July2020

Popular British actor Idris Elba is receiving the top honor of BAFTA award. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is honoring people for their varied contributions to television. The award will be presented...

Portugal awarded a human rights award to teen environmentalist Greta Thunberg last Monday. She later promised to donate the entire amount to some groups working to protect the environment and combat climate change. Greta Thunberg has been...

Washington has ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas. Beijing has been asked to close the consulate by next Friday. The United States has said the decision was made to protect its “intellectual...

A final test of a Chinese-invented vaccine to prevent the spread of the pandemic coronavirus began in Brazil on Tuesday. There, volunteers received the first dose of the vaccine. Officials hope this will turn the tide...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has ruled out right-arm pacer Joffra Archer in the second Test of the series against the West Indies for violating coronavirus biosecurity rules. As a result, Archer was in...

Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Autism, has been chosen as a “Thematic Ambassador” by Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) under the thematic domain of ‘Vulnerability’, reports BSS. Saima, who...

India cancelled a historic Hindu pilgrimage to a holy cave high in the snow-capped mountains of contested Kashmir for the first time, because of the novel coronavirus continued to increase today. There were 37,724 new cases...

An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 hits the Alaska peninsula yesterday, as stated by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake, with an epicenter at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), prompted the U.S. National Tsunami Warning...

Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million today, as stated by a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis. In USA, which has the most...

Waymo LLC and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will expand the partnership of autonomous vehicle to commercial vehicles, and Fiat Chrysler will develop fully self-driving vehicles exclusively with Waymo going forward, the companies said today. Waymo, a...