Thursday, April 22, 2021

Coronavirus reaches Everest as climber tests positive April 22, 2021 at 04:26PM

A Norwegian climber hoping to summit Everest confirmed Thursday that he has tested positive for Covid-19, in a blow to Nepal's hopes for a bumper mountaineering season on the world's highest peak.

एक्सहेलेशन वॉल्व या वेंट लगे मास्क से बचें:यूएससीडीसी की गाइडलाइंस; चुस्त और आरामदायक मास्क ज्यादा सुरक्षित है April 22, 2021 at 04:30PM

अगर डिस्पोजेबल या क्लॉथ मास्क का इस्तेमाल कर रहे हैं, तो उसमें तार जरूर देखें

तलाक के अनोखे मामले पर सुनवाई:बेटे ने पिता की संपत्ति से जुड़ी जानकारी छुपाई, ताकि तलाक ले रही मां करोड़ों की संपत्ति लेकर न चली जाए April 22, 2021 at 04:03PM

अर्थ-डे पर बौद्ध भिक्षुओं ने बनाया वर्ल्ड रिकॉर्ड:थाईलैंड में 3.30 लाख मोमबत्तियां जला कर दिया पृथ्वी बचाने का संदेश; लोग बोले- इनके धुएं से हवा प्रदूषित हुई April 22, 2021 at 04:03PM

गृह युद्ध के रास्ते पर पाकिस्तान?:क्या है तहरीक-ए-लब्बैक, जिसके हिंसक प्रदर्शनों ने इमरान सरकार और पाकिस्तानी सेना तक को झुकने पर मजबूर कर दिया April 22, 2021 at 04:02PM

नासा ने 5 ग्राम ऑक्सीजन बना रचा इतिहास:मंगल के वायुमंडल से बनाई सांस लेने योग्य ऑक्सीजन; एक अंतरिक्ष यात्री 10 मिनट सांस ले सकता है April 22, 2021 at 04:01PM

वनस्पति विज्ञान का सबसे पुराना प्रयोग:142 साल पहले बोतल में बंद कर जमीन में गाड़े 21 किस्म के बीज, हर 5 साल में निकालते हैं; पता चलेगी अंकुरण की वजह April 22, 2021 at 03:18PM

Grim list of deaths at police hands grows even after verdict April 22, 2021 at 01:31AM

Just as the guilty verdict was about to be read in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, police in Ohio shot and killed a Black teenager in broad daylight during a confrontation.

Joe Biden opening summit with ambitious new US climate pledge April 22, 2021 at 01:21AM

President Joe Biden will open a global climate summit with a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the US pumps out, a commitment he hopes will spur China and other big polluters to speed up efforts of their own.

EU preparing legal case against AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls: Sources April 22, 2021 at 12:02AM

The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, sources familiar with the matter said. The move would mark a further step in an EU plan to sever ties with the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker after the company repeatedly cut supplies to the bloc, contributing to major delays in Europe's vaccine rollout.

Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight April 22, 2021 at 12:16AM

The Syrian government received a batch of 203,000 Covid-19 vaccines Thursday, the health minister said, in a move aimed at speeding up a sluggish inoculation process in the war-torn country.

German MPs quiz Angela Merkel, ministers over Wirecard scandal April 22, 2021 at 12:30AM

Germany's finance minister faces a grilling Thursday by lawmakers probing the collapse of payments firm Wirecard in a parliamentary inquiry that would also put Chancellor Angela Merkel in the hot seat.

For Israeli cigarette butt collector, every day is Earth Day April 22, 2021 at 12:06AM

Julian Melcer is cleaning up a Tel Aviv beach, one cigarette butt at a time. Prowling the shore, a large plastic bag in hand, the 26-year-old Israeli treats every day like Earth Day, picking up butts and selling small pouches he calls pocket ashtrays to smokers to deter them from littering.

Commonwealth panel acknowledges racism in honoring war dead April 22, 2021 at 12:10AM

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has apologized after an investigation found that at least 161,000 mostly Africans and Indians who died fighting for the British Empire during World War I weren't properly honored due to "pervasive racism."

Hong Kong journalist convicted for accessing public records April 21, 2021 at 11:57PM

A Hong Kong journalist was found guilty on Thursday of making false statements in obtaining information for an investigation into an attack on anti-government protesters, in the latest blow to press freedom in the city as authorities continue their crackdown on dissent.

क्लाइमेट चेंज समिट में PM:प्रधानमंत्री मोदी आज वर्ल्ड लीडर्स को संबोधित करेंगे; अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति बाइडेन कर रहे आयोजन April 21, 2021 at 10:31PM

China warns of 'serious harm' to relations as Australia scraps BRI deal April 21, 2021 at 10:03PM

Australia has overruled Victoria state's decision to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) -- the flagship of President Xi Jinping's geostrategic vision for the Asia-Pacific region -- saying the agreement was inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy.

Fearing 'extremist' tag, Xinjiang's Uighur Muslims not fasting in Ramzan April 21, 2021 at 08:30PM

After three years of ban on fasting during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), Uyghur Muslims from Xinjiang refrain fasting during Ramadan despite easing of restrictions this year, due to lingering fear of being branded an "extremist" and marked for detention.