Dr. Seema Javed 2022 Pedal to the Metal: IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO ABATE EMISSIONS FROM THE GLOBAL IRON & STEEL SECTOR Global Energy Monitor (GEM), tracks global steel and iron decarbonisation efforts, their new report finds that global steel makers are building more blast furnace (BF) based capacity compared …
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Cocaine in banana consignment in Czech Republic
Special Desk It what could be an indicator of how new methods are being adopted for drug peddling, workers in supermarkets of a city in Czech Republic discovered powder-filled packages in the banana crates, which are thought to have come from Colombia. Cocaine worth almost 68 million pounds was seized …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine war could run a year: NATO chief
Special Desk In what could be said as a prediction of the situation between Russia and Ukraine, the two countries at war since over 100-days now, the NATO secretary general. ‘The West must prepare to continue supporting Ukraine in a war lasting for years,’ NATO secretary general said in a …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine war makes residents even difficult
Special Desk As war between Russia and Ukraine continues for over 100 days now thousands of civilians are trapped in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk with essential supplies very limited and running out fast. Many of the residents are sheltering in bunkers beneath the city’s Azot chemical plant. The last …
Read More »British Journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous Rights Activist Bruno Pereira murdered in Amazon
Jubilee News Desk British journalist Dom Phillips and a Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira disappeared in the Javari, one of the remotest corners of the Amazon near the border with Peru. Pereira, a long-time defender of Indigenous rights who formerly worked for Funai, (Brazil’s government Indigenous rights agency) had reportedly …
Read More »Explosion in garment store killed several in Bangladesh
Special Desk At least 34 people are reportedly killed and many others are injured in a fire and explosion at a garments shipping container depot near the city of Chittagong, in Bangladesh. Death toll from the fire has risen to 34. More than 300 people are injured, said Elias Chowdhury, …
Read More »A Russian soldier jailed for war crime
Special Desk A 21-year-old Russian tank commander has been sentenced for life for killing a civilian. The judgement comes from a court in Ukraine for a trial since the invasion started. Russia, meanwhile, has said that it was concerned for the Russian soldier and would look at options to defend …
Read More »No outside intervention please: Putin to the world
Special Desk IN what is being seen as ‘yet again’ warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Ukrain-Russia war, a “lightning-fast” response, has been promised if any outsider tries to intervene in to the war between the two. The Russian president has repeatedly warned foreign leaders against interfering with the …
Read More »Extreme heat in India & Pakistan, scientists link with climate change
Dr . Seema Javed A dangerous heatwave hitting South Asia this week – comparable to heatwaves in 2015 that killed at least 4,500 in 2015. the temperatures in South Asia are likely to be reaching their highest. A deadly heatwave is building across India and Pakistan – home to around …
Read More »Minister temporarily steps down for husband’s health care
Special Desk Here is an example of family first. A Belgian minister has decided to temporarily step down from her post to take care of her ailing husband. The Belgian foreign minister Sophie Wilmes took this decision and said she will temporarily step down to care for her husband, who …
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