Equity markets settle flat in volatile trade

Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended almost flat in highly volatile trade on November 23 amid the lack of any immediate trigger. The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 5.43 points or 0.01% to settle at 66,017.81. During the day, it hit a high of 66,235.24 and a low of 65,980.50. The Nifty slipped 9.85 points

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Ashoka University partners with Carl Zeiss India to launch ‘Core Imaging Facility’

Ashoka University has entered into a partnership with Carl Zeiss India (ZEISS Group) to establish a ‘Core Imaging Facility’.  Under this partnership, the company will provide the university with cutting-edge microscopy technology, including high resolution, super resolution, high content microscopes.  The facility will serve researchers, students and collaborators in fields such as cell biology, biophysics,

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New platform solves key problems in targeted drug delivery

In recent years, cell and gene therapies have shown significant promise for treating cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS and other difficult-to-treat diseases. But the lack of effective ways to deliver biological treatments into the body has posed a major barrier for bringing these new therapies to the market — and, ultimately, to the

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Campaigns for constitutional referendum kick off in Chad

Campaigns for a referendum on constitutional amendments started Saturday in Chad, with political parties holding rallies throughout the landlocked Central African nation. The campaigns for the referendum, due on December 17, are allowed till December 15, according to the country’s national commission responsible for organizing the referendum (Conorec). While officially launching the campaigns in the

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‘The CDMO industry is not going away’

“Across the board, the CDMO industry has noticed the difference in the economy. There is a tightening of finances and companies are postponing clinical trials as they maybe focus on some of their later stage molecules,” Brittany Hayes, highly potent platform director at CordenPharma, tells BioPharma Reporter at CPHI Barcelona 2023. During the pandemic, the

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‘Too Much Pussy Can Be a Bad Thing’

Victoria Scone, the first cisgender woman drag queen to compete in a RuPaul’s Drag Race series – having appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World – has joined PETA’s spay/neuter campaign. Surrounding herself with frisky felines, she’s reminding animal guardians to “get that kitty fixed”. Magnus Hastings “I

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