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Zero-sugar diet could come with risks, says study of mice
Cutting all sugar from your diet sounds like the healthy thing to do. But a recent study suggests it may do more harm than good. Instead of improving metabolic health, it appears to make it worse. Before rewriting your shopping list, though, it is important to note that this research was conducted on rodents, tracking…
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Manipur: Two Assam Rifles soldiers killed in gunfight with militants in Ukhrul
Two Assam Rifles soldiers were killed in a gunfight with unidentified militants close to Ukhrul town in Manipur on Monday, an official from the paramilitary force told Scroll. Ukhrul is a Tangkhul Naga-majority district. The incident took place at around two hours, the Ukhrul Times reported. Assam Rifles stated that operations were continuing to “neutralise…
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What Mumbai’s rulers should realise about devastating rains: The exceptional is the new normal
At the end of a week of incessant rains in which nine Mumbai residents died in a house collapse or because trees had fallen on them, apologists of the administration swarmed on to social media to offer absolution. “No infrastructure in the world is designed to handle so much rain, but life is on in…
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Rush Hour: Ram temple trust accepts chief’s resignation, 13 killed in Mumbai rains and more
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust accepted the resignation of its general secretary, Champat Rai, amid the row about alleged embezzlement of donations made to the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Trustee Anil Mishra’s resignation has also been accepted, said the trust’s treasurer. On June 26, Rai and Mishra resigned from their posts on “moral grounds”.…
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Why India’s ambitious R&D fund of Rs 1 lakh crore needs a robust law
The government’s think-tank NITI Aayog in April released a report on the Ease of Doing Research in India. Seventy-six percent of the respondents said the industry rarely supported funding for projects in their discipline. This is hardly a surprise. Private investment in R&D in India has historically been very low, even in sectors like the…
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Ayodhya Ram temple committee accepts Champat Rai’s resignation amid embezzlement row
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Monday accepted the resignation of its general secretary, Champat Rai, amid the row about alleged embezzlement of donations made to the Ram temple in Ayodhya, ANI quoted the trust’s treasurer as saying. The trust manages the temple. On June 26, Rai and trustee Anil Mishra resigned from their…
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‘Satluj unveiled Punjab’s painful history’: Political leaders after film removed from Zee5
A day after the film Satluj – which depicts extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances by the Punjab police in the 1990s – was removed from the streaming platform Zee5, political leaders condemned the move to “censor” one of the state’s “darkest chapters”. The Honey Trehan film, previously titled Punjab ’95 and led by Diljit Dosanjh,…
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LeT chief Hafiz Saeed named in Pahalgam terror attack chargesheet
Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed was named on Monday in a fresh chargesheet in connection with the April 2025 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam district. In a supplementary chargesheet filed before a National Investigation Agency special court in Jammu, the anti-terror agency charged Saeed in his individual capacity and also as chief of the…