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India Nature Watch - As the evening sets in - view of Chaubatia gardens the highest point of Ranikhet

Shot from village Timila in Ranikhet Tehsil of Uttarakhand




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IWMI announces the appointment of five new members to its Board of Governors and Program Committee

Their expertise will be invaluable as the Institute works towards water systems transformation in the critical years ahead. 

The post IWMI announces the appointment of five new members to its Board of Governors and Program Committee first appeared on International Water Management Institute (IWMI).




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New Blood Test Pinpoints Preeclampsia Risk During Labor

Routine blood tests may identify laboring women at risk for preeclampsia, a leading cause of maternal death as per research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY (Regd) 2024 annual meeting.





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Scent of Trouble: How Smell Loss Points to Hundreds of Diseases

A new study has uncovered a significant link between impaired sense of smell and a wide range of 139 medical conditions. Led by Professor Emeritus Michael




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Chimerix Appoints Thomas Pitler, Ph.D., Vice President, Business Development

Chimerix Appoints Thomas Pitler, Ph.D., Vice President, Business Development




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Novel Rapid Point-of-Care Tests - New Diagnostics for the Future

Novel Rapid Point-of-Care Tests - New Diagnostics for the Future




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Power of Shared Medical Appointments: Research Insight

How shared medlinkmedical appointments/medlink influence patient experience, including knowledge gained, satisfaction, and behavior, such as follow-up




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SC refuses to entertain PIL for appointment of 'Yoga Mitra' in all schools

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a direction for the appointment of a 'Yoga Mitra' in all schools across the country.




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Who is Stephen Miller; Trump appoints immigration hawk as Deputy Chief of Staff

President-elect Donald Trump is appointing immigration hawk Stephen Trump as his Deputy Chief of Staff.




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Bears on prowl! Sensex tanks 820 points, Nifty below 24,000

The Indian stock market closed in red on Tuesday as heavy selling was seen in all sectors except IT and realty.




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Aktiia trained AI on 11 billion data points of blood pressure, and now a clinically certified app is coming

As well as being a major cause of premature death worldwide, hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a major risk factor for stroke, coronary artery disease, and heart failure, and is a contributing factor to dementia. It also affects an estimated 1.3 billion people; up to 95% of cases are due to lifestyle […]

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PointFive snaps up $20M for breakthrough tech to track usage across multiple clouds

Enterprise spending on cloud services continues to go up, up, up — to the tune of $675 billion this year — thanks to organizations’ firm embrace of software-as-a-service, the popularity of distributed working, and the arrival of compute-intensive tech like AI. A startup called PointFive believes it has found a better way to get a […]

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Yahoo appoints six new board members, including Jessica Alba

Yahoo announced six new members of its board of directors today, about a year after the internet brand was acquired by private equity firm Apollo for $5 billion [Disclosure: TechCrunch is part of Yahoo]. The new appointees include Jessica Alba, actress and founder of The Honest Company; Aryeh Bourkoff, founder and CEO of the independent […]

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MobileCoin, which powers Signal’s anonymous crypto payments, appoints new CEO

MobileCoin, the startup known for building Signal’s crypto payments feature, has appointed a new CEO as it works on expanding its encrypted money transfer service to global users in need of a more modern remittance solution. Sara Drakeley is taking the helm as MobileCoin’s new chief executive officer. Replacing her previous role as the firm’s […]

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PwC Appoints New Public Transport Leader - 4 Feb

PwC has appointed the former CEO of Transdev Australasia, Jonathan Metcalfe, to lead the public transport practice.




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PwC appointed as Skills Service Organisation - 29 Jan

PwC has been appointed as a Skills Service Organisation by the Federal Department of Education and Training to work with Industry Reference Committees to develop modern and relevant training packages.




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PwC Australia appoints Luke Sayers as CEO through to 2020 - 15 Feb

Chairman of the Board of Partners of PwC Australia, Michael Happell, has announced that Luke Sayers will continue as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian firm for a further four years.




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Trump cabinet 2.0: Full list of key appointments including Musk, Ramaswamy, Ratcliffe - The Times of India

  1. Trump cabinet 2.0: Full list of key appointments including Musk, Ramaswamy, Ratcliffe  The Times of India
  2. What Trump's staffing picks tell us about his second-term plans  BBC.com
  3. Trump cabinet 2.O: Elon Musk to Tom Homan, full list of key appointments so far  Hindustan Times
  4. Trump's early picks show steely resolve, should cheer India  India Today
  5. Photos: Donald Trump's Cabinet - Who's Been Picked, Who's In The Running  NDTV




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Citigroup Appoints New Asia Prime Finance Head

Citigroup Inc. has made some changes in its prime finance unit, appointing a new head in Asia.




