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The Coronavirus pandemic has led to global lockdowns –it has cleared parks, streets and famous landmarks around the world. Fatalities have risen to more than 572,000 with 13 million active
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Fractious international order, diminished financial capacity, despondent global society and technologically supercharged environment The COVID-19 pandemic is a train wreck in slow motion. This crash could turn out to be
Continue readingINSIGHT: 21st Century World Wars Have Already Begun
A glacier in Italy is turning pink because of algae — a development that will make the ice melt faster, a scientist studying the phenomenon told CNN. Also, this giant
Continue readingA Glacier in Italy is Turning Pink. And That’s Not Good News For South Asia Also
The variant is now common in Bangladesh, where 63 percent of people carry at least one copy. Across all of South Asia, almost one-third of people have inherited the segment
Continue readingDNA Inherited From Neanderthals May Increase Risk of Covid-19
IRSHAD SALIM — When I sign in my Facebook account, the usherette of this global multiplex cinema asks me “What do you have in mind, Irshad”. It’s Sunday in Islamabad
Three American migrants (Pakistani girls) made Lady Liberty smile with their efforts for a global strategy change: Unilever is now bringing changes to its decades old brand “Fair & Lovely”
Continue reading‘Racial’ Products Get Makeover After Global Backlash, ‘The Context Has Changed’
Gandhi, a man whose real legacy is racism, casteism, and sexual abuse, has been falsely projected as a civil rights hero. He has robbed our true civil rights heroes of
Continue readingINSIGHT: ‘Gandhi Has Got to Go…He Never Changed’
A new paper by an international team of scientists and researchers sand papers the planet’s growth-oriented economies and the pursuit of affluence mantra. If institutionally accepted worldwide, the study could
A “ring of fire” eclipse normally happens when the sun, moon and Earth are aligned The year’s first solar eclipse – with a ‘ring of fire’ this Sunday – will
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Searches for ‘British prime minister’ and ‘World War 2 generals’ on Saturday called up photos of everyone else but the legendary British prime minister — just after his statue in
Continue readingChurchill’s Picture Mysteriously Vanishes From GOOGLE, and This…
We should bear in mind that as severe as this crisis is, there is worse coming, renowned political activist Noam Chomsky warns. “There will be recovery from the pandemic, at
Continue readingAnother, Probably More Severe Pandemic Has Been Predicted: Noam Chomsky
Possibly so: Cities might have to reinvent themselves all over again. Urban areas will survive, but with a surge in working from home just as it’s happening now and post
Continue readingWho Needs Cities When We All Can Work From Home, No?