Up to 60m people will be pushed into “extreme poverty” by the coronavirus warns the president of the World Bank. David Malpass said the bank expects global economic growth to shrink by 5% this year as nations deal with the pandemic. This has already led to millions losing their jobs […]
Year: 2020
The court also observed that the presence of the Municipal Commissioner would be beneficial for adjudication and directed the petitioner to add the BMC commissioner as a party to the case. The Bombay High Court on Tuesday sought response from the state government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on […]
Heavy rains and winds have been reported in eastern India and Bangladesh, with a super cyclone expected to make landfall in hours. Heavy rains and wind have been reported from eastern India and Bangladesh Both countries have evacuated millions of people in preparation for Cyclone Amphan, which is approaching […]
Essential cross-border workers like healthcare professionals, airline crews and truck drivers are still permitted to cross. Truck drivers are critical as they move food and medical goods in both directions. Much of Canada’s food supply comes from or via the U.S. The two governments announced a 30-day extension of the […]
Carbon emissions are predicted to fall between 4.2 and 7.5 per cent on last year, as against a rise of 1% that was earlier predicted of 2020 before the COVID-19 outbreak. Global carbon emissions are set to see their steepest fall this year since World War II, thanks to unprecedented […]
Xi’s government cut off direct communications across the Taiwan Strait during Tsai’s first four years in office, citing her refusal to accept that both sides belong to “one China.” Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen urged China’s Xi Jinping to “find a way to co-exist” with the island’s democratic government, as she […]
It was the first criminal case where a death sentence was pronounced by remote hearing in Singapore A man has been sentenced to death in Singapore via a Zoom video-call for his role in a drug deal, the city-state’s first case where capital punishment has been delivered remotely. Punithan Genasan, […]
Electric bikes can slash transport emissions and offer workers a way to return to the workplace during coronavirus, a new study has found. If e-bikes took off in the same way in the UK, as in many European cities, it would reduce congestion, improve mobility, and save CO2, the study […]
A fossil unearthed in Australia by a volunteer digger has been identified as a rare, toothless dinosaur that roamed the country 110 million years ago. The elaphrosaur, whose name means “light-footed lizard”, was related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptor. The five-centimetre (two-inch) vertebrae fossil was discovered during a dig […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday (May 18) surpassed 90,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1.5 million confirmed cases, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University. The Baltimore-based monitor registered 10,000 deaths in just one week. The US has the world’s highest number of deaths and infections […]