Year: 2021

Juvenile hammerhead sharks in Mapusa fish market in Goa. Photo by Victoria Imeson/Flickr.

Eating Shark Meat Is Normal in India – but There’s a Price

Supriya Vohra 26/02/2021

There are about 160 species of sharks found in...

Passengers from international flights arrive at Heathrow Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Global Travellers More Likely To Pick up Strains of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Bacterial strains colonised multiple travellers staying at the same...

U.S. President Biden makes an announcement on coronavirus aid for small businesses at the White House in Washington

The US Is Making It Harder for the Rest of the World To Get COVID-19 Vaccines

Jane C. Hu 26/02/2021

The US has administered the most number of vaccine...

Polluted day in Beijing

China Environment Ministry To Allow Air Pollution To Rise Slightly in 2021

Reuters 25/02/2021

China's national 'interim' air quality standard is currently 35 µg per...

A tiger rescued from a circus by Animal Defenders International in Guatemala arrives at its new home near Winburg, South Africa, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Siyabonga Sishi

Asia’s ‘Tiger Farms’ Have Rendered a Wild Animal Worth More Dead Than Alive

Simon Evans 25/02/2021

Tiger farms are speed-breeding factory farms that provide raw...

J&J Vaccine, ‘100% Effective at Stopping Hospitalisation’, Nears US Approval

Michael Erman 25/02/2021

J&J vaccine was 64% effective at stopping moderate to...

Students outside a NEET examination centre. Photo: Youtube

National Board of Examinations Hikes NEET PG 2021 Exam Fee

Dr Faiz Abbas Abidi 25/02/2021

The current NEET PG exam fees for general candidates...