DECEMBER 10, 2020
Rudolph W. Giuliani, a lawyer for President Trump, stands next to a map during a news conference about lawsuits related to the presidential election results at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on Thursday. - Sarah Silbiger / TWP
The GOP’s latest effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, like many such efforts before it, is...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Before 2020 comes to a close, Jupiter and Saturn will be so close that they will appear to form a "double planet." The great conjunction, as the planetary alignment has come to be known, hasn't occurred in nearly 800 years.
When their orbits align every 20 years, Jupiter and Saturn get extremely close to one another. This...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Cold, hard science powered the race that produced the first coronavirus vaccine, expected to win clearance imminently after gaining a positive vote from a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee Thursday night. The challenge next moves to more-fraught terrain — getting impatient Americans to understand that, while a vaccine is here, most will have to wait.
Hospital systems...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Vaccinations were underway in Britain as the F.D.A.’s advisory panel met on Thursday. - Pool photo by Victoria Jones
Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine passed a critical milestone on Thursday when a panel of experts formally recommended that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the vaccine. The agency is likely to do so within days, giving health care workers...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Mumbai: Contemporary Indian dancer Astad Deboo, known for amalgamating Indian and western dance techniques, died here on Thursday, his family said. He was 73.
He was suffering from lymphoma, a type of blood cancer that develops when white blood cells called lymphocytes grow out of control, a close family friend said.
Astad Deboo employed his training in Indian classical...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Representational photo In the US, a Pew survey shows 60% of people will “probably” or “definitely” take the vaccine – up from 51% in September – but only 37% are willing to be among the first to take it. They are afraid of the many rumoured and real side effects. - Javier Zayas Photography/Getty
The...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
With the pandemic rendering work commute moot, corporations shifted most of their work online.
In a testimony to this, a new report highlights a sharp increase in the screen time of Android users around the world this year - up by as much as 25 percent.
An year-end report by analytics firm App Annie records the massive hike. As...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
MS Dhoni is one of the greatest captains that the Indian cricket team or the IPL has ever had. MS Dhoni is the only captain in the history of cricket to have won all three ICC trophies (World T20, World Cup and Champions Trophy) in his tenure.
In the Indian Premier League, MS Dhoni has helped Chennai Super...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Representational photo The employment fell in India for the second consecutive month in November 2020. In October, the count of the employed had fallen by 0.1 per cent (60 lakhs), while in November, the fall was larger at 0.9 per cent (35 lakhs), according to the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy. - INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images
The...
DECEMBER 10, 2020
India’s desi-GPS is now in the same league as the US, Russia and China — can scan 1,500 kilometres beyond its own border. - ISRO
India’s own indigenous navigation system has hit a new milestone. The Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC) is now in league with the US, China, and Russia as a recognised component of the...
