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On forming the Data Protection Board and key rules, the minister said that these will be placed within 30 days.In the first ‘Digital India Dialogue’ discussions on the recently enacted Digital Personal Data Protection Act with key industry stakeholders, the minister deliberated upon the transition time needed for specific clauses of the law and to seek specific inputs on the implementation.“Over the next 30 days, there will be necessary rules prescribed for the Act. We will also work on forming the Data Protection Board in the upcoming month. Some businesses like startups and MSMEs and establishments like hospitals that handle…

Valencia (Spain), Sep 20 (IANS) Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s squad agreed to end their boycott after more than seven hours of meeting, involving the players, Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) officials, the National Sports Council, and the women’s players’ union (FUTPRO). The boycott ended around 5:00 local time on Wednesday after a meeting between players, RFEF officials, the National Sports Council, and FUTPRO.”The players have expressed their concern about the need for profound changes in the RFEF, which has committed to making these changes immediately,” Spanish Secretary of state for Sports Victor Francos was quoted by Eurosport.”A joint commission will…

Dubai, Sep 20 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed Dallas, Florida and New York will be the three USA venues identified to host the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Broward County in Lauderhill, Florida and Nassau County in New York will be venues for the tournament to be staged in the USA for the first time. The ICC Board awarded the hosting of the event to the West Indies and the USA in November 2021 and added the venues were selected following extensive evaluation of several options.“We’re delighted to announce the three USA…

New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) India fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has re-grabbed the number one position among bowlers in the latest update to ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after his sensational haul of 6-21 against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.Siraj first grabbed the top position in January this year and was displaced by Josh Hazlewood in March, has surged eight spots after his memorable and deadly performance that helped dismiss Sri Lanka for just 50 runs.His performance enabled India to complete a 10-wicket victory for clinching their eighth Asia Cup title. Overall,…

Bengaluru, Sep 20 (IANS) An 11-month-old baby girl from Pakistan, who was diagnosed with the rare and life-threatening condition infantile osteopetrosis, is going back home with a new lease of life after doctors here at a private hospital treated her with an innovative bone marrow transplant technique.Infantile osteoporosis, often referred to as “marble bone disease,” poses severe challenges, including bone stiffness, progressive loss of vision and hearing, and bone marrow complications, ultimately leading to a shortened life expectancy.Baby Samawiya was born to a Karachi-based couple after a decade of waiting. She was just two months old when her parents took…

San Francisco, Sep 20 (IANS) Researchers have developed a therapy that showed promise to mitigate extreme bone loss from long-duration space travel as well as musculoskeletal degeneration on Earth.Microgravity induces bone loss at a rate 12-times greater than on Earth. Astronauts in low Earth orbit may experience bone loss up to one per cent every month, endangering their skeletal health and increasing the risk of fractures during long-duration spaceflight and later in life.Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) investigated whether systemic delivery of NELL-like molecule-1 (NELL-1) can reduce microgravity-induced bone loss.NELL-1 is a protein that is…

Better oral health as evidenced by the number of natural teeth and dental visits prior to the time of diagnosis, was associated with increased survival.The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, showed that people who had more frequent dental visits were more likely to have their cancer diagnosed at an earlier, and less deadly, stage of the disease than those who had few or no dental visits.”Our hope is that these findings become a standard part of guidelines implemented for the prevention and management of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas in the near future,” said…

A layered commentary told through multiple perspectives, the play will be presented at ‘The Factory’ in Okhla from September 23 to October 8 (two shows every day except on Tuesdays).Commissioned by Serendipity Arts Foundation, ‘The Money Opera’ first opened to an overwhelming response at the Festival’s 2002 edition, where it was showcased in an abandoned building in Goa. Amitesh Grover and the SAF have a long-standing association, as the former’s creative productions have been part of the inter-disciplinary festival’s previous editions in 2019 and 2020 as well.In Amitesh’s words, “It is a special project with special needs” and the Foundation…

With this agreement, the CoE and Xperi will work together to create new reference designs for HD Radio, thus advancing the development of an indigenous electronics design ecosystem in the country.This partnership will lead to the development of new designs — integrating radio into multiple products like Bluetooth speakers, headsets and sound bars, etc.The Centre of Excellence (CoE), Noida is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of IT and Electronics, Government of Uttar Pradesh.The project is housed and executed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Noida, and the…

During the visit, he inspected the offices of the general administration department including the office of chief secretary, additional chief secretary, finance ministry and other departments and found several officers absent.As soon as the news broke out about the visit of the chief minister, the officers ran towards their respective offices. Nitish Kumar was disappointed with the officers who were not present in their offices, but did not take any action against them. He has directed the bureaucrats to reach their respective offices in time.Nitish Kumar also said that he will work three days in the main secretariat and two…