Author: Ankita Gautam

Syrian President Bashar Assad has appointed a new government on Tuesday(August 10, 2021).  However, the key posts are kept unchanged in the war-torn country. The development has come after almost three months of Assad’s re-election for another seven years. According to the SANA news, the new appointments include ministers of internal trade, information and consumer protection. However, the ministries of defence, interior and foreign affairs are not changed. It must also be noted that Assad has also reappointed Prime Minister Hussein Arnous to the post at the beginning of this month. The Government of Syria Since the war in Syria in 2011, Assad’s government…

As Kabul falls to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, Bollywood celebrities expressed their concern on their social media handles.  Afghanistan government has surrendered to the Taliban after it seized Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, on Sunday, August 15. After the resignation of former President Ashraf Ghani, the Taliban took over the Afghan Presidential Palace and rechristened the country as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The whole world is concerned about the escalating tensions in Afghanistan. Many Bollywood celebrities took to their official social media handles to show concern and fear over the grim situation. Kangana Ranaut’s Reaction Actress Kangana Ranaut shared a note…

India Competing in the Market for Low-Global Warming Potential Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, India

A temperature rise is consistently declining human focus and productivity. Violence and aggression are going up due to intense heat affecting human behaviour. With rising global temperature and record-breaking heat waves, the effects of extreme heat on human behaviour could pose a growing problem. Researchers are linking extreme heat to increased aggression, low cognitive ability and lost productivity. Physiologically, human bodies are not built to handle heat beyond wet-bulb temperatures- a combined measure of warmth and humidity-of around 35 degrees Celsius. Heat affects human performance on various tasks, as well as their overall coping mechanism. The physiological effects of heat…

Amid an alarming third wave of Coronavirus, India records the lowest daily count in 147 days. Various countries also issue new travel guidelines for passengers travelling from India. India has reported 28,204 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 16. The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) dashboard has shown 41,511 recoveries and 373 deaths on Tuesday. By August 10, the overall Covid-19 tally has reached 31,998,158  with 31,180,968 recoveries, 428,682 deaths and 388,508 active cases. The number of active cases is the lowest in 139 days. According to ICMR- Indian Council of…

With the theatres at half capacity, the OTT platform, the only saving grace, will launch new releases in August 2021. With blockbuster hits like Malik, Sarpatta Parambarai, and many more in July, the OTT platforms are all set to be jam-packed with more entertainment in the eighth month of the year. Following is a list of some movies, along with other new OTT releases, that you should watch out for in August 2021: Bhuj-The Pride of India (Hindi) Set during the India-Pakistan war, in 1971, the movie is about the life of an IAF squadron leader. It revolves around how…

Amid the arrest of their husband Raj Kundra, actress Shilpa Shetty made her first public appearance on Sunday, August 15, 2021, for a Covid-19 fundraiser event. Actress Shilpa Shetty who has been on a kind of social media hiatus made her first public appearance for a Covid-19 fundraiser event after the arrest of her husband, Raj Kundra. The actress had stayed off social media and had refrained from making public appearances since the arrest. However, on Sunday (August 15), the actress made her first on-screen public appearance for a fundraiser event, We For India, along with other celebrities including Malaika…

The year 2020 has seen unprecedented wildfires causing havoc across the world. The last ten years have shattered all records, but 2020 tops them all. A wildfire is a type of uncontrolled fire that spreads across wildland, including pastureland, forest, grasslands and peatlands. The changing climate had made wildfires at least 30% more likely in recent years. Climate change is driving an increase in the weather conditions that stroke wildfires. Research finds that the total area decreased by up to a quarter each year due to the wildfires in the last two decades. To underestimate this paradox of increasing forest…