'Our Ancestors Used To Say': Bengal MLA Retracts Viral 'Firecrackers Cure Diseases' Remark

News18 - Nov 9, 2026

Explaining her statement, the MLA referred to traditional beliefs associated with religious rituals and the lighting of lamps.

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Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann Georg Nagel awarded Nobel Medicine Prize: Who are they? Know their research fields

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Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, receiving 12 million Swedish crowns as prize money.

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Agni Kalash: This new Indian combat drone can fly 300 km and operate without GPS — what we know

Nov 9, 2026

Agni Kalash: This new Indian combat drone can fly 300 km and operate without GPS — what we know

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Michigan farm used this 10.22-kg rock as a doorstop for decades. It was a meteorite

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India plans oral nanodrug to treat severe newborn jaundice

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