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New study calls for restraint in ‘unnecessary’ food fortification

Jagriti Chandra

Report makes a case for improving dietary diversity instead

The Christian Medical College, Vellore.

Covid-19 | CMC Vellore to conduct mixed-vaccine trial

In this image provided by NASA, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft onboard sits at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Fla. in Florida, on July 29, 2021.

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

T.R. Govindarajan Awarded the Nobel prize for Physics for his discovery of the Unified Theory of Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions, he was an out-spoken rationalist and critic of climate change deniers

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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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social media Clubbed together for comfort during COVID-19, here’s the rise of ‘unlabelled virtual wards’ on social media

Divya Kala Bhavani Audio drop-in apps like Clubhouse and Spotify Greenroom are seeing spontaneous rooms of COVID-positive people, helping each other through quarantine virtually

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e-RUPI is a digital voucher that can be redeemed by beneficiaries when they make use of any specific government services

e-RUPI | How India’s new welfare-focused digital payment system works?

John Xavier The digital token-style system is seen as a way to spot potential gaps in the existing welfare payments infrastructure and fix them.

An artist’s impression shows the first interstellar object, named Oumuamua

Researchers use AI to look for alien civilisations

Abhishek Chatterjee The team will use a network of mid-sized, high-resolution telescopes and detector arrays with suitable cameras and computer systems as part of their research to find alien civilisations.

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Global cloud infrastructure market grows as digital transformation accelerates

Ishan Patra Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud retained the top three spots and accounted for 61% of total spending in the June ending quarter.

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Rohan Chakravarty’s new book ‘Green Humour for a Greying Planet’ conveys hard truths on conservation in comic strips

K Jeshi Be it the human-animal conflict, climate change, poaching, or hunting, author Rohan Chakravarty finds a comic character that makes us chuckle yet takes a dig at the innovative ways that man has wreaked havoc on planet earth

Toxic foam floating in the Yamuna in Delhi.

Microbes from human, animal excreta found above desirable limits in Yamuna

Staff Reporter Very difficult to achieve bathing quality standards: govt. report

Mid-century target for net zero emission inadequate, says India

Jacob Koshy New Delhi wants G20 nations to pledge for reductions by 2030

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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

Shiv Sahay Singh Ingress of saline water due to regular cyclones may result in food crisis in the region

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

SOIL-LESS CULTIVATION A golden future for turmeric

Nahla Nainar Soil-less agriculture could be the solution to increasing the yield and quality of turmeric cultivation in India, says this Bengaluru-based expert

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In this Friday, March 9, 2012 photo, an aurora borealis swirls in the sky over the Yukon River village of Ruby, Alaska

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e-RUPI | How India’s new welfare-focused digital payment system works?

Researchers use AI to look for alien civilisations

Global cloud infrastructure market grows as digital transformation accelerates

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

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

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Amita Deshpande’s reCharkha is giving a new spin to discarded plastic

Twitter's Dorsey leads $29 bln buyout of lending pioneer Afterpay

The Afterpay founders said the deal marked "an important recognition of the Australian technology sector as homegrown innovation continues to be shared more broadly throughout the world".

‘The Ascent’ game review: Cyberpunk action finally done right

Offering a richly-designed world and immersive combat, The Ascent changes your mind about not needing a twin-stick cyberpunk shooter in your life

Amazon hit with record EU data privacy fine

Globally, regulatory scrutiny of tech giants has been increasing following a string of scandals over privacy and misinformation, as well as complaints from some businesses that they abuse their market power.

Musk says "Epic is right," takes sides in battle with Apple

Musk late on Friday said that though he likes using Apple products, the iPhone maker is "overcharging with App Store".

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

Subscribers in the proposed class action would be eligible for 15% refunds on their core subscriptions or $25, whichever is larger, while others could receive up to $15.

