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Special Desk As covid cases are on the rise the Sydney lockdown has been further extended by a month fearing outbreak from the Delta variant of the virus. The lockdown was supposed to be relaxed from Friday. Australia’s largest city has been under stay-at-home orders since late June due to …

Special Desk In response to US action, China is now imposing sanction upon US individuals and organisations. China’s action is in response to recent US sanctions on Chinese officials in Hong Kong and on target includes former US Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross. White House has said it was undeterred with …

Special Desk Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten thought she made a gold but the medal went to her rival Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer. Well the story goes like this. Annemiek van Vleuten raised her hands is confidence of winning a gold. The fact was Anna Kiesenhofer had finished 75 seconds ahead …

Special Desk Viruses survive and some have survived 15000 years. Scientists who study glacier ice have found viruses in two ice samples extracted from Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses survived because they had remained frozen, and are unlike any viruses that have been discovered till now. The …

On 26 July, 2005, around 2:00pm, as the people of the ‘happening city’ of Mumbai were going about their business, it was hit by a severe storm. It was the kind of storm that the city had never experienced in a century. It is normal for the city to receive …

Special Desk Usually building collapse news are forgotten within 24-hours but not in this case where rescuers could finish the search for bodies a month after Florida tower collapse. Firefighters say their search for bodies in the rubble of the collapsed Florida tower block has finally come to an end. …

Dr. Seema Javed Heat and humidity levels hit extreme levels this week as Tokyo Olympics start today. The Japan’s environment agency has issued a Heat Stroke Alerts. Data suggests that the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature – a measure combining heat and humidity, used by organisers to assess safety – hit …

Special Desk  World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) next stage plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has been dumped by China. WHO wanted to audit laboratories in the area the virus was first identified including Wuhan labs from where the virus is said to have been ‘leaked.’ But China …

Special Desk Even before Tokyo Olympics could actually begin yet another controversy surrounded the event, as its creative director, was removed, with just a day left for the opening ceremony. He was also the director for the closing ceremony and has lost that position too. A footage of Kentaro Kobayashi …

The leading CEOs of the global wind industry have united to call on G20 members to show leadership in the climate crisis by raising national ambitions and urgently laying out concrete plans for increased wind energy production to replace fossil fuels. Representing members of the Global Wind Energy Coalition(GWEC) for …