Gmail is getting new features. Starting with G suite Gmail users, Google will be adding the long-awaited undo and redo buttons within the compose window. You will also be able to download messages. These new features will be available to all G suite users in couple of days.

Undo/Red buttons

As the name suggests, users can use the undo button to move to previous step, similar to MS Word’s undo buttons. These buttons will be in addition to the already existing Ctrl+z for undo and Ctrl+Y redo shortcuts.

Strikethrough

The strikethrough button allows you to point out a change in the communication. The feature is exactly same as the ones on WhatsApp, Google Docs or MS Word.  “We’ve heard from you that this functionality is critical to quickly and efficiently write emails, especially when you want to visually indicate a change in language,” said Google in a blog post.

Download emails

Going forward, Gmail users can download email contents including the attachments. These downloaded messages can also be included as future attachments in the emails. All of these new features will be auto enabled. While undo/redo and strikethrough buttons will be visible within the compose window, the download option will appear under the three dot menu.

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Chinese scientists cloned five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque with circadian-related disorders, another first for the country in the controversial field.

The cloned monkeys were born in Shanghai at the Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences, according to two articles published in National Science Review on Thursday. Researchers knocked out BMAL1 — a critical transcription factor for activating circadian rhythms — through gene editing at the embryo stage, then cloned a monkey with the mutation.

This was the first time multiple monkeys have been cloned from a gene-edited adult male, Xinhua News Agency reported, employing the same method used to create the first cloned monkeys born in China in 2017. The result proves batch cloning of gene-edited male monkeys with diseases is feasible, one of the scientists told Xinhua.

Circadian disturbance is related to many human diseases including sleep disorder, depression and Alzheimer’s disease.

The creation of monkeys with a uniform genetic background is useful for developing models of human diseases, which can be used to study therapeutic treatments, the researchers said.

The new studies come after Chinese scientist He Jiankui was fired by his university for altering the genes of twin baby girls as embryos. He triggered an international backlash when he shocked the world with his claims of genetically-altering human embryos that resulted in births.

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NEW DELHI- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch Thursday night two satellites Kalamsat and Microsat-R, officials said. The satellites would be launched through Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in its 46th flight from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the Bay of Bengal coast located in southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
“Countdown for the launch of PSLVC44 started yesterday at 7:37 p.m. local time at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The launch is scheduled today at 11:37 p.m. local time,” a statement issued by ISRO said.
Kalamsat is a payload developed by students from Space Kidz India, while as Microsat-R is an imaging satellite meant for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) purposes. Reports said the Kalamsat is a 10 cm cube nano satellite weighing about 1.2 kg and has a life span of about two months, however, Microsat-R is a 740-kg military imaging satellite.

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