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 […]
The nominations for the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards for this year’s ceremony, which will take place across two nights on May 16 and May 17 were unveiled on Monday. Leading this year’s roster of nominees is Marvel’s Disney Plus series ‘WandaVision’, which earned five nods — including best show, best performance in a […]
In a milestone law, New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, said minister for climate change James Shaw. “We simply cannot get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 unless the financial sector knows […]
With the Olympics Games just 99 days away, a senior Japanese ruling party official has admitted that cancelling this year’s Olympic Games remains an option. Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Japan might have to ‘give up’ on the Tokyo Olympics if rising coronavirus cases in the country made the event “impossible”, […]