Six months after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency, the virus has killed more than 687,000 people since it first emerged in China late last year. Fresh clusters have been reported in countries that had previously brought their outbreaks under control, forcing governments to reimpose lockdown measures despite …
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More than 500 hikers evacuated from Indonesian volcano after quake
Tonnes of rock and mud were dislodged on Mount Rinjani in the 6.4-magnitude quake, which struck early Sunday and was followed by scores of aftershocks, blocking the hiking routes that crisscross the mountain. An estimated 560 stranded trekkers were thought to have included citizens from the United States, France, the …
Read More »Milky Way disc much bigger than thought: Study
Spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way have discs which are really thin, in which the major fraction of their stars are found. These discs are limited in size, so that beyond certain radius there are very few stars left. In our Galaxy we were not aware that there are …
Read More »Suspected Russia raids kill more than 50 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor
Nine children were among those killed when the strikes hit the Zardana area of Idlib province late on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman said the toll was rising because more bodies had been found under the rubble of houses destroyed in the …
Read More »More than three-fourths of Green card waiting list comprise of Indians: USCIS
As of May 2018, there were 395,025 foreign nationals waiting for Green Card under the employment-based preference category. Of these 306,601 were Indians, according to the latest figures released by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). This does not include counts of dependent beneficiaries associated with the approved immigrant petitions, …
Read More »Fitness matters more than age, Dhoni answers critics after IPL victory
After the auction, Super Kings were criticised for picking nine players in their 30s including Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu but they proved to be instrumental in the team’s triumph after coming back from a two-year ban. Rayudu (602) and Watson (555) were among top-five run-getters this IPL. “We talked …
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