California recently announced that it plans to ban the sales of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, Ontario has invested $500 million in the production of electric

18% of electricity generated in Canada in 2019 came from fossil fuels

There are currently 880,000 EVs in the U.S., or 0.3% of the fleet

3 ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from passenger transport

NEW DELHI, India, October 21 (ANI): A significant increase in India's exports to the United States and China, coupled with a dip in imports from the two countries has been witnessed this year, owing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's push.As per data received from the Centre, India's exports to the U.S. in September 2020 stood at USD 5.1 billion, which is 15.5 per cent more than the figures of the corr

Indian exports to U.S. and China soar, while imports shrink

India's trade balance with U.S. and China tips heavily in its favour

India exporting to U.S. and China far more than it is importing

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] October 22 (ANI/Mediawire): Indo Count Industries Ltd one of the largest Indian manufacturer and exporter of bed linen has announced their foray into the 12,000-crore value-driven Indian bed linen market with the launch of their new brand, "Layers".
Along with the success of premium bed and bath brand, "Boutique Living", the newly launched brand "Layers" now joins the Indo Count family to make

Indo Count launches value driven home textiles brand Layers

Jurgen Klopp saluted Liverpool's fighting spirit as the Reds proved they can cope without Virgil van Dijk by grinding out a 1-0 win at Ajax in the opening game of their Champions League campaign on Wednesday.Klopp's side are likely to be without Van Dijk for the rest of the season after the influential Dutch centre-back suffered anterior cruciat

Klopp hails spirit as Liverpool show they can cope without Van Dijk

The myth of electric cars: Why we also need to focus on buses and trains

In April 2013 in Bangladesh, the Savar building collapsed, killing an estimated 1,300 garment workers and injuring another 2,500 in what became known as the Rana Plaza collapse.The story intrigued me as an academic and global citizen wanting to find answers.There is a long his

Corporate social responsibility commitments: All talk, no action

 Lifestyle  Oct 21 2020 Eleonora GoldmanLeonid Gaidai/Mosfilm, 1967; Mikosha/MAMM/MDF 'Explosion at the pasta factory' and 'Babette goes to war' - check out what hair fashion was like in the USSR. Soviet women did not have as many fashion bloggers as we do today and they often looked for inspiration in cinema. As soon as the new movie was on screen, fashionistas went to the hairdresser to get their hair done 

7 trendy hairstyles all Soviet women wished to have!

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] October 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a bid to provide a personalized and comprehensive customer experience, Design Cafe - a leading home-tech brand - have launched their in-house tech platform Design Cafe Unity and an AI-enabled chatbot.
The Design Cafe Unity platform aims to build a leanermore efficient home interiors process by connecting customers, designers, and project operations on a singular 

Design Cafe launches a fully integrated home-tech platform

When I tell people about what I do for a living (a food scientist), I invariably get the same reaction. A roll of eyes and criticism about how the problem with food science is that it's always telling me that red wine is good, then it's bad, then it's good, depending on the day of the week. The truth is that the field of nutritional epidemiology, the study of big populations and how the food they eat affects their heal

A whole new way of doing nutrition research

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] October 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kurl-on Enterprise Limited, a leader in the mattress and home-comfort space, has recently appointed Jyothi Pradhan as Chief Executive Officer.
Pradhan joined the leadership team in July 2019 as the Head of Corporate Strategy to lead the digital transformation in the company. She has successfully brought in changes in systems and processes as well as a renewed focus o

Kurl-on appoints Jyothi Pradhan as CEO

BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.Senior residents watch a performance in Longmen ancient town of Fuyang in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 20, 2020. An event to greet the upcoming Senior's Day, also known as the Double Ninth Festival or the Chongyang Festival, was held in the ancient town on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

Xinhua Photos of the Day (Oct. 21)

Rehman Rayim picks cotton in Bachu County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept.17, 2020. (Photo provided to Xinhua)URUMQI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Looking at the mechanical cotton picker shaving off the cotton in his fields, Rehman Rayim smiled with content as if enjoying a mouthful of cotton candy.It is the harvest season for cotton in northwest China's Xinji

Feature: Growing cotton enriches farmers in China&#039;s Xinjiang

An Artisan weaves Kani shawl with Pashmina yarn at Kanihama Village of Budgam district about 40 km west of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)NEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Artisans weave Kani shawl with Pashmina yarn, at Kanihama Village of Budgam district, about 40 km west of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Kani Sh

Asia Album: Artisans weave Kani shawl in Indian-controlled Kashmir

An animation designer of Shenzhen Dans Digital Technology Ltd. works at the company in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)SHENZHEN, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Along with 40 years of rapid economic growth, Shenzhen, China's first and most successful special economic zone, has also achieved cultural prosperity. As early as 2003, Shenzhen took the lead in proposing the strateg

China&#039;s Shenzhen: from &quot;cultural desert&quot; to &quot;city of design&quot;

New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): A significant increase in India's exports to United States and China, coupled with a dip in imports from the two countries has been witnessed this year, owing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi government's push.
As per data received from the Centre, India's exports to USA in September 2020 stood at USD 5.1 billion, which is 15.5 per cent more than the figures of the corresponding month (

Indian exports to US, China on rise in 2020

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Justice Department along with the attorneys general of 11 states on Tuesday brought a massive anti-trust lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of maintaining illegal monopolies over search and search advertising on the internet.The widely expected lawsuit, the most significant anti-trust case since the Justice Department sued Microsoft for its monopoly of the software market in 19

