A medida que algunos estados implementan “pasaportes” digitales para permitir que los restaurantes y otras empresas admitan a los clientes en función de su estado de vacunación contra COVID-19, las preocupaciones han aumentado sobre si están seguros los datos personales almacenados por estas aplicaciones. Este mes, Nueva York se convirtió en la primera ciudad importante de Estados Unidos en exigir una prueba de vacunación contra COVID-19 para la admisión en restaurantes, gimnasios y teatros en espacios cerrados. El anuncio se produjo poco después de que un juez federal en Florida bloqueara una ley que prohíbe a los cruceros exigir una…
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WASHINGTON — China has toughened its regulation on its tech companies by approving new rules about collecting and using personal data. The Personal Information Protection Law — which was approved on Aug. 20 by China’s Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and will take effect Nov. 1 — prohibits “illegally collecting, using, processing, transmitting, disclosing and trading people’s personal information.” The full text of the law is not yet public; among other things, it “clarifies” rules governing the “processing” and “provision” of personal information across borders. “Protecting personal information is essential. Domestically, during the process of opening up government information, it was…
MARYLAND CITY, Md. — A group of American scientists has developed a new artificial intelligence blood testing technology to detect lung cancer. In samples from nearly 800 individuals with and without cancer, over 90 percent of lung cancers were detected by a novel artificial intelligence blood-testing technology developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The test approach, called DELFI (DNA evaluation of fragments for early interception), spots unique patterns in the fragmentation of DNA shed from cancer cells circulating in the bloodstream. Using this technology to blood samples taken from 796 individuals in Denmark, the Netherlands, and the U.S., investigators…
ANKARA, Turkey — Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president of Turkey, called on the other countries of Europe to take responsibility for Afghans fleeing the Taliban. He also stated that Ankara has no obligation to be a “Europe refugee warehouse.” Thousands have flocked to Kabul airport in a bid to flee and find themselves trapped without any means to escape. Erdogan’s remarks come as desperate Afghans attempt to leave the Taliban-led country. “Europe, which has become the center of attraction for millions of people, cannot stay out of this problem by closing its borders to protect the welfare of its citizens,” said Erdogan.…
NEW DELHI — The largest floating solar photovoltaic project of 25 megawatts on the reservoir of the Simhadri thermal station in the southern Indian state’s Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam, has been commissioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation. National Thermal Power Corporation is an Indian statutory corporation. It engaged in the generation of electricity and allied activities. It is a statutory corporation incorporated under the Companies Act 1956. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. “The Solar photovoltaic project was inaugurated today by Shri Sanjay Madan, Regional Executive Director (Western Region 2 & Southern Region), National Thermal Power…
TOKYO — The magical curtains of green light, which are often visible from the Earth’s polar regions, the same phenomenon that causes aurorae, is causing mesospheric ozone layer depletion, a study reveals. “Pulsating aurorae (PsA) are caused by the intermittent precipitations of magnetospheric electrons (energies of a few keV to a few tens of keV) through wave-particle interactions, thereby depositing most of their energy at altitudes — 100 kilometers,” states an abstract of the study. This depletion could have significance for global climate change, and therefore, understanding this phenomenon is essential. A group of scientists led by Yoshizumi Miyoshi, a professor from Nagoya University,…
WASHINGTON — Blood infections, meningitis, and stillbirth in newborns are common causes of the bacteria known as group B Streptococcus (GBS). However, GBS infections can often be treated or prevented with antibiotics, and the bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant. The researchers have discovered that human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), short strings of sugar molecules abundant in breast milk, can help prevent GBS infections in human cells, tissues, and mice. Someday, HMOs might be able to replace antibiotics for treating infections in infants and adults, they say. The researchers will present their results at the fall meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS Fall 2021 is a hybrid…
NEW DELHI — Luxury real estate company India Sotheby’s International Realty (India SIR) has announced it closed over 50 million-dollar-plus home deals in India and Sri Lanka over the past 12 months despite the pandemic-induced economic slowdown. The top markets included Lutyen’s Delhi, North Goa, and Colombo. Most of the million-dollar homes sold were independent bungalows and ultra-luxury floors in resale. Among them was Sapphire Residences serviced apartments by ITC Hotels in Colombo. Sales in the first quarter for Sapphire were over $10 million. Globally, Sotheby’s International Realty recorded a 100 percent-plus jump in sales transactions in the first six…
KABUL — Taliban, who has overtaken control of Afghanistan and who had assured that women would be allowed to work corresponding with Sharia law, was accused by the women journalists in Afghanistan who said they are being barred from working. The journalists have also accused the Taliban that they are not respecting their “right to work”. Shabnam Khan Dawran, an anchor at a reputed media network in Afghanistan, said that the Taliban has not allowed her to enter her office to continue her work. “I wanted to return to work, but unfortunately, they did not allow me to work. They…
CHAMOLI, India — India on Aug. 21 inaugurated its highest herbal park in terms of altitude at an elevation of 11,000 feet in the Chamoli district of the heritage-rich Uttarakhand. It displays around 40 species that are found in high-altitude alpine areas in the Indian Himalayan region. Many of these species are endangered and threatened as per International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as well as by the State Biodiversity Board. It includes many important medicinal herbs also. “The aim of this high-altitude herbal park is to conserve various medicinally and culturally important alpine species and to do…