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Bats have disease-defying superpowers. What if we could copy them? They fly like no other creature on Earth, survive for decades, and rarely get cancers.
Mumbai: British American Tobacco (BAT) offloaded a $1.5 billion (approximately ₹ 12,926 crore) stake in ITC Ltd on Wednesday through a block deal, slightly more than what it had originally ...
Bat bites of humans are uncommon and rabies in humans resulting from such bites is extremely rare. But, bats can harbor the rabies virus and, therefore, should be handled with caution. The greatest ...
(Bats and agaves make tequila possible—and they're both at risk) Lesser long-nosed bats were already in trouble due to habitat loss, but thanks to determined conservation efforts made it off the ...
Bat organoids and cell lines could support more effective monitoring and research into emerging viruses and improve India’s preparedness for the next pandemic. June 1, 2025 e-Paper.
Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada. A cluster of greater ...
BAT trims ITC stake to 22.9%, raising Rs 12,927 crore but calls it a strategic, not financial, investment. BAT to retain board influence with two directors. Proceeds to support share buyback. ITC ...
In February, BAT had warned, opens new tab of a 6.2-billion-pound ($8.39 billion) hit from a Canadian lawsuit and said tax headwinds in Bangladesh and Australia would dent its performance in 2025.
While in Austin, the bats emerge at dusk and fly upward in elegant and spectacular stream-like patterns into the night sky. They spend the hours of darkness feeding on flying insects, consuming ...
British American Tobacco Plc increased its offering of Indian tobacco manufacturer ITC Ltd.’s stock to about $1.5 billion, according to terms of the deal seen by Bloomberg News.
Tonnisha Mitchell, 43, allegedly wacked Gene Hill, 42, in the head and body with a bat several times in a Lake Charles street, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Bats in the American tropics harbor diverse and previously unknown morbilliviruses, with evidence of frequent infection and cross-species transmission to mammals such as monkeys and pigs.