US Justice Department, 11 States Sue Google

Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh police on Tuesday arrested an alleged manufacturer of illicit liquor in Alakuppam village of Chittoor district.
The accused has been identified as Sasi Kumar (45).
Gangavaram police said in a release that Circle Inspector Ramakrishnamachari, Sub Inspector Sudhakar Reddy held raids for illegal liquor transporters based on credible information. The team was

Man held for illegally manufacturing liquor in Andhra's Chittoor

Dubai [UAE], October 20 (ANI): India would drive global trade post the COVID-19 pandemic, said DP World chief Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem adding that he has been impressed and motivated by India as it envisions a more competitive future.
"India is poised to take advantage of the supply chain shifts triggered by Covid-19 and knows it. I have been impressed and motivated by India as it continues to fuel its vision of a more co

India will drive global trade post-Covid-19: DP World chief

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Nagorno-Karabakh army has destroyed one more Bayraktar drone belonging to the Azerbaijani military, which has crashed on Armenian soil.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Tuesday, October 20 that since the beginning of hostilities, the Karabakh troops have down a dozen of the Turkish drones, but the first one to crash not in Azerbaijan's territory was on Monday, Oc

Karabakh army displays remains one more Bayraktar drone

Penn State standout running back Journey Brown could be forced to sit out the 2020 season with what the school described only as a "medical condition."

In a statement issued to Lions 247, Penn State confirmed Brown's situation.

"Journey Brown is being treated for a medical condition discovered during the off-season and will potentially miss the 2020 football season," the statement said.

A redshirt junior, the 5-foot-11

Penn State RB Brown could miss season with medical issue

JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN - Business leaders in South Sudan's capital, Juba, say the government's new rule ordering all transactions be conducted in South Sudanese pounds rather than U.S. dollars puts their businesses at risk of going under - while others say it's a good idea.Last week, Information Minister Michael Makuei told reporters the government adopted 34 measures recommended by a committee appointed by Presiden

Mixed Reaction to South Sudan Currency Rule

ATHENS, GREECE - Greece's navy has issued a code orange alert, advising battleships to surround a cluster of tiny islands in the southeast Aegean Sea and prepare for potential hostile action from Turkey. The dangerous standoff is further complicating efforts by the United States and the European Union to get the two sides to negotiate a maritime settlement.Greece's defense ministry on Wednesday released pictures

Greece Puts Navy on Alert as Turkey Tensions Flare Again

Ideal syrniki.Victoria Drey These culinary secrets will help to hone your syrniki game to perfection.Syrniki - aka Russian cottage cheese pancakes - are one of the most beloved national breakfasts. With just five ingredients and 20 minutes you'll have a second-to-none morning dish with a signature sweetish cheesy texture. Despite seeming quite easy, however, there are some points and steps in the recipe t

The ultimate guide to cooking syrniki (RECIPE)

Scientists and experts have found an explanation for the mass destruction of the micro-ecosystem and toxic exposure to humans in the Pacific Ocean. It's all to do with deadly algae.The news story of the pollution in the Pacific Ocean off the shores of Kamchatka caused an outcry in mid-September 2020, after surfers complained of burning eyes, nausea and poisoning. At the same time, on Kamchatka's "showpiece" Khal

The cause of the ecological disaster in Kamchatka

The bankruptcy last year of India's Jet Airways might be of little interest to South Africans, but for one fact: the airline has just been bought by a consortium led by Gupta associate Murari Lal Jalan.Likewise, the glitzy launch of a number of major property developments in Uzbekistan would normally not make the local news. Except that these multibillion-rand developments are being undertaken by the self-same J

After state capture, Guptas and friends are flying high

A new study released Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nearly 300,000 more people in the United States died between late January and early October - two thirds of them due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.The federal health agency estimates that of the 299,028 "excess" deaths in the country during that period, more than 198,000, or just over two-thirds, could be attributed to C

COVID-19 Caused Nearly 300,000 More US Deaths, CDC Says

CALOOCAN CITY, Oct. 21 (PIA) - The City Government of Manila in cooperation with Globe Telecom and Ayala Group of Companies officially launched the School Bus WiFi Project, on Monday, October 19.Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso and Vice Mayor Maria Sheilah 'Honey' Lacuna-Pangan led on Monday, October 19, the launching of the 10 school bus wifi in Kartilya ng Katipunan.Domagoso emphasized the 

Manila launches &#039;School Bus WiFi&#039; project

ILOILO CITY, Oct. 21 (PIA) - The Iloilo City Government will allow flights to and from Iloilo, without limitations on the number of passengers and flights, as long as passengers shall comply with the requirements of the National Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).In his letter to Acting Airport Manager of the Iloilo International Airport Manuela Palma, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas said that upon recommendations of

City gov&#039;t allows resumption of flights

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 20 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir government's outreach programme "My Town My Pride" aims to assist local residents in providing services and making them aware about central government schemes like registration under JK Health Scheme providing health cover up to Rs 5 Lakh, domicile certificates and financial support to entrepreneurs.
Under this two-day event beginning from Monday, t

'My Town My Pride' helps to get domicile certificates in Srinagar

Things may be tough in Turkmenistan these days, but at least some smokers can again relieve their stress with a cheap puff.Amsterdam-based Turkmen.news reported last week on the appearance of relatively affordable cigarettes at a couple of stores in the western city of Turkmenbashi. Packs were selling at 30 manat apiece (about $1.30 at the black-market rate), so long as buyers agreed to pick up two bottles of wa

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