Today’s blog posts will be filled with visuals, including the protests in London against a lockdown, Brazil’s demand that its president quit, a stunning image from NASA and possibly, the smallest flower you have ever seen!
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May 29 Bengal, Centre flashpoint; Google Photos to cut back on storage
The tension between Bengal and Centre is spilling over and arresting this would be in everyone’s best interest. Germany and Argentina are sorry for the crimes committed by its military rulers. And if you get a mail on Dubai Coin, run the other way! Those who love storing photos on Google, there is some sad news.
May 24- Mindless Forwards, Virus ‘Retreat’ in US
Relying on random WhatsApp forwards has finally caught up with Ramdev who was forced to apologise and withdraw comments. Cyclone Yaas is gaining strength and is expected to make landfall on May 26. Belarus has forced a commercial aircraft to land just to arrest a dissident in what many countries now call a “hijacking”. And in today’s Monday Explainer we look into Unicorns.
May 22 – GoI Locks Horns With Pfizer, Twitter
ndian govt are at loggerheads over legal protection, there is a new coronavirus and they are found in dogs, and then there is the GoI vs Twitter story
May 21 – Black fungus plague India; Adani is rich. Very rich.
Israel, Hamas agree for a ceasefire but for how long? 55 mn people were living in displacement by the end of last year and climate change had a lot to do with it
May 20- Antarctica gives birth
New testing and vaccination protocols are in and you may want to give that a look. John le Carré fans are in for a treat!
May 19 – Darwin’s Collapse
In News of Today: There appears to be little relief in the Middle East, the GoI is having an image problem and is throwing the kitchen sink at it, and an iconic natural structure has fallen.
May 18- Cyclone Tauktae Weakens After Mumbai Fury
Newslaundry investigation into Jaggi Vasudev’s Isha Foundation finds environment violations, Cyclone Tauktae made landfall yesterday and arrives weaker in Gujarat today. Elon Musk greatly upset cryptocurrency world with just one word: “Indeed…”.
May 17 – No End in Sight To Middle East Crisis
Julian Sancton’s new book that speaks on Roald Amundsen’s ruthless strategy to win the race to the South Pole against Robert Scott. We also look at the Covid situation which seems to have eased slightly in north India for now, but seemingly not the govt’s tolerance for criticism. In this week’s Short Explainer, we check out the Ultra Low Cost Carriers model, which GoAir (now GoFirst) aims to adopt.
May 16– Of Broken Trusts
Today’s stories see how the Israeli Army may have violated that and how a BBC journalist quits before a probe into his alleged violation is made public. In other news, do dreams have a survival purpose? Scientists seem to think so.
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