JANUARY 5, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. - J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday criticized the White House’s classified War Powers notification to Congress for the attack that killed Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, saying it "raises more questions than it answers."
“This document prompts serious and urgent questions about the timing, manner and justification of the Administration’s...
JANUARY 4, 2020
Screenshot Google's opt-in ask for audio tracking
Google says it records interactions with connected devices like the Google Home speaker only when we use the "wake word," of "Hey, Google," or "OK, Google."
But when using many of the Google smartphone apps with a microphone for voice search, or even Google on the desktop with voice commands, it can...
JANUARY 3, 2020
This mineral was scarce yet necessary for early life.
The first life-forms on Earth needed a pu pu platter of ingredients to exist, but one of those ingredients, the mineral phosphorus, has long puzzled scientists. No one knew how phosphorus, one of the six main chemical elements of life, became plentiful enough on early Earth for life to...
JANUARY 3, 2019
FILE Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on Dec. 19, 2019. - Erin Scott/Reuters
WASHINGTON, D.C. - While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanded an immediate briefing on the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Friday that he was informed about the operation beforehand...
JANUARY 2, 2020
Denmark sets record, sourcing almost half of power from wind. - Getty Images
COPENHAGEN - Denmark has reportedly set a record by sourcing almost half of its power from wind energy.
The European country received 47 percent of its electricity from wind in 2019, based on preliminary data, the grid operator Energinet said Thursday, according to Reuters. This is...
JANUARY 2, 2020
An American Airlines Boeing 767-300 aircraft takes off from Zurich Airport January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
The United States has warned its air carriers to avoid Pakistani airspace citing the probable threat of attacks on its airlines.
In a statement, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the commercial and the state carriers could be a target of...
JANUARY 1, 2020
India's unemployment rate increased to 7.7 per cent in December, slightly higher than 7.48 per cent reported in the previous month, according to data released by think-tank Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) on Thursday. In November, the unemployment rate had fallen nearly 1 per cent to 7.48 per cent compared to a three-year high of 8.45...
DECEMBER 1, 2020
Indian engineers may figure among the most powerful CEOs in the world, but the country's BTech/BE degree has lost its sheen over the years. According to a survey conducted by Aspiring Minds- an employability assessment company, 80 per cent of Indian engineers are unemployable for any job in the knowledge economy. Notably, the Human Resource Development Ministry’s...
JANUARY 1, 2020
This nearly whole, deep-black skull belongs to the most complete specimen of Tyrannosaurus rex on display in Europe, an individual nicknamed Tristan Otto. With 170 of its 300-odd bones preserved, this scientifically important but privately owned skeleton is currently at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Germany. Discovered in 2010 in Montana’s famed Hell Creek Formation of...
JANUARY 1, 2020
In a slight relief from the dense fog and cold wave that disrupted flight and train operations in north India since the last few days, a change in wind direction has started to show its effect on the temperature in and around Delhi.
As a result of the warm, moist and low-level easterlies, maximum temperatures over the northern...
