WhatsApp has moved the Delhi HC over the new social media rules that come into effect today. Cyclone Yaas makes landfall today and we wish safety for our readers in Bengal, Odisha and to some extent Andhra too. In our Science section today we introduce you to two significant items that show just how far tech can influence us and it is scary.
Tag Archives: Covid
May 25 – People Of Japan vs Olympics, Trouble in Lakshadweep
The Japanese are having less to do with the Olympic Games scheduled for July as anger mounts over official apathy. Lakshadweep’s acting administrator’s new draft rules are causing a stir in the island with parliamentarians now writing to the President to recall the acting administrator.
May 23 – Get Both Shots!
tudy has found two vaccines highly effective against the Indian variant, but there is a catch, you need both doses. There is a killer volcano erupting in Congo.
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 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 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.
May 13 – Who let the virus out?
Today, we have a WHO-commissioned independent panel report on how the pandemic was handled; Bharat Biotech readies to test its vaccine on kids and we have a rare visiotr from the deep blue sea.
May 12 — Confusion over Covid treament
In today’s news, projections for the Indian economy are not good, and a Hindu temple in the US has been upto some shady business promptin FBI to intervene.
May 11 – Escalations underway in West Asia
Tensions in Israel, Palestine have escalated as predicted, hopefully international pressure will stem the rot, but the effects may linger. India’s vaccination drive is not doing well, and we check how climate change hits different people differently.
May 10, 2021: A new feature
The Centre has asked the SC to trust its vaccine programme, and yet another shooting in the US, this time at a birthday party. Oh, and cricket fans, will you choose a bamboo bat?
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