As activists mobilized against the bill, police targeted them A police officer kicks a protester during a demonstration against the police protection bill on October 6. Image credit: Nawaat, used with permission. As the Tunisian parliament considers a controversial police protection bill, protests erupted in the city of Bardo toContinue Reading
By awarding the 2020 Nobel peace prize to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), the Nobel committee said that it wanted to “turn the eyes of the world to the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger”. Among its reasons for awarding the prize wereContinue Reading
Shutterstock Scientific analysis of COVID-19 is dominated by medical and pharmaceutical questions of vaccines and risk minimisation. But meanwhile, social scientists must track the emerging social orders where new conventions and senses of self and kinship are forming. They are finding that a brand new coronavirus culture is emerging, andContinue Reading
Women sometimes give birth en route to far-away clinics Mother Mphatso Gumulira, 15, with her son Zayitwa in the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. Photo via DFID/Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Editor’s note: This story was written by Kondwani Magombo as part of the UK government-funded PROTECT project for ARTICLEContinue Reading
Muscle dysmorphia can lead to other mental health conditions, such as anxiety or depression. F8 studio Body image concerns among men are increasingly common and can have a serious impact on mental health. And for an estimated one in ten young men who go the gym in the UK, theseContinue Reading
Follow the Indian Premier League 2020 live cricket score on Sports.NDTV.com. After 3.0 overs, Delhi Capitals are 31/1. Get live score, ball by ball commentary and much more. Keep track of Indian Premier League 2020 today match between Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals. Everything related to Rajasthan Royals and DelhiContinue Reading
The 12 activists are now detained in Shenzen Activists protested outside Government Flying Service’s headquarters on October 8. Photo posted by Joshua Wong on his Facebook profile. Flight records and newly leaked documents belonging to Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS) suggest that the Hong Kong police tailed 12 fleeingContinue Reading
IPL 2020: Yuvraj Singh poked at David Warner on Twitter© Instagram Yuvraj Singh is known for his sense of humour in social media. Even after retiring from international cricket, the former India all-rounder still garners attention from fans across the world. The 2011 ODI World Cup winner took to TwitterContinue Reading
A prehistoric woman with a child have left behind the world's longest trackway. Author provided Every parent knows the feeling. Your child is crying and wants to go home, you pick them up to comfort them and move faster, your arms tired with a long walk ahead – but youContinue Reading
Mount Etna erupting. Tomarchio Francesco/Shutterstock How can we tell when a volcano is going to erupt? – Lena, aged eight, Frankfurt, Germany Predicting when a volcano might erupt is very difficult. Some volcanoes erupt almost constantly, such as Kīlauea on Hawaii, but others may have gaps of hundreds of thousandsContinue Reading
