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Makar Sankranti: Mumbai cops ban nylon kites for safety of birds, humans
Ahead of Makar Sankranti, a festival associated with flying of kites, the Mumbai police has banned the use, sale and storage of 'manja' or nylon kite strings sometimes coated with powdered glass on account of the danger they pose to humans as well as birds. The order will be in effect from January 12 to February 10 and violators will be charged under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (disobeying lawful order of public servant), an official said on Thursday. The use of non-biodegradable synthetic thread as kite string causes accidents, injuries to wildlife, sometimes even loss of life and damage to the environment, the order said. It is desirable to protect birds which are getting extinct day by day and classified as rare and endangered species, it added.
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Redefining 'death': Organ transplants, donation may get a legal nudge
The government is considering changing the definition of "death" in the law on organ transplants
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What is Khosta-2? A vaccine-restraint virus found in Russian bats
It is classified as a sarbecovirus, a member of the Coronavirus family. It attaches to the same protein, ACE2 that Coronavirus uses to penetrate into human cells
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The return to humanness
A facet of dehumanisation is the reliance on the old binary system of thinkers and doers
