New Zealand has voted to legalise euthanasia in what campaigners call ‘a victory for compassion and kindness’. It will allow terminally ill people, with less than six months to live, the opportunity to choose assisted dying if approved by two doctors. “New Zealand has provisionally voted to legalise euthanasia but is on course to reject […]
Scientists at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed that they’ve discovered traces of molecular water on the sunlit surface of moon. NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) confirmed this. A team led by Casey Honniball of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland detected molecular water on the lunar surface, trapped within natural […]
An upcoming feature will let users join an ongoing group call with the “Join Missed call” feature. It will give users the ability to join a missed group call video midway. Currently, a user cannot join an ongoing group call unless someone calls them again to let them enter a WhatsApp call. The Facebook-owned messaging […]
The City Council of Wroclaw, Poland, has named a square after Amitabh Bachchan’s father Harivansh Rai Bachchan, as a tribute to the late poet. The actor shared the news on his Instagram account, calling it a moment of immense pride for his family and India. He wrote, “The City Council of the City of Wroclaw, […]
“The 75th anniversary is a significant milestone for the world’s biggest, and by far, the most crucial deliberative organisation. In the last 75 years, the United Nations has served as a platform for the nations of the world to come together under one roof and dream and work together towards a better future for humankind,” […]
Canadian government in conjunction with Alberta are launching a pilot programme to cut down quarantine time for international travellers by testing them for Covid-19 at the point of entry, said the Department of Intergovernmental Affairs in a statement. “A joint pilot programme from the Government of Alberta and the Government of Canada – the first […]
Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam have discovered set of salivary glands in the upper part of the throat. This can pave way for techniques that could improve the quality of life for people who receive radiation therapy for cancers of the head and neck. The new glands have been labelled as tubarial […]
A NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-REx touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, unfurled its 11-foot (3.35 m) robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near […]
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide victory in New Zealand’s general election Saturday, and said she would use her mandate to rebuild an economy battered by the pandemic and tackle social inequality. “Over the next three years there is much work to do. We will build back better from the Covid crisis. We have […]