It can inject medicines like insulin from inside the stomach Here was the challenge for bioengineers: find a way for patients to take drugs — like insulin or monoclonal antibodies used to treat cancers and other diseases — without injections. The medicines are made of molecules too big to be …

It is designed to show self-awareness in animals Scientists report that a fish can pass a standard test of recognising itself in a mirror and they raise a question about what that means. Does this decades-old test, designed to show self-awareness in animals, really do that? Since the mirror test …

When reviewers focus on the applicant rather than the strength of the study, women scientists seem to lose out Women are less successful in receiving research funding than men if the selection process focusses on the scientist making the pitch rather than the science presented, according to new research released …

Market volatility, global economic scenario impact fund flows into such schemes Mutual funds continued to see a slowdown in the inflows in equity schemes for the third consecutive month in January with the quantum of such flows falling to the lowest level in 10 months. According to the Association of …

A panel of State Ministers on Friday favoured lowering GST on under-construction residential properties to 5% , from the 12% currently. The Group of Ministers, (GoM) under Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, was set up last month to analyse tax rates and issues/challenges being faced by the real estate …

Windrush Scheme: 455 Indians get citizenship More than 450 Indians have confirmed their British citizenship under the government’s ‘Windrush Scheme’, set up in the wake of an immigration scandal last year. In an update to Parliament on Thursday, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said at least 455 Indians confirmed their nationality …

Two identical legislation backed by top companies from Silicon Valley, like Google, have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to end the per-country limit on green cards. They could benefit thousands of Indian professionals waiting to gain permanent legal residency. In the Senate, Republican Mike Lee …

The French government took a dig at Italy’s populist leaders and the country’s economic problems on Friday, while defending its decision to recall its Ambassador to Rome. Paris summoned back its Ambassador in Rome for consultations on Thursday for the first time since Second World War, a symbolic move that …

Her surprise entry ahead of the March 24 elections deals a heavy blow to the ruling junta’s head A Thai princess will run for Prime Minister in March elections in an unprecedented entry by a royal into front-line politics, pitting her against the chief of the ruling junta and redrawing …

For more power to Autonomous Councils The government quietly introduced a Constitution Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday to increase the financial and executive powers of the 10 Autonomous Councils in the Sixth Schedule areas of the northeastern region. The amendment will impact one crore tribal people in Assam, …