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Toxic adornments: Products containing radioactive substances are often in the form of pendants, necklaces, bracelets, sleep masks etc.

Adding radioactive substances in wearables unjustified

K. S. Parthasarathy

The guidance issued by IAEA follows the usage of products exceeding safe radiation levels

More evidence of excess deaths in India during pandemic

Srinivasan Ramani

Signs of infection: Shelf-like basidiomata, the fruiting or reproductive structures of the fungus, grow on the tree trunks.

Two species of fungi associated with basal stem rot found

Shubashree Desikan Future studies can use the public database entry for early detection of the pathogen

Not conducting enough tests runs risk of not detecting future variants of concern.

Coronavirus | Labs grapple with shortage of reagents, funds hits genome sequencing

Jacob Koshy Amid high demand for gene analysis, many of them are limiting number of COVID samples tested

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Not conducting enough tests runs risk of not detecting future variants of concern.

Labs grapple with shortage of reagents, funds hits sequencing

Jacob Koshy Amid high demand for gene analysis, many of them are limiting number of COVID samples tested

Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, digitally launched the revamped website on Monday

Revamped CGHS website and mobile app launched

Bindu Shajan Perappadan It will enable delivery of healthcare services without venturing out, says Mandaviya

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India smartphone market grew 12% in 2021, report says

Ishan Patra Xiaomi, Samsung and Vivo continued to be the top three players, however, their individual market shares dipped slightly.

Three U.S. states, D.C. sue Google over location-tracking

Reuters Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their location even when users sought to prevent it.

China targets celebrities, fan groups in new month-long clean up campaign

Reuters CAC made the announcement on its official WeChat account on Tuesday, saying that it would closely look at content platforms and advertisements as part of the campaign over the Spring Festival period.

Environment

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Ecologists have been raising concerns about the Great Nicobar Island project for over a year.

‘Inaccuracies, procedural violations’ in Great Nicobar draft environment impact assessment report

Pankaj Sekhsaria Public hearing scheduled for January 27 amid concerns over the independence and expertise of the consultant appointed to prepare the report.

Kalyan Kumar of SPS Kalyan Machine Designers

Coimbatore-based entrepreneur’s innovative machines make eco-friendly food containers

K Jeshi The machine upcycles rice bran, red chilli stalks, tamarind seeds and peanut shells to create inventive, eco-friendly food containers

Oriental dwarf kingfisher

A birding enthusiast from Pollachi documents oriental dwarf kingfisher in Anamalai Hills

K. Jeshi The oriental dwarf kingfisher is documented for the first time in Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats

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The entrance of the tunnel that C.T. Thomas dug through a hill in Kannur district, Kerala. Photo: Special Arrangement

With just a pickaxe, Kerala farmer carves out a tunnel

C P Sajit C.T. Thomas has dug through the laterite slope beside his home in Kannur to create a 25-metre cave

India has stated that the WTO dispute panel’s findings are completely “unacceptable” to it. File

Explained | Why is India challenging WTO verdict on sugar?

Prashanth Perumal When did Australia, Brazil and Guatemala file a complaint and what are the rules?

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Workers busy at the biogas plant at Bowenpally market in Secunderabad.

Watch | From market waste to electricity

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Coronavirus | Labs grapple with shortage of reagents, funds hits genome sequencing

Pfizer starts Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine trial

‘Inaccuracies, procedural violations’ in Great Nicobar draft environment impact assessment report

Doctors flag unwarranted medication in COVID-19 fight

Conservationist H Byju’s new book explores migratory pathways from an elephant’s point of view

Current COVID-19 vaccines may protect from severe disease caused by Omicron: Study

India smartphone market grew 12% in 2021, report says

Xiaomi, Samsung and Vivo continued to be the top three players, however, their individual market shares dipped slightly.

Three U.S. states, D.C. sue Google over location-tracking

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their location even when users sought to prevent it.

