Category: General Interest

The 2018 WorldRiskReport focuses on children, and has concluded that in wars, conflicts or natural disasters, they are often the people made most vulnerable. Vanuatu, Tonga and the Philippines are among the countries most in danger, while Qatar, Malta and Saudi Arabia are among..

Efforts to fight Ebola in Beni are hindered after a deadly act of violence by the Allied Democratic Front (ADF). However, the World Health Organisation says that despite deadly attacks, Ebola response activities are continuing. The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a severe illness in humans..

The sole supplier of inactivated polio vaccines to India is likely to raise its price per dose in the coming years as a result of a global shortage of IPV. This leaves India’s polio-free status dependant on funding from an international organisation. Poliomyelitis, or polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. In…

Several top marketers were openly critical of the tech giant, after an investigation detailing how Facebook’s top executives made the company’s growth a priority while ignoring and hiding warning signs over how its data and power were being exploited. Facebook, a social media…

The Supreme Court’s verdict comes just before the start of Vrischikam, the start of the Malayalam month that marks the beginning of the annual pilgrimage to Sabarimala Temple. SC will resume a public hearing of the review petition with newly appointed CJI Ranjan Gogoi on 22nd January 2019. The Sabarimala Temple is a pilgrimage site…

A leading Russian space research centre has posted a video of its nuclear-powered rocket, that will be able to land on Mars after seven months, and can be re-launched into space just 48 hours after landing. The space research centre also targeted SpaceX’s Elon Musk by describing…

Facebook will allow French regulators to “embed” inside the company to examine how it combats online hate speech, the first time the wary tech giant has opened its doors in such a way. President Macron made headlines by winning the French Presidential Elections in 2017 despite…

The Indian Army has inducted 145 M777 Ultra Light Howitzers into its arsenal, in a key step to modernising its army and increasing its defence production capability. The M777 howitzer is a towed 155 mm artillery piece. It succeeded the M198 howitzer in the United States Marine Corps and United States Army…

Research done by the BBC on fake news trends in India, Nigeria and Kenya has shown that nationalism is driving ordinary citizens in India to spread fake news. The research in Africa suggested that national identity was insignificant in the spread of fake news. The Republic of India in…

The death toll from a devastating California wildfire has matched that of the deadliest to hit the state, with 29 people killed, a local sheriff said on Sunday (Nov 11). A wildfire or wildland fire is a fire in an area of combustible vegetation that occurs in rural areas. Wildfires can becharacterized in terms of…