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Infographic has text as follows: The Rs 100 figure represents aggregate funding across a dataset of Indian tech startups founded between 2015 and 2025, mapped across high-velocity employer cohorts-essentially the most institutionally connected slice of the startup ecosystem where capital concentration is highest. Within this network, women-led startups accounted for 4.4% of the capital raised, defined as companies with at least one woman co-founder.

Between 2015-2025 #WomenFounders in #India received just ₹4 out of every ₹100 in #StartupFunding (methodology in t image), highlighting a severe structural, rather than capability, gap—this despite better RevenuePerformance

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The Most Elusive Color in Chemistry Might Surprise You The answer is a “perfect red,” and its discovery might be worth billions of dollars.

The most difficult #colour to create in #PigmentChemistry

It's a brilliant & durable shade of #red —one that can withstand time & natural forces. Hence, a #PerfectRed

#OrganicRedPigments r chemically fragile & fade too easily

PerfectRed can be the #BillionDollarPigment
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All #vertebrates share a 600-million-year-old worm-like #ancestor that had a single, #CentralMedianEye

This #ThirdEye evolved into the #PinealGland, which regulates #CircadianRhythms, while its #photoreceptive pathways contributed to the development of paired, #LateralEyes
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Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit Your immune systems kicks into gear when you’re injured, both worsening and relieving pain.

Why #pain lasts longer for #women

#ImmuneSystem may respond differently between t sexes, causing more redness & swelling in women, making them more likely to develop #ChronicPain

Study suggests #ImmuneSystem has a role in #recovery & not just as a driver of pain
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Why Model Context Protocol is suddenly on every executive agenda As AI agents begin operating across enterprise systems, MCP is emerging as the connective layer IT leaders can’t afford to ignore.

As #AIagents begin operating across #EnterpriseSystems, ( #ModelContextProtocol) #MCP is emerging as the connective layer for #enterpriseAI that #ITleaders can’t afford to ignore

It lets u plug ur existing stack of apps together without the annoying #APIintegration work
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I captained a Saudi billionaire's superyacht. Now I'm building a members-only club at sea. Matthias Bosse is launching the Maybach Ocean Club, bringing together exclusive clubs and luxury superyachts.

A #community at #sea

#MatthiasBosse is launching the #MaybachOceanClub (a #PrivateMembershipClub aboard a #superyacht, where every member is a shareholder & gets 4 weeks on board a year)—bringing together #ExclusiveClubs & #LuxurySuperyachts

#MercedesMaybach
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How shaming unethical brands makes companies improve their behaviour The real cost of what we buy is often hidden but demanding greater transparency from brands is one of the most powerful climate actions available to citizens.

Shaming #UnethicalBrands makes them improve their #behaviour

Shift happens when #PrivateDiscomfort becomes #PublicVoice

Real cost of what we buy is often hidden but demanding #GreaterTransparency is one of the most powerful #ClimateActions available to #citizens
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Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve? | Quanta Magazine Columnist Philip Ball thinks the phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide.

Mysteries of #QuantumMechanics beginning to dissolve?

Progress in understanding #decoherence ( #WojciechZurek) & quantum-to-classical transition suggests weirdness of #QuantumTheory might b less mysterious than once thought—even if t full picture isn’t settled
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Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study suggests Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

A simple habit associated with a 38% lower risk of #Alzheimer’s — #reading & #writing, study suggests

#CognitiveHealth in later life is strongly influenced by lifelong exposure to #IntellectuallyStimulatingEnvironments

It also slows down #MildCognitiveImpairment
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For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model ... Peru just made history: stingless bees in the Amazon now have legal rights, letting communities sue to defend hives and habitat.

#Peru has recognized the #LegalRightsOfInsects, a global 1st

Municipalities in #Satipo & #Nauta hv approved ordinances that recognize #NativeStinglessBees & their habitat as LegalSubjects with RightsToExist, to thrive, & to be defended in court

#AncestralKnowledge
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Inside India’s only dark factory in Tamil Nadu. Robots work all night, engineers stay out The swish of robotic arms, electronic beeps, and a Ganesha prayer playing on loop are the only sounds on the factory floor of Polymatech, a semiconductor unit in Kancheepuram.

