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ISRO Chairman appeals for unity over 'Shiv Shakti' name for Chandrayaan-3 landing site on Moon | Mint
https://www.livemint.com/science/news/isro-chairman-somnath-appeals-for-unity-over-shiv-shakti-name-for-chandrayaan-3-landing-site-on-moon-11693187214252.html
"Chandrayaan-3 live updates | Vikram lander successfully lands on Moon; India becomes 4th country to make soft landing on lunar surface - The Hindu" https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/isro-chandrayaan-3-vikram-lander-touch-down-live-updates/article67219323.ece
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India needs evidence-based, ethics-driven medicine - The Hindu
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/india-needs-evidence-based-ethics-driven-medicine/article67155174.ece
https://twitter.com/barandbench/status/1687312085963722752
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Sci-Hub Founder Receives EFF Award for Providing Access to Scientific Knowledge (🔥 Score: 174+ in 44 minutes)
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https://undark.org/2023/07/26/amid-indian-nationalism-pseudoscience-seeps-into-academia/?s=08
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The summit, which coincides with the 75th anniversary of both the WHO and Indian independence, is organized by an expert panel comprising of traditional medicine and public health experts from around the world. Some scientists are worried that it could result in the uncritical promotion of traditional medicine. The expert panel that organized the summit published an editorial in the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine where they contrasted the “reductionist” approach of Western medicine, which breaks down a phenomenon into its constituent parts, with traditional medicine, which stresses “the interconnectedness of mind, body and spirit.”
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https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7
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https://apnews.com/article/perseid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch-5ab6be27963080fed7fb20f875461ae9
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ISRO releases video of The Moon, as viewed by Chandrayaan3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) on August 5, 2023
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“A statue of Jesus Christ in Rome standing in the gyan mudra (wisdom) pose”, “Showing the index finger to a bottle gourd flower stunts the fruit’s growth” and “How the previous life can influence one’s present thinking” — since March, the “students and employees burdened by work” at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi have been discussing some of these topics as part of the institute’s ‘Science and Spirituality’ lecture series.
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/science-and-spirituality-talks-at-aiims-8868267/
"To begin with, the bill promotes the AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) industry. Apart from not having to seek permission from State Biodiversity Boards any longer, they’ve also been exempted from something called the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism."
The amendment also offers simpler punishments for using resources without prior approvals. Imprisonment and fines have been replaced by just significant fines. And it won’t be hard for big companies to shell out that kind of money, especially if they have the potential to make boatloads in profits. So habitual offenders may not come as a surprise in future.
Voyager 2: Nasa loses contact with record-breaking probe after sending wrong command - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66371569