MOSCOW (TIP): Russia’s science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked controversy by contending that humans once lived for centuries and that the shorter lives of modern humans are due to their ancestors’ sins, state news agency RIA-Novosti said January 25. Although the report did not give a reason for the firing of Alexander Kudryavtsev, the influential Russian Orthodox Church called it religious discrimination. Kudryavtsev, who headed the Russian Academy of Science’s Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, made a presentation at a conference in 2023 in which he said people had lived for some 900 years prior to the era of the Biblical Flood and that “original, ancestral and personal sins” caused genetic diseases that shortened lifespans. (AP)
Indian Americans
3 Punjabi-origin NRIs enter Manitoba Assembly in Canada
TORONTO (TIP): Three Punjabi-origin Canadians have been elected to the Manitoba provincial assembly. While Diljeet Brar won from Burrows, Mintu Sandhu (Sukhjinderpal) and Jasdeep Devgan were elected from The Maples and Mc Phillips, respectively. All […]
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Looop Lapeta first look: Taapsee Pannu promises ‘a crazy ride’
After wrapping up Rashmi Rocket, Taapsee Pannu has moved on to her next film titled Looop Lapeta. On Tuesday, the actor shared her first look from the film. Introducing her character Savi, Taapsee wrote on […]
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