Female mammals produce milk to nourish their young. Much of the nourishment comes from lactose, the major sugar in milk. The lactose is broken down in the infant’s small intestine into the more simpler sugars, glucose, and galactose, which are readily absorbed by the small intestine. The break-down, or digestion, of lactose is mediated by…
Virat Kohli. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Australian batting great Greg Chappell feels Virat Kohli’s Test retirement “marks the end of a thunderous era” in which he managed to “eclipse” the great Sachin Tendulkar in terms of making a cultural and psychological impact on India’s cricketing identity. Writing in his column for ‘ESPNCricinfo’, Chappell, a…
New Delhi, May 12: The Union Government has sanctioned a Rs. 84 lakhs scheme for rehabilitating the declining citrus orchards in many parts of the country and popularising high density planting. Citrus cultivation is facing a crisis because of the fall in productivity resulting from citrus die-back and the area under citrus has remained stagnant…
Rocket practice rounds are launched from M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during a testing drill in Pingtung County, Southern Taiwan, Monday, May 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Taiwan conducted Monday (May 12, 2025) its first live-firing of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) purchased from the United States, as the self-ruled island…
In this combo photo, red streaks seen as India’s air defence intercepts suspected drones, near the International Border, in Samba district, J&K, Monday, May 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Drone activity was observed for a few hours late on Monday (May 13, 2025) along the International Border in Jammu’s Samba district as well as…
Amazon and Samara Capital-backed supermarket chain More Retail is planning to raise around ₹2,000 crore through an initial public offer (IPO), which is expected to hit the market in the calendar year 2026, a top company official said on Monday. The proposed fund-raise plan will be mostly through fresh capital infusion, with no significant offer-for-sale…
Collector G. Lakshmisha receiving application from a physically challenged person, Gadde Thambi, at the Collectorate, in Vijayawada, on Monday. NTR district Collector G. Lakshmisha sanctioned a tricycle to a physically challenged person, Gadde Thambi, who came to the Collectorate, here on Monday. Mr. Lakshmisha, who was about to proceed to Tiruvuru, observed Thambi, crawling on…
DGMO Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal A.K. Bharti, Vice Admiral A.N. Pramod and Major General S.S. Sharda during the press conference on ‘Operation Sindoor’, in New Delhi on May 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI While consenting to continue the commitment that both sides must not fire a single shot or initiate any aggressive…
Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi inaugurates the new building for patient waiting hall at Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital on Monday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH Thoothukudi Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi inaugurated a new facility for patient attendants at the Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital (TKGMCH). The initiative aims to ease the challenges faced by…
Gradiente Infotainment Ltd., a media-entertainment entity, on Monday said it would invest ₹5,000 crore in the next three years across India and the MENA region to boost media and culture initiatives. The investment would mainly focus on scalable media ventures, global storytelling, and promoting creative industries in India, the company said in a statement. The company…
