As per Vladimir Putin, Russia would not deploy ground troops to Syria, where it has been conducting air strikes against what it says are Islamic State targets.
The Russian President had last month received parliamentary approval to launch an air campaign in the war-torn country, but authorities have staunchly denied they would send any ground troops.
Russia has bombed command posts and training camps of what it says are radical “terrorists,” backing a ground offensive by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Market regulator SEBI has imposed a fine of close to Rs. 50 lakh on 34 companies in the first half of the current fiscal for allegedly failing to resolve investor complaints.
The regulator imposed the monetary penalty of Rs. 49.50 lakh in April-September of 2015-16 through adjudication proceedings.
SEBI had fined 40 firms about Rs. 66 lakh on the same count a year ago.
Scientists have created a virtual rat brain made up of 30,000 neurons, 55 layers of cells and 207 different neuron subtypes.
For 10 years, a global initiative called the Blue Brain Project - hosted at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) - has been attempting to digitally create a section of juvenile rat brain.
Getting a full, high-resolution picture of all the features and activity of the neurons within a brain region and the circuit-level behaviours of neurons is a major challenge.
Ahead of the first phase poll, a cabinet minister of the Nitish Kumar government resigned after he was seen taking bribe in a sting operation on a video which went viral on social media.
After the alleged sting operation captioned “X-files”, Minister for excise and prohibition Awadhesh Kumar Kushwaha was asked to resign by the Chief Minister.
The Minister faxed his resignation which was forwarded to the Governor for acceptance.