eamesBot/Shutterstock It is a conundrum. For much of the past two months, many people have been convinced that mortality associated with COVID-19 would rise as the number of people testing positive with the disease increased. But this has not happened so far. Why? A look at government data from EnglandContinue Reading
MS Dhoni will be leading the Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming edition of the IPL.© Instagram Former India cricketer MS Dhoni’s wife Sakshi had a few fun questions in store for daughter Ziva, as observed in a video posted on Ziva’s official Instagram handle on Wednesday. “Papa’s biggest fan,”Continue Reading
The students were prevented from completing the training course Photo showing the completion of the police training course in Mozambique | screen shot, 19 August, STV – Youtube, taken by the author. A document from the Mozambican Police (PRM) that has leaked in local media in early August revealed thatContinue Reading
The letter says a new set of regulations threatens the country’s ecological and environmental security Garbage on Body of Water. Photo by Yogendra Singh from Pexels. Used under Pexels license. Over 500 Indian scientists, researchers, and academics from more than 130 institutions wrote an open letter urging India’s environment ministry to withdraw a newContinue Reading
Shutterstock/maewshooter Whether it’s a true crime documentary or the latest super cool crime noir series, it seems everyone wants to be a detective. Everyone, that is, except serving police officers in England and Wales. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) called the lack of trained detectives a “national crisis” and theContinue Reading
Elon Musk at Neuralink presentation with robot. Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY-SA If thoughts, feelings and other mental activities are nothing more than electrochemical signals flowing around a vast network of brain cells, will connecting these signals with digital electronics allow us to enhance the abilities of our brains? That’s whatContinue Reading
More than 600 nurses worldwide have died from COVID-19 during the pandemic. This should not be a surprise: we are the largest group of healthcare workers in the world, dedicated to preventing the spread of coronavirus, and we are also engaged in caring for those who are suffering. But althoughContinue Reading
Jason Roy has been included in the England ODI squad along with Joe Root and Chris Woakes.© ICC/Twitter Batsman Jason Roy has been included in England’s ODI squad that will face Australia in the upcoming three-match series, starting from September 11. Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler, who left the bio-secure bubble andContinue Reading
biD LTasgY/unsplash Social media influencers are often seen as lazy freelancers who make a living being paid to pretend they like products. But these “celebrities’” are more than just marketing vehicles. If used properly, they can be effective agents of positive social change. Yet the UK government has taken aContinue Reading
A detainee holds a hand against her cell window at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre, Bedford. Pete Maclaine/Shutterstock Long waiting times for asylum seekers, the tightening of rules for student visas – and more recently, convoluted procedures for EU citizens – are just some of the issues with the UK immigrationContinue Reading
