JULY 31, 2021
Karnataka government has asked local authorities to again go for micro-containment zones if the Covid-19 cases spike. (PTI)
With Kerala again turning into a hotbed of Covid-19 infection, bordering states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have tightened restrictions as these two states too have reported a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases, albeit not as much as...
JULY 31, 2021
Handwritten notes from former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue, released Friday by the House Oversight Committee, appear to show that former President Trump tried to pressure the Department of Justice to declare there was significant fraud tainting the 2020 presidential election.
The documents were obtained by the committee as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn...
JULY 31, 2021
The 37-year-old Chinese weightlifter became the oldest man to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport on Saturday after a tense finish in the men’s 81-kilogram category.
Wearing his signature shiny gold shoes, Lyu lifted 170kg in the snatch and 204kg in the clean and jerk for a total 374kg. That was 7kg more than Zacarias Bonnat...
JULY 31, 2021
Sindhu was looking to reach a second consecutive Olympic final but ended up falling to a relentless Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in straight games in the semi-final at the Musashino Forest Plaza in Tokyo. Sindhu, who was yet to drop a game throughout the tournament, said that she is said to have missed out on the...
JULY 30, 2021
A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered at a three-day clinic in Wilmington, Calif., on Thursday. - Mario Tama/Getty Images
In yet another unexpected and unwelcome twist in the nation’s pandemic, fully immunized people with so-called breakthrough infections of the Delta variant may spread the virus to others just as easily as unvaccinated people, the Centers for...
JULY 28, 2021
Lord West is a former cyber-security minister
The Royal Navy and Britain's merchant fleet, along with most others around the world, rely on satellites for navigation - but what happens if they don't work?
It's a question that troubles the former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead, who has spent months trying to find out if the UK...
JULY 28, 2021
Researchers have for the first time captured atomic-scale images of molecules before and after a chemical reaction--a breakthrough that will help researchers and students better visualize chemistry and could eventually lead to improved electronics.
First Images Of How A Molecule’s Structure Changes In A Reaction. - UC Berkeley
Traditionally, scientists have to infer how a molecule's structure changes...
JULY 27, 2021
Collectively the five companies market value is worth more than a third of the entire S&P 500 index of America’s 500 largest traded companies. - Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images
Google, Apple and Microsoft are expected to report record-breaking quarterly sales and profits on Tuesday night as the firms continue to benefit from a pandemic that has created a...
JULY 27, 2021
US Representative Liz Cheney delivered stern opening remarks for the first hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday. - Oliver Contreras/NY Times
Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, issued a defiant challenge to her own party on Tuesday as a special House committee began its inquiry into the Jan. 6...
JULY 27, 2021
Russia finished more than 3 points ahead of the U.S. Britain won the bronze medal. - Doug Mills/NY Times
In midair, soaring over a vault, Simone Biles realized she had lost her way.
She came into the Olympics as Team U.S.A.’s star, expected to bring home gold medals and fulfill the obligations of a global celebrity. The weight of...
