A new research has found that in addition to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, the phenomenon of trees live fast and die young as it happens in the warm climatic regions happens across all latitudes. And according to the new research, this trend can spell bad news for tackling the global climate crisis. Warmer conditions…
Global economic growth for the rest of the current century could be lower by 1.5 per cent on the average because of the interruption to children’s schooling in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, warned the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. For the United States, this projected loss of gross domestic product, which…
Researchers at the Institute of Strategic Dialogue (ISD) have discovered one of the largest collections of online material reportedly owned by the group calling itself Islamic State. With an estimated 10,000 unique visitors a month, more than 90,000 items are contained in the digital library. This is one of the ways that extremist content on…
No major negative side effects of the use of Russia’s potential coronavirus vaccine was found in early results from trials according to a recent study published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet revealed on Friday. The Lancet article said that the trial for the vaccine was conducted on 76 healthy volunteers aged 18 to…
The novel coronavirus pandemic has stoked demand for home appliances ranging from products to sanitize closets to customizable fridges. This has benefited the South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and the company is now adding warehouses and is making efforts to take more of its popular products to more markets. Products that make…
A total of €1 billion ($1.2 billion) will be spent by Unilever to stop its use of fossil fuels in the process of production products for its cleaning and laundry brands. Only renewable or recycled carbon will be used for the manufacturing of household products such as Omo, Sunlight, Cif and Domestos by the end…
While trying to deal with the impact of the novel coronviru pandemic on the travel industry, the founder of AirAsia – Tony Fernandes, is building an app that he hopes will transform into the next “super app” for the region. The app that he plans to develop will be an all-in-one app for food delivery,…
The Swiss company Nestle, which is better known for its foods products, is on a path to aggressively expand its fast-growing health science business and as a business strategy, the company has decided to pay $2 billion to gain full ownership of peanut allergy treatment maker Aimmune Therapeutics. Its health science subsidy called Nestle Health…
British sandwich chain Pret A Manger will cull about 3,000 jobs which amounts to more than a third of its total staff as part of its plans for staging a turn around of the business amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. While the majority of the job losses will take place at the company’s stores, some…
It is being said that the United States based tech giant Apple Inc. is one company among the top tech companies of the world that is fast becoming friendless of the big tech companies. The reason – the company’s polices and rules for its App Store which has been a source of friction for large…
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