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A captive pseudomelanistic tiger at Nandankanan Biological Park in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Photo: Dr. Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra

How and why these tigers in Odisha changed their stripes

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NCBS study of ‘black tigers’ has shed light on genetic mystery

The way forward: Adopting one health strategy to protect humanity against emerging zoonotic diseases should be an integral part of preparing for the future.

Why countries abandoned ‘Zero Covid’ strategy

Pervasive problem: High blood pressure affects an estimated 1.4 billion persons across the world.

WHO simplifies treatment guidelines for hypertension

K. Srinath Reddy While several international guidelines do exist, many of them reflect the tertiary care perspective of high-income countries

Evolving bird: Male dark-eyed junco.

Question Corner | What changes are happening in animals due to climate change?

Climate change affects not only humans but also animals. In adapting to a warming planet, some warm-blooded animals are shapeshifting and getting larger beaks, legs and ears to better regulate their body temperatures (Trends in Ecology and Evolution).Strong shapeshifting has particularly been reported in birds. Several species of Australian parrot have shown, on average, a 4%-10% increase in bill size since 1871. This is positively correlated with the summer temperature each year. North

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Health books to lead you towards a holistic life

Soma Basu We bring this month’s health books that inspire you to believe in the power of yoga, practice meditation , adopt meaningful nutrition and up your motivation

School children having their mid-day meals at a government primary schoolin Visakhapatnam in February 2021

+F rice to fight hidden hunger and malnutrition

PRIYADERSHINI S What does the introduction of fortified rice commercially mean to the common man?

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Cyberspace should be used to promote education about the ruling Communist Party and its achievements, according to guidelines published by the State Council, the news agency reported.

China aims for 'civilised' internet with focus on 'socialist values'

Reuters The formulation, revision and implementation of laws such as ones pertaining to cybercrime and the protection of minors would also be accelerated, Xinhua reported.

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Apps with live streaming like MX TakaTak have risen up the rankings and features in the top 10 based on downloads

Nearly half of the time users spend on mobile is consumed by social media

Abhishek Chatterjee App Annie believes that live streaming is the new frontier for social media. It estimated that outside of China, consumers will spend 548 billion hours live streaming in top social apps this year on Android phones alone.

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"Cryptocurrency mining consumes an enormous amount of energy, which is against China's 'carbon neutral' goal," the statement said, adding that it also carries huge financial risks.

China’s Hebei province to clamp down on cryptocurrency mining and trading

Reuters The commission said that before Sept. 30, those departments should check the information systems they are using, to avoid the use of any computing power to engage in the illegal mining of virtual currencies.

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Botanical painting of Sapria himalayana by Lutchman Singh 1842

Botanical Survey of India’s collection of rare paintings, dyes, fabrics and type specimens to go public

Shiv Sahay Singh Decade-long exercise by the BSI is a valuable and fascinating online record of India’s plant diversity.

A White backed vulture at the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre in Haryana’s Pinjore.

8 critically-endangered Oriental white-backed vultures fly towards survival from Haryana

Vikas Vasudeva Released into the wild year ago, the Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre project brings some hope to conservationists

Evolving bird: Male dark-eyed junco.

Question Corner | What changes are happening in animals due to climate change?

Climate change affects not only humans but also animals. In adapting to a warming planet, some warm-blooded animals are shapeshifting and getting larger beaks, legs and ears to better regulate their body temperatures (Trends in Ecology and Evolution).Strong shapeshifting has particularly been reported in birds. Several species of Australian parrot have shown, on average, a 4%-10% increase in bill size since 1871. This is positively correlated with the summer temperature each year. North

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Arunachal CM Pema Khandu. File

Arunachal keen on oil palm cultivation

Special Correspondent Chief Minister Pema Khandu clarifies that identified 1.33 lakh hectares is wasteland

Jammu: Farmers harvest wheat crop in a field on the outskirts of Jammu on May 5, 2021.

