Day: 18 June 2025

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, alongside Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, today inaugurated India’s largest automobile Gati Shakti multi‑modal cargo terminal on Maruti Suzuki’s Manesar plant premises—marking a significant milestone for green logistics under the PM GatiShakti initiative. This sprawling 46‑acre hub is part of the first phase of the Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor (HORC), featuring a 6.9 km rail link to Northern Railway’s Patli station and onward access to the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor. Equipped with four loading tracks and an engine escape line totaling 8.2 km, it can handle…

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In a major breakthrough in cancer treatment, a team of Indian scientists has developed a novel nanotechnology-based method to kill cancer cells using heat. The technique uses specially designed gold nano-cups—microscopic hollow particles—that can be injected into the body and activated by laser light to precisely burn tumor cells.  This approach, known as photothermal therapy, provides a highly targeted way to treat cancer, avoiding the harsh side effects of chemotherapy or radiation.  “Our method simplifies the synthesis of these nano-cups, making the treatment more accessible and cost-effective,” said Dr. Richa…

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In a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on India’s ancient ecology, scientists have unearthed fossilized leaves in Assam’s Makum Coalfield that date back an astonishing 24 million years. The fossils, found in the Tirap colliery, belong to two previously unknown species of the tree genus Nothopegia—plants that today grow only in the Western Ghats. The newly identified species, named Nothopegia oligotravancorica and Nothopegia oligocastaneifolia, are evidence of an ancient, dense evergreen forest that once stretched from northeast India to the southern Western Ghats—a tropical “green corridor” long lost to…

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