With the Taliban at its doorstep, the Afghan govt has made a desparate plea for a power sharing arrangement. At least 10 provincial capitals have fallen to the insurgent group in a week. Meanwhile, the US is asking them to spare their embassy in Kabul in case they overrun the Capital. With morale high, will the Taliban accept?
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August 10 – Smoking Up
Code Red! That is what the first of the many IPCC reports on the present climate science is calling the situation right now. The past five years have been the hottest on record since 1850. The temperature is likely to breach 1.5degC warming from pre-industrial levels by 2040 and heatwaves and droughts are going to be more severe. A sliver of hope: Drop fossil fuels now and we could prevent it breaching 2degC.
July 30 – Salavaging Parliament; Biden’s $100 offer
How old is animal life? How did it look like? A new paper published in the journal Nature says it may have found an answer – in an 890 million years old fossil of a sponge. Yes, your bath sponge could be a descendant of one of them! Of course, this has generated debate and it may well be proved otherwise later. But a sponge, imagine!
June 8 – Petrol’s 100, Haiti President Assassinated
The Covid death toll in the world has topped 4 million, while the Delta Variant is now set to dominate the highly vaccinated US population. The UP govt is very confident that it has tamed the virus. Hopefully, they have! There is shocking news from Haiti where their President has been assassinated. And Trump continues to make the news.
June 20- States, Heed Warning!
Centre is telling states to have a more calibrated approach, while experts say a third wave is likely soon if people don’t follow rules.
June 18 – We Know Nothing, Jon Snow
A new study uses machine learning to check how far naturaly immunity stays. Microsoft has a new chairperson and the US has a new holiday
In Pics: Australia’s Biggest Dinosaur
Australia has reported its largest dinosaur and a new species, the Australotitan cooperensis. The plant-eating animal is believed to have lived during the Cretaceous period, approximately 92 million years ago. The Eromanga Natural History Museum in Queensland shared these photos and videos:
June 8 – Free Jabs; Google’s Hefty Fine
There is a new drug for Alzheimer’s but there is also a controversy around it. CO2 levels are at its highest yet and India’s Covid numbers are the best it has been since two months.
June 7 – Good numbers, bad numbers
Today we see the Centre possibly going back to procuring vaccines again and the weird case of North India registering far too few cases.
Twitter Trouble, G7 OKs Big Tax Deal
Dive in to learn about the new test to detect whether you have vaccinated or not. The world’s richest countries have approved a historic deal to tax MNCs, and a Delhi govt hospital is now facing off with nurses from Kerala over speaking Malayalam. Also, chess fans – There is a chance to win $1mn.
