U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that a non-invasive coronavirus test that delivers results in 15-20 minutes, is to be rolled out across the state. The test-kit is also headed to scores of poorer countries, as global health authorities scramble to contain the disease in lieu of deaths crossing 1 million figures worldwide. Around 150 […]
The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has boiled over 1 million, nearly a year into the devastating pandemic that crisis that has crashed the global economy, crumpled countries and resolves, and forced an entire era of beings to mold their lifestyles around the crisis. The grim figures, recorded in U.S. on Monday by Johns […]
The Virgin Hyperloop, a concept that has sparked interest and anticipation since its reveal, is now on its way to scaling its futuristic advancements in India. The UAE-backed loop is now in-works to establish a speedy route from Kempegowda International Airport to Bengaluru – the country’s buzzing tech hub. The designs, mapping a high-tech system […]
Monday saw a sum of recoveries in India peak and climb past the 5 million landmark, with recovered cases outpacing active ones by more than 5 times. “India’s steady trend of posting high level of daily recoveries continues”, remarked the Indian Ministry of Health, alluding the feat to its ‘enhanced medical infrastructure, implementation of Standard […]
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, unveiled an initiative for exempting electric vehicles licensed in Dubai from public parking fees for two years starting from July 1, 2020. The step supports Dubai’s Green Mobility Strategy by encouraging the use of this type of vehicles. “This initiative complements a previous initiative launched in 2018 designating parking […]
The emirates launched its first environmental nano-satellite on Monday, crafted by the students of Khalifa University, KU, and the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, AURAK. As part of the UAE Space Agency’s efforts to drive experiential learning in universities, MeznSat was carried to a low Earth orbit altitude of 575km from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome […]
It’s been well over a year since the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was announced during E3 in 2019 and we finally learn the fate of the franchise. Nintendo had earlier in the month announced Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, a Breath of the Wild prequel, during a surprise livestream and also gave […]
Sri Lanka has shipped back to Britain container-loads of waste that the government said was brought into the island in violation of international laws governing the shipping of hazardous material. The 21 containers — holding up to 260 tonnes of rubbish — first arrived by ship in the capital Colombo’s main port between September 2017 […]
President Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for president and in his first year in the White House, according to a report published Sunday in The New York Times. Trump, who has fiercely guarded his tax filings and is the only president in modern times not to make […]
More than a month after the Beirut blasts left behind devastated communities, Emirates continues to do its part to help turn its customers’ collective generosity from all corners of the globe into essential humanitarian cargo and support recovery efforts to help those affected rebuild their lives. Contributions are continuing to pour in from Emirates customers […]
The Ayodhya administration has denied permission to stage Ram Leela in the district in view of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The permission to stage Ram Leela in Ayodhya was sought by the ‘Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan’, the government department that organises the performance, said Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan manager Ram Teerath. Teerath said that the department had […]
