A graduate in biotechnology with an inclination towards science and current affairs. Enjoys writing about various subjects ranging from world politics and healthcare to technology and business.
According to inside sources, Pfizer Inc. and Mylan NV are planning to merge their off-patent businesses to create a generic drug giant. Pfizer holds the credit for blockbuster drugs, such as Viagra and Lipitor. The deal, if it goes through, can be…
With Poland becoming a dumpster for the UK’s plastic waste, a so-called trash mafia has allegedly established itself to manage the illegal incineration of the waste. Slawomir Mazurek, Poland’s Deputy Minister of the Environment, said that the government would take stringent steps…
After the launch of Chandrayaan 2, India’s most awaited lunar mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has now set its sight on the sun with its solar mission, Aditya-L1. It will be the first Indian mission to study the sun. The…
The fabrication of high-power semiconductors has become easier, as the electrical engineers at the University of Illinois recently added beta-gallium oxide, the field’s trending material, to their armory. Beta-gallium oxide has the ability to change power more efficiently and quickly as compared…
Chandrayaan 2, India’s much-talked-about moon mission, was successfully launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, located in Sriharikota, at 2.43 pm on Monday. This makes the country a pioneer in the research involving the south pole of the moon. The national space agency…
InvaGen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of drug major Cipla, received the final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for Pregabalin capsules, the company announced this Monday. The drug has been approved for the following dosages: 25 mg, 50 mg, 75 mg,…
Elon Musk’s secretive start-up, Neuralink, is progressing with its work on an interface that links the brain with computers, and the testing for it on people may begin next year, as revealed by him late on Tuesday. The progress that has been…
The World Health Organization on Wednesday formally labelled the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo an international health emergency. Goma, a city with an international airport located in north-eastern Congo on the Rwandan border, reported its first Ebola case this week. Since August…
Numerous sanctions were approved by the European Union to mount pressure on Turkey in response to its gas drilling activities in the EU member state Cyprus’s territorial waters, to which the country has exclusive economic rights. Two Turkish vessels accompanied by warships…
The launch of Chandrayaan 2, India’s ambitious second lunar mission, was aborted 56 minutes before the scheduled lift-off early on Monday. The cryogenic stage of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) MK-III-M1 was filled with liquid hydrogen at 1:34 am, when the…