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‘I Am and I Will’ — World Cancer Day this year is all about commitment to positive thinking

Yimkumla Longkumer -
World Cancer Day is observed on 4 February every year as an international awareness day to speak and stand for a cancer-free world.

Ancient ‘chewing gum’ discovered that reveals genetic code of a Stone Age woman

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

IIT-Bombay study finds giant viruses, and the unique protein they make, in Mumbai lakes

Sandhya Ramesh -
IIT-Bombay study has found giant amoeba-attacking viruses that make the unique protein. Harmless to humans, the viruses are believed to play role in sustaining local ecosystem.

Team led by Indian-origin scientist finds way to better predict disease risk from DNA codes

Mohana Basu -
Study, published in journal iScience, explained why only certain DNA elements from within our vast genome get ‘switched on’ and how they put humans at risk of diseases.

IndiGen project — how mapping of genomes could transform India’s healthcare

Shambhavi Naik -
As part of the project, CSIR announced sequencing of 1,008 genomes. The initiative aims to complete sequencing of at least 10,000 genomes over the next 3 years.

Har Gobind Khorana — Nobel winner who gave genetic engineering its biggest breakthrough

Madhavi Pothukuchi -
From his humble beginnings in a village in Punjab, Khorana became one of the biggest names in the world’s scientific community.

Genetic clustering: Economic inequalities seem now in line with regional differences

Abdel Abdellaoui -
People are becoming increasingly clustered by certain types of genetics. Europe offers increasing evidence of this.

DNA goes out of print 14 years after launch — rise & sudden fall of a promising newspaper

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
In a press note issued this week, DNA said the shutdown was aimed at optimising costs and reducing losses.

GM babies are possible, but do we really want them?

James Davies -
Scientists have found that it is remarkably straightforward to edit mammalian embryos using IVF technology.

An iceberg larger than the size of Delhi is set to break away from Antarctica

Mohana Basu -
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to the best sources to read them.
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Opinion

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Shabnoor Rahman -
Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

More and more POCSO cases are being settled by victim-accused marriages

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

Economy

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

Sampurna Panigrahi -
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Defence

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

Saksham Thakur -
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

National Interest

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Shekhar Gupta -
Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.

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