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New study calls for restraint in ‘unnecessary’ food fortification

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Report makes a case for improving dietary diversity instead

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NASA postpones do-over test launch of Boeing Starliner to orbit

Reuters A previous uncrewed Starliner test launch to orbit in 2019 ended with a nearly catastrophic failure of the spacecraft to dock with the space station.

Doyen of particle physics Steven Weinberg passes away

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New study calls for restraint in ‘unnecessary’ food fortification

Jagriti Chandra Report makes a case for improving dietary diversity instead

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Last month, Apple forecast slowing revenue growth as a global chip shortage starts to affect iPhone production.

Apple works with Chinese suppliers for latest iPhones

Reuters Luxshare has won orders over its Taiwanese rivals Foxconn and Pegatron Corp, and will start building the iPhone 13 Pro this month, the paper said.

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Chinese crypto addresses sent $2.2 billion to scams, darknets in 2019-2021

Reuters Most cryptocurrency-based money laundering involves mainstream digital currency exchanges, often through over-the-counter desks whose businesses are built on top of these platforms.

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Kaseya ransomware attack sets off race to hack service providers - researchers

Reuters An affiliate of a top Russian-speaking ransomware gang known as REvil used two gaping flaws in software from Florida-based Kaseya to break into about 50 managed services providers that used its products.

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The newly-discovered species, named Minervarya Pentali, is endemic to the southern Western Ghats.

DU researchers discover new frog species in Western Ghats

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A damaged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Yaas at Ghoramara Island in Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal.

Sunderbans puts high hopes on salt tolerant varieties of paddy

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Turmeric grown through soil-less cultivation in a pilot project by CV Hydro in Bengaluru.

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Ariana Grande announces her next tour — and it’ll be happening on Fortnite

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Twitter to reward users spotting bias in its image-cropping algorithm

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New study calls for restraint in ‘unnecessary’ food fortification

Report makes a case for improving dietary diversity instead

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