The findings of a World Health Organization draft report says that the an animal was the probable mode of transfer of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19 and its spread had possibly started not more than a month or two prior to the first cases were noticed in December 2019 in Wuhan city of China.…
On Friday, in a statement Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta said it has received $500 million from Toyota Motor, SAIC Motor, and Bosch; the move underscores the global auto industry’s push towards an autonomous future. Other investors in the funding round include Yunfeng Capital, Daimler AG, Tencent, Temasek, said Momenta in a statement without disclose…
New features on Google Maps will now allow its users to pay for parking or public transportation right from their phones thereby making travelling even more easy apart from letting users know which train to take or to map out an optimal driving route. Starting this week, Google is allowing its users to connect their…
Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp has been asked by the Indian government to withdraw its planned alteration of its privacy policy that has faced widespread backlash, claimed multiple reports in India. According to the reports, India’s technology ministry the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology asked the WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart to withdraw the proposed change…
Political donations to those Republican Congress members who raised objections to the Electoral College’s votes are being suspended by some of the biggest companies of the United States. This decision, which is being taken by more companies by the day, follows the siege of the US Capitol last Wednesday by a pro-Trump mob. The latest…
A team of experts from the World Health Organization will be going to China this month to investigate the origin of the novel coronavirus pandemic but people should have “very low” expectations that the visit will be enough for the global health body to come to a conclusion about the role of the Chinese authorities…
2020 is now the joint record holder along with 2016 for the hottest year which also marked the culmination of the hottest decade in recorded human history. This was confirmed by researchers on Friday even as the world struggles to cope up with and implement strategies to address global climate change. A continued upward trend…
While the trade deal agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union has left the British financial industry unhappy, the last minute post-Brexit trade agreement has left French fisherman facing a host of unknowns. This was said by the mayor of the major northern fishing port of Boulogne-sur-Mer on Friday, according to a report…
It is well known that viruses mutate all the time. Every year there is mutation of the seasonal influenza virus. Therefore scientists were not surprised that variants of the novel coronavirus – that causes Covid-19, were detected since the pandemic had begun. However a new strain of the Cvoid-19 causing virus in recent days has…
An additional grant of $250 million was pledged by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this week for the purpose of supporting the development and distribution of Covid-19 treatments and vaccines that were of low costs and were much easier to distribute and deliver to the common people. This latest contribution to the cause is…
