UKHRUL, India — Young farmers in Ukhrul, situated in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, are cultivating delicious varieties of apples. Interestingly, apples were not cultivated much in this area due to low yield and demand. In an agro-based country like India, there is an entire history that binds every successful adaptation of a technique, and more importantly, it is the people who tend to keep this tradition alive. One such example is Ringphami Thingshung, 35, a young engineer turned farmer who is a resident of Hungpung village in Dungrei. Thingshung, who is one of the two who received an…
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KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s Supreme Court has reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives. As several writ petitions had been filed against caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s move, the court decided to issue a verdict on the petition filed by the main opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba. A day before the verdict, the student union of ruling party CPN-UML held a roadshow. The body, Youth Association of Nepal, conducted the roadshow in support of the caretaker Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, on July 11. The streets of Kathmandu were hit by the government’s supporters, who raised their voices against the…
BHUBANESWAR, India — As the Rath Yatra or Chariot Festival begins, a techie from Odisha has hand-drawn 108 miniature paintings of Lord Jagannath and his siblings as a form of celebration. The Rath Yatra is a festival associated with Lord Jagannath held annually at Puri in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. Bengaluru-based software developer Priyanka Sahani showed her artistic side on occasion by drawing unique miniature paintings with acrylics on different objects. Sahani said she picked up the skill from her late father, Bibekananda Sahani. She started the process on June 26 and completed the holy trinity with different fruits and…
Tel Aviv, one of the world’s leading high-tech meccas, experienced significant growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, according to a report from the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality’s Center for Economic & Social Research, Tel Aviv Global & Tourism, and IVC Research Center. Tel Aviv hosts 2,865 tech companies, including 115 R&D centers of multinational corporations. During the past five years, the number of tech companies active in Tel Aviv grew by 25 percent compared to a 16 percent increase across Israel. Tel Aviv’s emergence as a high-tech center is reflected in its burgeoning skyline. (Shai Pal/Unsplash)Other key findings for 2020: •…
A metal clip hidden in an X-ray table mat puzzled doctors for months as it kept appearing in patients’ scans and made medics believe it was stuck in their bodies. Radiologists at the Saarbrucken Clinic in the German state of Saarland finally solved the reason why an unidentifiable foreign body kept appearing in their patients’ scans. The clinic’s doctors noticed the curved piece of metal that randomly popped up in scan results and, due to its size, could only be seen on close inspection. The metal clip appeared in scans in the Saarbrucken Clinic in Germany. (Klinikum Saarbrucken/Zenger)After a detailed…
A new approach that applies anti-inflammatory nanoparticles to chronically inflamed muscles— which could have major implications for treating muscular dystrophy — has been developed by a research team at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Wyss Institute founding faculty member David Mooney led his team in the effort targeting muscular dystrophies, “a group of genetic diseases that lead to the progressive loss of muscle mass and function in patients, with the incurable Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), which affects all the body’s muscles, primarily in boys, being particularly severe.” Typically,…
A talented music manager, Kasual Kas has always had an amazing ear for music. For years he used those talents to propel others, but now, as CEO of Big Wins Only, Kas stands to reap the benefits of his hard work and create the type of atmosphere for his artists that is conducive to sustained success. Though solidly rooted in music, Big Wins Only plans to branch out into several entertainment fields as well as sports. With Matt Patterson and Fredrick Green and a silent partner, the quartet plans to create great artists, but even better human beings. A family…
Oversized trawlers operating illegally, including some from China, are using drag nets large enough to swallow a football stadium across the Indo-Pacific. Such illegal, unreported and unregulated, or IUU, fishing poses a threat to the livelihood of artisanal fishermen in West Africa and to commercial trawlers in the south Atlantic, as well as to Pacific island nations. Analysts estimate 1 in 5 fish annually are caught through IUU fishing. While China is reported to be the largest contributor, vessels and fishing companies from other countries are also reported to be doing the same. “The issue of IUU fishing is really…
Ultrasound machines are slimming down and going portable. Handheld wands connected to off-the-shelf iPads and other tablet devices are the future, which is good news for cash strapped clinics and those in the developing world. A traditional ultrasound machine from the likes of Siemens and GE can cost upwards of $300,000, while a handheld tablet-based device might run as low as $4,000. One of the most important contributions ultrasound can make is diagnosing cardiac problems early, when they can still be treated. Some 18 million people around the world die from cardiovascular related causes; in the United States, the number…
A group of House Democrats are trying a new way to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison nearly 20 years after it was opened by then-President George W. Bush: defunding it. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has so far remained mum on the push, which is included in a new $706 billion defense spending bill and would force the closure of the prison by depriving it of money. As part of a budget bill, it could not be stopped by a Republican Senate filibuster if it is ultimately passed in the House — but even that remains up in the…