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WSJ Survey: Oil and Inflation Are Stubborn Disappointments

The history of oil tycoons is littered with booms and busts—fortunes that swelled and collapsed with unexpected velocity—subject to the vagaries of oil discoveries and the high-stakes game of world diplomacy and international intrigue. Economic forecasters can't avoid them, either.




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Hospitals Near ‘Breaking Point’ Amid Covid-19-Related Staff Shortages

Hospitals in the U.S. are struggling to staff medical facilities as a wave of Covid-19 cases sidelines healthcare workers. Some hospital administrators are being forced to turn to last-resort measures to ensure quality of care. Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images




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Redmi K80 Pro Performance and Price Range Teased by Company Exec: Surpasses 3 Million Points on AnTuTu

The Xiaomi Redmi K80 series is expected to make its debut in China in the coming weeks, towards the end of November. To recall, last year's Redmi K70 series arrived in China during the start of December. The line-up is expected




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Trump Appoints John Ratcliffe as CIA Director, Emphasising Commitment to Truth and National Security

Donald Trump has announced John Ratcliffe as the new CIA Director, highlighting his commitment to truth and national security.




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Trump Appoints Elon Musk And Vivek Ramaswamy To Overhaul US Bureaucracy

In a significant move aimed at streamlining the governmental framework, US President-elect Donald Trump has named Elon and Vivek Ramaswamy to spearhead the Department of Government Efficiency (DoGE). This decision places two of America's most distinguished figures at the forefront of




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Xiaomi India’s Muralikrishnan B Departs; Sudhin Mathur Appointed COO to Drive Growth

Xiaomi has announced a major leadership transition as President Muralikrishnan B prepares to leave the company at the end of 2024. Muralikrishnan, who played a key role in Xiaomi’s resurgence in India following a challenging period, will pursue a PhD at




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US President-elect Donald Trump appoints Susan Wiles as White House chief of staff, first woman to hold position

Wiles was the campaign manager for Trump's highly successful 2024 Campaign for President.




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Vikrant Massey admits he was 'DISAPPOINTED' with Mirzapur for this reason: 'I don't think I was given...'

Vikrant Massey admitted that he was disappointed with the death of his character Bablu Pandit in Mirzapur. He also recalled saying yes to the show due to a miscommunication.




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Assessment of occurrence, source appointment, and ecological risks of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the water–sediment interface of Qiantang River in the Hangzhou region

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26,1887-1897
DOI: 10.1039/D4EM00355A, Paper
Yang Wan, Ziming Wang, Kaiping Xu, Wei Wang, Pengcheng Yao, Aiju You
TCS exhibited the highest concentration across different phases and seasons in QTR, and TCS posed high risks in surface water and low risks in sediment across all sampling sites.
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The Qur'ān's Legal Culture : The Didascalia Apostolorum as a Point of Departure [Electronic book] / Holger Michael Zellentin.

[s.l.] : Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG, 2023.




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Development of a self-contained microfluidic chip and an internet-of-things-based point-of-care device for automated identification of respiratory viruses

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3LC00933E, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Huynh Quoc Nguyen, Van Dan Nguyen, Vu Minh Phan, Tae Seok Seo
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted the in vitro diagnostic market, leading to the development of new technologies such as point-of-care testing (POCT), multiplex testing, and digital health platforms.
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A point-of-care testing platform for on-site identification of genetically modified crops

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00040D, Paper
Yangyang Wang, Furui Yang, Yingyi Fu, Xin He, Haowei Tian, Lili Yang, Mengxi Wu, Jijuan Cao, Junshan Liu
To fulfil the urgent needs of on-site testing, we develop a point-of-care testing platform that is able to identify 12 types of GM crops in less than 40 minutes without using laboratory settings.
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A paper-based dual functional biosensor for safe and user-friendly point-of-care urine analysis

Lab Chip, 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4LC00163J, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Yujia Li, Yingqi Kong, Yubing Hu, Yixuan Li, Rica Asrosa, Wenyu Zhang, Buddha Deka Boruah, Ali K. Yetisen, Andrew Davenport, Tung-Chun Lee, Bing Li
A safe, accurate, and reliable sensing platform for urinary biomarkers analysis of urinary biomarkers is clinically important for the early detection and monitoring of the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD), as it has become one of the world's most prevalent non-communicable diseases.
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Advancing cerumen analysis: exploring innovative vibrational spectroscopy techniques with respect to their potential as new point-of-care diagnostic tools

