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Indian Teacher Wins $1M Global Prize, Gives Away Half to Runners Up; UK Math Teacher Gets Covid Hero Prize

Ranjitsinh Disale who won this year's Global Teacher Prize has given half of his prize money to the runners-up of the competition

Dec 3, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus Education

Nike Ad on Racism in Japan Divides Twitter Users, Some Call for Boycott of Products [VIDEO]

The ad prompted some to call for a boycott of the company's products, while others hailed it as "accurate" depiction of Japanese society.

Dec 2, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Malaysian Leaders Want Study on Coronavirus Vaccine's Halal Compliance

As countries are looking to carry out the largest mass immunization in the history with COVID-19 vaccine, Islamic countries want to avoid rejection from its citizens.

Dec 2, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Singapore Becomes First Country in the World to Approve Sale of Plant-Based Meat

Singapore is fast moving toward promoting the culture of plant-based meat, and that too at a time when it is trying to be self sufficient in producing its own food.

Dec 2, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Leaked Wuhan Files Reiterate How China Mishandled Coronavirus Cases Initially

The internal documents from Hubei Provincial CDC revealed local authorities under-reporting new Coronavirus cases and lacked the urgency to address the situation

Dec 1, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Assassination: Weapon Used to Kill Physicist Was Made in Israel, Iran's Press TV Says

President Hasan Rouhani and other Iranian officials blamed the country's long-time enemy Israel for the attack.

Nov 30, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Beating Facial Recognition: Japanese Store Wants to Purchase 'Face' to Turn It into Super-Realistic Mask

As part of the 'That Face' project, Tokyo-based Kamenya Omote is paying to collect face data and turn them into 3D-printed masks with an incredible level of details

Nov 30, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Coronavirus

China Refuses to Apologize Over FAKE Image of Australian Solider Killing Afghan Child

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lijian Zhao tweeted an altered image of an Australian soldier with a bloodied knife slitting the throat of an Afghan child.

Nov 30, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Covid-19 Vaccine Maker Files $13M Lawsuit Against Volunteer for 'Spreading Misinformation'

The move comes after the volunteer sent a legal notice to the company seeking $676,000 as compensation after allegedly suffering "virtual neurological breakdown".

Nov 30, 2020

By R. Ghosh

Coronavirus

Medicine That Can Kill Coronavirus in One Hour Makes Rounds; Here is a Fact Check

Baseless messages claiming cure for coronavirus are making rounds on social media in Malaysia.

Nov 30, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Coronavirus

Indonesia's Mount Ili Erupts on Sunday Triggering Flight Warning, Closure of Local Airport

After Indonesia's Mount Ili Lewotolok erupted on Sunday authorities raised the volcano's alert status to its second-heist level

Nov 29, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

'War With America': Iranian Protesters Burn US, Israel Flags Over Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's Killing

Protesters burned photos of President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden in the north-eastern city of Mashhad.

Nov 29, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

30 dead, 24 injured in Afghan suicide bombing

The explosion occurred when a suicide bomber rammed into an explosive-laden hijacked military vehicle near the army camp along a road connecting Ghazni city to the neighbouring Dih Yak

Nov 29, 2020

By IANS

Coronavirus Devastates Tourism-Dependent Monkeys in Thailand, British Musician Plays Music to Keep Them Calm

Coronavirus pandemic has drastically affected Thailand's economy, as the country's revenue is largely dependent on tourism

Nov 29, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Coronavirus

Iran Blames Israel for Killing of Its Top Nuclear Scientist, Israel Denies

Israeli cabinet minister said he had "no clue" who was behind the ambush by gunmen on Fakhrizadeh's car

Nov 29, 2020

By IANS

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