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Vaccine death reports will be published, says AEFI panel expert

National adviser addresses concerns of scientists on cluster of cardiovascular deaths.

SpaceX aims to launch ‘all-civilian’ trip into orbit.

SpaceX aims to launch ‘all-civilian’ trip into orbit

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Ham's 16 minutes of fame

On January 31, 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first hominid in space. During his brief spaceflight, which lasted a little over 16 minutes, Ham experienced weightlessness for around six-and-a-half minutes and proved that human beings could work and live in space. A.S.Ganesh revisits Ham’s claim to fame...

With riders: In an agreement with the Brazilian public research body Fiocruz, AstraZeneca walked back on its promise when the company said it has ‘right under contract to declare pandemic over by July 2021’.

Reneging on the ‘no-profit pledge’ to supply Oxford vaccine

R. Prasad Oxford University and AstraZeneca committed on multiple occasions to supply the vaccine on a not-for-profit basis

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Coronavirus | 22 deaths following vaccination: Health Ministry

Special Correspondent As of Friday, nearly 5.2 million vaccinations have been administered over 10.4 million sessions

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A healthworker shows a vial of Covishield vaccineat the Government Royapettah Hospital in Chennai. .

Coronavirus | Nearly 50 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID-19: Health Ministry

PTI About 61% of beneficiaries vaccinated are from 8 States and UTs

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Pixel phone’s camera can now measure heart rate and respiration.

Pixel phone’s camera can now measure heart rate and respiration

Aditya Saroha Starting next month, the feature will be available in the company’s health-tracking platform Google Fit.

U.S. consumers are said to represent more than a third of total spending in the app to date, according to Sensor Tower.

Reddit app installs exceed 6 million in January on GameStop trading frenzy

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The California-based company’s monthly active users grew more than 50% in January compared to the previous year, following the GameStop trading frenzy last month.

Google’s new subsea cable to deliver 250TB data per second.

Google’s new subsea cable to deliver 250TB data per second

Aditya Saroha The cable that has a capacity to deliver 250 TB per second across the ocean was built in partnership with SubCom, the global partner for undersea data transport.

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In search of home Habitat loss and conflict with humans are some of the reasons behind the dwindling numbers of fishing cats; Murthy Kantimahanti at an awareness camp.

A worldwide campaign by the Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance to protect the feline

Nivedita Ganguly The team from the Alliance is working towards a world with functioning floodplains and coastal ecosystems that would ensure survival of the fishing cat

Birds called Zebra Finches perch on an electric guitar at an art installation in the Barbican's Curve Gallery, London, on February 26, 2010.

Roadsides too noisy for birds to think, crickets to mate: studies

AFP Previous research has demonstrated that human noise pollution can adversely affect reproduction and offspring survival in many different vertebrates, which includes amphibians, reptiles and fish.

Work has begun on a walking track inside the Turahalli forest in south Bengaluru.

Local communities up in arms over work inside Turahalli forest

Special Correspondent Forest officials claimed to be working on the upcoming tree park

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The number of farmers’ crop insurance claims that were rejected by insurance companies under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana multiplied 10 times in just two years. Image used for representation purpose.

Parliament proceedings | Crop insurance claims shot up 900% between FY18 and FY20

Special Correspondent In 2019-20, the number of rejected crop insurance claims was 9.28 lakh

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Employ gene editing, nanotechnology in farming: experts

Special Correspondent CRISPR-Cas9 technology set to revolutionise medicine and agriculture: Prof. Hefferon

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Coronavirus | 22 deaths following vaccination: Health Ministry

Parliament proceedings | Crop insurance claims shot up 900% between FY18 and FY20

Animal-assisted therapy adapts in a COVID-19 world

Coronavirus | Nearly 50 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID-19: Health Ministry

Pixel phone’s camera can now measure heart rate and respiration

Reddit app installs exceed 6 million in January on GameStop trading frenzy

Boeing to outsource IT work to Dell, eliminate 600 jobs

Company officials have also announced plans to reduce factory and office space by more than 5 million square feet over the next few years.

