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September 11, 2024 1:43 PM

Lawmakers review plan to raise retirement age in fast-greying China

China's top legislative body this week assessed an official plan to delay the country's retirement age, among the world's lowest, taking a key step towards changing decades-old labour laws and easing economic pressures stemming from a shrinking workf...

September 11, 2024 10:50 AM

Golden Langurs in Assam face population decline amid loss of habitat

The golden langur, a rare primate species endemic to the Indo-Bhutan border region, is facing a severe threat of extinction due to rapid habitat loss and deforestation in Assam, according to recent research findings. Dr. Jihosuo Biswas, a senior pri...

September 11, 2024 12:45 PM

PM Modi chairs first governing board meeting of ANRF

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the first governing board meeting of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) on Tuesday. The newly established ANRF, created by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act 2023, aims to foster a st...

September 10, 2024 5:08 PM

Italy oyster farmers dream of pearls from warming Mediterranean

Pearls may soon be cultivated in European seas for the first time ever, as Italian oyster farmers seek to exploit an unexpected opportunity offered by the rapidly warming Mediterranean. In late 2023, the first specimens of Pinctada radiata, a pearl ...

September 10, 2024 11:45 AM

Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work

Junior doctors in India's state of West Bengal vowed on Tuesday to keep up a protest strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands were met, flouting a Supreme Court deadline. Hundreds of doctors are demanding better secur...

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