The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that the United State will support temporary waiver of intellectual property rights to Covid-19 vaccines, accepting a key element of a joint proposal by India and South Africa at the WTO, and said it will “actively participate” in negotiations to “make that happen”. Though Biden administration’s call to lift […]
World’s largest jewellery producer Pandora will no longer use mined diamonds and switch to lab-grown stones. Copenhagen-based Pandora, best known for its charm bracelets, on Tuesday launched Pandora Brilliance, which it described as its “first lab-created diamond collection”. The range, which includes earrings, necklaces and rings, features lab-grown stones made in the UK, with prices […]
Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying “we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple.” “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” the pair tweeted. “We have raised three […]
Glacial melting due to global warming has probably been altering Earth’s poles since at least the 1990s, according to a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters. Earth’s spin on its axis is determined, in part, by the distribution of weight around the globe, in the same way the spin of a top is determined […]
The Disneyland Resort, which was closed for over a year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, has finally reopened on Friday. Eager Disney fans began lining up hours before Disneyland’s official 9 am opening time on Friday. While things at Walt Disney’s original them e park may look a little different including social distancing markers […]
Two Indian companies—Jio Platforms and Byju’s— have made it to Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential companies in 2021. Reliance Industry Limited’s (RIL) technology wing Jio Platforms and e-learning startup Byju’s have made it to the ‘TIME100 Most Influential Companies’, which is a new list and an expansion of the TIME100 franchise. The TIME100 […]
Instagram’s efforts to block hateful or abusive DM requests will soon be taken another step further. In Instagram’s latest blog post, the app outlines how it will further prevent people from even seeing hateful or abusive DMs in the first place. The new tool introduced by Instagram will allow users to automatically filter out direct […]
“The earth has music for those who listen” – William Shakespeare April 22 is celebrated as Earth Day all around the world to pledge support for environmental protection. The year 2021 marks the 51st anniversary of the annual celebrations, for which the theme is ‘Restore Our Earth’. This year, Google Doodle highlights how everyone can […]
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed that Vanita Gupta will serve as the Associate Attorney General of the United States, making her the first person of colour to occupy the third highest position at the Department of Justice. The Senate voted 51-49 to confirm Gupta. Her appointment comes after Senator Lisa Murkowski joined the Democrats to […]
Former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin, 45, was found guilty of murder and manslaughter by a jury on Tuesday, nearly a year after he used his knee to pin the neck of an African American man, George Floyd, to the ground, killing him. Chauvin faces a potential 40-year jail sentence. George Floyd’s death had sparked the […]