Author: James Thomas

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries, including Germany, the United States and France. On Saturday, while addressing a crowd in Eskisehir, the President said that he had already given Turkey’s foreign minister the necessary order for these ten ambassadors to be declared persona non grata as soon as possible. The continued detention of Parisian-born philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala by Tayyip’s government has been bought to attention by different countries via their delegates, and also the Council of Europe, the top human rights watchdog in the continent, has issued…

French Prime Minister Jean Castex’s met with the Pope at the Vatican on Monday amid the ongoing turmoil based on the report made after the study conducted by Jean-Marc Sauve on the clerical child abuse in the French Catholic church. Along with child abuse, now the sanctity of confession has also become a matter of revolt. The Prime Minister paid a visit to the Vatican and Rome for celebrations which marked the centenary of the restoration of France and the Holy See’s diplomatic relations. The long-planned trip of the French PM to Rome included talks with the Italian Prime Minister…

Netflix’s stand-up comedy show special, Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer”, was all over in the news for having segments that joke about the discrimination against the African American community relative to the discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community. Massive protests against the special have emerged from various corners, including Netflix’s workers, who are enraged by Chappelle’s jokes against the transgender community.  The situation now seems to be gone out of hands, as there is a planned employee walkout at the streaming giant organized by trans and LGBTQ+ staffers, content creators and allies. Keeping in mind, the streaming giant’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos’s first…

Astronomers may have for the first time detected evidence that a distant planet had its atmosphere partially blown away by a giant impact, according to a new study. Scientists think newborn planetary systems generally experience severe growing pains as infant planets-in-the-making, known as protoplanets, slam together and fuse to form more giant planets. In our solar system, the Earth and moon are thought to be products of this type of enormous impact. According to the words of the study’s lead author, Tajana Schneiderman, an astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), during her talk with Space.com. “Our solar system…

The new malaria vaccine RTS, S/ AS01, also known by the trade name Mosquirix is the world’s first-ever Vaccine offering immunity against a parasite – specifically the plasmodium falciparum parasite, the deadliest of the five parasites that cause Malaria. What does this mean for public health and infant mortality is that creating a vaccine to protect against bacteria or viruses is not that simple. It is even more complicated with the case of parasites. This Vaccine that has been under research for more than 30 years to get approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) could be seen as a…

India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a conversation at Harvard Kennedy School on Tuesday, stated that the country’s economy will expand close to double-digit in the financial year 2022. There are also chances for it to grow by 7.5-8.5% after that for a decade. The finance minister then explained that her statement is based on the observations based on growth projections of the World Bank, IMF, and rating agencies. The minister also clarified that the ministry of finance had not done any assessment about the growth number. HOW DO THE FM ANALYSE THE NATION’S ECONOMY Talking about the possibility of…

The Guilty, Netflix’s American remake of the 2018 Danish thriller ”Den Skyldige” also known as ”Guilty,” had its world premiere on September 11, at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. Following a limited release on September 24, the film was released digitally on Netflix on October 1.   Jake Gyllenhaal plays  Joe Baylor, an unsettled LAPD officer, is currently working at a 911 dispatch call center. The Movie begins during his night shift and moves forward when he receives a call from someone facing severe trouble. He tries to save the person, along with facing problems from his dark past.   The…

Rajaraman, who on Thursday took over the charge as the new telecom secretary, reportedly asked the state-owned Research and Development institution to focus and start working on futuristic projects, including 6G, for catching up with the global market in time, a statement read. Telecom secretary inaugurated C- DoT’s Quantum Communication Lab and unveiled the indigenously developed Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) solution during his visit on Saturday. C-DoT has become the first organization in India to offer a complete portfolio of indigenous quantum secure telecom products and solutions to address telecom operators’ requirements comprehensively and that of the strategic sector like Defence in India, read in the statement issued. Following the inauguration and the unveiling of the QKD, a statement read, “QKD is essential to address the threat that rapid advancement in Quantum Computing poses…

Following Poland’s top Court’s ruling that the key articles of EU law were “incompatible” with the nation’s constitution. Fears that Poland could follow Britain and exit from the 27-nation bloc prompted significant demonstrations nationwide on Sunday, 10 October. Politicians across Europe raised their concern at the ruling made by Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal on Thursday that parts of EU law are incompatible with the Polish constitution, undermining the legal pillar on which the 27-nation EU stands. Clement Beaune, France’s Minister of State for European Affairs, said the ruling was an “attack against the EU”. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas issued a statement on this incident that Poland must “fully and completely” implement EU law. Luxembourg’s foreign minister, Jean…

Nord Stream 2 is the new export gas pipeline running from Russia to Europe across the Baltic Sea. The route covers over 1,200 kilometers, and the project is under Gazprom, the Russian state-owned energy corporation. The pipeline project is regarded as the possible answer for the EU’s increasing gas prices. But the project could cost them in other aspects according to the USA and other European countries. Nord Stream 2 comes after the successful running of the Nord Stream gas pipeline.  Like the one in operation, the new pipeline will establish a direct link between Gazprom and the European consumers, ensuring a highly reliable supply of Russian gas to Europe. The combined design capacity of Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 will be in the range of 110 billion cubic meters of gas per year, which…