China targets celebrities, fan groups in new month-long clean up campaign

CAC made the announcement on its official WeChat account on Tuesday, saying that it would closely look at content platforms and advertisements as part of the campaign over the Spring Festival period.

Dutch watchdog fines Apple 5 mln euros for failure to comply on app store

Apple on Jan. 15 said it had complied with the December order from the Authority for Consumers and Markets - but the regulator said on Monday Apple had not.

Panasonic to invest $700 million to produce Tesla EV battery

The powerpack could help make electric vehicles more attractive to motorists by extending cruising range by about a fifth.

Facebook parent Meta creates powerful AI supercomputer

It believes the computer will be the fastest in the world once it is fully built around the middle of the year.

Google Cloud to open new office in Pune; begins hiring

Technology giant Google Cloud on Monday said it plans to open a new office in Pune, Maharashtra, in the second half of 2022, and the first ‘Googlers’

Revamped CGHS website and mobile app launched

It will enable delivery of healthcare services without venturing out, says Mandaviya

WhatsApp may soon allow chat history migration from Android to iOS

The feature, which is said to be under development, was spotted in WhatsApp’s new beta build for iOS and could be made available to users in a future update.

OneWeb and Hughes to provide satellite broadband connections across India

The company has planned to connect towns, villages, local and regional municipalities in the hardest-to-reach areas outside the reach of fibre connectivity.

Reining in the power of tech giants

What is the American Innovation and Choice Online Act? How does it aim to break the e-market monopoly?

iPhone maker Foxconn seals EV partnership with Indonesia

Foxconn aims to provide components or services to 10% of the world's EVs by 2025 to 2027.

Twitter says two security team leaders leaving company

The shakeup comes after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as chief executive in November, handing the reins to top deputy Parag Agrawal.

U.S. House bill on China competitiveness, chip investment, coming soon: Pelosi

President Joe Biden's administration is pushing to persuade Congress to approve funding to help boost chip production in the United States.

Google asks judge to dismiss most of Texas antitrust lawsuit

Google asked for four of the six counts to be dismissed with prejudice, which means that it could not be brought back to the same court.

Know your shrikes: Look out for the long-tailed one

Though a resident species in and around Chennai, the long-tailed shrike is scarce, suffering from habitat loss

Stock up early for the Sunday lockdown, say the shrikes

The brown shrike is easily seen during winter in and around Chennai. If one is lucky, one might see it providing for that odd bad day at office

Explained | Why is 5G rollout a problem near U.S. airports?

What are the differences in the way the technology is deployed in other countries and in America?

Adding radioactive substances in wearables unjustified

The guidance issued by IAEA follows the usage of products exceeding safe radiation levels

Two species of fungi associated with basal stem rot found

Future studies can use the public database entry for early detection of the pathogen

Jumping Larvae

Can insect larvae display jump behaviour? A team of researchers from North Carolina State University's Plant Disease and Insect Clinic has discovered

More evidence of excess deaths in India during pandemic

A recent paper in Science concluded India’s cumulative COVID-19 deaths were six to seven times higher than reported official mortality

Coimbatore-based entrepreneur’s innovative machines make eco-friendly food containers

The machine upcycles rice bran, red chilli stalks, tamarind seeds and peanut shells to create inventive, eco-friendly food containers

Indian-origin scientist among UBC researchers unveil world’s first molecular-level analysis of Omicron

Omicron was first identified in South Africa and Botswana in November and is driving the current wave of infections.

A birding enthusiast from Pollachi documents oriental dwarf kingfisher in Anamalai Hills

The oriental dwarf kingfisher is documented for the first time in Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats

Intel plans $20 bln chip manufacturing site in Ohio

Chipmakers are scrambling to boost output after manufacturers around the world, from autos to consumer electronics, faced shortages of chips.

World faces shortage of lithium for electric vehicle batteries

Lithium is currently produced from hard rock or brine mines. Australia is the world's biggest supplier, with production from hard rock mines. Argentina, Chile and China is mainly producing it from salt lakes.

