The NFL’s Buffalo Bills made an emotional return to the field on Sunday with a slew of tributes in honor of safety Damar Hamlin, who is recovering after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game last week. In a tribute to Hamlin’s uniform number, Bills players wore “Love for[Read More…]
A Russian rocket strike on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk caused damage but did not destroy buildings and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters witness said on Sunday, after Russia said the attack killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers. FIGHTING * The ministry said the strike was revenge[Read More…]
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said India has the potential of becoming a global leader in research, as was also proved during the Covid pandemic. “Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the annex building of ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) in the presence of[Read More…]
Max Thieriot’s drama television series ‘Fire Country’ has been renewed for another season after Season 1 at CBS. According to Variety, a US-based news outlet, the ninth edition of the programme, aired on January 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, is the ninth to air since the program’s October 7 CBS[Read More…]
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Sunday attacked the BJP over the SC/ST Reservation Law demanding that it be put under the ninth schedule of the Constitution. In a ‘warning’ to the BJP, the Congress spokesperson said the party would be shown the ‘door’, if they don’t put the law into[Read More…]
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 8: President of Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) Pratibha Singh on Sunday congratulated all the newly inducted cabinet ministers in the government of Himachal Pradesh. “Hearty congratulations and best wishes to all of you on becoming cabinet ministers in the Himachal Pradesh government. @INCIndia,” Himachal[Read More…]
China is willing to work with Nepal to seek common development, said the newly appointed Chinese envoy to Nepal Chen Song on Sunday after he landed in the capital city of Kathmandu. Speaking to journalists at the Tribhuvan International Airport, Chen said he will work to further enhance the bilateral[Read More…]
A prominent Republican whose phone was seized as part of the Justice Department’s probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election said on Sunday he may seek to participate on a new House of Representatives panel that will investigate those same federal investigators. Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania is[Read More…]
Germany cannot rule out the delivery of Leopard tanks, heavier fighting vehicles than the Marders, to support Ukrainian militry forces in the future, the country’s economy minister told German broadcaster ARD. “Of course it can’t be ruled out,” Robert Habeck said. His comments come two days after Germany said it[Read More…]
The arrival of India’s group-stage rivals Spain and Wales in Rourkela on Sunday energized the city’s atmosphere ahead of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela. Spain men’s hockey team will open their campaign against the hosts India in Rourkela on January 13 and as per captain Alvaro[Read More…]
In view of the increasing cold wave in North India, the Jharkhand government on Sunday issued a notice to close both government and private schools for students of Classes KG to 5 in the state till January 14. Regular classes will resume on January 16. “In view of the cold[Read More…]
The head of Formula One’s governing body on Sunday strongly supported a proposed new Andretti Cadillac all-American team and said he was surprised by “adverse reaction” to the plan. Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s comments on Twitter hinted at a row brewing between the president of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) and[Read More…]
Naomi Osaka, a two-time Australian Open champion, has withdrawn from this year’s tournament. Veteran Venus Williams also withdrew her name from the first Grand Slam of the year after suffering an injury at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. Osaka, who won the Australian Open in 2019 and 2021,[Read More…]
Sweden is confident that Turkey will approve its application to join the NATO military alliance, but will not meet all the conditions Ankara has set for its support, Sweden’s prime minister said on Sunday. “Turkey both confirms that we have done what we said we would do, but they also[Read More…]
Loans worth Rs 1,550 crore were given in a single day to street vendors, small scale entrepreneurs and cattle rearers at a credit outreach program here on Sunday. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla handed over the cheques to some beneficiaries. Officials said[Read More…]
What genetic changes are responsible for the evolution of phenotypic traits? This question is not always easy to answer. A newly developed method now makes the search much easier. Science speaks of “convergent evolution” in such cases, when animal, but also plant species independently develop features that have the same[Read More…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin was awarded in absentia by Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik on Sunday, during a ceremony marking the Bosnian autonomous Serb Republic’s national holiday. Putin was awarded the medal for the “particular patriotic care and love towards Republika Srpska” and merits in developing and strengthening cooperation and[Read More…]
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday he was willing to discuss pay rises for nurses ahead of a meeting with public sector trade union leaders in an effort to end the biggest wave of industrial disputes in decades. Britain’s National Health Service, long treasured and funded by taxpayers,[Read More…]
The severity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) that are increasingly impacting ocean ecosystems, including vulnerable coral reefs, has primarily been assessed using remotely sensed sea-surface temperatures (SSTs), without information relevant to heating across ecosystem depths. Here, using a rare combination of SST, high-resolution in-situ temperatures, and sea level anomalies observed over[Read More…]
A study, conducted from 2015-19 in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, maybe the first to specifically examine the multispecies impacts of a wide-scale plague outbreak, which reduced the area covered by prairie dog colonies from nearly 25,000 acres to only about 125 acres in the study area. The 2017 outbreak[Read More…]
China will not include Pfizer Inc’s Paxlovid in an update to its list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes as the U.S. firm quoted a high price for the COVID-19 drug, China’s Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said on Sunday. The COVID-19 antiviral drug is currently covered by[Read More…]
Real estate developers have urged for some relaxation in the provisions of stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) which was reimposed on Saturday in Delhi-NCR due to severe air pollution. Stage III of GRAP means a ban on all construction and demolition activities except those of national[Read More…]
A study emphasised the need of using a biocultural approach in environmental conservation efforts. The research was led by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona’s Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB). When deciding which aspects of nature to protect, conservationists have largely relied on ecological criteria defining species’ vulnerability[Read More…]
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday left for Geneva to co-host a key conference in Geneva Monday along with the UN Secretary-General to raise more than USD 16 billion for a resilient recovery of his country from last year’s climate-induced catastrophic floods. More than 33 million were displaced[Read More…]
Russia and Belarus will from next week hold joint aviation drills of the air divisions that are part of the two countries’ regional grouping of troops, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Sunday. The drills will be held from Jan. 16 to Feb. 1, the ministry said in a[Read More…]