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Dec 17: A team of US researchers has developed a diagnostic test for anti-microbial resistance using a smartphone that can help people in remote areas with limited resources conduct routine testing for antimicrobial susceptibility. Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are responsible for high-mortality diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea and sepsis. The team from the University of California - Los...

Kasargod, Dec 15: As many as 10 people were injured when a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) bus hit a roadside tree at Chattamchal near here on Wednesday. The accident occurred around 5 p.m. when the driver of the Kannur bound bus lost control of the vehicle in the rain. The bus hit a tree on the roadside between Chattamchal and Poinachi. The injured, including a woman, were...

Dec 15: Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O) warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history. The number of affected accounts was double the number implicated in a 2014 breach that the internet company disclosed in September and blamed on hackers working on behalf of...

Dec 14: HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the rights to use the Nokia brand on mobile phones, announced its first new products on Tuesday -- two basic handsets without internet access priced at $26 before local taxes and subsidies. HMD said the Nokia 150 and Nokia 150 Dual SIM would go on sale in selected markets early next year. The company, led by former Nokia executives, earlier this...

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Mangaluru city police on Friday arrested three peple in connection with an attempt to murder case reported in Mangaluru South police station limits. City police chief M Chandra Sekhar named the accused as Ahmad Shinan, 22, residing near Nadupalli Mosque, Sheikh Shahbaz, 22, from Kudroli, and Anish Ashraf, 19, also from Kudroli. The trio had made a futile bid to kill Mohammad...

New York, Dec 11: Squeezed out of Twitter and other social media websites cracking down on hate speech, far-right activists are finding a home on a new platform that promises never to censor content. Launched in August, Gab has become known as a safe haven for the "alt-right" movement dominated by the white supremacists who are helping fuel America's deepening polarization. The social network...

Mumbai, Dec 10: A 36-year-old Egyptian woman, believed to be the heaviest in world, is likely to be flown in Mumbai within next two weeks, where she will be treated by noted surgeon Muffazal Lakdawala to reduce the flab. Interestingly, the procedural roadblocks in Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty's treatment were cleared following intervention by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is herself...

Miami, Dec 8: Life expectancy in the United States dropped last year for the first time since the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis more than 20 years ago, as deaths rose from nearly every major cause, federal data showed today. The total US population's life expectancy in 2015 was 78.8 years, a decrease of 0.1 year from 2014, said the report by the National Center for Health Statistics. Deaths from...

Kasargod, Dec 7: As part of addressing the menace of street dogs, as many as 632 stray dogs have been sterilised by the Animal Birth Control (ABC) centre here. The mission had sterilised 178 dogs in November alone. The break-up is — Kasaragod municipality - 126, Madhur grama panchayat - 97, Mogral-Puthur - 53, Kumbla - 151, Chemnad - 30, Chengala - 48, and Badiadukka - 127. District panchayat...

Chennai, Dec 6: Her supporters hailed her as 'Amma' (mother) and 'Puratchi Thalaivi' (revolutionary leader); her critics called her a ruthless autocrat who usurped democratic processes. But in a state where the reel is inexorably fused with the real, Jayaram Jayalalithaa proved herself to be one of the most tenacious politicians who served the state as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for three terms...