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UN Forum tackles ‘digital poverty’ facing 2.7 billion people
While digital technologies transform lives and livelihood for the...
New York, Singapore top chart as the world’s most expensive cities: Survey
The cost of living in 172 of the world’s major cities rocketed an...
Beijing mulls new law to curb food wastage
In China, about 17 million tonnes of food was estimated to be wasted each year, enough to feed some 30 million to 50 million people
Uber, Lyft team up on database to expose abusive drivers
To protect privacy, no passenger information will be shared in the database and the incidents that resulted in a driver’s dismissal will be listed in six broad categories: attempted non-consensual sexual penetration; non-consensual touching of a sexual body part; non-consensual kissing of a sexual body part; non-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part; non-consensual sexual penetration; and fatal physical assaults.
China harvesting 20% of world’s data including from India
“If the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) has access to 20 per cent of the data going through the world’s VPNs generally, they should be expected to be using that data for a massive global spying operation that could translate into winning wars, shifting global power, and aiding the rise of an empire,” the expert warned.In India, approximately 129 million people use VPN to access the internet and we do not know how many of those now have data that has been compromised.
US patent granted to ‘neurosurgery simulator’ developed in India
Taking to Twitter, ICMR said that the neuro-endoscope-box-trainer has been developed jointly by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
Harsh Vardhan inaugurates ‘green crematoria’ to mitigate air pollution
”Air Pollution has become a grave problem in India with more than 120+ cities falling under non-attainment category as per the National Green Tribunal. In the recently announced General Budget 2021, a lot of emphasis has been given to allocate resource to mitigate the growing ambient air pollution related problem in India,” Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
‘Peak twins?’: Scientists say IVF means more being born now than ever before
They found a 71% rise in twinning rates in North America, as well as significant rises in many European countries and in Asia. For Asia overall, there was a 32% increase, they said, and only seven countries saw falls of more than 10% in twinning rates over the study period.
Maharashtra:Two health officials test Covid postive after 2nd vaccine dose
Additional civil surgeon Padmaja Saraf said it takes around 42 days for the antibodies to develop after both the doses of the vaccine are administered.
“One must wear a mask and adhere to all COVID-19 protocols even after taking both the doses of the vaccine,” she said.
Food systems account for over one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions
More than one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity can be attributed to the way we produce, process and package food, a UN-backed study published on Tuesday has revealed
COVID-19 vaccine rollout by India has ‘rescued the world’ from pandemic: top US scientist
India has provided 56 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines under grants assistance to a number of countries. The vaccines were sent to Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles.
There has also been a boost in the collaborative medical partnerships emerging between the US and India during this pandemic. In addition, India is one of the fourth largest destinations in Asia for medical devices manufacturing and many US companies have expressed interest in collaborating on this front,” Mahajan said.
10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 – UNICEF
The report warns that school closures, economic stress, service disruptions, pregnancy, and parental deaths due to the pandemic are putting the most vulnerable girls at increased risk of child marriage.