Author: Gence Hasni

Cutting just a teaspoon of salt per day from your diet could lead to better heart health in as little as one week, new research suggests. The modest reduction in dietary sodium (better known as salt) has been found to reduce blood pressure as much as common medications, according to a small study published November 11 in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center looked at data from 213 adults aged 50 to 70 from Chicago and Birmingham to see whether the amount of salt they had in their diets might affect their blood…

Chinese scientists have created a robot chemist that can make oxygen using Martian rocks, bringing humans a step closer to colonizing the red planet. The robot was able to analyze minerals found in Martian meteorites, come up with the chemicals it needed to make oxygen, and carry out experiments “without human intervention,” a study published Monday reported. Sending supplies, such as oxygen, to Mars is extremely expensive so being able to create it on the red planet could remove a major barrier to establishing future colonies. “We have developed a robotic AI system that has a chemistry brain,” said study lead Jun Jiang…

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is hosting a weeklong naval exercise with China in the Arabian Sea that officials said Monday would further enhance their “joint operational capabilities in dealing with maritime security threats and safeguarding peace.” The two neighboring countries began the drills Saturday at a naval base in Karachi in the waters and airspace of the northern Arabian Sea and will conclude them on November 17. China’s defense ministry said Monday the two navies would also conduct joint anti-submarine warfare, noting that “China and Pakistan will conduct their first joint maritime patrol.” The ministry said several warships and submarines, including the…

ISLAMABAD – Demonstrators gather in front of the High Commission of India, on Monday.—Reuters THE revelation by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of ‘credible allegations’ that agents of the Indian government were behind the June 18 killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar has sent shockwaves all around the globe, with Canada being the epicentre. The announcement dominated media headlines here all of last week, adding chill to an already strained relationship between the two countries. While in India, for the G20 summit a few days earlier, Trudeau brought up the issue in his discussions with PM Modi, ‘directly and in no uncertain terms’. The cold…

Toxic levels of air pollution are disrupting the lives of millions of people in South Asia forcing closure of schools, impacting sporting events and leaving governments urging people to stay in doors to avoid health problems. The worsening air pollution is an annual problem for South Asian nations as winter approaches and cold, heavy air traps pollution in a thick layer of smog. South Asia has become the global hotspot for air pollution, with studies finding four of the world’s most polluted countries and nine of the 10 most polluted cities in the region. Why is pollution in South Asia…

Over the past five years, the battery-swapping technology sector has raised an impressive $16,17,61,883 in funding underscoring the significant demand and potential within this sector. It also positions India as a potential global leader in successfully implementing this technology on a large scale, states industry experts. Notable startups Some of the notable startups in the space include Battery Smart, SUN Mobility, RACEnergy, Echargeup, Esmito, Batterypool, Mooving, and more. In fact, recent years have witnessed increased investor interest in this space, with approximately $135 million raised since 2021 across 17 funding rounds, according to data from Tracxn. Although battery-swapping technology is…

Amid the call to shun legacy media, Elon Musk’s X Corp has stopped showing headlines to news articles shared on the platform, allowing only the main image and the web domain name the image is linked to. The change has been spotted by iOS users who, when tried to post a link, saw only an image and the domain name, reports The Verge. The change, however, left X users annoyed as they cannot figure out what the image and domain name is all about without the headline. Musk has recently been encouraging users to post more content to X directly.…

Pakistan’s plan to evict hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants is “unacceptable”, says the Taliban, denying Islamabad’s allegations that Afghanistan’s citizens were responsible for Pakistan’s security problems. “The behaviour of Pakistan towards Afghan refugees is unacceptable,” Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul, said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday. “Afghan refugees are not involved in Pakistan’s security problems. As long as they leave Pakistan voluntarily, that country should tolerate them,” he said. Around one million Afghans are registered as refugees in Pakistan and 880,000 more have legal status…

KATHMANDU – In the golden hours of twilight, as a tiger tries to hide its long shadows, a herd of spotted deer graze in tranquil oblivion. Every rustle in the bushes nearby prompts members of the herd to quickly raise their head, look for signs of danger and then continue grazing. Yet they are unable to discern the lurking danger. With a sudden burst of raw energy, the big cat comes out of hiding and attacks one of the deer in one seamless motion. The animal, the “most favorite” prey species of tigers in Nepal, doesn’t stand a chance. Scenes…

SpaceX launched 22 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit early this morning (Oct. 5), on the company’s 70th orbital mission of the year. The Starlink spacecraft lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 1:36 a.m. EDT (0536 GMT). The rocket had originally been targeted to launch on Wednesday at 10:45 p.m. EDT (0245 GMT on Oct. 5), but was delayed several hours by poor weather conditions. As to plan, the Falcon 9’s first stage returned to Earth for a vertical landing at sea on the SpaceX drone ship Just Read the Instructions about 8.5 minutes after launch. It was the eighth…