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Watch | Planet Earth its quietest in decades

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A video on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the planet's noise levels

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020 | FILE PHOTO

NASA-SpaceX launch of next International Space Station crew pushed to April 22

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Satellite set for March 28 launch will help India keep an eye on borders near real-time

PTI Experts said positioning the state-of-the-art agile earth observation satellite in geostationary orbit has key advantages.

Seeking out: We have been undertaking active case finding in the State. Anyone with influenza-like illness is tested for coronavirus infection, says Dr. Khobragade.

Kerala’s delayed approach towards herd immunity

R. Prasad Unlike the rest of India, Kerala has maintained the same level of daily testing despite a reduction in number of cases

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Watch | What is a vaccine passport?

The Hindu Net Desk A video describing vaccine passports and how it could soon become an essential document for resuming international travel and working from offices

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Janaushadhi Diwas celebrations, via videoconferencing, in New Delhi on March 7, 2021.

Janaushadhi scheme relieved the poor of high medical expenses: PM Modi

Special Correspondent He inaugurated the 7500th Janaushadhi Kendra at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, through videoconference as part of his address on ‘Janaushadhi Diwas’ celebrations.

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The Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics is developing a new generation of automated guided vehicles dubbed 'LoadRunners'.

Moving packages inside warehouses with AI-powered high-speed robots

Ishan Patra The robot can move and sort parcels weighing up to 30 kilograms. It can also haul up to four passive trailers. Fraunhofer IML put the LoadRunner’s parcel-sorting powers to the test which revealed about 60 vehicles can process 13,000 parcels per hour.

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The album's version with special perks will only be available on YellowHeart.

First-ever non-fungible token-based rock album is out

Sowmya Ramasubramanian Non-fungible tokens, a type of crypto-asset, is becoming popular as several investors and enthusiasts are showing eagerness in spending large sums of money on items that only exist digitally

U.S. agency probes Facebook for ‘systemic’ racial bias in hiring, promotions.

U.S. agency probes Facebook for ‘systemic’ racial bias in hiring, promotions

Reuters A “systemic” probe means the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, suspects company policies may be contributing to widespread discrimination.

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Watch | Planet Earth its quietest in decades

The Hindu Net Desk A video on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the planet's noise levels

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This image shows the head and the body of Elysia cf. marginata, a day after autotomy. The shed body is much heavier (>80% of the total weight) than the head. Credit: Sayaka Mitoh

Some sea slugs can shed and regenerate their whole body: study

AP When these sea slugs eat a certain type of algae they can photosynthesize their food from sunlight and oxygen, just like a plant, for about 10 days

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Removal of invasive flora has very limited impact on restoring native forests and grasslands in the Nilgiris.

Invasive species prove a tough challenge in the Nilgiris

Rohan Premkumar Their removal has limited impact on restoring degraded forests and grasslands

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Organic farming Society

A green success story unfolds on a farm at Pedda Kurumapally, Telangana

Neeraja Murthy Award-winning farmer Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy chats about his journey from software to agriculture

Raise minimum selling price for sugar to ₹34.50 a kg: ISMA

Special Correspondent Ex-mill prices under pressure, hurting liquidity: trade group

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India helping to address issue of vaccine equity, says top U.N. Women official Anita Bhatia

Watch | Planet Earth its quietest in decades

Moving packages inside warehouses with AI-powered high-speed robots

Facebook tests feature to share Instagram Reels on its news feed

Scientists bat for hosting virtual conferences even after Covid

Europe seeks semiconductor boost, first quantum computer

European banking regulator EBA targeted in Microsoft hacking

The European Union's banking regulator, which gathers and stores swathes of sensitive data about banks and their lending, said it believed the cyber attack had struck only its email servers.

ISRO develops radar for joint earth observation satellite mission with NASA

“NISAR” is a joint collaboration for a dual-frequency L and S-band SAR for earth observation.

How long is a year on other planets?

Read on to know what determines the length of a year on other planets

Neanderthals disappeared from Europe earlier than thought, says study

Having a firm idea of when our closest human relatives disappeared is considered a key first step toward understanding more about their nature and capabilities, as well as why they eventually went extinct while our own ancestors prospered

NASA-SpaceX launch of next International Space Station crew pushed to April 22

The flight marks only the second full-fledged space station crew-rotation mission launched aboard a private company’s spacecraft

Watch | What is a vaccine passport?

A video describing vaccine passports and how it could soon become an essential document for resuming international travel and working from offices

Some sea slugs can shed and regenerate their whole body: study

When these sea slugs eat a certain type of algae they can photosynthesize their food from sunlight and oxygen, just like a plant, for about 10 days

Invasive species prove a tough challenge in the Nilgiris

Their removal has limited impact on restoring degraded forests and grasslands

Bravely Default 2 review: A good dose of JRPG nostalgia

Bravely Default 2 has an ordinary storyline but the nostalgia it evokes should please fans of the JRPG genre

A green success story unfolds on a farm at Pedda Kurumapally, Telangana

Award-winning farmer Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy chats about his journey from software to agriculture

Some coronavirus mutations may help it evade immune system's T-killer cells: study

The researchers sequenced 750 genomes of the novel coronavirus from infected individuals and analysed the mutations

First-ever non-fungible token-based rock album is out

Non-fungible tokens, a type of crypto-asset, is becoming popular as several investors and enthusiasts are showing eagerness in spending large sums of money on items that only exist digitally

We need more female leaders in gaming, says Indian game designer Poornima Seetharaman

Poornima Seetharaman is fast becoming every gamer girl’s role model owing to her perseverance and professionalism in the entertainment industry

Drones vs hungry moths: Dutch use hi-tech to protect crops

The drones themselves are basic, but they are steered by smart technology aided by special cameras that scan the airspace in greenhouses.

