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Saturday, September 14, 2024
TopicNature Geoscience

Topic: Nature Geoscience

US scientists discover 1,700 ancient viruses in Tibetan glacier ice. Oldest dates back 40,000 yrs

The virologists discovered that the viruses have vast genetic differences, which depend on whether they were active in cold climate periods or warm. Study published in Nature Geoscience.

On Camera

Is Honey Singh growing a conscience? He is milking the classic bad-boy-becomes-good story

Honey Singh's recent album 'Glory' came out on 26 August, and he has been on a promotional streak ever since. The 15 million views on his song 'Bonita' are a far cry from earlier hits like 'Blue Eyes', which got over 660 million views on YouTube.

Data on unpaid labour divides economists. But they agree on one thing: real rural wages have stagnated

India’s employment data flawed, argues economist Santosh Mehrotra, citing unpaid family labour & sectoral shifts. UFL falling as share in total workforce, counters Surjit Bhalla.

Armenia looks to India for Astra missiles, upgrade of its Sukhoi fleet

Four Su30s bought from Russia in 2019 did not take part in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan as they lacked fire power, including guided air-to-surface munitions.

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.