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The world celebrates International Mother Language Day on February 21 each year to mark the differences in cultures and languages and to promote linguistic diversity. The celebration was approved in 1999 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) general conference and has been observed across the globe since 2000. The day came […]
Since the Covid outbreak, China banned visas for international students, affecting an estimated 23,000 Indian students studying in universities across the country before the pandemic started. “When I got admission for MBBS in China, I had certain expectations of how my life would be. But now everything has changed so drastically for us. When we […]
A family of four Indians, including a baby, has died from exposure to cold weather on the Canadian side of the border with the U.S. in an apparent human smuggling operation, according to media reports. Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Thursday said that the bodies of four people — two adults, a teen […]
Kim Jong Un’s birthday passed quietly over the weekend, with no mention of the occasion in the media, but the leader’s birthday was ignored in the 11th year since he came to power. The NK news agency says Kim, who is in his late 30s, may still be too young to formally celebrate his birthday […]
On social media, Two words are used like hotcakes right now, NFT and Web 3.0. NFT is a short abbreviation of Non-Fungible Tokens. It is so famous that Collins Dictionary has declared it as a ‘Word Of The Year- 2021’. The thing about NFT is that many people in India try to talk about it […]
Comets pass through skies frequently but we don’t get to have a glimpse of them as they are far away. But, when they get closer it makes a great visual. On December 12, the Comet Leonard will pass closest to earth. It will be after 35,000 years that a comet will approach the earth. With […]
WhatsApp payment service in India was launched in November 2020, by June 2021 it was made available to all users in India. In the USA, looking at the higher number of people using crypto wallets, WhatsApp has added a cryptocurrency payments feature for a limited number of users. The feature lets users send and receive […]
Talks of medical reforms backed by advanced technologies have been around for quite some time now, however, this possibility is already under an R&D process by a company backed by Leonardo DiCaprio. MindMaze, a company that creates virtual reality games, helps people in retraining their motor skills after a serious stroke or brain injury. They […]
Astronomy enthusiasts gear up for an eventful experience. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is inviting learners of all ages, including students and teachers who recently returned to the classroom environment, to register for a special event ahead of the upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. The event Webb STEAM Day: A Learning […]
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on climate science, has just published a detailed assessment of how humans are driving immutable change to our fast-warming world in every region. The report, reviewed by 234 scientists from 66 countries has emerged as one of the most significant documents informing world leaders on […]
Indian pharmaceutical giant Bharat Biotech’s ambitious plans to sell millions of doses of its highly-priced vaccine, Covaxin, to Brazil all but crashed on Saturday after the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) decided to scrap the company’s application for emergency use authorisation (EUA) In a unanimous decision, the executive board of the Brazilian regulator declared that […]
