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Medical staff busy in last minute revision for vaccination at jumbo COVID-19 vaccination centre at Bandra-Kurla complex in Mumbai on the eve of first phase vaccination drive.

Scientists divided over restricted use approval for Covaxin

While some say safety parameters are good, others have asked for efficacy data

First drilled sample: NASA's Curiosity rover successfully drilled a hole 2 inches deep in a target called "Duluth" on May 20, 2018.

In pictures: NASA's Curiosity Rover celebrates 3000 days on Mars

Through this collaboration, the Indian Space Research Organisation will facilitate coaching and mentoring of students in advanced 21st century cutting-edge technologies. File

ISRO to adopt 100 Atal Tinkering Labs to promote scientific temperament among students

PTI This decision was taken by ISRO and Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog at a virtual meeting on Monday.

A healthcare worker works on a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test from a positive patient inside a COVID-19 unit at Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. | File

Most hospitalised COVID-19 patients have at least one symptom 6 months after falling ill: study

PTI The most common symptom to persist was muscle weakness, with patients also frequently experiencing sleep difficulties

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Health Ministry reschedules Polio National Immunisation Day to Jan. 31

Special Correspondent ‘The decision is in keeping with the stated policy of the Health Ministry to ensure that COVID-19 health services and non-COVID-19 essential health services proceed in tandem without adversely impacting each other,’ says a release

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Govt defers national polio immunisation programme

Special Correspondent The country will launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16.

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About 90% of eBooks are sold through Amazon

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing

Reuters The lawsuit comes a day after Connecticut said it was investigating Amazon for potential anti-competitive behavior in its business selling digital books.

Samsung launches new flagship Galaxy S smartphone

Samsung launches new flagship Galaxy S smartphone early, targets remote workers, gamers

Reuters Samsung is also looking to grab market share after China'sHuawei Technologies was hit with U.S. sanctions thatrestricted its supply and hurt sales

WhatsApp said it reserved the right to share some data with Facebook

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

Reuters In India, many users have began installing rival apps like Signal and Telegram, pushing WhatsApp to begin a costly advertising campaign to calm customers.

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Study finds metal pollution in aquaculture farms

Special Correspondent Threat of anti-microbial resistance looms large with the profligate use of antibiotics and insecticides for cultivation.

A man cools off with a bottle of ice water on his head in Death Valley National Park, California.

Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record

AP While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, more agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said last year came in a close second or third.

Mass hatching Olive Ridley Turtles began at the Rushikulya Rookery in Ganjam district, Odisha.

ZSI starts tagging olive ridleys to track migration path

Satyasundar Barik Rushikulya beach is one of the largest mass nesting sites for sea turtles

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi. File

'Fasal Bima Yojana' benefitted crores of farmers: Modi

PTI The Centre’s crop insurance scheme has increased coverage and mitigated risk of farmers, says the Prime Minister

Ongole bulls pulling weight during Sankranthi Rythu Sambaralu programme in Vijayawada on Tuesday.

Bullock race fuels Sankranti revelry

Staff Reporter Farmers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana vie for prizes in the Rythu Sambaralu

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A closeup of a Ladybird Beetle spotted in farm fields near Ibrahimpatnam in Krishna district.

Watch | The world’s insect population is declining

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Sunday quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

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This is a wonderful time to work on black holes: astrophysicist Parameswaran Ajith

Weekly Bytes | Lenovo’s smart glasses, SpaceX expanding Starlink’s reach, and more

Tiny worms can make complex travel decisions when hitch-hiking: IISc study

WhatsApp delays new privacy policy by three months amid severe criticism

Study finds metal pollution in aquaculture farms

Amazon faces class-action lawsuit over eBook pricing

The lawsuit comes a day after Connecticut said it was investigating Amazon for potential anti-competitive behavior in its business selling digital books.

Coronavirus | Indian scientists divided over nod for Covaxin

While some say safety parameters are good, others have asked for efficacy data

Samsung launches new flagship Galaxy S smartphone early, targets remote workers, gamers

Samsung is also looking to grab market share after China'sHuawei Technologies was hit with U.S. sanctions thatrestricted its supply and hurt sales

Google Assistant’s ‘Guest Mode’ is a patchy incognito version for smart speakers, displays

Once switched on, the mode will ensure interactions with the Assistant are not saved to the account.

WhatsApp faces first legal challenge in India over privacy

In India, many users have began installing rival apps like Signal and Telegram, pushing WhatsApp to begin a costly advertising campaign to calm customers.

NGT directs government to finalise EPR regime within 3 months, says plastic waste serious hazard

EPR (Under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016) puts the onus on the manufacturers for the treatment, recycling, reuse or disposal of products after a consumer has used and disposed them.

Tata puts post-pandemic bet on digital, electronics and health

The owner of British luxury brand Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is placing big bets on electric vehicles as well as on battery storage and renewable energy for consumer and industrial use.

Signal to ramp up hiring after WhatsApp controversy drives download surge

Privacy advocates have jumped on the WhatsApp changes, pointing to what they say is Facebook's poor track record of supporting consumers' interests when handling their data, with many suggesting users migrate to other platforms.

Google muscles up with Fitbit deal amid antitrust concerns

Thursday's completion of the acquisition comes 14 months after Google announced a deal that immediately raised alarms.

