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Yunus is best known for his ideas on microfinance, that is, extending loans of small amounts to people who are marginalised in society. He and the Grameen Bank, which he founded, were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.

Currently, the use of stem cell therapy to treat autism is very much at an experimental stage. In December last year, the Ethics and Medical Registration Board of the NMC had recommended against its use.

How will the Aditya L-1 mission reach space? Where will it be placed in space? What are its objectives? What payloads it is carrying?

The upcoming G20 meeting in New Delhi will be the 18th such annual summit since its inception.

Air pollution is reducing the life spans of people living in South Asia, one of the most polluted regions of the world, by 5.1 years

Apple, however, has opted to skip participation in the scheme. This comes weeks after the Centre imposed – and then postponed – a licensing requirement on the import of laptops and personal computers, which had set alarm bells ringing at major electronics hardware manufacturers.

If it succeeds, the coup in Gabon would be the latest in an extraordinary run of military takeovers across a swath of Africa.

The primary reason for the G20’s ever increasing importance is that it is perhaps one of the few international fora which reflects the realities of today’s multi-polar world order.

In the recently concluded session of the Haryana Assembly, the Opposition termed the PPP the Permanent Pareshani Patra. What is the Parivar Pehchan Patra, how is the scheme being implemented, and why has it faced criticism?

As India prepares to host the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9 and 10, we take a brief look at the other international organisations it is a member of.