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Lectures on Probability and Stochastic processes (LPS), an annual workshop for early-career young researchers in India, begins in the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Delhi today. The workshop, in its fourteenth year, focuses on the latest advancements in the field of Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.

Since 2012, six bridges have collapsed in Mumbai, killing 28 people and injuring hundreds. Often, news of flyovers and pedestrian bridges tumbling down have made it to the headlines across the country. Although durable materials like steel and concrete are used in today’s structures, poor quality of construction and lack of maintenance are often blamed for such catastrophes. Contrast this with the rock-solid centuries-old root bridges found in Meghalaya—many as old as 250 years and still growing strong—built without modern tools or design. Could the structure of these bridges unravel architectural clues for urban construction? In a recent study, researchers from Germany and the USA have tried to understand the morphology and structure of these root bridges, built out of the aerial roots of strangler figs, and that have endured floods, earthquakes, landslides and fires.

Our genetic material is a big molecule of DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, whose structure is a double-stranded wound-up helix. It contains specific instructions that run a living cell, and these instructions are written on the strands. When cells divide, the DNA replicates too.

ಗೆದ್ದಲುಗಳು ತಮ್ಮ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಸಂಘಟನೆ, ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕುಖ್ಯಾತವಾಗಿ ಕೀಟಗಳಾಗಿ ಹೆಸರುವಾಸಿ. ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, ಈ ವರೆಗೆ ವರ್ಣಿಸಲಾದ ಎಲ್ಲ ಪ್ರಭೇದಗಳು ಹಾನಿ ಉಂಟು ಮಾಡುವ ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

தற்போது பரவலாக இருக்கும் அலோபதி எனும் நவீன மருத்துவம் 19 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டின் தொடக்கத்திருந்து தான் பரவலாகி வந்தது. இதற்கு முன்னர், இந்தியா உட்பட பல ஆசிய நாடுகளில் பாரம்பரிய மருத்துவ முறைகளே வழக்கத்தில் இருந்தன.  தனியாக பிரிக்கப்பட்ட  வேதியல் மூலக்கூறுகளைக் கொண்டு நோயின் அறிகுறிகளுக்கேற்ப சிகச்சைகள் செய்வதே அலோபதி மருத்துவ முறை.

Banana, a nutritionally-rich, delicious fruit, is a widely-cultivated crop across the world and is a staple diet of people living in parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Due to pests and diseases, only 13% of the global production is traded, and often, farmers in India experience severe loss due to fusarium wilt or Panama disease. A novel innovation now aims to change the fortunes of banana growers by helping them detect diseases and pests with their smartphone. In a recent study, researchers from the USA, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia and India have developed a banana pest detection app powered by artificial intelligence (AI).

चेन्नईमधील पूरस्थितीचे पूर्वानुमान वर्तविण्यासाठी भारतीय तंत्रज्ञान संस्था मुंबई येथील संशोधकांनी नवी प्रणाली विकसित केली

Hypertension is the most prevalent chronic ailment in India. According to the National Health Profile (NHP) 2019 data, of all the patients who visited government clinics in 2018, 6.19% of the people were diagnosed with hypertension.

A new study by researchers at the WHO attempts to throw some insight into how many boys and girls, between the ages of 11-17 years, are physically active across the globe. The study, published in the journal The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, analysed data from 1.6 million students in that age group during the years 2001-2016. It found that most adolescent boys and girls—four in five—aren’t as physically active as they ought to be in 2016.

टीबी या क्षय रोग, जो माइकोबैक्टीरियम ट्यूबरक्लोसिस नामक बैक्टीरिया के कारण होता है, दुनिया भर में मृत्यु का एक प्रमुख कारण है। अकेले २०१७ में, दुनिया भर में १ करोड़ लोग इस बीमारी से प्रभावित थे, और लगभग १६ लाख लोगों ने इसकी वजह से दम तोड़ दिया। कई मौजूदा दवाओं के प्रतिरोध विकसित करने वाले बैक्टीरिया के कारण, भारत जैसे देशों में यह स्थिति गंभीर हो रही है। हाल ही के एक