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Picture from May 16, 1992 shows Endeavour making its first landing after a successful mission.

Space Shuttle Endeavour’s many successful endeavours

Space Shuttle Endeavour was the fifth and final operational shuttle built as part of NASA’s Space Shuttle programme. During its nearly two decades of active duty from May 1992 to May 2011, Endeavour embarked on 25 successful missions. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at some of the highlights from Endeavour’s voyages...

Data source: India COVID-19 Tracker

Coronavirus | Testing and the importance of low positivity rate

Illustration: Khushboo Singh.

New approach to drug delivery combines biologics and antibody-drug conjugates

Shubashree Desikan This could have impact on incurable diseases, so-called undruggable ones like pancreatic cancer

Slinky find: Named Subdoluseps nilgiriensis , the reptile has a slender body of just about 7 cm and is sandy brown in colour.

New species of skink found from Western Ghats

Aswathi Pacha Skinks are non-venomous, their inconspicuous limbs make them resemble snakes

Health

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Safe for infected mothers to breastfeed, say doctors

K. Shiva Shanker A few precautions are required to be followed while handling an infant

A nurse shows blood plasma from a person who has recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), to be used to help critically ill patients. File

ICMR drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 treatment guidelines

Special Correspondent Trials had found no significant benefit from the use of plasma

Technology

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Google I/O 2021 will be a virtual event, and it would not have a companion app. People will have access the sessions through a website.

Google I/O 2021 | Android 12 and what else to expect

John Xavier The Alphabet-owned company had already released a few developer previews of Android 12, which has an Emergency SOS feature update.

WhatsApp has deferred its May 15 deadline as it battles regulatory inquiries in India.

WhatsApp installs fall over 40% as users download rival apps

Sowmya Ramasubramanian The Facebook-owned company announced a contentious privacy policy update in January, triggering a mass exodus of users to rival apps Signal and Telegram.

When he left Microsoft's board last year, Gates said he was stepping down to focus on philanthropy.

Microsoft investigated Gates before he left board: report

AP The Wall Street Journal reported that Gates resigned before the board's investigation was finished, citing another person familiar with the matter.

Environment

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An illustration of the Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) represents a new species of a dinosaur named Tlatolophus galorum after palaeontologists found its 72 million-year-old fossilised remains almost a decade ago, in General Cepeda, Coahuila, Mexico in this undated illustration obtained by Reuters on May 13, 2021.

New dinosaur found in Mexico was 'very communicative': study

AFP These "peaceful, but talkative" dinosaurs could also have had the ability to emit loud sounds to scare off predators, the National Institute of Anthropology and History said

Doria’s foam-nesting treefrog (Chirixalus doriae) was first described in 1893 from Karin Bia-po in Myanmar and was later sighted in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Special Arrangement.

Rare foaming frog resurfaces after 108 years

Rahul Karmakar The natural history and distribution of Doria’s foam-nesting treefrog, last recorded in India in 1912, is virtually unknown

Slinky find: Named Subdoluseps nilgiriensis , the reptile has a slender body of just about 7 cm and is sandy brown in colour.

New species of skink found from Western Ghats

Aswathi Pacha Skinks are non-venomous, their inconspicuous limbs make them resemble snakes

Agriculture

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A worker takes a nap at the deserted MGR Wholesale Vegetable Market in Coimbatore on Sunday.

Vegetable farmers in Pollachi hit hard by pandemic

M Soundariya Preetha They face acute shortage of workers and with the lockdown there are no buyers

A view of Amaravathi Dam

Water released from Amaravathi dam for irrigation

Staff Reporter Water was released from Amaravathi dam on Sunday for irrigation of 4,686 acres in the old ayacut area coming under Madathukulam block in Tiruppur district. Minister for Adi Dravidar Welfare N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj released the water in the presence of District Collector K. Vijayakarthikeyan, officials from the Public Works Department (Water Resources Organisation), the Revenue Department and farmers. A statement issued by the district administration said that 1,728 million cubic feet of water

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A researcher at Nanyang Technological University's attaching an electrode on the surface of a Venus flytrap plant at a laboratory in Singapore, as scientists develop a high-tech system for communicating with vegetation.

Watch | Scientists develop ‘robo-plants’ to interact with plants

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Large asteroid to safely zip past Earth

Meet the 'eagle shark' that glided through ancient seas

Launch postponed for Soyuz rocket with 38 foreign satellites

Safety Concerns Health

The Hindu Explains | How safe is AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine?

Kochi

Banana, tapioca farmers stare at steep price fall

An eye for an i #429 Children

Seaborg, McMillan and the discovery of plutonium

Mining threat looms over Aravalis in Haryana

Environmentalists raise red flag as State govt. moves to seek SC’s permission to resume mining, argue it could cause damage to habitat

Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning, March 21 in history

Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour: Ralph Waldo Emerson

NITI Aayog vision for Great Nicobar ignores tribal, ecological concerns

Wildlife Board denotifies Galathea bay sanctuary to build port, trade zone.

Vignesh Sundaresan | The nifty bidder

The India-born blockchain entrepreneur has bought a digital artwork for $69 mn

Awareness key to early detection of breast cancer

Survival improves with timely treatment: experts

Question Corner: Why are hummingbirds called so? Do they hum?

Readers may send their questions/answers to questioncorner@thehindu.co.in

Coronavirus | Should Covaxin trial continue till 130 cases are recorded?

The challenge will be in continuing the trial with 25,800 participants till 130 cases are reported when there is a surge in many States

The emerging crisis of obtaining helium in India

Every year, India imports helium worth ₹55,000 crore from the U.S.

Coronavirus | Need to expand scope of vaccination beyond identified groups, says CSIR-CCMB Director

Rakesh Mishra suggests inoculating other interested citizens instead of wasting vials.

