April2018
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Winner of UNICEF Climate Comic Contest, Sona Sridhar launches full length comic book on Earth Day
Apr 24, 2018Sathviga ‘Sona’ Sridhar – a 21-year-old artist from Chennai, India, and winner of the inaugural UNICEF Climate Comic Contest – launched her first ever full-length comic book in celebration of Earth Day 2018. The book features... -
500,000 children affected by drought in Afghanistan
Apr 24, 2018The extremely dry winter has affected 22 provinces across Afghanistan and now threatens to negatively impact the lives of one million people, with an additional two million who could feel its effects over the coming months.... -
Sanofi Head of Global R&D Elias Zerhouni to retire
Apr 24, 2018Elias Zerhouni, M.D., Head of Global Research and Development will retire from Sanofi on June 30th, 2018, after more than 9 years of distinguished service with the company. He will be succeeded in the post by... -
HUAWEI nova 3e hits Bangladeshi market with FullView Display and more
Apr 24, 2018Huawei Consumer Business Group has launched a new superstar smartphone HUAWEI nova 3e in Bangladesh which fuses high-end design and performance advances with exceptional value. This uniquely featured smartphone is specifically designed for dynamic, young professionals... -
Careem to appeal after a court banned its services in the capital Amman in Jordan
Apr 24, 2018Careem, the Middle East ride-hailing app, said on Tuesday it would appeal after a Jordanian court banned its services in the capital Amman. Jordan’s telecommunications regulator said in a statement on its website that the app... -
Amazon.com Inc started a new program to deliver packages to its members’ parked cars
Apr 24, 2018Not content to stop at slipping packages inside customers’ front doors, Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday started a new program to deliver packages to its members’ parked cars. The world’s largest online retailer is rolling the program... -
Malaria is spreading rapidly in crisis-hit Venezuela
Apr 24, 2018Malaria is spreading rapidly in crisis-hit Venezuela, with more than an estimated 406,000 cases in 2017, up roughly 69 percent from a year before, the largest increase worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.... -
Electromagnetic fields in electric cars don’t appear strong enough to interfere with pacemaker in heart
Apr 24, 2018Electromagnetic fields produced by motors in electric cars don’t appear strong enough to interfere with implanted heart devices like pacemakers and defibrillators, a small German study suggests. All electric motors can produce electromagnetic fields. If these... -
Beximco Pharmaceuticals started the export of its third item to the United States
Apr 24, 2018Beximco Pharmaceuticals has started the export of its third item -Methocarbamol (500mg and 700mg) to the United States. Following the successful marketing of Carvedilol and Sotalol in August 2016 and November 2017, respectively in the world’s... -
Softbank, Google join $1.9 billion investment in China truck-hailing firm
Apr 24, 2018Japan’s Softbank Group and Alphabet Inc’s venture capital fund CapitalG are among investors pouring $1.9 billion into a truck hailing service platform Manbang, the Chinese company said in a statement on Tuesday. Manbang, formally known as...