Twitter brings NFT profile picture feature

The feature is initially available to Twitter Blue subscribers using the iOS app.

More human deaths likely in encounters with elephants in Odisha, warn experts

‘Casualties in 2021-22 will top 106 deaths recorded in 2020-21’

Google launches fresh appeal to overturn $2.8 billion fine at top EU court

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager fined the world’s most popular internet search engine in 2017 over the use of its own price comparison shopping service to gain an unfair advantage over smaller European rivals.

Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrencies

Russia has argued for years against cryptocurrencies, saying they could be used in money laundering or to finance terrorism.

EU Parliament agrees on proposal to take on U.S. tech giants

The European Parliament adopted the proposal with 530 votes in favour, 78 against and 80 abstentions.

On the trail of India’s disappearing vultures

Conservationist S Bharathidasan’s book puts the bird in the spotlight, with tales from the scriptures as well as real life

U.S. bill targeting Big Tech approved by Senate panel despite hefty lobbying

The biggest technology companies, including Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook and Apple Inc, have been under pressure in Congress because of allegations they abused their outsized market power.

New AI model helps discover genetic risk factors for motor neurone disease

The 690 new genes identified by RefMap lead to a five-fold increase in discovered heritability, a measure that describes how much of the disease is due to a variation in genetic factors

Environment Ministry plan to rank States draws ire

It doesn’t intend to increase speed of clearances: officials

Conservationists cautiously optimistic after release of rare terrapins into Sundarbans

Release of 10 geo-tagged Northern River Terrapins, bred in captivity, marks start of rewilding effort

‘China satellite in close encounter with Russian debris’

"In the latest encounter, China’s Tsinghua Science Satellite came as close as 14.5 m from a piece of debris"

Google calls for a new EU-US data transfer set-up to secure data flow

The ability to share information underpins global economies and powers a range of services like high-value manufacturing, media, and information services that contribute hundreds of billions to the economy.

Instagram introduces subscription-based model for creators

Starting today, Instagram will test subscriptions with some creators who will be able to set a monthly price of their choice, unlock a “subscribe” button on their profile and offer the benefits like subcriber lives, subscriber stories and subscriber badges.

Explained | The challenge of antimicrobial resistance

Everyone is at risk from AMR, but the data shows that young children are particularly affected.

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Indian Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar with his German counterpart Vice admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, at South Block in Delhi.

44K | German Navy Chief resigns over remarks in India on Ukraine, Russia

A drone follows a man riding a motorised surfboard in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The UAE has banned the flying of drones in the country for recreation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed a fatal drone attack on an oil facility and major airport in the country. File photo

15K | UAE shoots down 2 ballistic missiles fired by Houthis over Abu Dhabi

Brendan Taylor: ‘The same men stormed into my hotel room and showed me a video taken of me the night before doing cocaine and told me that if I did not spot-fix at international matches for them, the video would be released to the public’

10K | Former Zimbabwe batter Brendan Taylor admits receiving money from Indian businessman for spot-fixing

B-61, AJMER-280603 - JUNE 28, 2009 - Ajmer : Devotees from Pakistan offer a Chadar at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty during the 797th Urs in Ajmer on Sunday. PTI Photo

9K | In a first, Pakistani Hindu leader proposes flights for pilgrims to India instead of Wagah road route

Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, digitally launched the revamped website on Monday

9K | Revamped CGHS website and mobile app launched

9K | False dichotomy: On merit versus reservation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the hologram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate, in New Delhi on January 23, 2022. Youtube/PMO

9K | PM Modi unveils hologram of Netaji at India Gate; NGMA to make statue to replace it

8K | Full list of Padma Awards 2022

People take home free colour TVs in Salem, Tamil Nadu. File photo

8K | ‘Irrational freebies’ by political parties irk Supreme Court