Author: Dr Anand Mali
China has demanded that its laboratory in Wuhan be awarded the prestigious Nobel prize for its contribution to the research of the coronavirus. In a recent press conference, China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry’s spokesperson Zhau Lijian said that China’s Wuhan Lab deserved a Nobel Prize in Medicine for studying the coronavirus. The minister’s statement comes at the heels of the lab being nominated for China’s top science award. The Chinese Academy of Sciences selected the Wuhan Institute of Virology for its ‘Outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize’ in 2021 for its role in identifying the genome of the virus. There have…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lost his restraint during a press conference on Monday. He asked a journalist to shut up and called Media Group Globo, the largest media conglomerate in Brazil. “Shut up! You do rotten press. This is useless. You destroy the Brazilian family, the Brazilian religion,” the president shouted out of his mind at a Globo TV journalist who asked him a question about wearing a face mask. In particular, the journalist reminded the chief that he was fined in several Brazilian states for participating in demonstrations without a mask. “I go where I want and how I…
Days after billionaire Jeff Bezos announced he would be flying to space, multiple petitions have been launched to prevent the Amazon CEO’s return to Earth. Two of these petitions have collectively gathered over 56,000 signatures. On June 7, Bezos said that he would be going to space with his brother Mark Bezos, when his space exploration company Blue Origin launches its first flight carrying humans. His announcement triggered a lot of memes and statements from netizens, but this petition is by far one of the most amusing things. Titled “Do not allow Jeff Bezos to return to Earth,” the petition…
Deloitte has given its 20,000 UK staff the option of working from home (or wherever they want) forever, even after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Richard Houston, Senior Partner and Chief Executive of Deloitte UK, said the accounting firm will not make it compulsory for employees to work for a set number of days from office or specific locations, Some 15,000 Deloitte staff responded to an internal survey about the future of work at the Big Four firm, with more than 80 per cent of those saying they expected to work from a Deloitte office for two days or fewer per…
New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has become the first openly transgender athlete selected for the Olympics. Hubbard, 43, had participated in the men’s category as Gavin before coming out in 2013. She will compete in the women’s 87-kilogram class in Tokyo. Who is Hubbard – Is a New Zealand weightlifter, who transitioned to female in 2012, is among the top-rated athletes in the world in her category. She owns a silver (2017 World Championships) and a gold medal (2019 Pacific Games). The 43-year-old has an opportunity to win a medal in Tokyo as the rules of International Weightlifting Federation (IWF)…
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar’s film ‘Khiladiyo Ka Khiladi’ completed 25 years earlier this week and to mark the occasion, Akshay had shared a hilarious meme that featured WWE wrestlers Brock Lesnar, Triple H, and Roman Reigns apart from Akshay Kumar. The meme read, “Raise your hand if you have defeated The Undertaker.” The post went viral in no time and also drew the attention of The real Undertaker, who has challenged Akshay to a rematch. Reacting to Akshay’s post, The Undertaker wrote: “Ha! Tell me when you’re ready for a REAL rematch!” Akshay had a hilarious response to the comment.…
A couple who chained themselves together on Valentine’s Day to test their love have finally untied themselves after 123 days – and they broke up immediately after getting free. Viktoria Pustovitova, 29, and Alexander Kudlay, 33, from Kharkiv in Ukraine, had chained themselves for three months to test the strength of their relationship, however, it turns out that this time spent together ended up in parting their ways. Throughout the experiment, which they documented to a growing social media following, they did everything together, from grocery shopping to cigarette breaks. They even took turns to use the bathroom and shower. …
The Philippines Bureau of Customs destroyed 21 smuggled motor vehicles worth Rs.89 crore in grand fashion this week, crushing them with a backhoe. In two separate, simultaneous events in Manila and Cagayan de Oro, 14 Mitsubishi Jeeps and seven cars of varying makes were obliterated. As per the Bureau of Customs, all these luxury cars were “smuggled” into the country by different consignees. They were seized on separate occasions from 2018 to 2020. The roster of vehicles crushed is enough to make any car enthusiast cringe. It includes a new McLaren 620R with the R Pack from McLaren Special Operations,…
The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to all regularly employed doctors in the state, in the event that they succumb to the coronavirus, while discharging COVID-19 duties. The order was issued by the Principal Secretary of Andhra Pradesh’s Health and Family Welfare department, Anil Kumar Singhal, on Monday “The government after careful examination hereby accords permission to the District Collectors in the state for the sanction of an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to the immediate dependents of the deceased regular employees who were drafted to COVID-19 duties and were exposed to COVID-19,”…
Social organisations and private enterprises in West Singhbhum are doling out freebies, ranging from petrol to lucky draw coupons, to encourage more people to get vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 virus. The move has earned praises from beneficiaries, district administration and the government. “We held this special vaccination drive in collaboration with the IOC. A total of 240 persons were given coupons for 1 litre free petrol after they got themselves vaccinated. The idea was to motivate people for inoculation,” Nitesh Kumar Bagaria, MYM-Chakradharpur, said on Tuesday. State child, women development and social welfare minister Jobha Majhi praised the initiative…