A tomato plant carries thousands of genes that stay largely quiet under normal growing conditions. Send that plant into orbit, however, and a striking number of them switch on or off within weeks. New research examining ‘Red Robin’ tomatoes grown aboard the International Space Station has found that once gravity is taken out of the…
Vishwanath and Sons’ box office collections day 20 vs ‘Hi’ vs ‘DC’_ Suriya starrer drops Suriya and Mamitha Baiju’s ‘Vishwanath and Sons’ has recorded another drop in its third week at the box office. The film collected an estimated Rs 59 lakhs net in India on Day 20, according to Sacnilk. The collection came from…
General:Your home is the focal point of the sky today and it’s calm. The Moon is a great supporter of comfort at home and Venus helps to ease family interactions which mean that the environment around your home, room or space shared with others feels more uplifting and more sociable.Happiness comes through simple stability. A…
Relatives of 2 loan scam accused may get Rs 3 crore after 35-year case NEW DELHI: Relatives of two loan scam accused who died during the 35-year pendency of the criminal case may receive an unexpected windfall of Rs 3 crore, which may swell beyond this sum with compound interest for 15 years.Supreme Court, while…
Canada’s La Caisse (formerly CDPQ) has bought a 24% stake in Brookfield-backed Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust MUMBAI: Canada’s La Caisse (formerly CDPQ) has bought a 24% stake in Brookfield-backed Altius Telecom Infrastructure Trust for about Rs 12,100 crore ($1.3 billion). Brookfield and its entities will remain the largest shareholder in the company with a 37%…
Human blood was used in an attempt to revive exsanguinated dogs. Image Credit: National Library of Medicine In 1816, a young doctor from Barbados carried out blood transfusion experiments that challenged a dangerous medical assumption and helped point the field towards a safer future. ‘John Henry Leacock’ used dogs and cats to investigate whether blood…
Days after news first broke about actor Tim Curry’s sudden demise at age 80, new reports have confirmed his cause of death.Curry, who shot to fame with the success of the campy horror movie stage spoof ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ and its screen version, passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Now, TMZ has confirmed…
Good news has a way of changing the colour of a day, and today may bring exactly that through your children or someone younger in the family. Jupiter, your ruler, supports joy, progress, and hopeful movement, so your spirit lifts faster than usual.There’s also a pleasant romantic current running underneath everything. Even if work stays…
Bihar Police’s case against six accused in 2001 firing case rejected by Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Bihar police had proved its case before the trial court and Patna high court against six persons accused of firing indiscriminately to kill a man in broad daylight in 2001, but its evidence was trashed by the Supreme Court,…
A crab shell left behind after a meal might seem destined for the bin, but scientists have found a very different use for it. Engineers at the University of Maryland have turned material derived from discarded crustacean shells into part of a zinc battery, using chitosan to make its electrolyte. The unusual ingredient is tied…