Farmers issues | Govt hikes minimum support price for wheat by ₹40 to ₹2,015 per quintal

Priscilla Jebaraj The decision to increase the minimum support prices was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Data | Most farmers sold to private traders in 2019, new survey data shows

Coronavirus variants Mu, C.1.2 not found in India, says genome consortium INSACOG

China self-driving firm DeepRoute.ai raises $300 mln from Alibaba, others

China aims for 'civilised' internet with focus on 'socialist values'

China’s Hebei province to clamp down on cryptocurrency mining and trading

SoftBank renews bet on Latin America with $3 bln fund

Russia fines Facebook, Twitter for not deleting banned content

The Tagansky district court said Facebook had been handed five fines totalling 21 million roubles.

Zoom plans to support live transcription in 30 languages

Other enhancements include the planned extension of end-to-end encryption to Zoom Phone, which will provide better security to users during one-on-one phone calls that occur via the Zoom client.

Nearly half of the time users spend on mobile is consumed by social media

App Annie believes that live streaming is the new frontier for social media. It estimated that outside of China, consumers will spend 548 billion hours live streaming in top social apps this year on Android phones alone.

Big Tech cloud services could face resilience test, says Bank of England

The BoE, along with regulators in Europe and the United States, is worried about the reliance of banks on a handful of Big Tech firms for cloud computing in increasingly critical banking services.

Health books to lead you towards a holistic life

We bring this month’s health books that inspire you to believe in the power of yoga, practice meditation , adopt meaningful nutrition and up your motivation

Tesla, Toyota spar with Ford, UAW over EV tax bill

The bill, set to be taken up on Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee as part of a proposed $3.5 trillion spending bill, would benefit Detroit’s Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford Motor Co and Stellantis NV.

D.C. attorney general broadens Amazon lawsuit

The new complaint includes allegations that Amazon has agreements with wholesalers that guarantee it a minimum profit.

Facebook shields VIPs from some of its rules: report

The programme, referred to as “cross check” or “XCheck,” shields millions of elite users from rules that Facebook claims to apply equally at the social network.

How and why these tigers in Odisha changed their stripes

NCBS study of ‘black tigers’ has shed light on genetic mystery

Apple patches exploit attributed to Pegasus

It was the first time a so-called “zero-click” exploit had been caught and analysed, said the researchers, who found the malicious code on Sept. 7 and immediately alerted Apple

Meituan to change delivery algorithm rules as China urges labour protection

Debate on how to regulate workers' rights in the digitised "gig economy" has been unfolding around the world, with trade unions saying management algorithms on international platforms are eroding gig workers' wages and rights.

Singapore bank DBS charts ambitious plans for digital exchange

Soaring popularity of cryptocurrencies has posed a problem for mainstream banks as they try and balance clients' interest in digital coins with regulatory concerns about their risks.

India crosses 75 crore Covid vaccine doses: Union Health minister

India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach 30 crore, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said

5G, iPhone evolution and positive EV trends to drive growth in Asian tech sector: Credit Suisse

The Switzerland-based bank also sees a positive EV trend to aide the automotive industry. This could in turn could support the semiconductor demand.

Toyota, Honda oppose U.S. House electric vehicle tax plan

The bill, set to be voted on Tuesday by the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee as part of a proposed $3.5 trillion spending bill, would benefit Detroit's Big Three automakers, which have union-represented auto plants.

SpaceX prepares to send first all-civilian crew into orbit

Rival companies Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin both recently celebrated their debut astro-tourism missions with their respective founding executives, billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos, each going along for the ride.

China plans to break up Ant's Alipay and force creation of separate loans app

The plan will also see Ant turn over the user data that underpins its lending decisions to a new credit scoring joint-venture, which will be partly state-owned.

China tells Alibaba, Tencent to open platforms up to each other

China’s internet is dominated by a handful of technology giants who have historically blocked links and services by rivals on their platforms, creating what analysts have described as “walled gardens”.

