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Could protecting our proteins help us prevent ageing?

Could protecting our proteins help us prevent ageing?

Existing theories on the chemistry of ageing are being turned on their head, thanks in particular to a small ultra-resistant bacterium capable of “coming back to life” after extremely harmful attacks. This is Deinococcus radiodurans, one of the most resistant bacteria known to date, which lives in arid environments such as desert sand. It survives in canned meat after the “shock” treatment of gamma radiation sterilisation. It can also overcome an irradiation dose 5,000 times greater than the lethal dose for humans. Studies have shown that this bacterium survives even if its DNA is damaged and broken into several hundred fragments as

Paytm E-commerce renamed as Pai Platforms, acquires ONDC seller firm Bitsila

New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Paytm E-commerce has changed its name to Pai Platforms and has acquired Bitsila, a seller platform on ONDC, gaining share in the online retail business. According to sources aware of the development, the company had applied for a name change around three months ago and got the approval from the Registrar of Companies on February 8. “… The name of the company has been changed from Paytm E-Commerce Private Limited to Pai Platforms Private Limited with effect from the date of this certificate… The company was originally incorporated with the name Paytm E-Commerce Private Limited,”

More Indian asset managers shift overseas business to GIFT City

Mumbai, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Several Indian asset managers said they are moving, or planning to move, some offshore fund business from financial centres such as Dubai and Singapore to a finance hub in the western state of Gujarat to gain better access to India’s capital markets. The Indian government is promoting the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, as a “gateway for global capital and financial services for the economy” and is trying to attract companies through tax-breaks and other incentives. In the last six months, about eight of the 10 biggest Indian asset managers by assets have

Early Pakistan vote results show rivals neck and neck

Early Pakistan vote results show rivals neck and neck

Islamabad, Feb 9 (Reuters): Pakistan’s main political parties were tied neck and neck in early results on Friday after vote counts in the general election were hit by unusual delays that the government blamed on a suspension of mobile phone services. The South Asian country is struggling to recover from an economic crisis while it grapples with rising militant violence in a deeply polarised political environment. An “internet issue” was the reason behind the delay in results, Zafar Iqbal, special secretary at the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), said without elaborating. The government said it suspended mobile phone services ahead

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