Special Desk Some movies make history and the same is with a Russian film crew that returned back on earth after shooting the first ever movie called The Challenge in space. Actor and director Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko, landed safely in Kazakhstan after spending 12-days on the international space …
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Prince William’s Earthshot environmental awards
Special Desk Milan and Costa Rica are in the winners list for the Earthshot Prize, an environmental award created by Britain’s Prince William. Costa Rica, an Indian organization creates fuel from agricultural waste and a coral farming group in the Bahamas. Earthshot Prize is a new global prize for the …
Read More »China economy under pressure
Special Desk While the world thought otherwise, statistics say China’s GDP is growing at the slowest pace in a year. Reason(s), massive energy crunch, shipping disruptions and a deepening property crisis in the world’s second largest economy. Figures show, the economy expanded by just 4.9% in the third quarter, compared …
Read More »Current Production of Fossil Fuels are “dangerously out of sync” with the Paris Agreement
The annual Production Gap Report 2021 released by The UN Environment Programme and leading research institutes shows an assessment of the current fossil fuel production plans from governments. which reveals that current production levels are “dangerously out of sync” with the Paris Agreement temperature limits. The 2021 Production Gap Report reveals that despite increased climate ambitions …
Read More »Outsiders, don’t interfere in South China sea issue: Putin
Special Desk Russian President Vladimir Putin has said countries outside the region should not interfere in the disputes over the South China Sea. The Russian president was responding to a question at an energy forum held in Moscow. He also urged regional countries to promote the resolution of the issue …
Read More »Gas and electricity getting costlier in Europe
Special Desk Electricity prices in Europe have skyrocketed and consumers are likely to face the brunt of rising prices soon. The global increase in the prices of wholesale gas and power prices means that these higher prices will trickle down to retail consumers in Europe, who are likely to face …
Read More »China can get a ambitious deal for nature: The UN Bio-Diversity Conference
We are losing biodiversity faster than any other time in human history, and desperately need a globally agreed framework to reverse this – action on nature can contribute around ⅓ of the solution to climate change.The UN Bio-Diversity Conference(CBD), was one of the Rio Conventions that was created in 1992 …
Read More »Sydney out of lockdown, residents celebrate
Special Desk City of Sydney has come out from the lockdown after almost four months, and locals can be seen celebrating the freedom at pubs and shops that opened at midnight when restrictions were lifted in the Australian city. Many are enjoying anticipated reunions and visits to the homes of …
Read More »Tai-Chi tension: Taiwan says no to China
Special Desk Taiwan will defend its democratic way of life, President Tsai Ing-wen said in a defiant speech amid heightened tensions. We will not bow to pressure from China, the president said. Her remarks on Taiwan’s National Day came after China’s President Xi Jinping vowed to fulfil reunification. China denounced …
Read More »Nobel for mirror molecules
Special Desk Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been announced for two scientists for their work on building molecules that are mirror images (of each other). Winners will share the prize money of 10 million krona (£842,611). German-born Benjamin List and Briton David MacMillan were announced as the recipients. Their chemical …
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