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Reconstructed view of “baby Milky Way” SPT0418-47. Photo: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Rizzo et al.

‘Baby’ Milky Way discovered 12 billion light years away

Infant star system challenges our understanding of the early years of the Universe.

CSIR - Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) Director Rakesh Mishra. File

Sans proper data Russian COVID-19 vaccine’s efficacy, safety unknown: CCMB Chief

Currently, 35% of the sewage generated in the city is not being treated and a large part of it ends up in the Yamuna. file photo: V.V. Krishnan

Pathogens listed as critical by WHO found in river Yamuna

Aswathi Pacha Sewage was the main source of their entry into the river, according to a research paper

Many unknowns: Terms such as immunity passports may not have relevance as we do not know about specific immune responses and duration of protection.

Is there a case for issuing immunity certificates?

R. Prasad While degree of protection conferred by natural infection is not known, no cases of true reinfection have been documented

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There are frequent enquiries about Ayurveda-based ‘immunity boosters’

COVID-19 has changed how Ayurveda centres administer treatments

Shilpa Nair Anand Ayurveda centres are taking extra precautions even as they take in patients for mandatory wellness treatments during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam

A health worker holds swab samples for COVID-19 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test, in Gurugram.

CSIR moots ‘mega labs’ to boost COVID-19 testing

Jacob Koshy Next Generation Sequencing machines, normally used for sequencing human genomes, can be repurposed to detect the coronavirus.

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Google introduces new platform for Chrome OS developers

Ishan Patra The platform is an open-source online destination for all developers to access information needed to develop apps in Android, Linux or the web.

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Microsoft introduces its first dual-screen smartphone

Microsoft to launch its first dual-screen smartphone in September

Abhishek Chatterjee The phone will have two separate 5.6-inch OLED displays (1800 x 1350) with a 4:3 aspect ratio. The two screens are connected by a 360-degree hinge to form an 8.1-inch overall workspace (2700 x 1800) and a 3:2 aspect ratio.

In a statement, Apple said Fortnite had been removed because Epic had launched the payment feature with the “express intent of violating the App Store guidelines” after having had apps in the store for a decade.

Fortnite maker sues Apple after removal of game from App Store

Reuters Apple cited a direct payment feature rolled out on the Fortnite app earlier on Thursday as the violation.

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Siliguri: Tigress Sheela with her three new born cubs at Bengal Safari in Siliguri, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.

Tigress ‘Sheela’ gives birth to 3 cubs in Siliguri’s Bengal Safari park

iSpecial Correspondent The cubs were born in the tiger enclosure around 7 a.m. and they are doing fine, the official said

Dry form of Common Evening Brown

Common Evening Brown butterfly photographed in over 60 variations

K Jeshi Coimbatore-based Darshan M Trivedi enters the India Book of Records for photographing a single butterfly in 67 variations

Currently, 35% of the sewage generated in the city is not being treated and a large part of it ends up in the Yamuna. file photo: V.V. Krishnan

Pathogens listed as critical by WHO found in river Yamuna

Aswathi Pacha Sewage was the main source of their entry into the river, according to a research paper

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Now pitched as climate adaptive food, Kerala’s heritage Pokkali rice cultivation needs support

PRIYADERSHINI S Kerala’s Pokkali farmers need support to grow this indigenous rice that weathers floods, is salt tolerant and offsets ground water salinity.

A worker unloading toor dal bags at a stock yard in Gollapudi near Vijayawada.

High prices of pulses may affect nutrition security, says study

Jagriti Chandra ‘Following COVID-19 lockdown, all food groups witnessed spurt in prices compared to 2019’.

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Google introduces new platform for Chrome OS developers

Interim results of phase-1-2 trials find inactivated coronavirus vaccine is safe

U.S. allows killing sea lions eating at-risk Northwest salmon

Mystery of the dimming of massive star Betelgeuse explained

Ensure physical survey of condition of circus animals: Delhi High Court to AWBI

Microsoft to launch its first dual-screen smartphone in September

The no-sugar teatime beverage

This company is trying to introduce people to Ayurveda, through a substitute for tea and coffee

Watch | What is an immunity passport?

A video explainer on immunity passport, also known as risk-free certificate

TikTok and its employees prepare to fight Trump over app ban

(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.)TikTok and its U.S. employees

Chinese cities find coronavirus in frozen food imports, WHO downplays infection risk

Viruses can survive up to two years at temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, but scientists and officials say there is no strong evidence so far the coronavirus can spread via frozen food.

Fortnite maker sues Apple after removal of game from App Store

Apple cited a direct payment feature rolled out on the Fortnite app earlier on Thursday as the violation.

Computer scientist, pixel inventor Russell Kirsch dead at 91

Pixels, the digital dots used to display photos, video and more on phone and computer screens, weren’t an obvious innovation in 1957, when Kirsch created a small, 2-by-2-inch black-and-white digital image of his son

Russell Kirsch, inventor of pixel, passes away at 91

Pixels weren’t an obvious innovation in 1957, when Russell Kirsch created a small, 2-by-2-inch black-and-white digital image of his son, Walden, as an infant.

Facebook fails to execute its ban on extremist “Boogaloo” accounts, report says

The social media company has nearly 150 such groups active on its platform as of July 24. That is about 20% higher than in April this year, according to Tech Transparency Project Report (TTP).

Plain Tiger: The butterfly next door

The Plain Tiger butterfly is a tough survivor, pretty and profuse, even in urban areas

Google announces new virtual education tools for teachers, students

In order to improve engagement during the virtual sessions, a larger tiled view with up to 49 participants, and a collaborative whiteboard with Jamboard will be available in Meet, in September.

