Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman won the Nobel Medicine Prize Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for groundbreaking Covid-19 vaccines.

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar Monday released findings of its muchawaited caste survey months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total population.

 A migrant labourer and his wife killed their three daughters as they could not raise them because of poverty in Punjab’s Jalandhar, said police Monday

Blood samples of a woman and a oneweek-old girl were collected for DNA testing Monday, as the woman’s family had alleged that his newborn son was swapped with a girl child at Capital Hospital here.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday issued heavy rainfall warning for six districts of the state.

The bail applications of two prime accused in the 1,000 crore crypto ponzi scam have been rejected by the designated Court under the OPID Act, Cuttack. The accused were earlier arrested in August this year by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with a case (19/23) registered June 13, 2023

 Union Information & Broadcasting (I&B) and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur is scheduled to visit Odisha, Tuesday

Exposure to natural light may help treat and prevent type 2 diabetes, according to a small study. Daylight exposure may help treat type 2 diabetes.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a complete report on the allegation of medical negligence, irregularities and poor administration at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur.

A tripartite agreement which was signed Monday will result in financial benefits to employees of some of the departments of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP). The agreement was signed at the office of the RLC between the management of RSP, Rourkela Shramik Sangha (RSS) the recognised workers’ union of the steel major and the regional Labour Commissioner.

 Stop stubble burning and get special treatment at government offices. The Gurdaspur district administration has come up with this novel idea to curb crop residue burning, one of the major reasons behind the alarming spike in air pollution in the national capital region in October and November

The incidents of Left Wing Extremism (LWE) have declined by 52 per cent in Chhattisgarh in the last five years and 589 villages have been freed from clutches of the menace, the state government said Monday

The Jawaharlal Nehru University administration will constitute a committee soon to look into the repeated incidents of 'antinational' slogans being raised on campus, an official said here Monday

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a top Maoist leader as it carried out raids at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case, an official said.

The roof of a church collapsed in northern Mexico during Sunday Mass, killing at least 10 people and injuring around 60, authorities said as searchers probed in the wreckage throughout the night and into Monday morning looking for survivors and more victims,

The carcasses of 120 river dolphins have been found floating on a tributary of the Amazon River since last week in circumstances that experts suspect were caused by severe drought and heat.

The mobile download speeds in India have seen significant boost with launch of 5G services, and the country has climbed 72 places higher to clinch 47th spot in Speedtest Global Index, according to Ookla.

The metals and mining sector has the highest dividend yield of 5.2 per cent, as per an analysis by Trendlyne.

India’s track and field athletes were impressive Monday as Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women’s 3000m steeplechase while unheralded Ancy Sojan claimed a silver medal in the women’s long jump at the Asian Games here.

Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh slammed a hattrick each as India mauled Bangladesh 12-0 to storm into the semifinals of the men’s hockey competition at the Asian Games here Monday. India will play the second-best team of Pool B in the semifinal Wednesday