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The ISC Board has made class 12th syllabus available for the academic year 2026-27. In this article we have explained the biology syllabus for class 12th students. They can check this article and ...

A genome study explains why the invasive water fern Salvinia molesta spreads so fast, offering new hope for its control.

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Fourteen members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships.

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In 1562, Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, a scion of the dynastic family that dominated politics and banking in Tuscany during ...