Day: February 19, 2021

Woman shot last week at Myanmar protest dies

2:11 pm February 19, 2021

Yangon: A young woman who was shot in the head by police during a protest last week against the military’s takeover of power in Myanmar died Friday morning, her brother said. Mya Thwet Thwet Khine was shot during a demonstration in the capital Naypyidaw on Feb 9. She had been on life support at a […]

Pakistan to register Himalayan pink salt as Geographical Indications

2:06 pm February 19, 2021

Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to register Himalayan pink salt as Geographical Indications (GI) to prevent its unauthorized use by other countries. A GI tag is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess origin-based qualities and reputation in the region. The precious salt is extracted from the Salt Range in Punjab which extends along the south […]

NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars, will search for signs of life

2:01 pm February 19, 2021

Washington: After a nearly seven month journey through space, Perseverance — the largest and the most advanced rover NASA has ever sent to another world — successfully touched down on the surface of Mars on Friday in a nail-biting landing that marks its first step in the search for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. Packed […]

India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

Modi hails Visva Bharati, says it should help farmers, artisans find global markets

1:57 pm February 19, 2021

Vishva Bharti: Extolling Visva Bharati for its inspiring legacy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked its students to help farmers and artisans in villages adopted by the institution find global markets for their products. He said Guru Rabindranath Tagore had not envisioned the university as a typical educational institution but one that will help Indian culture realize its full potential. Addressing the convocation […]

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

12:00 am February 19, 2021

United Nations: Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says. Unlike past U.N. reports that focused on one issue and avoided telling leaders actions to take, Thursday’s report combines three intertwined environment crises […]

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