MUMBAI, India — A virtual hearing against the rollout of 5G wireless network technology at a court in India’s capital Delhi in June was repeatedly interrupted by fans of plaintiff and Indian actor-turned-environmentalist Juhi Chawla. Chawla, a top Bollywood star in the 1990s, had filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court with two others—Veeresh Malik and Teena Vachani—raising concerns over India’s “untested” rollout of 5G technology. The case sought research into the possible impacts of the radiation from 5G waves on humans and other living organisms. But during the hearing in June, a fan became a steady annoyance as he sang songs…
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WASHINGTON — A United States panel was informed that the Chinese government had amassed enough stolen data from the United States to effectively create dossiers on every American citizen. Mathew Pottinger, a deputy national security adviser during the Donald Trump administration, testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Aug. 4. “Assembling dossiers on people has always been a feature of Leninist regimes,” Pottinger told panel members. “But Beijing’s penetration of digital networks worldwide has taken this to a new level. The party compiles dossiers on millions of foreign citizens around the world, using the material it gathers to influence…
Wine grapes, tree nuts and avocados are some of the crops grown more efficiently today thanks to drip-irrigation methods pioneered in Israel in the 1960s. But a new development may help many farmers who can’t afford drip irrigation systems. As opposed to flood irrigation, drip irrigation uniformly delivers drops of water and fertilizer to each plant’s root zone through hoses (dripper lines) dotted with dripper units. Swapping flood irrigation for drip irrigation saves massively on water and fertilizer, increases yield, and preserves topsoil. And yet, 580 million of the world’s 700 million acres of irrigated farmland are still watered with…
NEW DELHI — Bollywood singer-rapper Hirdesh Singh, popularly known as Yo Yo Honey Singh, broke his silence and issued an official statement over the allegations levied against the singer and his family by his wife Shalini Talwar on Aug. 6, 2021. Singh took to his Instagram handle and shared his statement. “I am deeply pained and distressed by the false and malicious allegations levied against me and my family by my companion/wife of 20 years, Mrs. Shalini Talwar. The allegations are severely odious (sic),” he said. “I have never issued a public statement or press note in the past despite being subjected to…
NEW DELHI — Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, on Aug. 9, 2021, got nostalgic as she recalled working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali on the occasion of the filmmaker completing 25 years in the Indian film industry. Taking to her Instagram Story, Padukone penned a heartfelt note for the National Award-winning director. The actor revealed an unheard anecdote and shared that after her blockbuster debut film “Om Shanti Om,” she was unsure of getting a chance to work with the iconic director ever. “Nov 9, 2007: My debut film ‘Om Shaanti Om’ was pitted against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Saawariya.’ And, as grateful as l was, (and I…
En el sur de Turquía, en la zona del mar Egeo, una central eléctrica de carbón fue desalojada, al igual que un pueblo cercano, después de que incendios forestales amenazaran toda la región. El incendio cerca de la central térmica de Kemerköy, en la provincia de Muğla, finalmente se extinguió el jueves después de una larga batalla. El incendio se originó en Milas a finales de julio. Los camiones de bomberos y los tanques de agua se colocaron alrededor de la planta para protegerla. A pesar de la amenaza de vientos fuertes e impredecibles, el fuego no alcanzó los edificios…
WASHINGTON — A new study has found that the perception of influential leaders may depend on the type of emotions they choose to express, and people use implicit theories of leadership emotions when evaluating a leader’s effectiveness. The findings of the study were published in the “Journal of Organizational Behavior.” Women leaders must often battle sexist stereotypes that label them “too emotional” for effective leadership. The study titled “The emotional leader: Implicit theories of leadership emotions and leadership perceptions” shows that women who express calm, happy emotions are perceived as more effective leaders than men. The effect is most pronounced…
WASHINGTON — When new mothers complain that all those sleepless nights caring for their newborns are taking years off their lives, they just might be right, as per the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) researchers. The study titled “Postpartum Sleep Loss and Accelerated Epigenetic Aging” was published in the journal “Sleep Health.” Scientists studied 33 mothers during their pregnancies and the first year of their babies’ lives, analyzing the women’s deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from blood samples to determine their “biological age,” which can differ from chronological age. They found that a year after giving birth, the biological age of mothers…
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — Atembefac Rose Epse Ndoh, 35, a resident of Yaoundé, Cameroon, had a burning desire to be a journalist, which never materialized in the increasingly job-scarce west-central African nation. But joblessness pushed her into an activity she would later be just as passionate about: baking. Ndoh, a Bachelor of History degree holder from the University of Buea, set up a budding baking venture in 2018 and trains young Cameroonians who can’t find decent jobs upon leaving the university. “I have already trained some 125 youths to bake,” Ndoh, who runs the LaRose Enterprise, told Zenger News. “Each training session lasts between 12 and…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Dorcas Wanjiru Kiarie pushes a bag of vegetables aside and opens the door to her grocery shop in Kawangware, an informal settlement in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Her three-year-old son cries for attention, but a sweet or biscuit will calm him. Her bigger cause of worry, however, is her firstborn daughter Susan Kiarie, 14, joining Saint Anne’s Girls’ Secondary School, and Jayden Kiarie, 10, joining Grade Four at Kawangware Primary School. On average, Kiarie makes about two dollars profit daily, just enough to feed her family of five. “I struggle financially with the little money I make, but the…