Inside #India’s only #DarkFactory in #TN

#Robots work all night, engineers stay out

The swish of RoboticArms, ElectronicBeeps, & a #GaneshaPrayer on loop r the only sounds at Polymatech, a #SemiconductorUnit in #Kancheepuram

It's now setting up another in #Chhattisgarh
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This Drug Can Mend a Broken Heart A new therapy promises to take the sting out of traumatic memories.

A pill to cure #heartbreak

#ReconsolidationTherapy & the #BrunetMethod, which describe the protocol of pairing #propranolol with #MemoryRetrievalSessions

It does not erase the #memory

Instead it edits the memory by reducing #emotional adrenaline/ #pain associated with it
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A natural aging molecule may help restore memory in Alzheimer’s Researchers have found that a natural aging-related molecule can repair key memory processes affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The compound improves communication between brain cells and restores early...

A natural #AgingRelatedMolecule ( #CaAKG) can repair key #memory processes affected by #Alzheimer’s disease

It improves communication between #BrainCells & restores #EarlyMemoryAbilities that typically fade first

This may offer a safer way to protect the #brain
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Friends, by Design: How Urban India Is Redefining Adult Friendships From run clubs to hobby groups, urban Indians are resetting friendships—choosing emotional safety, boundaries, and intention over obligation and burnout.

#India’s #FriendshipReset: #Burnout, boundaries & low-effort bonds

UrbanIndians are no longer willing to give up their #MentalHealth for #SocialCommitments

Instead, they are choosing connections that are more real, mutual, safe, & aligned with their #principles
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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based

#Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with #MisleadingClaims about #RecycledPlasticPackaging. They use accounting tricks to make their wares appear green

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as #circular & #ClimateFriendly, despite being mostly FossilBased
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Landmark ruling on women's health: SC declares menstrual hygiene a Fundamental right; mandates free sanitary pads distribution, separate toilets in schools | India News - The Times of India India News: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the right to menstrual hygiene is an integral part of the right to life and the right to privacy und.

The #SupremeCourt ruled that the right to #MenstrualHygiene is an integral part of the #RightToLife & the #RightToPrivacy under Article 21 of the #Constitution; mandates free #SanitaryPads distribution, #SeparateToilets in #schools

#WomensHealth #Dignity
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Four Students, One Engraving, an Encounter with Modernity A meeting of East and West

In a 19th Cen image of #IndianMedicalStudents, the unwitting consequences of #ColonialEducation

It represents the moment when knowledge stopped confirming hierarchy & began to interrogate it

#WesternEducation in #India was never meant to produce equals
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Digital and determined: Uttarakhand's Gen-Z pradhans shatter stereotypes | India News - The Times of India India News: DEHRADUN: In the hills of Uttarakhand, with outmigration that has long hollowed out many of its villages, a political shift is taking root with a new .

#Uttarakhand's #GenZ mostly #women in their early 20s are choosing to return to their #villages after graduation to lead & drive change, often as elected #GramPradhans —looking at fixing #schools, strengthening #healthcare, improving #roads & #outmigration
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How traditional Himalayan burning could help prevent mega wildfires Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.

How #traditional #HimalayanBurning could prevent #MegaWildfires

#ControlledBurning in #Uttarakhand shows how #communities #LiveWithFire — it supports livelihoods, maintaining #biodiversity, and reducing #WildfireRisk

Yet this is often misinterpreted as dangerous
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Squash World Cup 2025: India beat Hong Kong China in final to win historic title India, led by Anahat Singh, Joshna Chinappa and Abhay Singh, beat Hong Kong China 3-0 in the final of the Squash World Cup 2025 in Chennai to win the title. Know scores.

India 🇮🇳wins maiden #SquashWorldCup defeating top seeds #HongKong 3-0

Congratulations to #AnahatSingh, #JoshnaChinappa & #AbhaySingh 👏

#India became the first #AsianCountry to win the #Squash World Cup & fourth after #Australia, #England and #Egypt

#Chennai #Sports
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Archaeologists found that humans ( #Neanderthals) in #Barnham, #England were making fire 400,000 years ago, & not just 50,000 years ago

Ability to make #fire would hv helped in—developing #LargerBrains, maintaining LargerSocialGroups, & increasing #LanguageSkills
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Screenshot has text as follows: How does the bill define ‘hate speech’? “Hate speech” covers any expression - spoken, written, by signs, visible representations or electronic communication - made in public view with an intention to cause injury, disharmony, enmity, hatred or ill will. It applies when such expression targets a person (alive or dead), a class or group of persons, or a community, to serve any “prejudicial interest.” What are ‘prejudicial interests’ under the law? “Prejudicial interest” is defined broadly to include bias based on religion, race, caste or community, sex, gender, sexual orientation, place of birth, residence, language, disability or tribe. This list covers most constitutionally protected equality grounds and several additional identity markers.

