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 […]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is planning a mission to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. The US space agency on Monday detailed the next steps under its Artemis programme for the Moon including the latest Phase 1 plans to land the first woman and the […]
A set of three idols of Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu decades ago, were restored to the Indian government after a collector voluntarily offered to hand it back on discovering their true history. The theft dates back to 1978 and led to an investigation by the Idol Wing […]
An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted central Nepal on Wednesday morning. The epicentre of the tremor was was 48 km east (E) of Kathmandu at Ramche of Sindhupalchok district. No damages have been reported yet from the epicentre of the earthquake. “An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred around Ramche of Sindhupalchok […]
In a significant victory, India got elected as Member of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the principal global body focused on gender equality and women empowerment, beating China in a hotly-contested election. The CSW is a functional commission of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The 54-member ECOSOC, holding the […]
Indo- American production feature film ‘Harami’, written and directed by Shyam Madiraju and featuring Emraan Hashmi has officially been selected for the main competition section (New Horizons) of the Busan International Film Festival, 2020. One of the 10 films from nine countries, ‘Harami’ is the only Indian film to be selected for this year’s main […]
Each year on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day is observed to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides and raise awareness on this topic. In 2003, the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) collaborated with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) to host the first ever […]
US President Donald Trump has been nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The nomination was submitted by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian Parliament, who cited his “key role in… creating new dynamics in other protracted conflicts, such as the […]