“it’s important for every schoolkid in Latvia to know about the Livonians.” Livonian poet and language activist Valts Ernštreits. Photo used with permission. This is the second part of an interview I conducted with Livonian poet and translator Valts Ernštreits, who is currently the director of the Livonian Institute, foundedContinue Reading
IPL Points Table: Mumbai Indians have won four of their six matches so far.© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians romped Rajasthan Royals by 57 runs on Tuesday to go to the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 points table, winning their third match in a row. Suryakumar Yadav hit anContinue Reading
The country’s electoral commission has annulled the official results Mass protests on Ala-Too Square, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, October 5, 2020. Photo (c): Aigerim Turgunbayeva. Used with permission. Mass protests against electoral fraud in Kyrgyzstan have overthrown the country’s government. On October 4, this Central Asian country of 6.3 million voted inContinue Reading
In 1968, at the height of the last great influenza pandemic, at least a million people worldwide died, including 100,000 Americans. That year A.M.M. Payne, a professor of epidemiology at Yale University, wrote: In the conquest of Mount Everest anything less than 100% success is failure, but in most communicableContinue Reading
Eugene Lu/Shutterstock There are now quite a few COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline, but two seem to be making promising progress: the one designed by the US biotechnology company Moderna, and the one developed by the University of Oxford in collaboration with AstraZeneca. In both cases, the research teams haveContinue Reading
IPL 2020, MI vs RR: Kartik Tyagi grabbed a wicket in his side’s defeat© BCCI/IPL England and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes reckons that Kartik Tyagi’s run-up is like former Australian pacer Brett Lee but the debutant delivers the ball like Ishant Sharma. Tyagi made his Indian Premier League debutContinue Reading
We actually need to eat more protein as we age. Monkey Business Images/ Shutterstock Protein is an essential part of a healthy diet. It helps us build and maintain strong muscles and bones, helps us better recover from illness and injury, and reduces likelihood of falls and fractures. But, asContinue Reading
The temporary loss of data relating to 16,000 positive cases of COVID-19 has raised serious concerns about the operation of the UK’s test and trace system. The NHS body responsible, Public Health England, blamed a technical glitch and said cases were added to the system immediately after the problem wasContinue Reading
Follow the Indian Premier League 2020 live cricket score on Sports.NDTV.com. After 1.0 overs, Rajasthan Royals, chasing a target of 194, are 5/1. Get live score, ball by ball commentary and much more. Keep track of Indian Premier League 2020 today match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Everything relatedContinue Reading
Pixpan_creative/Shutterstock Despite early predictions that the coronavirus pandemic would cause international student numbers to decline, the UK is set for a record increase, with enrolments from non-EU international students up 9% this academic year. Universities had feared that a fall in international student numbers would lead to a significant lossContinue Reading
