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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

Genes at play: One gene promotes glucose uptake and consumption by breast cancer cells whereas another does the opposite.

Glucose addiction can foment tumours

Exotic food exchange in the second millennium BCE

D. Balasubramanian

Trade flourished long before the Silk Routes were established

Shaped by competition: Evolved traits enabled the fruit flies to maintain fitness in adverse conditions.

Fruit flies evolve in response to environment

Shubashree Desikan Males modulate their reproductive investment based on perceived competition

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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

File photo for representation.

Govt defers national polio immunisation programme

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

Technology

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Samsung to gradually phase out in-box accessories from its future mobiles.

Samsung does an Apple, removes in-box chargers

Abhishek Chatterjee Samsung is also planning to expand its sale of ‘S-Pen’ across additional device categories in the future

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

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Himalayan Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

India home to both species of red panda, says ZSI study

Shiv Sahay Singh Siang river serves as boundary between the two phylogenetic species, it says

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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.

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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 file photo of the Curiosity rover which is a part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission.

Watch | Curiosity Rover completes 3000 days on Mars

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India home to both species of red panda, says ZSI study

NASA test of mega Moon rocket engines cut short

Watch | Curiosity Rover completes 3000 days on Mars

The Hindu Explains | What are trans fats, and why are they harmful?

An eye for an i #420 Children

Bringing cosmic dust to Earth

Coimbatore’s hydroponic farm delivers fresh greens within three hours of harvest

Fruit flies evolve in response to environment

Males modulate their reproductive investment based on perceived competition

DNA exchanges in plants

Do plants share genetic material with each other?Genetic material of plants and animalsare well protected in the nucleus of each cell and store all

Exotic food exchange in the second millennium BCE

Trade flourished long before the Silk Routes were established

Glucose addiction can foment tumours

Study reveals genes’ roles in regulating glucose utilisation by breast cancer cells

Samsung does an Apple, removes in-box chargers

Samsung is also planning to expand its sale of ‘S-Pen’ across additional device categories in the future

Sunday quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

There is a syndrome in sports called ‘paralysis by analysis’: Arthur Ashe

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

The cosmic bodies have come out of their historical isolation to take centrestage in modern astrophysics, says the recipient of the inaugural young scientist award instituted by The World Academy of Sciences

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

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

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

This was one of the key findings by two researchers from the Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES) at the Indian Institute of Science who studied how microscopic worms called nematodes that live in fig trees hitch a ride on fig wasps so that they can move from one tree to another

WhatsApp pushes back policy roll out to May 15

Messaging platform says it’s ‘doing a lot more to clear up misinformation’ on privacy and security on the app

Study finds metal pollution in aquaculture farms

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

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.

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Republic TV owner Arnab Goswami. File

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Sameera Fazili.

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Senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala. File

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Those receiving Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine Covaxin have been asked to sign a consent form before being vaccinated as the vaccine “has been allowed by the government in clinical trial mode”. Photo: Special Arrangement

11K | Coronavirus | Covaxin recipients asked to sign consent form on ‘clinical trial mode’

The remains of the mini-bus being removed from the Hubballi-Dharwad Bypass Road on Friday.

11K | Reunion plan turns tragic as 11 die in road accident

After an interval of 21 months, the Supreme Court will be considering the review petition filed by the EPFO against the apex court verdict on the pension and the appeal filed by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

9K | Supreme Court to consider review plea in EPF pension case on January 18

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.

8K | Coronavirus | Vaccine dilemma — to take or not to take Covaxin

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