Epic Games appeals ruling in lawsuit alleging Apple monopoly

The maker of the popular Fortnite video game said in a court filing Sunday that it will take the ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

NEERI transfers RT-PCR tech to MSME Ministry

Saline gargle testing process is fast, cost-effective, says Institute

Data | An average of 7.6 million doses administered daily in first 10 days of September

To vaccinate all adults by the end of 2021, 10.3 million doses have to be administered daily on average in the remaining days

Lack of mental health awareness in family units led to death of 324 children in 2020 in Kerala: Govt. committee

Besides a mechanism to track children with vulnerabilities, the panel mooted early identification of warning signs and support to children who are vulnerable.

A nesting episode featuring the tricoloured munia

Breeding time brings the tricoloured munia and the streaked weaver together

Zomato to stop grocery delivery service from September 17

Zomato had launched the pilot grocery delivery service in July this year in select markets offering grocery delivery within 45 minutes to its customers.

Clone your camel: beauty pageants, races spur high demand

Cloning is not just for those who want to own elite camels. Sometimes, clients simply want to reproduce a beloved animal after a sudden death.

After Nipah outbreak, a call to study ecological impacts of exotic plants

While plant import is being regulated in the country, the need for assessing the interaction of imported plants with indigenous species assumes importance

Have black kite numbers declined in Chennai?

Globally, across its range, black kite populations are generally on the higher side and light years from the threshold of vulnerability. Ornithologist V Santharam however cautions against complacency, suggesting there could be local variations and a possible dip in Chennai

Do white-breasted waterhen chicks use their wing claws?

As of now, there is no documented evidence of them using these ‘props’ the way hoatzin chicks use theirs. With the clambering they do, the wing claws can help the white-breasted waterhen chicks make quick getaways, but may just be vestigial organs that are put to little earthly use

Explained | How will the U.K.’s Children’s Code impact digital space norms?

What are the threats to children online? Will children in India benefit from the Code?

The first fully robotic lunar sample return

On September 12, 1970, the Soviet space exploration programme’s Luna 16 was launched. When it returned to Earth 12 days later, Luna 16 not only became the Soviet’s first success with respect to lunar sample return, but was also the first fully robotic sample return of any nation. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at a mission that achieved fully automatic recovery of soil samples from the moon...

Data | 'Excess deaths' during the pandemic in India was 5.8 times the official COVID-19 death toll

The data is based on 'excess deaths' analysis in 11 States/UTs

Improved water management system for toxic textile effluents developed

The technology has resulted in the recuperation of 50% of the treatment cost incurred from conventional processes for water treatment

WHO simplifies treatment guidelines for hypertension

While several international guidelines do exist, many of them reflect the tertiary care perspective of high-income countries

Question Corner | What changes are happening in animals due to climate change?

Climate change affects not only humans but also animals. In adapting to a warming planet, some warm-blooded animals are shapeshifting and getting

Why countries abandoned ‘Zero Covid’ strategy

This aims at nearly zero daily fresh cases, using border-closing, quarantining entrants, extensive testing and Covid-appropriate behaviour

Botanical Survey of India’s collection of rare paintings, dyes, fabrics and type specimens to go public

Decade-long exercise by the BSI is a valuable and fascinating online record of India’s plant diversity.

Data | Israel's recent COVID-19 spike explained

The share of severely ill patients and fatalities due the virus was low among the fully vaccinated

8 critically-endangered Oriental white-backed vultures fly towards survival from Haryana

Released into the wild year ago, the Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre project brings some hope to conservationists

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty

Facebook launches ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ smart glasses

The tech giant built the smart glasses in partnership with the European eyewear conglomerate EssilorLuxottica, Ray-Ban’s parent firm. It’s the first product to come out of their multi-year partnership.

Weekly Bytes | NASA to launch most powerful space telescope, IBM Watson gets new AI capabilities, and more

Here's our curated list of important tech news from this week in byte size.

Yahoo names Tinder top boss as CEO

Jim Lanzone replaces Guru Gowrappan, who led Verizon’s media business since 2018 and has now been named senior adviser to Apollo’s private equity business.

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