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San Francisco, July 30 (IANS) Apple has released the iOS 16.6 update that comes with over a dozen significant security improvements, two of which are currently being exploited by hackers.The tech giant has shared details of over a dozen security flaws on its support page, ranging from categories including kernel, Find My, WebKit, and Apple Neural Engine.According to Apple, two of the vulnerabilities were most likely actively exploited.The exploited WebKit issue was first patched with Rapid Security Response iOS 16.5.1 (c). And the kernel flaw, which was most likely aggressively exploited, was probably fixed first with iOS 15.7.1.However, Apple claims…

New York, July 30 (IANS) While conventional wisdom holds that storing fat around your belly puts you at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes, a surprising new study suggests it may not hold true for all people.The study, published in the scientific journal eLife, showed that naturally occurring variations in our genes can lead some people to store fat at the waist but also protect them from diabetes.”There is a growing body of evidence for metabolically healthy obesity. In this condition, people who would normally be at risk for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes because they are obese are actually protected…

Sydney, July 30 (IANS) While most of us keep toiling till our golden years seeking a perfect retirement, an 11-year-old millionaire is throwing her 12th birthday party with a retirement plan.Pixie Curtis, the young Australian-born entrepreneur is the CEO of her toy company called Pixie’s Fidgets. She founded the company with her mother Roxy Jacenko in 2021, and earned major profits.The young millionaire currently earns more than $133,000 every month, according to reports.Jacenko actually gave her daughter the idea to plan the 12th birthday-cum-retirement party, telling her the importance of education in life, reports The New York Post.Curtis is now…

Since our film folk swear by the Gita, why won’t our Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC)? The CBFC has passed the Hollywood film ‘Oppenheimer’ with a scene showing the lead pair indulging in sex while the male actor is shown reading from the ‘Bhagavad Gita’!No, not Vatsyayana’s ‘Kama Sutra’, unless the CBFC thought it is all the same!I don’t know why the makers thought of doing this stunt, but, maybe, the CBFC did figure it out and thought might as well let the people of India know, to use the phrase of the news channel anchors!The Indian censor board…

The Kukis and their sub-tribes are hill tribes living in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and other northeastern states besides Myanmar and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeast Bangladesh.This northeastern region is culturally and ethnically diverse having more than 200 ethnic groups, including 34 in Manipur, with distinct languages, dialects and socio-cultural identities.In the ongoing ethnic violence, which broke out in Manipur on May 3, over 160 people have been killed and over 600 injured, huge destruction of properties took place, after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts by the All Tribal Students’ Union of Manipur to protest…

The united forum of the six groups has already staged a number of rallies throughout the state, but the government has been delaying out of concern for a wider backlash from the other tribes who have expressed resentment over the new arrivals to their fold.Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to fulfil the long pending demand of the six communities during a speech at an event in Assam shortly after his victory in the 2014 general elections. He also questioned the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for ignoring the demand. However, even 9 years after the BJP coming to power…

Referring to Maurya’s statement, the BSP President said, “The latest statement of Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya that many temples, including Badrinath, were built by demolishing Buddhist monasteries and why modern survey should be done not only of Gyanvapi Masjid, but also of other major temples, is a purely political statement giving rise to new controversies.”Mayawati also asked Maurya why he never raised such a demand when he was a minister in the BJP government.“Maurya was a minister in the BJP government for a long time, why did he not put such pressure on his party and the government…

Talking to IANS, senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tewari said: “When there is instability in any border state, all your neighbours watch that carefully.” He pointed out that Myanmar borders Manipur and it is an open border.“There are elements in Myanmar, who have very close linkages with China, and we already have a very disturbed border with China. So any kind of social, political, economical instability allows those forces that are inimical to you to exploit those contradictions to your advantage. So that is how it impacts the national security,” he said.Tewari also cited some examples, noting…

According to historians and anthropologists, since the passing of the royal dynasty, due to the generosity of the 184 tribal chieftains, the relations between the tribal and non-tribal communities have been cordial and this sociability is still being maintained.However, due to a section of tribal leaders’ tribal-centric electoral politics, occasional misunderstanding and confusion triggered incidents involving the tribals and non-tribals. In the past over five and a half decades, more than a dozen tribal-based parties in Tripura have tried to play a crucial role in the state’s politics, but due to their issue-based politics sans any ideology, they became non-existent…

Meghalaya, which was carved out of Assam in 1972, contains 24 Assembly seats in the Garo Hills, 29 seats in the Khasi Hills, and seven in the Jaintia Hills. The Khasis and Jaintias share some common cultural traits, but the Garos are linguistically and racially distinct.Though the Garo region contributes a lesser number of seats than Khasi Hills, it is ironic that the politics in the hilly state have been largely dominated by Garo community leaders.The present Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma, and his late father, P.A. Sangma are from Garo Hills. Conrad Sangma’s predecessor, Mukul Sangma, belongs to the same…