From New York to Moscow, Johannesburg to Buenos Aires, the novel coronavirus continues its global journey. On March 30, almost three months after China announced the discovery of COVID-19, the disease associated with the coronavirus, more than 780,000 people have been infected and at least 37,000 have died. While the epidemic appears to be under…Continue Reading
A friend and former colleague spent the last few years studying and training to become a registered nurse. Recently, she succeeded in passing the boards. Congratulations — and what a time to begin! What would be analogous? The first thing that comes to mind is helping the wounded and dying in a time of war…Continue Reading
On the outskirts of the northern California town of Grass Valley, a massive concrete silo looms over the weeds and crumbling pavement. Nearby, unseen, a mine shaft drops 3,400 feet into the earth. These are the remains of Grass Valley’s Idaho-Maryland Mine, a relic from the town’s gold mining past. Numerous mines like this one…Continue Reading
The last few weeks have seen a significant amount of antisemitism. People were taken hostage at a synagogue. There was a neo-nazi rally in Florida wth blood libel chants. And an important work about the Holocaust, Maus, was banned in a Tennessee school district. The controversy dominating the news the past few days has been an incorrect comment on…Continue Reading
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in support of farmers and ranchers in the Roosevelt Room at the White House May 23, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) This article originally appeared on AlterNet. The Fulton County, Ga., investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the presidential election is progressing to…Continue Reading
India on Saturday became the first country in the world to administer DNA vaccine against COVID-19. It comes as India recorded a reduction of 1,03,921 cases in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 95.64 per cent, according to Union health ministry data. The…Continue Reading
Traffic has been a reason for a lot of problems but has it also been a reason for divorce? Indian state Maharashtra’s former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta Fadnavis has claimed that Mumbai’s traffic is the cause of three per cent of divorces in the city. “Whenever I say anything, I say it as…Continue Reading
Amid continued tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control(LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the Indian government told Parliament that China has been building a bridge on Pangong lake which it said was “constructed in areas that have continued to be under the illegal occupation of China since 1962.” “Government of India has never accepted this…Continue Reading
India has turned down Elon Musk’s request for tax breaks on Tesla’s electric cars as it states that the rules allow bringing in partially-built vehicles. Musk has been seeking tax breaks from the Indian government for a while now. Vivek Johri, chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, in an interview, said,…Continue Reading
In a bizarre incident, an engineering college student was caught red-handed while trying to sneak girlfriend into his hostel by the caretaker. Sound’s usual? Well, the unique thing in the incident was that the girl was actually hiding in a trolley bag. The incident occurred in Manipal on Tuesday night, said several media…Continue Reading