FTVC has developed a "MicroLab", an open-source controlled lab reactor (CLR) made from components easily available online

The drug Sofosbuvir is used to treat Hepatitis C, which is caused by a virus that kills 250,000 people every year. It is sold as “Sovaldi” by Gilead Sciences in the US. Many Hepatitis C treatments last up to a year, with cure rates of 70 per cent.

Some savvy kiranas are already evolving - becoming specialist gourmet shops, mini-supermarkets, or setting up their own efficient delivery systems

The government is set to examine concerns over quick commerce companies potentially undermining businesses of local kirana stores, particularly in the context of the draft Digital Competition Bill, according to official sources.

It is futile to resist change because tech progress is autonomous; nobody oversees developments. Only natural intelligence - humanism, conscience, and compassion of leaders -can provide oversight

AI, Artificial Intelligence

Its popularity and pop culture references notwithstanding, Friends is labelled by many as the "Best sitcom." But was it really the best?

Friends turns 30: Can it be adjudged the best sitcom ever?

Surcharges neither ensure repayment nor protect IMF finances. Their main effect is to increase the burden of debt payments precisely when countries can least afford it

IMF, International Monetary Fund

India must not delay implementing comprehensive AI regulations to ensure technology serves humanity's best interests and upholds core values

Parliament's oversight of statutory regulatory authorities is weak, and strengthening it is both necessary and desirable

statutory regulatory authorities

River basin conservation also strongly influences the attainment of broader goals related to environmental conservation, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development

Namami Gange, Water conditioin India, River water

The success story of a few dozen firms could fire Indian industry to build proprietary technology and deploy it worldwide

Research and Devlopment

There is a need for targeted and focused intervention to bring the lagging states up to speed as quickly as possible through Finance-Commission devolution or other means

growth gdp economy

Since the US economy is not in distress, lower interest rates may increase spending relatively quickly. Also, Mr Powell termed the cut a calibrated attempt to take the policy rate to the neutral rate

Jerome Powell, ‎Chair of the Federal Reserve

Given the increasingly febrile nature of the bulldozer justice issue and the ambit of its application, the sooner the Court issues clear guidelines on the legal premises of this practice, the better

Supreme Court, SC

For consumer welfare, greater economic resilience, a stable trade deficit, and sustainable growth, the country needs to start looking outward for new markets

Trade, container

Baku climate talks failed to reach a consensus on funding, revealing deep divides between developed and developing nations. The outcome casts doubt on the progress expected at COP29

climate alliance, climate talks, COP28, climate change

History shows that coalition govts in India can implement economic reforms. But what the govt may find difficult to push are political ideas like "One Nation, One Election" and the Uniform Civil Code

Modi, Narendra Modi

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