Month: April 2021

Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai

India to Fast-Track Approvals for Foreign-Produced COVID-19 Vaccines

The Wire Staff 13/04/2021

It's not clear which provision of the 2019 Rules...

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The Story of the Grand Collective Project That Launched Yuri Gagarin Into Space

Daniel Finn 13/04/2021

Gagarin symbolised a remarkable period of social mobility, as...

FILE PHOTO: The Long March-5 Y5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-5 lunar probe, takes off from Wenchang Space Launch Center, in Wenchang

Chart: The Evolution Of Human Spaceflight

Niall McCarthy 13/04/2021

The number of people heading into orbit peaked in...

FILE PHOTO: A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia

COVID-19: Drug Controller General of India Approves Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine

Nigam Prusty and Krishna N. Das 13/04/2021

Sputnik V, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, has proved 91.6%...

A medical worker stands next to an oxygen cylinder at the Yatharth Hospital in Noida

Nine COVID-19 Patients Die in Nallasopara, Oxygen Shortage Suspected

Police personnel were deployed in large numbers to prevent...

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture

Japan Says to Release Contaminated Fukushima Water Into Sea

Yuka Obayashi and Aaron Sheldrick 13/04/2021

The decision comes about three months ahead of the...

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The Wangan and Jagalingou Nation Stands Against Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine

Andy Paine 13/04/2021

For the Wangan and Jagalingou nation, the impacts of...