The Nobel Prize 2020 in Economic Sciences was awarded to Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.” “This year’s Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and […]
Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is all set to collaborate again with director Patty Jenkins for a historical drama scripted by Laeta Kalogridis on legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra. Paramount Pictures has won the rights to the project, reportedly beating out other suitors such as Apple, Universal, Warner Bros., and Netflix. Her casting in the film […]
In a first, eight beaches spread across five states and two union territories in India have been awarded the international ‘Blue Flag’ certification. The beaches are: Shivrajpur (Dwarka-Gujarat), Ghoghla (Diu), Kasarkod and Padubidri (Karnataka), Kappad (Kerala), Rushikonda (Andhra Pradesh), Golden (Puri-Odisha) and Radhanagar (Andaman and Nicobar Islands). Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar broke the news […]
Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer A Doudna of the United States won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for developing the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping ‘scissors’. “Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision. This technology has had a revolutionary impact on […]
Roger Penrose of Britain, Reinhard Genzel of Germany and Andrea Ghez of the US won the Nobel Physics Prize on Tuesday for their research on black holes. The physicists were selected “for their discoveries about one of the most exotic phenomena in the universe, the black hole,” the Nobel Committee said. Andrea Ghez is just […]
Long before Harry Potter and Star Wars became a trend, British super-spy James Bond used to light up the silver screen. Six different actors have portrayed as the 007, willing do anything for the Queen and his country. They are (in order) Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. […]
Stirring from a seven-month hibernation, pilgrims returned to Mecca on Sunday after Saudi authorities partially lifted the Covid ban on performing umrah (pilgrimage to Islam’s two holiest sites undertaken at any time of year). Pilgrimage will be revived in three phases, with Saudi Hajj Minister Mohammad Benten saying last week that 6,000 pilgrims per day […]
The Asian leg of the 2020 Badminton World Tour scheduled for November has been postponed until next year in Bangkok, officials said, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said three tournaments on the tour were now scheduled to be played back-to-back in mid-January, with the finals at the end of the […]
New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said that Japan is determined to host the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games to prove that humanity has defeated the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the 75th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Suga said, “I will continue to spare no effort in order to welcome you to the […]
Helsinki Airport in Finland has deployed specially-trained dogs to detect Covid-19 among passengers within 10 minutes with 100% accuracy. The trials are being conducted by researchers from the University of Helsinki. The preliminary results of the programme show that the dogs, which previously used to detect illnesses such as cancer and malaria, were able to […]