US UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES NOW REQUIRE COVID-19 VACCINATED STUDENTS
College students hesitant to receive a Covid-19 vaccination may need to rethink their decision. As most colleges in the US inch toward the end
NEW VACCINE CARRIERS HANDED TO SRI LANKA
500 vaccine carriers were handed over to the Ministry of Health, as part of the first batch of cold chain equipment procured by UNICEF Sri Lanka
EMPLOYEES ARE NOW WORKING AN EXTRA UNPAID DAY
Unpaid overtime is on the rise, and workers around the world have the pandemic to thank for that. One in 10 employees say they’ve been
APPLE PROFITS DOUBLE
A surge in iPhone sales, especially in China, has led to a doubling of profits at Apple since the start of the pandemic.
The results
AUSTRALIA WARNS TECH GIANTS OVER APP STORES
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said measures are needed to address Apple and Google's app store dominance
INDIA NOW ACCOUNTS FOR OVER A THIRD OF ALL CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES
India's second wave shows no signs of slowing down and now accounts for some 38 percent of all confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world
OIL SPILLS OUTSIDE CHINESE PORT AFTER SHIP COLLISION
A tanker carrying around one million barrels of bitumen mix was involved in a collision near the Chinese port city of Qingdao, spilling
INDIA NEARS 200,000 COVID-19 DEATHS
India’s coronavirus death toll neared the bleak milestone of 200,000 with another 2,771 fatalities reported on Tuesday
HOW ARE COUNTRIES HELPING INDIA WITH ITS COVID-19 SITUATION?
With daily new cases touching 350,000 and deaths surging past the 2,000-mark over the past few days, India is in the worst phase of
MEET THE ISLANDS OF TOMORROW
A group of researchers from Switzerland and Norway wants to mitigate the effects of climate change and advance renewable energy sources
HOW DOES A PANDEMIC END?
After the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic – as scientific understanding of the novel coronavirus continues to
NASA’S INGENUITY MAKES IT THREE FOR THREE AROUND MARS
The US space agency's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has now made its third successful flight on the Red Planet
HONGKONG- SINGAPORE TRAVEL BUBBLE HAS BEEN DELAYED
Hong Kong and Singapore have reportedly delayed plans to announce a quarantine-free travel bubble between the two cities after a cluster of
INDIA LEADERS FACE THE COUNTRY’S FURY
India's second wave, which began in mid-March, has devastated communities and hospitals across the country. Everything is in short supply
NASA’S ROVER MAKES ‘BREATHABLE’ OXYGEN ON MARS
An instrument on Nasa's Perseverance rover on Mars has made oxygen from the planet's carbon…
ONLY TWO BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS AMONGST HUNDREDS OF VACCINATED PEOPLE
For fully vaccinated people, the risk of still getting Covid-19 – described as 'breakthrough infections' – remains extremely low
GOOGLE AND APPLE BEGIN TO FEEL ATTACKED
Senators have grilled Apple and Google in Washington over 'anti-competitive' behaviour related to their app store
INDIA’S SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 COMES IN LIKE A TSUNAMI
Healthcare and other essential services across India are close to collapse as a second coronavirus wave that started in
LEADERS OF 12 STATES URGE US PRESIDENT TO BACK ‘PHASING OUT GAS POWERED VEHICLES’
The governors of a dozen US states including California, New York, Massachusetts and
CHINA TO ATTEND US’ CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT
China's President Xi Jinping will attend a US led climate change summit on Thursday at the invitation of President Joe Biden