Parliament proceedings | Over 2.9 lakh cyber security incidents related to digital banking reported in 2020: Dhotre

The Minister of State for Electronics and IT Sanjay Dhotre noted that the rising popularity of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) along with e-commerce has also expanded the scope of digital payments.

Bosch says pandemic and chip shortage to weigh on carmakers in 2021

Bosch said its concerns for automotive production in 2021 extended beyond the pandemic's lingering impact.

Robinhood lifts trading restrictions on all stocks, including GameStop

GameStop's shares and others favoured recently by retail investors fell further on Thursday, while U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen vowed to protect investors, but also said financial market regulators needed to fully understand the recent trading frenzy before taking any action.

Realme expects 40% of phones sold in 2021 to be 5G devices

Realme will bring the latest 5G processors to products in the sub-Rs 20,000 segment so that users can experience the latest technology at versatile price points, Realme CEO added.

Instagram removes hundreds of accounts tied to username hacking

Facebook, which said it was working with law enforcement, said many people involved in this practice were minors. It said it had sent cease and desist letters to about a dozen people behind the hacking and selling of about 400 accounts

Google’s new subsea cable to deliver 250TB data per second

The cable that has a capacity to deliver 250 TB per second across the ocean was built in partnership with SubCom, the global partner for undersea data transport.

Apple near deal with Hyundai on autonomous cars: reports

The report said Apple wanted to work with an established automaker willing to allow the California tech giant to control the software and hardware that will go into the vehicle.

Facebook faces a reckoning in Myanmar after blocked by military

Facebook will have to decide how to play the delicate balance of protecting the democratic politicians and activists versus cooperating with the new regime to get services restored

Coronavirus | Vaccine death reports will be published, says adverse events panel expert

National Adverse Event Following Immunisation Committee for COVID-19 advisor addresses concerns of scientists on cluster of cardiovascular deaths.

Coronavirus | One in five Indians have been exposed to coronavirus, ICMR survey finds

The survey sampled people from 70 districts across 21 States.

Google Cloud appoints Bikram Singh Bedi as Managing Director for India

Bedi, a senior leader with over 26 years of leadership experience, will be responsible for leading Google Cloud's sales and operations teams in this dynamic market, a statement said.

All about Paleontology: The Hindu Science Quiz

Correct answers are highlighted in green. Click on the correct answer for further reading on the topic.

Facebook's feud with Apple may dent ad revenue in 2021

Last year, Facebook and Apple locked horns over the iPhone maker’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature. Facebook called the feature an abuse of Apple's market dominance to stifle competition. This feud could hurt Facebook’s ad targeting strategy this year.

GM hit by chip shortage, to cut production at four plants

The chip shortage has led several automakers, including Volkswagen AG, Ford Motor Co, Subaru Corp , Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co and Stellantis NV, to cut vehicle production.

Amazon plans AI-powered cameras in delivery vans to improve driver safety

Amazon said in the video that the cameras, developed by transportation technology company Netradyne, use artificial intelligence to provide warnings about speeding and distracted driving among other things.

IIT Mandi-led team develops app to track home quarantined COVID-19 patients

The mobile application, dubbed LakshmanRekha, uses a combination of biometric verification, geofencing and AI

5 challenges awaiting Amazon’s new CEO

On Tuesday, Amazon announced that Bezos would step aside this summer and assume the role of executive chairman so he can focus on new products and early initiatives being developed at Amazon.

Elon Musk's banter with Robinhood CEO triggers stampede for Clubhouse app

The interaction between the two entrepreneurs on the platform on Sunday came amid intense interest in news around Robinhood, the online brokerage caught up in a wild stockmarket battle between retail investors and big Wall Street funds.

Chip crunch to impact global auto production into third quarter, says IHS

AutoForecast Solutions, which tracks industry production plans, on Tuesday forecast production volume impact of 964,000 vehicles in 2021 due to semiconductor shortage.