At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports

On Sunday, travelers stepped up to an iris scanner after checking in, gave it a good look and breezed through passport control within seconds. Gone were the days of paper tickets or unwieldy phone apps.

Study reveals locked-down people favoured ‘old school tech’ during Coronavirus pandemic

Just barely a month into the COVID-19 pandemic that kicked off in 2020, cell phone companies, Internet providers, and video chat and social media platforms all reported huge spikes in traffic

Activists in race to save digital trace of Syria war

The videos showing regime bombardments, executions by jihadists and chemical attacks had served as a vital window into a conflict which has remained largely off limits to journalists and investigators and was captured mostly by the people living it

U.S. agency probes Facebook for ‘systemic’ racial bias in hiring, promotions

A “systemic” probe means the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, suspects company policies may be contributing to widespread discrimination.

Satellite set for March 28 launch will help India keep an eye on borders near real-time

Experts said positioning the state-of-the-art agile earth observation satellite in geostationary orbit has key advantages.

Janaushadhi scheme relieved the poor of high medical expenses: PM Modi

He inaugurated the 7500th Janaushadhi Kendra at NEIGRIHMS, Shillong, through videoconference as part of his address on ‘Janaushadhi Diwas’ celebrations.

Sunday quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

In our changing world, nothing changes more than geography: Pearl S. Buck

Twitter founder's auction of a tweet draws $2 million bid

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s first ever tweet is up for sale.

Explained | Red Echo, ShadowPad, and the targeting of India's power grid

How a U.S. online threat analysis firm tracked alleged Chinese hackers who targeted 12 vital installations in India.

Seeing Pluto like never before

Twenty five years ago, on March 7, 1996, the first image-based surface map of Pluto was released. Sixty six years after it had been discovered, astronomers finally saw details on its surface directly. While we have had better images of the dwarf planet since, A.S.Ganesh takes a look at these first images and how they helped us understand Pluto better...

JNCASR team develops potential drug candidate for Alzheimer’s

The team observed that the small molecule TGR63 reduced amyloid plaques in mice brains and reversed cognitive decline

Question Corner: How do modern human and Neanderthal brains differ?

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

Coronavirus | Kerala’s delayed approach towards herd immunity

Unlike the rest of India, Kerala has maintained the same level of daily testing despite a reduction in number of cases

Clustering educational institutes and research centres

Clustering is a promising model to achieve a critical mass in a university to invigorate research

From trees to terra firma

Here is how two arboreal mammals — the Asian Palm Civet and Asiatic Long-Tailed Climbing Mouse — respond when they have to share space with humans

Coronavirus | 15 lakh people vaccinated against COVID-19 on March 5, highest in a day: Health Ministry

The total number of vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 1.94 crore.

Three mammals whose pugmarks are missing in their usual urban haunts

Though living largely unseen, the Black-naped Hare, Golden Jackal and Indian Grey Mongoose would be found close to human habitations, often thriving in suitable habitats within the urban environment. Now, they are scarcely seen and heard in what used to be their regular haunts

International Women’s Day: ASHA workers in Kerala talk about their battle against COVID-19

Foot soldiers of the war against the pandemic, the women workforce have been toiling hard to ensure the safety and health of people under their care

The return of the forest owlet

Unlike most other owls, this species hunts during the day, when it is visible and exposed to assaults by others

Coronavirus | Government sends health teams to Maharashtra, Punjab following spike in daily cases

The teams are being deployed to assist State Health Departments in coronavirus surveillance, control and containment measures.

Weekly Bytes | NASSCOM’s ‘AI Gamechangers’ programme, Starlink orders open in India, and more

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

NASA's Perseverance rover performs first test drive on Mars

As part of its mission, the rover would characterise the Red Planet's geology and past climate, and pave the way for human exploration of Mars.

Coronavirus | India records 18,327 new COVID-19 infections, active cases rise again

The COVID-19 active caseload has increased to 1,80,304 which now comprises 1.61% of the total infections

White House says Microsoft email hackers have ‘large number of victims’

Much of the activity was concentrated in the United States, but victims have popped up around the world.

LinkedIn to stop collecting tracking data after Apple’s app tracking transparency changes

The move implies that LinkedIn app will not be required to show opt-in prompt to its users.

From current affairs to social change: here’s what Indian women talked most about on Twitter

Some women also tweet about challenges like working from home and being a single mom. This has helped them build connections by sharing experiences, the company noted

India’s digital skilled workforce needs to grow nine-fold by 2025: AWS survey

In order to meet the projected demand of digitally skilled employees, India will need a total of 3.9 billion digital skill sessions, over the next five years.

U.S. Senate mulls $30 bln in funding to boost chipmaking sector, source says

Lawmakers aim to bring the package, which would include other elements to boost the U.S. tech sector

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