Analyst, 2024, 149,5381-5393
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN00868E, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Edoardo Farnesi, Matteo Calvarese, Chen Liu, Carl Messerschmidt, MohammadSadegh Vafaeinezhad, Tobias Meyer-Zedler, Dana Cialla-May, Christoph Krafft, Jonas Ballmaier, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius, Michael Schmitt, Jürgen Popp
The study demonstrates the potential of advanced vibrational spectroscopy to reveal the complex molecular composition of cerumen, suggesting its promising application as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for identifying disease-related biomarkers.
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Daruvala scores his first points in Formula E at Misano ePrix




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A Novel In-Syringe Cloud Point Extraction Method for the Determination of Cadmium and Lead in Human Hair Samples

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00335G, Paper
Hesane Zolfaghari, Seyed Mosayeb Daryanavard, Aqil Gholamshahzadeh
The measurement of contaminant elements, especially cadmium and lead, in biological samples typically requires time-consuming sample preparation methods that consume organic solvents that are harmful to humans and the environment....
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Global steel output declines 2.4% in April as China disappoints

Indian steel production up a notch year-on-year but lower than March output




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Data | Three deadly helicopter accidents in October point to broader concerns with Indian aviation

India scores poorly in licensing regime and organisational processes and over 40% of helicopter accidents have been due to pilot errors




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HCLTech appoints Arjun A Sethi as Chief Growth Officer for strategic segments

Sethi’s international experience spans the Americas, Middle East, and APAC across government and PE, and financial services




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Telangana: BR Naidu appointed TTD Board chairman




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Gujarat govt appoints 123 veterinary officers to strengthen animal welfare




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Gujarat DDU-GKY Program: Over 30,000 rural youth trained, 450 receive job appointment letters




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Soccer PICS: Juventus drop points; Musiala tricks

All the action from football matches played in Europe on Wednesday




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Not exclusively the activity, but the sweet spot: a dehydrogenase point mutation synergistically boosts activity, substrate tolerance, thermal stability and yield

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, 22,3009-3018
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00211C, Paper
Yu-Ke Cen, Lin Zhang, Yue Jiang, Xiang-Fu Meng, Yuan Li, Chao Xiang, Ya-Ping Xue, Yu-Guo Zheng
A single-point mutation of 7α-HSDH achieved the highest activity and synergistically improved substrate tolerance, thermal stability, cofactor affinity, and conversion rate.
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Doctors struggle to treat long Covid patients in India; researchers point to inadequate studies

Global efforts to understand and manage long Covid post-pandemic, with varied symptoms and limited treatment guidelines worldwide




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60fps scrolling using pointer-events: none

Paul Lewis did an interesting article a while back about avoiding unnecessary paints through disabling hover effects as the user scrolls, which is a great approach. The down side being managing all your hover states through a parent class. UPDATE: I’ve done a follow up article which demonstrates a more robust technique. .hover .element:hover { … Continue reading "60fps scrolling using pointer-events: none"




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Inflection Point: Building Trust in Emerging Technologies | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by Wired Brand Lab with Deloitte | Change is happening faster than ever before. This inflection point is leading companies to rethink how they stay more agile, flexible, and resilient. Blockchain, AI, and the Metaverse offer incredible value for the future, but can they be trusted today? Deloitte’s Chief Futurist Mike Bechtel and Erica Orange, EVP of the Future Hunters, discuss trust as a guiding principle for successful businesses, exploring the use cases of new technologies and how companies can get ahead of the curve to meet the future today.




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Tech Support - 'The Points Guy' Brian Kelly Answers Travel Questions From Twitter

Travel expert and founder of ‘The Points Guy’ Brian Kelly joins WIRED to answer travel questions taken from Twitter. Which of the big 3 airlines is better—Delta, United, or American? What’s the best credit card for earning travel points? How far in advance of traveling should you book your flights? See Brian answer these questions and many more!




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Points of Interest: Remapping With Short-Term Rentals | WIRED Brand Lab

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Expedia Group | Over the past 10 years, how we travel has been completely transformed by social media, technology, and the gig economy. With the proliferation of short-term rentals, we’ve seen a shift in the way housing in communities operates. Your neighbor could change every weekend, and your little corner bodega is now a travel hot spot. Short-term rentals open up local tourism in a new way. But with new regulations severely limiting short-term rentals in one of the largest cities in the world, what does the future of the industry look like?




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O is for OTPs: Outrageously tedious pain-points

One-time passwords were supposed to be our digital guardians but they have become a nagging overprotective parent instead