four previously found gene loci for this condition,” […]

New Delhi: India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of targeting Indian military installations in response to its counter-terrorism action a day earlier and said an Indian MiG-21 Bison pilot was “missing in action”. “Against this counter terrorism action (of bombing the JeM training camp), Pakistan has responded this morning by using its air force to target […]

Washington: NASA has selected a new mission that will help scientists understand and, ultimately, forecast the vast space weather system around our planet. The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mission will cost $42 million and is planned to launch in August 2022, attached to the exterior of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS), the US space […]

Cairo: At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 injured when a fire erupted inside the main railway station in Egypt’s capital Cairo on Wednesday. The blaze broke out after a train crash in the station. Dozens of ambulances and firefighters rushed to the scene, state-run Nile TV reported. TV photographs showed clouds […]

New Delhi/Puri: The Supreme Court-appointed new Amicus Curiae Ranjit Kumar submitted before the Apex Court today that he had visited Puri Srimandir on February 23 in compliance with the Court’s order and sought more time to file his response on his visit. The court, on the other hand, adjourned the hearing till March 5 as […]

New Delhi: While birth of a child is a matter of joy to parents, it has drastic effects on first-time mothers’ sleep for up to six years, finds a study. The findings showed in the first three months after birth, mothers slept one hour less compared with pre-pregnancy period, while father’s sleep duration decreased by […]