Who Abandoned Bagram Air Base? Biden essentially blamed his generals. “They concluded—the military—that Bagram was not much value added, that it was much wiser to focus on Kabul. And so, I followed that recommendation.”
Delete Chrome: “Chrome is the only major browser that does not offer meaningful protection against cross-site tracking... and will continue to leave users unprotected.” Having promised to ditch tracking cookies, Google changed its mind. “If you use Chrome, you give up your privacy”.
Google “has trackers installed on 75% of the top million websites,” several times as many as Facebook. Similarly, just look at the recent reports suggesting Google will pay Apple some $15 billion this year to be the default search engine on its devices.
Light pollution from street lamps linked to insect loss: Artificial street lights disrupt the behaviour of nocturnal moths, reducing caterpillars numbers by half. Modern LED streetlights appeared to have the biggest impact.
Tamal Bhattacharya returned from Afghanistan, and said Taliban in 90's and Taliban now are different. But Sharia law in 90's and Sharia law now are not different.
China’s rival to ISS: While the future of International Space Station remains uncertain after 2024, China says its newly equipped Tiangong station will be up and running by next year.
Women persecuted for suspected witchcraft: Raipur-based doctor and rationalist, who has been relentlessly raising his voice against the practice of women being beaten ruthlessly and socially boycotted for suspected witchcraft, was thanked by the victims a day after Raksha Bandhan.
Liz Cheney: Pompeo's surrender agreement with Taliban started it all
More proof that Indian Journalists are better than American ones. The Americans need their Government and Air Force to evacuate from #Afghanistan. Indian journos outrun Talibs, swing their khadi jholas over their head making it into a makeshift helicopter and take off for India. pic.twitter.com/CNzpMkgiBU
The right way: “First you bring out all of the American citizens. Then you bring out ALL equipment. Then you bomb the bases into smithereens — And then you bring out the military. You don’t do it in reverse order like Biden and our woke Generals did” -- Donald Trump
Billions in US weaponry seized by Taliban: Among the items seized by the Taliban are Black Hawk helicopters and A-29 Super Tucano attack aircraft. Photos have also circulated of Taliban fighters clutching U.S.-made M4 carbines and M16 rifles instead of their iconic AK-47s. And the militants have been spotted with U.S. Humvees and mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles.
Ola Electric Scooter: 3.97 KWH battery. 180 km range. Ola building the world's largest two-wheeler factory and an ancillary park at Hosur.
Woke and Woker: Netflix wants you to believe that we are living in some ‘Hindu dystopia’.
Naveen Patnaik: “This bronze medal may have been won by us as players, but in truth, it equally belongs to India, a gift from the honourable Shri Naveen Patnaikji whose vision and constant encouragement helped us achieve our dream”: Hockey captain Manpreet Singh.
Pledging state assets: Andhra Pradesh govt availed Rs 56076 crore loans from various banks since 2019
Chennai zoo lions saved from Covid-19: Doctors and animal keepers spent 50 sleepless nights to save the lions that tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Nirmala Sitharaman: Proving to be a better finance minister than initial expectations. Encouraging picture on tax administration, revenues, and the macro-economic situation.
Cycling tracks: Govt to build cycling track in four directions of Bengaluru
Open streets: Revolution in New York City transforming public spaces that have long been the domain of cars.
There is a growing revolution on the streets of New York City. It is transforming public spaces that have long been the domain of cars and may turn out to be one of the most important legacies of the pandemic. https://t.co/YhsgnYJYoM
Male fertility is declining: Endocrine disrupters throw off the fragile hormonal balance of reproduction. These include plasticizers, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, toxic gases and other synthetic materials.
China Bans For-Profit School Tutoring: “The out-of-school education industry has been severely hijacked by capital that broke the nature of education as welfare.” The new regulations are focused on compulsory subjects, meaning critical material like math, science and history. Classes for art or music mostly would not fall under the new restrictions.
Among other things, they also ban the teaching of foreign curriculums, tighten scrutiny over the import of textbooks and forbid the hiring of foreign teachers outside of China.
Why is China smashing its tech industry: Why do Americans equate “tech” with companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook, anyway? Technologies like Facebook and Amazon.com are fundamentally about leisure and consumption. But Chinese leadership have got bigger fish to fry — they have to avenge the Century of Humiliation and claim China’s rightful place in the sun. And so when China’s leaders look at what kind of technologies they want the country’s engineers and entrepreneurs to be spending their effort on, they probably don’t want them spending that effort on stuff that’s just for fun and convenience.
U.S. antitrust action often focuses on strengthening consumer protections, but China’s crackdown is geared toward protecting govt policy. Neither Huawei nor ZTE have been targeted so far. China has outlined sectors it wants to prioritize, including semiconductors and artificial intelligence.
'Amazon bypassing Indian law': Shein was among the prominent Chinese apps banned after face-off in Galwan Valley.. Shein is now making a backdoor entry in India through the Amazon Prime Day sale.
Ending the Amazon marketplace: Amazon's relationship with its third-party sellers has become a major focal point for the company's critics.
Herd immunity? Madhya Pradesh has highest covid antibodies, Kerala has least