70% of smartphones shipped in the US during the second quarter were made in China

Distributors increased orders for ultra-low-end Android smartphones from lesser-known China made smartphones like Unimax and Wiko to match the tight consumer budgets and limited spending power of the Americans after millions of them lost their jobs and US unemployment rate crossed record high amid COVID19.

Microsoft to launch Xbox Series X in November

The next-generation gaming console features include hardware-accelerated Direct X raytracing, framerates up to 120 frames per second, faster loading times, and Quick Resume for multiple games.

Facebook amplifies anti-misinformation efforts ahead of 2020 US election

Facebook started adding labels to posts related to elections that will link to a new voter information hub, reading, “Visit the Voting Information Center for election resources and official updates.”

COVID-19 has changed how Ayurveda centres administer treatments

Ayurveda centres are taking extra precautions even as they take in patients for mandatory wellness treatments during the Malayalam month of Karkidakam

A hologram making machine lets you video chat with human-sized images in real time

The machine will allow users to talk in real time with a life-sized hologram of another person, interact with recorded holograms of historical figures or deceased relatives.

Zydus Cadila launches COVID-19 drug Remdesivir in India

Priced at ₹2,800 per 100 mg vial, Remdac is the most economical Remdesivir brand in India, Zydus Cadila said in a regulatory filing.

How the tiger can regain its stripes

Tiger conservation needs a reboot to match the scale of India’s aspirations in other domains

Stop the dismantling of environmental rules

The government has a social obligation to protect the environment; it must withdraw the Draft EIA 2020 Notification

Coronavirus | Vaccine panel mulls early access

Committee to decide on how COVID-19 shot will be made available to Indians.

Apple’s macOS Big Sur public beta is out

The macOS Big Sur brings a design overhaul, improved Safari, and new features for Messages and Maps.

‘Baby’ Milky Way discovered 12 billion light years away

Infant star system challenges our understanding of the early years of the Universe.

Coronavirus | CSIR moots ‘mega labs’ to boost COVID-19 testing

CSIR plans to use advanced genome sequencing device.

Facebook announces new ads policy for a section of news publishers

The social media giant’s new policy is designed considering the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and prevents publishers in the U.S. from claiming the news exemption within its ads authorization process.

Google says your Android phone can help detect earthquake

Signals detected by a phone are sent to an earthquake detection server, along with a coarse location of where the shaking occurred. The signals from numerous other phones are then combined to assess if an earthquake is happening.

Tigress ‘Sheela’ gives birth to 3 cubs in Siliguri’s Bengal Safari park

A tigress gave birth to three tiger cubs on Wednesday at the North Bengal Wild Animal Park that has been closed since March due to outbreak of

A letter to Prakash Javadekar

Please address the elephant in the room, Mr Javadekar

Facebook removes millions of hate speech and COVID-19 fake cure posts

Facebook also updated its policies on hate speech, and banned content depicting blackface and stereotypes about Jewish people controlling the world.

The surprising origin story of ‘Binod’

We talk to the YouTubers who unknowingly started the Binod phenomenon on social media

Without proper data Russian COVID-19 vaccine’s efficacy, safety unknown: CCMB Chief

Director of CCMB, Rakesh K Mishra said if people are“lucky” then the Russian vaccine will work

Face recognition violates human rights, says U.K. court

Civil rights campaigner Ed Bridges argued that South Wales Police caused him “distress” by scanning his face as he shopped in 2017

Twitter users can now control who replies to their tweet

All accounts, including those of elected officials, can now select the people who will be allowed to reply while composing a new tweet, Twitter said

Citizen science in the times of lockdown

People-led documentation initiatives focussing on the environment have been going strong through the COVID-19 lockdowns. Here’s why this is good news

Facebook: Pandemic hurt enforcement on suicide, child nudity

Looks like the machines aren’t ready to take over just yet.The COVID-19 pandemic affected Facebook’s ability to remove harmful and forbidden material

Pearl spot production in Kerala falls short of demand, finds aquaculture institute

Chennai-based CIBA seeks support of State government to boost production

Samsung brings AI-powered privacy feature to Galaxy A71, A51 smartphones

The feature has been designed keeping in mind the inherent need for privacy when it comes to storage and access of content, on smartphones of consumers.

Security bugs in Mercedes Benz may let hackers remotely access the car

A team of security researchers from Sky-Go, a vehicle cyber security unit of a Chinese internet security company, found 19 vulnerabilities as they did an extensive security testing on the Mercedes-Benz E- class car.

Google Maps is now compatible with Apple Watch, CarPlay

The iOS users can start a navigation on their iPhone, and seamlessly switch to an Apple Watch, and continue to go around.

Coronavirus transmission risk increases along wildlife supply chains, says study

They said this may likely explain how the virus jump species to humans and causes epidemics.

COVID-19 does not directly cause loss of taste: Study

“This is something we need to keep a careful eye on.”

Watch: 'My Village Show' Gangavva goes global

A video on 58-year-old Gangavva of popular Telangana YouTube channel My Village Show

Russia registers coronavirus vaccine, Putin’s daughter inoculates

Russian authorities have said that medical workers, teachers and other risk groups will be the first to be inoculated.

Interpol says cybercriminals are targeting large corporations, governments

Within Asia and South Pacific region, coronavirus-related fraud and phishing attempts have been on the rise. This region also saw illegal online sale of fake medical supplies, drugs and personal protective equipment.

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