Indian monsoon 25 million years ago resembled present day Australia’s

Four fossil assemblages helped to study the climate during 65, 57, 54, and 25 mya

Detecting the unified call of black holes and stars

Gravitational waves from distant events may form a constant background signal

Is the sociable house sparrow finally making a comeback?

The friendly bird, whose population has been declining in cities for decades, has found an ally in citizen-led movements across various States

Coronavirus | Rising cases are because of carelessness of people, says CCMB chief Mishra

We need to study how the virus behaves in people with different comorbidities, says CCMB Director Rakesh Mishra, ruling out the possibility of mutations causing the surge in cases.

Terns in Chennai

Around a dozen species of terns come to the city’s coast during the migratory season, and sustained monitoring of these birds can throw up fresh facts about their habitat requirements

Scientists develop new method to grow mouse embryos outside uterus

The researchers came up with a two-step method in which they were able to grow normally developing mouse embryos outside the uterus for six days

India, France working on third joint space mission: ISRO Chairman

"France is the biggest partner of India in space".

Weekly Bytes | SpaceX’s reusability record, ‘UPI-Help’ on BHIM app, and more

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

Would Odisha’s forest fires be better controlled if local communities were empowered?

Forest fires are an annual affair in Odisha. So why are this year’s flames sparking so much debate?

Whatsapp, Instagram services restored after global outage

Several users took to Twitter to complain about the outage, with #whatsappoutage trending in many countries, including India

Advanced nations failed world on climate change: Nirmala Sitharaman

They had vowed $100 bn a year, says the Finance Minister

Wikipedia wants big tech to pay for using its content

The foundation clarified that while the enterprise API is selling the service of this new method of access, it does not stop anyone from using the existing free methods of access.

In-app purchase prices reach new high on record consumer spending

The Photo & Video and Health & Fitness categories contributed the most to the increase in IAPs. Food & Drink apps have also seen a surge in IAPs.

Clubhouse a sandbox for talking 'influencers'

Launched nearly a year ago, Clubhouse -- which has already encountered a censorship hiccup in China -- is looking to establish itself as the standard-bearer for audio-only social media

WhatsApp hires Amazon Pay's Mahatme to lead India payments: sources

As a director, Mahatme oversaw a team of senior product, engineering and business development leaders at Amazon Pay, his LinkedIn profile shows

Ford to partly assemble some vehicles, idle two plants due to global chip shortage

The trucks and SUVs being assembled without certain parts include some electronic modules with the scarce chips, Ford said

Centre asks Delhi HC to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy

Messenger app’s new privacy policy is not in tune with Intermediary Guidelines Rules, says MeitY

Twitter asks public how it should treat rule-breaking world leaders

The company also said it is consulting several human rights experts, academics and civil society organisations worldwide to revise its policy framework

Google blocked 3.1 billion ads globally in 2020 for violating policies

The tech giant also blocked over 99 million Covid-related ads throughout the year. Those included ads for miracle cures, N95 masks, and fake vaccine doses.

Using AI to fight COVID-19 may harm disadvantaged groups, experts say

The university’s researchers also highlighted discrimination in AI technology as they pick symptom profiles from medical records, reflecting and exacerbating biases against minorities

Our time in the sun: why we need open, green spaces now more than ever

All through lockdown in 2020 and even in the post-Covid scenario, outdoor spaces have proven to be lifelines across the world

China's small tech firms step out of the shadows as giants reel from regulatory crackdown

The regulatory heat began with the scuppering of Ant's $37 billion IPO in November and has rapidly spread across the tech sector.

SpaceX engineer pleads guilty to selling insider trading tips on dark web

The dark web allows users to access the internet anonymously and is often used to host websites that support illegal activities

Coronavirus | EU drug regulator backs AstraZeneca vaccine after safety investigation

This follows an investigation into reports of blood disorders that prompted more than a dozen nations to suspend its use.

Spotify launches Loud & Clear to shed light on artistes’ revenues and streaming stats

The launch comes on the heels of the worldwide #JusticeAtSpotify protests in a fight for greater transparency within the streaming service and a move towards a user-centric payment model

Govt keen to develop, strengthen own mobile app store: Prasad

Prasad informed that India is the largest user of mobile apps, and mentioned that Digital India programme coupled with encouragement being given to Indian innovators to create apps has become a big movement.

China delivers on threats to rein in internet economy

Beijing is making good on its threats to clamp down on the sprawling "platform economy", with President Xi Jinping weighing in on the need to rein in behemoths that play a dominant role in the country's consumer sector.

From vaccine to Venus: The Hindu Science Quiz

Correct answers are highlighted in green. Click on the correct answer for further reading on the topic.

Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

Alphabet Inc's Google a year ago announced it would ban some cookies in its Chrome browser to increase user privacy. Over the last two months, Google released more details, leading online ads rivals to complain about losing the data-gathering tool.

Chinese hackers target telecom companies to steal 5G secrets

The targets were primarily based in Southeast Asia, Europe, and the US. Besides, McAfee identified hackers’ interest in German, Vietnamese and Indian telecommunication companies.

In letter to farmer, Modi says govt. wants to ease farmers' journey from 'seed to market'

PM Modi says Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana protects farmers from risk associated with economic uncertainties.

Jai Kisan Andolan launches ‘MSP loot calculator’ to show losses incurred by farmers

Jai Kisan Andolan founder Yogendra Yadav said while the government has been claiming that the “MSP was, is and will be there”, farmers have been forced to sell below the minimum support price and face huge losses for years.

BMW’s next-gen iDrive system uses AI, 5G to help drivers

First introduced in a BMW 7 Series, 20 years ago, the iDrive system has been constantly improving.

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