BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An acute drought in Argentina has dried up the Salado river and exposed the river bed resulting in the discovery of 10,000-year-old fossilized remains. The river in the Partido of Junin region in Buenos Aires was severely affected due to droughts that have hit the region since December 2020. Jose Maria Marchetto, the coordinator of the municipal palaeontological Museum Legado del Salado, located in Junin, says that so far 200 fossils have been found in the area. The remains of a toxodon were also found, which means “bow tooth” in reference to the curvature of their…
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CARTAGENA, Spain — A one-year-old boy suffered brain damages when his heart suddenly stopped following an incorrect Covid-19 diagnosis by medical practitioners. The incident happened at a time when Spain had just entered into its first lockdown and the global pandemic was announced. At this time the lockdown restricted access to the local hospital. Born in the municipality of Cartagena, which is located in the Spanish region on Nov. 3, 2019, Hugo Dato was just four months old when he fell ill. The baby started showing signs of fever, conjunctivitis, and redness of the skin. “We called the family doctor…
For more than six months, a remarkable group of women’s protection units fought to maintain a Kurdish-majority city in Syria in 2014 during a siege by the Islamic State group. Though the experienced ISIS fighters had advanced weapons, money and resources, it would be the Kurdish units, not the extremist militants, who won the battle for the town of Rojava. In her new book “The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice,” Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, contends it was the tenacity and ingenuity of the women involved in this…
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have demonstrated in laboratory mice that monoclonal antibodies can be substituted for antibiotics to hinder the growth of tuberculosis germs. It’s estimated that around one-quarter of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis. In Israel, there are about 200 cases a year. Antibiotics are the usual course of treatment, but antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis are now as high as 40 percent in some countries. Monoclonal antibodies — derived from single cells — have been reported as one of the most promising “cures” for COVID-19. Antibodies from patients who have recovered from a particular illness can…
MUMBAI, India — Thirty-eight-year-old Mumbai- and Colombo-based content creator, Riaan J. George, who has over 44,000 followers on Instagram, wasn’t surprised when he came to know that India’s advertising body is getting ready to monitor social media influencers. “Eventually, it was bound to happen. This is going to be a game-changer. It will also change the way customers perceive influencers,” said George. The “influencer advertising on digital media” draft guidelines, which make it mandatory for influencers to state when their updates have paid content, will be applicable to all promotional posts published from April 15, the Advertising Standards Council of India…
MUMBAI, India — Bollywood is split over the decision of the Indian government to regulate content on streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney, and others. While some film personalities have claimed that these rules — which also extend to social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter — would interfere with artistic freedom, others believe such control was long due. The Indian government’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Feb. 25 released the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. According to the rules, publishers of online content have to “self-classify the content into five age-based categories.” These…
PUNE, India — India has launched new Information Technology rules that seek to regulate social media platforms, over-the-top (OTT) media platforms, and digital media, tightening control over content and raising fears over breach of user privacy and freedom of expression. Social media sites and messaging apps need to “enable the identification of the first originator of the information,” without going into the contents of the message. While OTT platforms like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar, and digital media have been allowed to self-regulate with a three-tier reparation mechanism, they ultimately defer to the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and…
PUNE, India — The world’s largest cricket stadium in Motera, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, hosted its first Test match between India and England on Feb. 24. But while this match was still on, the stadium became host to another game off the field. After the stadium — named after India’s first deputy prime minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — was rechristened Narendra Modi Stadium, #BoycottSpiderman started trending on Twitter. Confused? The disputations began when people started critiquing the government for renaming the refurbished stadium, which can seat 132,000 at the same time, after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India’s…
Walking through the streets of Thanjavur, or Tanjore as it was formerly called, is like taking a walk back in time. The heritage of this medieval Tamil Nadu town has been carefully preserved, with residents taking pride in maintaining 1000-year-old structures and pursuing professions centered on the town’s cultural offerings. Till now, the absence of an airport in the town made it inconvenient for tourists to visit. The nearest airport is at Trichy, a town 30 miles and an hour away by road. All that is set to change in a few months. The Airports Authority of India is developing an…
PARANA, Brazil – A bride lived through her dream wedding just days before she passed away from terminal cancer. Adarlele Ribas de Andrade was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects the bones or the soft tissue around them. Knowing she had little time left, she decided to go through with her dream wedding to the love of her life as a way of saying goodbye to her family and friends. The 26-year-old bride had been battling the rare cancer since May 2018 when she was first diagnosed, but despite various treatments, she was unable to beat the…