Google Meet’s ‘green room’ checks your audio, video quality

It will allow users to check their appearance, microphone, and audio before the video call starts.

Two Google engineers resign over firing of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru

The resignations come as workers have demanded commitments to academic freedom and management change in Google's research organisation.

Amazon says, 750% increase in government demands for customer information

The e-commerce giant said it processed 27,664 information requests (excluding AWS) from different countries in the last six months of 2020 compared with 3,282 requests in the first half of the year.

COVID-19: India records 12,899 new cases, 107 fatalities

The total COVID-19 active caes remained below 2 lakh

A worldwide campaign by the Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance to protect the feline

The team from the Alliance is working towards a world with functioning floodplains and coastal ecosystems that would ensure survival of the fishing cat

Here’s how Wikipedia plans to tackle misinformation, harassment on its platform

With the new code, the foundation wants to create a global set of community standards for addressing negative behaviour on the site by laying out a set of guidelines of expected and unacceptable behaviour.

Best from science journals: Mysteries of a goat’s gut

Here are some of the most interesting research papers to have appeared in top science journals last week.

Microsoft announces HoloLens 2 for regulated environments

Companies can have different applications for the mixed reality device like to train and onboard new employees, provide workers with access to remote experts, and complete tasks faster with interactive 3D guides.

Coronavirus | Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine first jab cuts COVID-19 transmission substantially: U.K. study

The Oxford Vaccine Trial results, currently under review to be published by the The Lancet, also found that up to a three-month interval between the two required doses of the jab proved an effective gap as protection against the deadly virus

Coronavirus | India records 11,039 new cases, 110 fresh fatalities

The death toll increased to 1,54,596 with 110 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 a.m. showed.

Xbox gamers, the Seagate Expansion Card has finally come to India

The expansion card, made exclusively for the Xbox Series X and S consoles, serves as a backbone to support complex next-generation games, while also reducing loading times

Coronavirus | Updated efficacy results show benefits of delaying second dose of Oxford vaccine

Three-month interval between doses may be effective, say researchers

Vaccine passport | how secure is your data stored in it?

A vaccine passport is not physical passport like the name suggests, but an app. Users can download the app on their smartphones and enter details of their recent COVID-19 test result, temperature scans and inoculation information.

Roadsides too noisy for birds to think, crickets to mate: studies

Previous research has demonstrated that human noise pollution can adversely affect reproduction and offspring survival in many different vertebrates, which includes amphibians, reptiles and fish.

ByteDance's Douyin sues Tencent alleging monopolistic behaviour

ByteDance has asked the court to order Tencent to desist with such restrictions, ByteDance said. Douyin is the Chinese version of ByteDance's popular short video app, TikTok.

Robinhood app downloads soar despite trading restrictions

This data could help ease Robinhood investor concerns that trading curbs imposed last week to cope with the deluge in orders would cost the app users ahead of a planned initial public offering later this year.

Volkswagen plans to challenge Google with own autonomous car software

Volkswagen and Daimler are working on their own operating systems for autonomous cars to make sure they have a chance to compete with large tech firms such as Apple and Amazon in the area of electric vehicle data.

Volkswagen looks at direct buying to secure scarce chips

Volkswagen, which warned as early as Dec. 4 about the problem, currently sources chips via major suppliers such as Bosch and Continental and has no direct contractual or supply agreements with semiconductor makers.

Tesla to recall 135,000 U.S. vehicles under pressure from auto safety regulators

Many complaints had said Tesla required owners to pay to replace the unit once warranties expire. Tesla will replace the defective part and reimburse customers who paid to replace apart that failed because of lifetime wear.

Local communities up in arms over work inside Turahalli forest

Forest officials claimed to be working on the upcoming tree park

Who is Andy Jassy, the next CEO of Amazon?

The long-time Amazon executive is set to replace founder Jeff Bezos.

Amazon’s Bezos to step down as CEO; Andy Jassy to take over the role

The transition, slated for the third quarter, will make current cloud computing chief Andy Jassy Amazon’s next chief executive officer.

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