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The Explained Desk of The Indian Express writes analyses and explanatory articles on a range of topics, including current affairs, politics, global events, sports, health and lifestyle.
For the first time, researchers at MIT, the University of Pavia, and the University of Verona have directly observed one of the possible mechanisms through which plants dissipate extra sunlight.
Like Jyotiraditya, Madhavrao had developed differences with the Congress leadership of the time. However, he had chosen to return to the fold after charting an independent course for two years. This is what happened.
Nearly all of the advanced Western world, as well as countries like China, Russia, Brazil, and South Africa, do indeed, work Monday-Friday in the normal course.
In proceedings in the Federal Court, the Australian Information Commissioner alleged Facebook repeatedly breached privacy laws by disclosing user information.
Three senior royals were first reported to have been arrested: Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the former Crown Prince, and Prince Nawaf bin Nayef, a royal cousin.
International Women's Day served as a rallying point for many movements including the labor movement and women marches against World War I. This year marks the 109th celebration of IWD.
Lifestyle expert Philippe Lichtfus says mere eye contact is a perfectly acceptable greeting, and that handshakes, for all their ubiquity, don’t even have deep cultural and historical roots, having started only in the Middle Ages.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which spreads across a length of over 2,300 km, is home to about 3,000 coral reefs, 600 continental islands, 1,625 type of fish, 133 varieties of shark and rays and 600 types of soft and hard corals.
After a six-hour meeting Thursday, the Presidents of Turkey and Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin respectively, agreed on a ceasefire deal to de-escalate the situation in the Idlib region.
Through their study, researchers have proposed that SARS-CoV-2 can be classified into two types: L and S, but it remains to be seen if the L type evolved from the S type in humans or in an intermediate host.
The general principle is that it is the role and duty of the Speaker of Lok Sabha to maintain order so that the House can function smoothly. This is a daunting task even at the best of times.
Despite Biden’s gains, Bernie Sanders was able to wrest California, the state which sends the highest number of delegates to the Democratic Convention.
The suggestion to avoid Holi follows from the broad overall advice to stay away from crowded places. This advice is generally applicable to all respiratory illnesses, not just the novel coronavirus.
In the US military, registration with the Selective Service (SS) makes it mandatory for men aged between 18 and 25 to register with the SS in the event that a national emergency requires a rapid expansion of the armed forces.
The application questions the reasonableness and objectivity of the criterion of extending the benefits of the CAA to Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan alone.
