The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.Dr. Bartley Griffith, left, is seen with patient David Bennett, who had a heart transplant from a pig in a world-first. Bennett died Tuesday at the University of…Continue Reading
BENGALURU: In an all-time record, Karnataka received 249% excess rainfall in November, which caused flash floods and widespread damage to crops and infrastructure. Bengaluru recorded 224mm rainfall in November — 329% above normal. In the past 100 years, only twice before has the city had more rain than this in November — the first in…Continue Reading
India received 41 per cent more rainfall than normal from October 1-21 with the Himalayan state Uttarakhand alone recording more than five times its normal precipitation, data by India’s weather department showed on Thursday. Providing a numerical perspective to the unusually heavy rains ravaging several parts of the country, particularly the hill state of Uttarakhand…Continue Reading