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At IIT Kanpur, engineers are working on an artificial heart that’s affordable & built to last

Mohana Basu -
The research team has obtained a patent for the device's design and is in the process of building a prototype. It will be relatively affordable compared to those available in the market now.

Once, you could die of a ‘broken heart’. Now ‘too much’ happiness can kill you too

Adam Taylor -
Researchers in Germany have described patients with takotsubo syndrome triggered by happy events. And it was observed mostly in men.

Do people die when the heart stops? There’s a gap in what we know

Amanda van Beinum -
We still don’t know how long to wait after a heart stops to determine death.

Covid has unique ability to cut through heart muscle, leave lasting damage, US study says

Abantika Ghosh -
San Francisco scientists say in pre-print paper that this could be the reason why 50% Covid-19 patients end up with cardiac dysfunction.

1 in 7 college athletes had heart damage after Covid recovery, finds US study

Jason Gale -
Doctors are recommending cardiac screening for competitive athletes who have recovered from Covid-19, including for those who didn't show any obvious symptoms.

Israeli researchers print first ever heart using cells from the patient

Michael Arnold -
Using fatty tissue from the patient, researchers took three hours to print a completely biocompatible heart that's 2.5 centimeteres in size.

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Opinion

Iran-Israel conflict will now be shaped by 3H—Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah

Pia Krishnankutty -
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.

‘Sonia wouldn’t become PM’—Congress ‘whisper campaign’ that denied PC Alexander President post

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Economy

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements, 31% more than last year

ThePrint Team -
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.

Defence

Vice Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi to take over as Chief of the Naval Staff

ThePrint Team -
He has been the chief of personnel and the flag officer commanding-in-chief, Western Naval Command, in the rank of vice admiral.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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