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Vicky Kaushal has mastered period dramas, seamlessly embodying real-life figures like Udham Singh, Sam Manekshaw, and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. His intense prep, physical transformations, and ...

Feb. 13, 2025 — A guardian molecule ensures that liver cells do not lose their identity. The discovery is of great interest for cancer medicine because a change of ...