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Physics Nobel 2016: David Thouless, F Duncan M Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz winners

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2016 has been divided, one half awarded to David J. Thouless, the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.” They will share the 8 million Swedish kronor prize. Their Work: The three …

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India ratifies Paris climate agreement

On 2nd October, 147th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, India ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change by depositing the instrument of ratification with the United Nations. India is the 62nd country to ratify the agreement, which will enter into force one month after 55 countries that account for 55 per cent of global emissions ratify the …

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Now, only fortified edible oil in Rajasthan

Rajasthan has achieved the distinction of being the second state in the country after Gujarat to accomplish full voluntary fortification of edible oil. Currently, only fortified Salt is sold in Rajasthan. Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje had made the announcement in her budget speech of 2015-16 for a complete switch over to edible oil fortification to …

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Kaveri/Cauvery: Water Issue

About Kaveri/Cauvery River: Kaveri river origins at Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka and flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths in Poompuhar, Tamilnadu. Rising in southwestern Karnataka, it flows southeast some 800 kilometers to fall into the …

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2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.” What is autophagy? In 1963, Christian de Duve, coined the term Autophagy (meaning “self eating”). It is the fundamental process for degrading and recycling cellular components.It was observed that, the cell destroys its own …

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