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Choosing a partner, staying with them for the rest of your life and building a family together seems like a story straight out of a Jane Austen. Found in Southern hemisphere and known to be the world’s most reliably monogamous creatures, this seems to be a solid characteristic of Albatross birds. Unfortunately, they are facing […]
A study by the US government has shown that women with Covid-19 have twice the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage than those who do not have Covid. Moreover, the rate of miscarriages quadrupled when the Delta Variant came into effect. This analysis was based on more than 1.2 million deliveries between March 2020 and September […]
In an annual Israeli beauty pageant that was held to honour women who endured the horrors of the Nazi genocide, an 86-year-old woman, Salina Steinfeld, was crowned ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’. There were ten contestants – all within 70 to 90 age range troding the catwalk with dazzling gowns and stylish girdles. The contest was cancelled […]
Saturn which remains in a house for two and half years would have completed nearly full circle of all twelve zodiac signs since Shabeer Bhatia, once the most eligible Indian bachelor in the world who was rumoured to have dated Miss World Aishwarya Rai, sold his web-based e-mail service by the name of Hotmail to Microsoft for a whopping 400 million dollars when he was just 30. […]
With changing times, people today are moving towards a healthier lifestyle. Along with Keto diet plans and hardcore workouts, intermittent fasting is a new term that has been brimming amongst the teenagers so as to lose weight. This new method for weight loss has reportedly helped many of the famous stars including Jennifer Aniston, Kourtney […]
India on Monday allowed fully vaccinated foreign tourists travelling to India from 99 countries including the UK, US, UAE, France and Germany to roam around the country without any quarantine before. However, the airfares of international flights have increased due to limited flights since the pandemic for flying outside India and flying to India. […]
In a nod to the Revolution, the French presidency has reverted the blue of the country’s tricolour flag back to the pre-1976 navy tone. The Presidency said ” “The President of the Republic (Emmanuel Macron) has chosen for the tricolour flags that adorn the Élysée Palace the navy blue that evokes the imagination of the […]
On November 14, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and US Senator Bernie Sanders – a duo that has sparred previously too, have yet again got into a spat on Twitter after Sanders demanded that the wealthy pay their “fair share” of taxes. He wrote on Twitter “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay […]
Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year – the spokesperson of World Health Organization informed. Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August this year, things have spiraled for the country. Multiple aid agencies have warned of drought as the temperature in […]
Ever since France’s initial ban on headscarves in 2004, the country has been obsessed with the hijab, with a zeal equal only to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The latter state wants to force women to wear the veil; France wants to force them out of the veil. The Council of Europe, a human rights […]
The head of emerging markets and chief global strategist, Ruchir Sharma, has resigned from Morgan Stanley which is the leading global investment bank and wealth management firm after working for 25 years. Sharma who is based out of New York had joined the firm in 1996 and has 27 years of investment experience. Along with […]
The last white president of South Africa and Nobel Peace Prize winner along with his bete noire, Nelson Madela, Frederik Willem de Klerk has died at the age of 85 at his home in Fresnaye, Cape Town. He was diagnosed with mesothelioma – a cancer that affects the lining of the lungs. De Klerk who […]
The lure of UK for EU citizens does not seem waning post-Brexit as it was suggested at times. People from “continent” as the natives of this great island nation like to describe, are flocking to submit their applications to continue living and working in the UK. As many as 2,36,840 applications received after the deadline […]
With the pandemic induced lockdowns, many offices around the world shifted to a work-from-home basis. While many struggled to maintain a healthy work-life balance, Portugal could soon see a change under the new labour laws approved by the country’s parliament. The Portugal parliament recently approved a new set of laws as a response to the […]
One of many first few crops introduced into the agriculture fold about 10,000 years, chickpea or chana has acquired a genomic leg up. A world consortium of scientists are successful in tracing its origin to the Fertile Crescent space. Rajeev Varshney, a Analysis Program Director on the Worldwide Crops Analysis Institute for the Semi-Arid Troipcs […]
The Pakistan cricket board recently appointed a new chairman, Ramiz Raza. Within the first few days of taking charge of the office, he announced that they are hoping to launch a women’s version of the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 tournament soon. In a video posted on Twitter, he also announced that the board plans to […]
Tech-savvy youngsters today tend to spend hours and hours scrolling through instagram and DMing their day out losing track of time which then erodes their mental health. Instagram head Adam Mosseri had announced previously that it was looking into “Take a Break” reminders – a feature that would let users set a reminder for themselves […]
Earlier in June this year, Canada witnessed one of the worst heat waves ever after which there was smog caused due to wildfires that filled the sky. Among many affected provinces, British Columbia was the worst-hit that ended up causing 500 deaths as per the reports. In an unusual case, a Canadian senior citizen from […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner from Pakistan and an activist for female education, Malala Yousafzai took to micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday to announce that she has tied the knot with Asser. Sharing pictures of her wedding in her post, Malala tweeted, “Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot […]
The Government in Pakistan and the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have reached to an agreement for complete ceasefire. The Pakistan Taliban, under the name of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP , are ostensibly different form the Taliban in the power in the neighbouring Afghanistan. Their aim is to overthrow the democratically elected Government in Pakistan and […]
