Since 2004, Bill Gates has sent millions of anti-malaria nets to Africa, but the donated gear has been devastating local waters for years

Millions of insecticide-treated mosquito nets distributed across Africa to prevent malaria are being repurposed as fishing gear, raising concerns about declining fish populations, damage to aquatic habitats and the unintended consequences of humanitarian aid. The issue, highlighted in reporting by the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and National Geographic, illustrates how equipment designed…

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Brooklyn store shares their side of the story of Kelly Clarkson’s ‘unfair’ treatment claim over $15,000 singing bird: ‘Permanently attached to the wall and isn’t for sale’ |

Brooklyn store posts their clarification over Kelly Clarkson’s post about being treated like Julia Roberts from ‘Pretty Woman’. (Instagram) Following Kelly Clarkson’s claims of being treated unfairly like Julia Roberts’ character in ‘Pretty Woman,’ New York City is finally clarifying its side on social media amid the ongoing backlash. Over the weekend, the powerhouse vocalist…

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Researchers studying 77 children from Bronze Age cemeteries in Serbia found that burial positions often differed by biological sex, suggesting gender-linked funerary customs were observed during childhood about 4,000 years ago

In Bronze Age communities of present-day Serbia, boys and girls did not have the same burial treatments as adult men and women. Even children who died at a young age received different burial treatment, with rules that distinguished males from females, with the direction of their heads and position of their bodies following different traditions….

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‘Why not declare Mt Everest as protest site?’: CJP’s Ashutosh Ranka after Jantar Mantar de-notification | Delhi News

Dipke also criticised the move, alleging that Jantar Mantar had been turned into a “war zone” NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has removed Jantar Mantar from the list of designated protest venues in the national capital, prompting reactions from Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Abhijeet Dipke.Ranka questioned the decision in a post on…

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Bengaluru infant diagnosed with SMA at 5 weeks, receives gene therapy at 7 months | Bengaluru News

An infant diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy at five weeks received crucial early treatment from doctors (Representative image) BENGALURU: In one of the early-diagnosis cases of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness, an infant diagnosed at just five weeks of age received gene replacement therapy at seven months….

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Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher once visited a Kenyan elephant sanctuary where orphaned calves were being raised for the wild amid drought and poaching threats | World News

PC: Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya, where they spent time with orphaned elephants at the Nairobi Nursery and older animals at Ithumba. The Trust’s account described the actors as captivated by the project and the individual stories of the elephants they encountered. Their visit…

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Stock Market Today Live Updates: BSE Sensex erases early gains, tumbles over 500 points, Nifty50 below 22,400

Global stock markets opened on a mixed note on Monday as investors braced for the earnings season. South Korea’s benchmark index fell 2.2%, while Taiwan’s shares slipped 0.5%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares excluding Japan declined 0.3%, while China’s blue-chip index edged up 0.1%. In the US, S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% and Nasdaq…

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