- The loss of smell and taste, which is among the most common symptoms associated with corona virus infection, is writ large in the brain, says a study that scanned brain images from a group of volunteers to compare changes before and after COVID19. The study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, was able to paint a picture of a distinct loss of grey matter, in regions of the brain associated with smell and taste in those who had tested positive for the coronavirus compared to those who hadn’t.
- Hong Kong prodemocracy newspaper Apple Daily announced on Wednesday it will print its final edition after authorities froze its assets using a sweeping new national security law, silencing the city’s most China critical media outlet. Journalists outside the paper’s headquarters said they planned to print one million copies overnight — a staggering number given Hong Kong’s 7.5 million population.
- Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planetwarming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN’s climate science advisers obtained by AFP. Earlier models predicted that we were not likely to see Earthaltering climate change before 2100. But the UN draft report says that prolonged warming even beyond the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius could produce “progressively serious, centuries’ long and, in some cases, irreversible consequences”. Dangerous thresholds are closer than once thought, and dire consequences stemming from decades of carbon pollution are unavoidable in the short term.
- The first wave of COVID19 last year impacted households as their financial savings moderated to 8.2% of GDP in the December quarter from 10.4% in the previous three month period, RBI data released on Wednesday showed.
- Kiwis bury the ghosts of 2019, crowned first World Test champion
- Jadeja becomes No. 1 Test allrounder
- India’s “Official Olympic Theme Song” was launched on Wednesday ahead of the Summer Games in July August. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju was the chief guest at the event which was organised by Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Mohit Chauhan has composed and sung the song titled “Lakshya Tera Samne Hai”.
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