A heron at home on an IT corridor

At a time when waterbirds that hang around reeds, shrubs and tall grasses are dwindling due to a pernicious mindset that views such vegetation as useless, the purple heron seems to have found refuge in the Pallikaranai marsh cheek by jowl with Chennai’s software hub

India, U.K. to conduct clinical trials of ‘Ashwagandha’ for promoting recovery from COVID-19

Clinical trials will be conducted on 2,000 people in three U.K. cities, says Ministry of Ayush

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What has the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ruled? Are tech giants violating antitrust laws?

Explained | Are States under-reporting COVID-19 cases?

What has the fourth serology survey shown? Is there a mismatch between the findings and actual numbers?

Explained | Do the new findings on genome sequencing provide a better understanding of the human body?

Whose DNA was sequenced? What will this genome draft be useful for?

Hallidie, horses, and cable cars

On August 1, 1873, Andrew Smith Hallidie conducted a successful demonstration of a cable car in San Francisco without any pomp and show. Now considered one of the world’s first practical cable car systems, it was the result of tireless efforts on the part of one person. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at the life of Hallidie and his greatest success...

India's smartphone market records highest shipments ever in the first half of 2021

The share of 5G smartphones is constantly increasing, crossing 14% in the June-ended quarter. Realme was the top 5G smartphone brand with 23% market share followed by OnePlus.

‘Erroneous to conclude we have attained herd immunity,’ says Dr. Srinath Reddy

The fourth sero survey conducted across India found that on an average 67.6% of the population has been infected. Also, over 25% of people have been

Clues from Mars

How does the interior of Mars look like?Since early 2019, researchers from ETH Zurich have been recording and analysing marsquakes as part of the

Benefits beyond the pandemic

By preventing viral infections and TB, masks can sharply reduce respiratory diseases, loss of lives, livelihoods

Scientists decipher how some bacteria can operate a “reverse gear”

Some microorganisms exhibit a unique kind of reversing motion that can be mimicked for drug delivery, bio-imaging

Green Humour by Rohan Chakravarty

Stellar mid-life crisis: Why the middle-aged Sun may sink into a period of low activity

At about the age of the Sun, the magnetic field generation mechanism of stars becomes sub-critical or less efficient

Weekly Bytes | BMW’s cargo bike and e-scooter concepts, NASA picks SpaceX for Jupiter’s moon mission, and more

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

New study calls for restraint in ‘unnecessary’ food fortification

Report makes a case for improving dietary diversity instead

Data | India's excess deaths could be highest among nations with the most recorded COVID-19 fatalities

The share of registered deaths where the cause was medically certified, was the lowest for India among the countries considered

Covid-19 | CMC Vellore to conduct mixed-vaccine trial

DCGI nod is significant given shortage of Covaxin.

Farmers make time for social media to network, share and solve

‘From knowing about different PVC pipes to discovering innovative farming methods, it is all easy through social media’

Parliament proceedings | ISRO-NASA joint satellite project NISER proposed to be launched early 2023: Jitendra Singh

India and the U.S. had agreed upon this mission during then President Barack Obama's visit to India in 2015

A Himalayan tragedy: The crisis of contemporary mountain dwellings

As flash floods wreak havoc in Himachal Pradesh, a look at why need to go back to sustainable, indigenous architecture, as championed by the late Didi Contractor

Down in the mud

From coconut rafters and clay tiles to biogas and solar panels, how Madhavan Namboodiri from Malappuram, Kerala, is using natural techniques to build homes.

Oral-B iO review: speak to the ₹16,000 toothbrush

With Artificial Intelligence features and a sleek design, the Oral-B iO series powers up the fight against bad brushing habits

Intel launches ‘AI For All’ initiative in partnership with CBSE

Based on Intel's ‘AI For Citizens’ programme, 'AI For All' is a 4-hour, self-paced learning programme that demystifies AI in an inclusive manner.

