Mumbai : Twenty one cases of the ”Delta plus” variant of COVID-19, considered highly infectious, have been found in Maharashtra so far, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said. The highest nine cases were reported in Ratnagiri, followed by seven in Jalgaon, two in Mumbai, and one case each in Palghar, Thane and Sindhudurg districts, … Read more
The cluster of more than 1,000 gray octopuses latching on to clean, dark rock was found last week in the Davidson Seamount, an underwater extinct volcano in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Chad King, a marine biologist at the sanctuary, said Tuesday. A submersible’s camera found the creatures on October 23 nearly 3 kilometres below … Read more
The vessel is one of more than 60 shipwrecks identified by the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project including Roman ships and a 17th-century Cossack raiding fleet. During the three-year project, researchers used specialist remote deep-water camera systems previously used in offshore oil and gas exploration to map the sea floor. “A small piece of the … Read more
Hoshiarpur : Father Kuriakose Kattuthara, who was a witness in the rape case filed by a nun against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, was Monday found dead under “mysterious circumstances” in Dasuya in Punjab’s Hoshairpur district, police said. Kattuthara, 62, was found unconscious in his room this morning and was taken to a local hospital where he was … Read more
‘Was wanted by UP police for wife, kids murder’ Udaipur : A CISF soldier’s body was found hanging from a tree on the new 100 feet road near the central bus stand here on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Shersingh Gurjar son of Harvansh Gurjar resident of Ganvdi village under Manpur police station in … Read more
In a large clinical trial to determine the risks and benefits of daily low-dose aspirin in healthy older adults without previous cardiovascular events, aspirin did not prolong healthy, independent living (life free of dementia or persistent physical disability). Risk of dying from a range of causes, including cancer and heart disease, varied and will require … Read more
Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, has been discovered by an international team of Canadian, American and German researchers using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. The find is described in a new study whose lead author is Merrin Peterson, an Institute for research on exoplanets (iREx) graduate student who started her … Read more