Coronavirus | Vaccine dilemma — to take or not to take Covaxin

Is it ethical to offer one healthcare worker the Covaxin whose efficacy is unknown and another healthcare worker the Covishield whose efficacy is known even though both face the same risk of infection at work?

India fifth largest market; focussed on meeting language needs, enhancing ease of access: Wikipedia

Wikipedia, which turns 20 on January 15 has over 55 million articles that can be accessed in more than 300 languages.

RIP: Mars digger bites the dust after 2 years on red planet

NASA has declared the Mars digger dead after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature.Scientists in Germany spent two years

Hot again: 2020 sets yet another global temperature record

While NASA and a couple of other measurement groups said 2020 passed or essentially tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, more agencies, including the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, said last year came in a close second or third.

Samsung's Galaxy S21 premium smartphones to hit India later this month

South Korean tech giant Samsung said it will bring its new lineup of flagship Galaxy S21 smartphones to the Indian market by the end of the month

All about vaccination: The Hindu Science Quiz

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

Samsung's new robot can serve you a drink

It will use advanced Artificial Intelligence to identify and pick up objects of varying sizes, shapes and weights.

Government examining WhatsApp's user policy changes amid privacy debate

Internal discussions are on within the IT Ministry over the implications of the recent move by WhatsApp.

Google removes some personal loan apps from Store, warns others

Move follows reports over many such applications, who are not authorised lenders, targeting vulnerable borrowers to offer loans at very high interest rates and then using extreme measures for recovery of money.

Watch | The world’s insect population is declining

A video on the world's declining insect population

Health Ministry reschedules Polio National Immunisation Day to Jan. 31

‘The decision is in keeping with the stated policy of the Health Ministry to ensure that COVID-19 health services and non-COVID-19 essential health services proceed in tandem without adversely impacting each other,’ says a release

'No pride in banning Donald Trump': Twitter CEO warns of dangerous precedent

According to Jack Dorsey, such bans point up Twitter’s “failure” to create an open and healthy space for what Mr. Dorsey calls the “global public conversation.”

YouTube launches a dedicated page for videos that use hashtags

The new exclusive home for videos with hashtags will show a curated section with either the videos using the tag that users have searched for, or a tag related to it.

In pictures: NASA's Curiosity Rover celebrates 3000 days on Mars

A martian day is slightly longer than an Earth day. It is approximately 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds long

Samsung introduces its next-generation 5G-integrated mobile processor

On-device AI processing and support for advanced neural networks will enable more interactive and smart features and enhanced computer vision performance in imaging.

Best from science journals: Why are platypus so weird?

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

What is Parler and why has it been pulled offline?

The site effectively "went dark" after Amazon.com Inc suspended its web hosting service and will remain so unless it can find a replacement.

Amazon launches ‘Prime Video Mobile Edition’ in India starting ₹89

“Given high mobile broadband penetration in the country, the mobile phone has become one of the most widely used streaming devices,” Jay Marine, VP, Amazon Prime Video Worldwide, said.

'Fasal Bima Yojana' benefitted crores of farmers: Modi

The Centre’s crop insurance scheme has increased coverage and mitigated risk of farmers, says the Prime Minister

General Motors unveils Cadillac flying car and shuttle concepts at CES

The single-passenger Cadillac - technically, a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone - will be able to travel from urban rooftop to urban rooftop at speeds up to 55 miles per hour.

Father of the Web Tim Berners-Lee wants to re-make cyber space

Building on ideas developed by an open-source software project called Solid, Inrupt promises a web where people can use a single sign-on for any service and personal data is stored in "pods," or personal online data stores, controlled by the user.

The trillion dollar weapon in the U.S.-China tech stock war

U.S.- Sino tensions ratcheted up in recent days as outgoing President Donald Trump's administration pushed through a ban on Americans investing in 35 firms it considers to be linked to China's military.

Polio immunisation drive postponed

Health Ministry letter issued to States cites unforeseen activities.

YouTube suspends Trump’s channel after violating policy on inciting violence

Online platforms and social media companies are distancing themselves from, and taking action against, those that encouraged or engaged in the violence in Washington D.C.

Google to use quantum computing to develop new medicines

Through this collaboration, Boehringer Ingelheim and Google plan to focus on implementing quantum computing in pharmaceutical research and development, including molecular dynamic simulations.

U.S. justices say women must obtain abortion pill in person during pandemic

The pill need not be taken in the presence of medical professionals.

Moon's birth unlocked by supercomputer simulations

Collision with a non-spinning version of Theia, resulted in a satellite with around 80% of the mass of the Moon

U.S. says India’s Digital Services Tax discriminatory

India has said that the DST does not have extra-territorial application as it applies only on the revenue generated from the country.

Bullock race fuels Sankranti revelry

Farmers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana vie for prizes in the Rythu Sambaralu

ZSI starts tagging olive ridleys to track migration path

Rushikulya beach is one of the largest mass nesting sites for sea turtles

Tardy hunt for UK variant of virus

Centre not actively looking for community spread of strain, says scientists

Update won’t affect privacy: WhatsApp

Facebook unit says private messages will continue to be encrypted end-to-end

Govt. plans to make free power to farm sector a permanent scheme

₹1,700 cr. sanctioned for upgrading the capacity of feeders, says AP-Transco official

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A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad on November 26, 2020.

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A health official shows a vial of Covishield vaccine in Assam’s Tezpur on January 15,2021.

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Vaccines being dispatched to neighbouring districts from Mysuru on January 15, 2021.

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