Screenshot has text as follows: What is a ‘hate crime’ in this Bill? A “hate crime” is the act of communicating hate speech by making, publishing or circulating it, or by promoting, propagating, inciting, abetting or attempting such hate speech. The offence is triggered when these acts are carried out with the intent to cause disharmony, enmity, hatred or ill will against any person (dead or alive), group of persons or organisation. What punishments does the Bill propose? For a first offence, the Bill prescribes imprisonment of not less than one year, extendable to seven years, and a fine of Rs 50,000. For repeat offences, the jail term increases to a minimum of two years, extendable to 10 years, along with a fine of Rs 1,00,000.

Screenshot has text as follows: What preventive powers does the bill give police and magistrates? An Executive Magistrate, Special Executive Magistrate or a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police may act preventively if they believe a person or group is likely to commit, or has threatened to commit, an offence under the Act. For this, they can invoke procedures under Chapter IX of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, related to keeping the peace and maintaining good behaviour. Can the government order online content to be taken down? Yes. A designated officer authorised by the state government can direct any service provider, intermediary, person or entity to block or remove “hate crime materials,” including online content. This creates a state-level takedown mechanism alongside existing central IT rules.

#Congress-led #Karnataka govt on Dec 10 tabled #KarnatakaHateSpeechAndHateCrimes(Prevention)Bill in the assembly, enabling the state to take preventive measures against #HateSpeech and impose prison terms of up to 10 years for repeat offenders

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Exclusive: Prada to launch $930 ‘Made in India’ sandals after backlash Prada will make a limited-edition collection of sandals in India inspired by the country's traditional footwear, selling each pair at around 800 euros, Prada senior executive Lorenzo Bertelli told Reu...

#Prada to launch #MadeInIndia sandals; turning a backlash over #CulturalAppropriation into a collaboration with #IndianArtisans

#KolhapuriChappals are made in #Maharashtra — #Kolhapur #Sangli #Satara #Solapur & #Karnataka — #Belagavi #Bagalkot #Dharwad #Vijayapura
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Not sure but several movies out there with plots where the antagonist is about to or able to control the weather/conditions

Mini brains, big questions: science is racing ahead of ethics Brain organoids are revolutionising research, but their growing complexity raises unsettling ethical questions.

#OrganoidModels —miniature, LabGrownClusters of cells that imitate RealOrgans

#BrainOrganoids' growing complexity raises unsettling EthicalQuestions

If organoids can process info or change their behaviour in response to it—do they gain #MoralStatus?

#BioEthics
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The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.

#StardustSolutions is developing technology to #BlockTheSun & turn down the planet’s thermostat & #ReverseGlobalWarming

The stakes are huge—& the company & its critics say regulations need to catch up

#SolarGeoengineering #YanaiYedvab #StratosphericAerosolInjection
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Throats slit, Hindu freedom fighter, wife killed in Bangladesh; sons work as cops A 75-year-old freedom fighter (Muktijoddha) and his wife were found brutally murdered, their throats slit, at their home in Bangladesh's Rangpur. No case has been filed or arrests made over the murder...

Throats slit, Hindu #FreedomFighter, wife killed in #Rangpur, #Bangladesh

No case has been filed or arrests made; sons work as cops

The killings come amid rising alarm over attacks on #minorities, particularly #Hindus, under #MuhammadYunus's interim administration
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Gold, lithium found in Karnataka forests, pressure on to give clearance BENGALURU: The state Mines and Geology Department has prepared a list of 65 locations where the study and exploration for gold and other rare earth minerals is

#Gold, #lithium found in #Karnataka #forests

Forest dept officials said pressure is building on them to give clearances (at #LingsugurReserveForest patch & #AmrapurReserveForest patch in #Kushtagi )

"We cannot open protected #VirginForest areas for #mining"
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Why #India’s #doctors leave for ForeignShores while #Cuba’s serve their poorest

#IndianMedicalEducationSystem prepares workforce that learns to value PersonalProfit over their patient’s WellBeing

CubanMedicalEducation integrates SocialResponsibility, equity & PublicHealth
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