FMCG sector's resilience key to shaping strong and sustainable economy: Minister

IANS | October 7, 2024 5:01 PM

New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The growth in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector -- buoyed by rural demand recovery, easing inflation and favourable monsoon conditions -- will be key to shaping a strong and sustainable economy towards Viksit Bharat, Food Processing Industries Minister Chirag Paswan said on Monday.

US scientists awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for microRNA discovery

IANS | October 7, 2024 4:19 PM

Stockholm, Oct 7 (IANS) The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet on Monday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

AI can help improve advanced pain management, find researchers

IANS | October 6, 2024 8:25 PM

New York, Oct 6 (IANS) Scientists have been trying to improve advanced pain management using artificial intelligence (AI) for drug discovery and now, an AI algorithm has identified multiple gut metabolites and US FDA-approved drugs that have potential to be repurposed as non-addictive, non-opioid pain medications.