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Venom in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300 million years ago, their venoms have evolved from the same ancestral salivary protein, reported scientists today in BMC Biology.
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Irish regulator fines Meta 265 million euros over data breach
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ireland's data regulator on Monday slapped Facebook owner Meta with a 265-million-euro (USD 275 million) fine after details of more than half a billion users were leaked on a hacking website.
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WhatsApp data of 500 million users might be on sale: Report
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Instant messaging and voice-over-IP service WhatsApp, which is considered a secure platform due to its end-to-end encryption feature, has allegedly had a data leak that compromises almost 500 million users.
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China's draconian lockdowns galvanize widespread protests
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
China is a nation of 1.4 billion people, ruled by an authoritarian government unable to abide dissent. China has 106 cities possessing populations more than one million, so a few hundred, or even a thousand, people gathering on a street does not yet constitute "mass" protests.
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Tamil Nadu: Fire breaks out at yarn mill in Dindigul
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
A fire broke out at a private yarn mill in the Saminathapuram area near Palani in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul district.
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In 2022, Russia, China, India saw highest migration among high-net-worth i
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
So far in 2022, Russia, China, and India are the top three countries which lost the highest number of millionaires. These countries lost 15,000, 10,000, and 8,000 individuals, respectively, according to a report by global consultant Henley and Partners.
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Disney's 'Strange World' to lose USD 100 million in theatrical run; Check
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Disney's "Strange World" bombed at the box office over Thanksgiving, leaving the studio to mop up oceans, mountains and terrains of red ink. Sources have told Variety that 'Strange World' will lose at least USD 100 million during its theatrical run unless its business drastically improves in
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China announces to provide free fuel to farmers, fishermen in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
China has announced to provide 10.6 million litres of diesel free of cost to farmers and fishermen in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Over 1232,749 farmers will be provided with the fuel and over 3,796 fishing vessels below 40 feet in Sri Lanka.
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Karim Janat, David Miller extend Morrisville Samp Army's winning run
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Samp Army, making their debut in this tournament, recorded their third successive victory through Janat and Miller's unbeaten 76 runs partnership for the third wicket. Janat remained unbeaten on 58 off 28 balls with six sixers and one boundary while Miller remained not out with a timely 17.
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Appendiceal cancer gets its own preclinical model
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Appendiceal cancer (malignancies of the appendix, a small tissue pouch that is part of the gastrointestinal tract) is very rare, occurring in perhaps one or two people per 1 million per year. Prognoses are mixed, with a 5-year survival rate of 67 to 97 per cent for low-grade tumours detected
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525-million-year-old fossil contradicts textbook theory of brain evolution
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous syste
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Half-a-billion year old fossilised brain of sea creature defies textbook e
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a century-old debate over how the brain evolved in arthropods, the most species-rich group in the animal kingdom. Combining detailed anatomical studies of the fossilized nervous system w
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