The Reserve Bank of India adopted an unusually forthright communications strategy during the Covid-19 crisis that helped maintain calm and give guidance over policy, deputy governor Michael Patra said on January 28. The RBI usually…
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It used to be the stuff of science fiction: bringing a long-dead species back from extinction by painstakingly piecing together its full DNA sequence, or genome. It’s not quite as straightforward as Jurassic Park would…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker stands near steel coils and steel rods at a steel collection facility in Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2015. Japanese steelmakers are facing a supply glut, weak orders for drill…
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COVID-19 has inflicted a serious mental health toll on many U.S. workers. Like other Americans, workers have lost loved ones, connections to friends and family, and the comforts of their daily social rhythms. The pandemic…
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Rivers, lakes and the sea frequently host scenes of death and crime. When a body is pulled from a watery grave – due to, for instance, drowning, floods, tsunamis, shipwrecks, air crashes or murder –…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Chevron is seen at the company’s office in Caracas, Venezuela April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo By Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick HOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration…
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More than two years after its landslide election victory, the UK government has finally unveiled its white paper for narrowing the gap between the richest and poorest parts of the country. The levelling up secretary,…
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A Surinamese court has convicted Robert-Gray van Trikt, governor of the central bank from 2019 to 2020, of money laundering and corruption-related charges. The court sentenced van Trikt to eight years imprisonment on January 31,…
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Was Charles Darwin a one-hit wonder? According to scientists who take a gene’s-eye view of evolution, the 19th-century English naturalist contributed one crucial idea to understanding how species change: natural selection, or “design without a…
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7/7 © Reuters. Locals stand on a damaged road following a landslide, as Cyclone Batsirai hits Madagascar, in Haute Matsiatra region, Madagascar, February 6, 2022. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 2/7 By Lovasoa Rabary ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – A…
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