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Stockholm, Oct 3: Scientists Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes and antibodies for new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. Arnold, only the fifth woman to win a chemistry Nobel, was awarded half of the 9 million Swedish crown ($1 million) prize while

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 3: Following an intelligence alert that a huge number of Rohingya refugees are making a beeline for Kerala, the State Police has apprehended a five-member family of the ethnic group of Myanmar's Rakhine province, at Vizhinjam here. The police took the custody of the Rohingya family, who reached Vizhinjam from the Central Railway Station here where they arrived in Hyderabad

New Delhi, Oct 3: Newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India Justice Ranjan Gogoi shakes hands with President Ram Nath Kovind after he was administered oath of office, at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, Oct 3, 2018 Justice Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in as the 46th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds Justice Dipak Misra Justice Ranjan Gogoi was on Wednesday, October 3, sworn in as the 46th Chief

Baghpat(UP), Oct 3: After realising that the local police are treating his son’s suspected murder as suicide just because of his religion, a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh has converted to Hinduism along with 12 members of his family. The bizarre incident took place at Badarkha village under Chhaprauli police station area in Baghpat district on Monday (October 1). After formal conversation, Akhtar

Thiruvananthapuram/Pandalam, Oct 3: : Hundreds of Ayyappa devotees, including women, blocked state and national highways in various parts of Kerala on Tuesday, protesting against the recent Supreme Court verdict, permitting women of all ages to worship at the hill shrine at Sabarimala. The 'Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad' (International Hindu organisation), an outfit launched by Praveen Togadia

Mumbai, Oct 3: The Indian rupee Wednesday crashed below the 73 mark against the dollar for the first time ever on strong demand for the American currency from importers amid rising global oil prices and unabated capital outflows. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency dropped 43 paise to 73.34 against the US dollar in the early trade. The rupee opened lower at 73

Jakarta, Oct 2: The death toll in the earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia's Sulawesi islands rose to 1,234 on Tuesday. Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) released the latest figure of casualties, according to a report by Al Jazeera. This comes two days after the BNPB said that the death had hit 832. The agency has also confirmed that over 500 people have been injured

Puducherry, Oct 2: A verbal spat between Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi and AIADMK MLA A Anbalagan broke out on stage during a government function on Tuesday. The spat broke out after Bedi allegedly issued instructions to switch off the microphone when A Anbalagan was speaking at an event on Tuesday. The spat, recorded on mobile phones, shows an angry Kiran Bedi asking the AIADMK

Ghaziabad, Oct 2: Thousands of farmers on Tuesday marched towards Delhi over demands ranging from farm loan waiver to cut in fuel prices, blocking traffic movement on arterial roads leading to the national capital. The march took a violent turn with police firing tear gas shells to bring the situation under control. National Highways leading to the national capital were swamped with farmers who

New Delhi, Oct 2: Tanushree Dutta, who was allegedly attacked by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers on the sets of 'Horn OK Pleassss' in 2008, has talked about the political party's involvement in the case. In a recent statement, she compared MNS with terrorist organisations Al-Qaeda and ISIS. "MNS is not just a party but an ideology like Al-Qaeda or ISIS...they are a violent