The Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it is able to absorb, scientists have confirmed for the first time. The rainforest was once a carbon sink — meaning it absorbed more carbon than it released — but it now accounts for more than 1 billion metric tons of emissions every year, mainly […]
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) chief scientist advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a “dangerous trend” since there was little data available about the health impact. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as mix and match. […]
Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at Wembley on Sunday. The giant keeper saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Marcus Rashford hit a post, […]
Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar passed away at the age of 98 in Mumbai’s Hinduja Hospital. He was taken to the hospital last Wednesday after he complained of breathlessness – it was the second time that he had been hospitalised in the same month. The funeral will be held at 5 pm today. “He passed away […]
A 15-year-old mango tree in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh is in the headlines for having 121 varieties of the fruit growing on it. An experiment initiated by the horticulturists five years ago has given the mango tree the ability to grow different varieties of the fruit. The tree has become an attraction in the […]
The United Nations on Thursday recognised a new record high temperature for the Antarctica, confirming a reading of 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9 degrees Fahrenheit) made last year. The record heat was reached at Argentina’s Esperanza research station on the Antarctic Peninsula on February 6, 2020, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. With this, Antarctica […]
Scientists have developed a “world-first” weight loss device with locking bolts that restricts a person’s jaw from opening wide enough to intake solids. A team of researchers from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and the UK collaborated to develop the magnetic device that limits the wearer to a liquid diet, but “allows free speech […]
One of Stephen Hawking‘s most famous theorems has been proven right, using ripples in space-time caused by the merging of two distant black holes. The theorem was first proposed by Hawking in the year 1971. It claimed that it was impossible for a black hole to decrease in size over time. The theorem was based […]
Star Indian archer Deepika Kumari on Monday regained the number one position in global rankings for recurve women following her hat-trick of gold medals at the World Cup Stage 3 in Paris on Sunday. The 27-year-old from Ranchi, who had achieved the top spot for the first time in 2012, on Sunday claimed gold medals […]
Travellers vaccinated with Covishield, the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine manufactured in India, may not be eligible for the European Union’s “Green Pass” that will be available for use from July 1. Green Pass is an immunity document that is meant to ease travel within and to the bloc, according to reports citing official rules. Many EU member […]