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After slums and monkeys, Delhi removes stray dogs from streets as G20 nears

Stray dogs put up at an animal shelter managed by a local animal welfare NGO Friendicoes SECA, eat food inside their caged rooms at the facility at Bijwasan in New Delhi, India, September 6, 2023. Friendicoes SECA is helping the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to catch stray dogs around the capital's international airport and putting them up in their shelters ahead of the G20 summit. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

NEW DELHI, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Hundreds of stray dogs that roam the streets of the Indian capital Delhi are being rounded up by authorities and moved to shelters in the run-up to the G20 summit this weekend, according to animal activists and Reuters witnesses. Authorities have already cleared many slums in the city and put up cutouts of langurs to scare away monkeys from public spaces ahead of the meeting. The G20 summit, the biggest ever gathering of world leaders in the Indian capital, will be attended by U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman,

Explainer: Do I need to worry about COVID again?

Explainer: Do I need to worry about COVID again?

New data from scientists and vaccine makers Moderna (MRNA.O) and Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech (22UAy.DE) suggests that a newer, highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not as alarming as some experts had feared when it was first detected several weeks ago. Nicknamed “Pirola” on social media, the BA.2.86 Omicron subvariant is being tracked by both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). What is new about COVID? COVID infections and hospitalizations have been rising in the U.S., Europe and Asia, but are well below previous peaks. The weekly U.S. hospitalization

Aditya-L1 takes selfie, images of Earth and Moon

New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India’s first solar mission, that is destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point has taken images of the earth and the moon. India’s space agency- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the selfie and images taken by the Aditya-L1 that has successfully performed the second earth-bound manoeuvre on Tuesday. Sharing a video on social media platform on ‘X’, the ISRO said, “”The earth and the moon as seen by the camera on-board Aditya-L1 on September 4.” The ISRO, on September 2 launched the country’s maiden solar mission — Aditya-L1 from the Satish

Older adults who regularly use the internet have a lower risk of dementia

London, (The Independent): Scientists have found that moderate and regular internet usage might appear to have cognitive benefits for older adults. The study, published in the August edition of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that, in fact, prolonged internet usage in late adulthood was correlated with a delay in cognitive impairment. However, the authors of the paper from NYU’s School of Global Public Health said that “more research is required to ascertain potential negative consequences of excessive use”. The researchers tracked adults aged between 50 to 65 years who were free from dementia for a little over

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