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Metformin – Diabetes Drug and Exercise Study
Why in news? A recent clinical study reported that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may blunt some of the cardiovascular benefits of exer...
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Why in news? A recent clinical study reported that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may blunt some of the cardiovascular benefits of exer...
Why in news? The Indian Railways plans to deploy a new system called DRISHTI (Dynamic Real‑time Intelligent Surveillance for High‑value Transport ...
Why in news? On 11 November 2025, India’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) inaugurated the country’s first megawatt‑hour‑scale Vanadi...
Why in news? Scientists from the University of Wollongong announced in November 2025 that they have engineered a designer molecule that clears misfold...
Why in news? A clinical trial known as TARGET‑D reported in 2025 that adults who had previously experienced a heart attack and took personalised dos...
Why in news? A wave of recent exoplanet research has reignited interest in the Rare Earth Hypothesis. Astronomers have discovered that many planets pr...
Why in news? A study published in Scientific Reports in November 2025 proposes that Neanderthals did not vanish through a sudden extinction but were g...
Why in news? The Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has amended the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules 2014. The change, noti...
Why in news? Physicists have experimentally confirmed the existence of a new type of magnetism called altermagnetism. Studies conducted at the Swiss L...
Why in news? The World Health Organisation has reported an outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) in Mauritania and Senegal between late September and Oc...
Why in news? A new study by researchers in Seoul examined the gut bacteria of people with coronary artery disease (CAD) and compared them with the mic...
Why in news? Scientists from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and NASA have used the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) aboard India�...
Why in news? A scintillometer was recently installed at the Tamil Nadu Rice Research Institute's Critical Zone Observatory in Aduthurai. This instrume...
Why in news? Botanists from the Botanical Survey of India announced the discovery of a new species of flowering plant, Crassicaulis middletonii, in th...
Why in news? Several recent studies have highlighted the role of melanin in protecting our skin against ultraviolet (UV) radiation and its potential a...
Why in news? Researchers are developing gene therapy trials for Batten disease, offering hope for affected families. A handful of children in India ha...
Why in news? Flights landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport experienced disruptions when aircraft received misleading Global Positio...
Why in news? The United States Air Force test‑fired an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
Why in news? Google Research has unveiled Project Suncatcher, an experimental initiative that explores the idea of powering artificial‑intelligence ...
Why in news? The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) recently busted a clandestine factory producing alprazolam in Valsad district of Gujarat un...