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No ‘moral policing’ if 2 adults staying together willingly by marriage or live-in relationship: MP HC
The HC in its order said, “No moral policing can be allowed in such...
Each dose of Covishield, Covaxin likely to be capped at Rs 275 after getting regular market approval
As of now, Covaxin is priced at Rs 1,200 per dose while Covishield...
No amount of alcohol is safe, health experts warn
The study shows that in 2016, nearly 3 million deaths globally were attributed to alcohol use, including 12 percent of deaths in males between the ages of 15 and 49.
Uber and Airbus Enlist in Japan’s Flying-Car Plan
With Japanese companies already trailing their global peers in electric vehicles and self-driving cars, the government is showing urgency on the aircraft technology, stepping in to facilitate legislation and infrastructure to help gain leadership
NASA tracks monsoon rains behind Kerala floods
The data is generated every half an hour, thereby allowing scientists to track rainfall across the globe almost in real time
Boosting literacy might unlock a $50 bn opportunity in India’s e-comm space
The report by Google, Bain & Company, and Omidyar Network stated that average data usage on mobile phones in India at about 8 GB a month per subscriber is at par with developed markets.However, only 40 per cent of India’s 390 million internet users are estimated to be transacting online.
Laptop Battery fire in checked luggage could bring down an Airliner: Study
Regulators had thought that single lithium battery fires would be knocked down by the flame-retardant gas required in passenger airliner cargo holds. But tests conducted by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration found the suppression systems can’t extinguish a battery fire that combines with other highly flammable material, such as the gas in an aerosol can or cosmetics commonly carried by travelers.
Indian married women have sexual autonomy like right to say ‘no’: SC
However, the CJI said, “Suppose we say that sexual autonomy is the natural right then it will take away the adultery as the ground for seeking divorce.”The CJI also drew the distinction between adultery as a criminal offence and as a civil wrong which has been used as a ground for seeking divorce in matrimonial disputes.
AI system can identify your personality from eye movements
Their findings show that people’s eye movements reveal whether they are sociable, conscientious or curious, with the algorithm software reliably recognising four of the Big Five personality traits: neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness
Extreme Weather in Europe and Asia Sparks Wildfires, Floods
The changes are leading to increases in financing for climate mitigation and resilience. The Manila-based Asian Development Bank said this month that financing for this purpose increased 21 percent to a record $4.5 billion in 2017. Climate financing by the world’s six largest multilateral development banks reached a seven-year high of $35.2 billion in 2017, up 28 percent from the previous year
New model can predict landslides caused by earthquakes
By entering data for ground shaking for a specific earthquake – available anywhere around the globe from the USGS ShakeMap tool – scientists will be able to use the model to produce a map showing the probability of landslides in areas near the quake
Climate Change Is Beginning to Shift Planet’s Seasons: Scientists
“There are a lot of observations that the seasonal cycle is changing, and it is also one of the things that is most noticeable in everyday life with trees flowering earlier,” said Friederike Otto, an associate professor at the University of Oxford’s Climate Research Programme.