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Cristiano Ronaldo apologises on social media after smashing youngster’s phone
London : Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo issued a public apology on social media on Sunday after an unsavoury incident following his side's 0-1 loss to Everton in a Premier League game on Saturday.The 37-year-old Portuguese…
New cheap, smartphone tech to detect dengue developed
London : An international team of researchers has developed new smartphone-powered tests for dengue fever that has significantly improved rates over lateral flow testing kits.The new diagnostic test, described in the journal PLOS Neglected…
Apps still tracking users’ data on Apple App Store: Study
London/New Delhi : The privacy changes that Apple made in iOS 14 to stop apps from tracking users' data have not fully stopped developers from the illegal practice and several apps are still tracking data despite the user having asked the…
Booster dose cuts Omicron infection three days earlier than Delta: Lancet
London : People who have taken a booster dose are likely to recover from Omicron three days earlier than in the case of a Delta infection, claims a study published in The Lancet journal.The study led by a team at King's College London…
Russian forces fully withdraw from northern Ukraine : UK
London : In its latest update on Friday, the UK's Ministry of Defence announced that Russian forces have fully withdrawn from northern Ukraine to Belarus and Russia. The Ministry added that "at least some of these forces will transferred to…
Researchers map rapid growth, slow decline of human brain
London : An international team of researchers has created a series of brain charts spanning our entire lifespan from a 15-week-old foetus to a 100-year-old adult that show how our brains expand rapidly in early life and slowly shrink as we…
Sun’s 20,000-km-deep canyon of fire spitting intense solar wind to Earth
London : Filaments of plasma have erupted from a fiery canyon on the Sun's surface, releasing powerful streams of magnetised solar wind that might result in geomagnetic storms and auroras on Earth. According to Space Weather, the "canyon of…
Austrian scientists’ new Covid vax may protect against Omicron
London : Austrian scientists have developed a novel Covid-19 vaccine that has shown to be effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants known to date, including Omicron. The preclinical data for the antigen-based vaccine developed by a team at…
Former England cricketer Ian Bell joins Derbyshire as batting consultant
Derby (England) : Former England batter Ian Bell has joined county side Derbyshire as a batting consultant. Bell will serve in the role for the first two months of the County Championship season, replacing Mal Loye.Bell joins a new-look…
Another injury concern for Ben Stokes ahead of busy English summer
London : England all-rounder Ben Stokes is grappling with another injury concern, with the 30-year-old cricketer saying he is set to have a scan after experiencing pain in the knee during the tour of the Caribbean. The England Test side…