Nithya Subramanian’s ‘Debris’ draws attention to alarming pollution facts

The alarming numbers on plastic pollution in the world’s oceans are translated into gentle embroidery in this novel art project

HC to hear in August pleas of Facebook WhatsApp challenging new IT Rules

WhatsApp said the traceability provision is unconstitutional and against the fundamental right to privacy.

Tokyo Olympics | Games-related streaming app downloads surge

Apps with streaming rights saw up to a 13 times rise in downloads during the first week of the games, according to app intelligence firm App Annie.

Google removed over 1.50 lakh content pieces in May, June on user complaints

Report follows the new IT rules that came into force on May 26.

LinkedIn allows employees to work fully remote, removes in-office expectation

The updated policy, offering the flexibility to work remotely full-time or work at an office part-time, will apply to LinkedIn's global workforce of more than 16,000 employees.

From Facebook to Twitter, Big Tech sees social commerce driving sales growth

Facebook, widely considered the leader in social commerce,and Google helped retailers bring in sales in the last quarter.

Tesla agrees to pay $1.5 mln to settle claims over battery voltage reduction

The suit filed in August 2019 alleged Tesla released an over-the-air software update that reduced the maximum voltage to which batteries on some Tesla Model S vehicles could be charged.

Airtel, Tata Comm, RCom, Railtel among 34 firms found violating internet services licence rules: Govt

Two companies -- World Gate Networks and E-Com Opportunities -- have "unauthorized Internet gateway using foreign satellites."

Brazilians revel in icy snap as country sees rare snowfall

Unusually cold weather in Brazil, the global agricultural powerhouse, has already sent international prices for coffee and sugar higher.

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module, says NASA

The malfunction prompted NASA to postpone until at least August 3 its planned launch of Boeing's new CST-100 Starliner capsule on an uncrewed test flight to the space station.

Kerala’s Ayurvedic retreats innovate to stay open

Luxury resorts offer discounted packages for locals and treatments specifically designed for COVID-rehab and work-from-home fatigue

Nothing ear (1) earbuds review: When listening to nothing can mean something

Carl Pei’s solo tech venture Nothing sure looks like it’s done something with its debut product. The ear (1) earbuds offer high-fidelity sound with a breakaway design. But should you spend ₹6,000 on them?

AstraZeneca to apply for COVID-19 vaccine approval in U.S. later in 2021

The timeline for the USFDA application has been in the works since the end-March when AstraZeneca released the data from its clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.

China's CATL unveils sodium-ion battery - a first for a major car battery maker

CATL, China's top car battery maker with a market value of almost $200 billion, also unveiled a battery pack that integrates sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries.

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Chaos reigns: People queue up at the Attibele checkpost in Bengaluru on August 1, 2021.

37K | Travellers hit by Karnataka’s new COVID-19 norms

A tweet by Agnishwar Jayaprakash, founder of Chennai-based Garuda Aerospace, that caught SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s attention. Photo: Special Arrangement

21K | Elon Musk sends Chennai entrepreneur over the moon

A largely empty shopping center is seen during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore. File

14K | Singapore warns to cancel permit of permanent residents, pass holders not complying with COVID-19 safety measures

A doctor and other members of a home triage team of the Coimbatore Corporation coming out of a house on Friday after visiting a person who had tested positive.

13K | New restrictions in district from Monday as cases rise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches e-RUPI digital payment solution via video conference, in New Delhi, Monday, August 2, 2021.

10K | PM Modi launches digital payment solution e-RUPI

Indian women celebrate after winning their hockey quarterfinals match against Australia at the Tokyo Olympics on August 2, 2021.

9K | Tokyo Olympics | Indian women tame mighty Australia, march into hockey semifinals

BMW's two new micro-mobility vehicle concepts, an electrified bicycle and an e-scooter for city use. | Picture by special arrangement.

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Illustration: R. Rajesh

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Residents queue up for COVID-19 testing in Zhengzhou.

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