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DNA Changes Seen In Exclusively Breastfed Children, Study Finds
An analysis of blood samples has found that children who were exclusively breastfed for at least the first three months carry epigenetic markers such as chemical changes in the DNA when compared to those not breastfed.
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Sperm Donor With Cancer-Causing Gene Fathered 197 Children In Europe, Alarming Investigation Reveals
The mutation gives a person up to a 90% lifetime chance of developing various cancers, often in childhood or early adulthood.
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India Must Create 80 Lakh Jobs Per Year To Become Developed Nation: Economic Advisor
India has to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10-12 years and raise the share of manufacturing in GDP as it strives to achieve vision of becoming a developed country by 2047, Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India said.
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"Honour And Pride": Bhutan No Longer Among World's Poorest Countries
There will be jubilation in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan this year when it quits the club of the world's poorest countries, while others still have a mountain to climb.
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UN Development Chief Raises Alarm Over Debt Distress
A top UN official has warned that "urgent" measures are needed to help 52 countries facing debt repayment problems that put some at risk of default.
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India to Be Major Telecom Exporter in 3 Years; 4G and 5G Stack 'Now Ready', Communications Minister Says
India is set to emerge as a telecom technology exporter to the world in the next three years, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. The country's indigenous 4G/5G technology stack is "now ready" and has been tested with 10 million simultaneous calls, according to the minister.
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iPhones of At Least 9 US State Officials Said to Be Hacked by NSO Group Spyware
iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were hacked over the last few months using Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Country Needs At Least 600 Medical Colleges, 50 AIIMS-Like Institutions, Says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
The country needs at least 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMS-like institutions and 200 super-specialty hospitals, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said as he called for the need to replicate the infrastructure development sector's public-private partnership model in the health care and education sectors.
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Vaccine Nationalism Will Prolong Pandemic: WHO Chief
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said the vaccine nationalism will prolong the COVID-19 pandemic as he expressed concern that some countries are rolling out vaccine only for their own citizens while the world's least developed nations only wait and watch.
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Coronavirus Cases In India Inch Closer To 63,000-Mark, 2,109 Deaths: 10 Points
India reported 3,277 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours and 128 deaths linked to the illness that brings the total number of cases in the country to 62,939, including 2,109 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said today. At least 50 per cent of these cases have been reported from five major cities - Delhi, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, A...
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DNA Changes Seen In Exclusively Breastfed Children, Study Finds
An analysis of blood samples has found that children who were exclusively breastfed for at least the first three months carry epigenetic markers such as chemical changes in the DNA when compared to those not breastfed.
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Sperm Donor With Cancer-Causing Gene Fathered 197 Children In Europe, Alarming Investigation Reveals
The mutation gives a person up to a 90% lifetime chance of developing various cancers, often in childhood or early adulthood.
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India Must Create 80 Lakh Jobs Per Year To Become Developed Nation: Economic Advisor
India has to generate 8 million jobs per year at least for the next 10-12 years and raise the share of manufacturing in GDP as it strives to achieve vision of becoming a developed country by 2047, Chief Economic Advisor to Government of India said.
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"Honour And Pride": Bhutan No Longer Among World's Poorest Countries
There will be jubilation in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan this year when it quits the club of the world's poorest countries, while others still have a mountain to climb.
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UN Development Chief Raises Alarm Over Debt Distress
A top UN official has warned that "urgent" measures are needed to help 52 countries facing debt repayment problems that put some at risk of default.
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India to Be Major Telecom Exporter in 3 Years; 4G and 5G Stack 'Now Ready', Communications Minister Says
India is set to emerge as a telecom technology exporter to the world in the next three years, Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday. The country's indigenous 4G/5G technology stack is "now ready" and has been tested with 10 million simultaneous calls, according to the minister.
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iPhones of At Least 9 US State Officials Said to Be Hacked by NSO Group Spyware
iPhones of at least nine US state department officials were hacked over the last few months using Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Country Needs At Least 600 Medical Colleges, 50 AIIMS-Like Institutions, Says Union Minister Nitin Gadkari
The country needs at least 600 medical colleges, 50 AIIMS-like institutions and 200 super-specialty hospitals, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said as he called for the need to replicate the infrastructure development sector's public-private partnership model in the health care and education sectors.
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Vaccine Nationalism Will Prolong Pandemic: WHO Chief
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said the vaccine nationalism will prolong the COVID-19 pandemic as he expressed concern that some countries are rolling out vaccine only for their own citizens while the world's least developed nations only wait and watch.
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Coronavirus Cases In India Inch Closer To 63,000-Mark, 2,109 Deaths: 10 Points
India reported 3,277 new coronavirus patients in the last 24 hours and 128 deaths linked to the illness that brings the total number of cases in the country to 62,939, including 2,109 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said today. At least 50 per cent of these cases have been reported from five major cities - Delhi, Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra, A...
