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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 …

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, …

This tax usually impacts startups and the angel investments they attract. While aimed at curbing money-laundering, the angel tax has also resulted in a large number of genuine startups receiving notices from the IT Department. Startups would have to furnish three types of documents in order to be registered with …

He will visit 3 northeastern States The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill has become the rallying point for political parties and civil society organisations across Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Tripura to protest or boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the northeast. Mr. Modi arrived in Guwahati on Friday evening for initiating …

Centre and Gujarat govt. announce project that includes a wildlife crime cell Three months after at least 20 lions in Gujarat succumbed to a virus, the Centre and the Gujarat government have announced a Rs. 97.85 crore Asiatic Lion Conservation Project at a press conference here on Friday. A key …

Bench led by Chief Justice agrees to an early hearing of the challenge to the law The Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay operation of the Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act, 2019, which provides 10% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for the economically backward in the unreserved category, …