Special Desk With just one Covid-19 case reported Australian city of Brisbane exited its snap three-day lockdown. Australia has till now administered about 7 lakh vaccines for a population of 25 million. The outbreak in Queensland’s capital – home to two million residents – has grown to 16 infections in …

Dr. Seema Javed  Politicians wanting to block climate action often argue it will cost too much. Sometimes they refer to the economic models that have been developed since the 1990s to determine the “cost vs benefit” of different levels of climate action versus different levels of warming. Thousands of economists …

Special Desk A ‘limited lockdown’ will be imposed across the nation and all schools will remain closed as part of this phase of restrictions, French President has announced and ordered travel restrictions across France be imposed while non-essential shops around the country be closed for the next four weeks. Critics …

Special Desk India on Thursday opened covid vaccination for all aged above 45-years and this is expected to give a push to vaccination drive in the country that has vaccinated over 6 crore of its people. According to the health department, advance appointments for vaccination can be booked through cowinportal, …

Special Desk Amid reshuffling of the cabinet heads of Brazil’s army, navy and air force have resigned from their respective posts. This is said to be for the first time in the history of Brazil history that the chiefs of the army, navy and air force have stood down together …

Dr. Seema Javed  Research published today by energy think tank Ember reveals that China was the only G20 country that saw a large increase in coal generation in the pandemic year. Globally there was a record fall in coal generation in 2020, which was mirrored in India and other top coal power countries. China is now responsible for …

Special Desk They call it the deadliest day in Myanmar. Dozens of people were reportedly killed when security forces opened fire on the Armed Forces Day on Saturday. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) recorded at least 89 deaths that included children. The lethal crackdown came as protesters defied warnings …

Jubilee News Desk The race has begun in West Bengal and Assam to find out ‘who will win’ and it has begun with first phase polling on Saturday. There was 14.3% turnout Till 9:30 am in Bengal, and 10.2% in Assam. This figure will certainly go up as the day …

Special Desk While the world is focused upon fighting covid infection, North Korea on Thursday morning fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, which is the first such test since Joe Biden became US president. Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga confirmed North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in …

Special Desk An artist took 8-months to give way to his creativity and it has earned $62m (£45m) for charity. The world’s largest painting, which was created by British artist Sacha Jafri, was sold for £45m to raise funds. Jafri spent eight months painting the 1,600 sq m (17,000 sq …