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.
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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.
May 15 – Day WhatsApp Stood Still?
Will FB-ownedWhatsApp stay true to its threat of disabling features if users don’t accept privacy updates? We are hearing conflicting reports so can’t say for sure. In this edition, we find out why FB is doing this; the Middle East crisis is expanding and little turtles are wreaking havoc for other turtles in Northeast India.
May 12 – India jab programme in disarray
Today’s news throws more light on India’s vaccination programme. Glasgow stands up for refugees and co-inventor of a very familiar product has died.
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.
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