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Naga tribe protests prompt UK auction house to withdraw sale of human skull

The ‘19th Century Horned Naga Human Skull, Naga Tribe’ was slotted as Lot No. 64 and resulted in protests in Nagaland, led by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio who sought the intervention of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to stop the hurtful sale.

American Biologists Ambros and Ruvkun receive Nobel Prize Medicine 2024 for groundbreaking work on ‘Gene Regulation’

Scientists Ambros and Ruvkun have been given this year's Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA, a small protein that is essential for controlling gene activity.

Anna Shchetinina, a Harvard researcher

Shedding Light on Alcohol's Long Shadow: One Researcher’s Journey to Help Mothers and Families

Anna Shchetinina, a Harvard researcher, studies the lifelong effects of prenatal alcohol exposure, particularly fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), which causes cognitive, behavioral, and physical challenges. Her research, sparked by a crisis center encounter with a distressed mother, explores the barriers to treatment and highlights the need for better interventions to prevent alcohol-related harm during pregnancy.

israel

At least 9 children among 19 killed in Israeli strikes on Beirut

According to Israeli Defense Force, strikes also continued in southern Lebanon, where the third division — the 91st Galilee Division — joined the nascent incursion on Oct 6.

Blast near Karachi airport kills two Chinese nationals, Embassy urges Pakistan to enhance security

The Chinese Embassy said in a statement that the incident happened on Oct 6 night when a convoy carrying Chinese employees of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company was ambushed close to Karachi's Jinnah International Airport.

Israel attacks Lebanon

Israel launches 'very violent' attack on Lebanon, strikes mosque in Gaza killing nearly two dozen people

In one of the most violent attacks so far, explosions were heard in southern Beirut and nearby areas for over two hours. The IDF warned residents to evacuate areas in Dahiyeh, a predominantly Shiite suburb of Beirut.

Iran

Will strike again: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei warns Israel 'will not last long'

While displaying a Russian-made Dragunov rifle before thousands of worshippers gathered to commemorate the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah at historic Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, Khamenei defended Iran’s missile attack on Israel calling it ‘legal and legitimate’.