Author: Reet Malik

The European football association championship league reached its conclusion of the group stage this week. Eleven teams have already booked their place in the knockout stages, including Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United, with a further five spots up for grabs in the last round of fixtures this week. A draw to determine the game of 16 ties will be made, scheduled to happen in next year, 2022, in February and March. The remaining 16 teams will split into seeded and non-seeded sides ahead of the two-legged fixtures. City, Liverpool and United have qualified as group winners, and they…

The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), i.e., COVID -19, resulted in a complete shut-down of all Public and private places, including schools, colleges, offices, restaurants, markets, travel, and tourism. People are forced to live in their houses among the four walls for the longest time. This stringent protocol of shelter-in-place announced by the government with absolute zero social contact for months resulted in isolation and separation of people from friends, family, and colleagues, causing a severe impact on people’s mental health. The most affected included young children or students, women, and those already suffering from mental…

The Pacific Northwest in the United States and British Columbia in Canada are hit by massive rainstorms and continue to get hammered by the extensive flooding and damage. An incredibly vast amount of rainfall was experienced in the region on November 14, and climate change worsens the impact of atmospheric rivers. The severity is such that Vancouver was cut off from the rest of Canada due to excessive disruption created by the torrential rainstorms. As a result of the storm, months of rainfall has been dropped all at once, causing incredible vandalization of Columbia’s infrastructure. All about atmospheric river patterns…

After the 13th BRICS Summit held on September 9, 2021, under the chairmanship of India, the BRIC ministers have now recognized the need to strengthen intra-BRIC cooperation to support economic recovery, ensure financial stability, guard against future uncertainties and regulate the political well-being between the nations. Under the summit theme of BRICS @ 15: Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus’ the chief economic advisor K.V. Subramaniam said on Friday, November 26, that there is an urgent need to establish a cross border regulatory mechanism to underline the priorities of trade and exchange and to improve the investment environment further and…

Paris Saint-Germain and Argentine forward the iconic Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or, the title of the footballer of the year for the world’s best footballer player, the seventh time in 2021. The 65th Ballon d’Or ceremony was held at the Theatre du Chatelet, in Paris, on November 29, 2021. In women’s football, the Barcelona player Alexia Putellas, the midfielder for the Spain national team and captain of the Primera División club Barcelona, won the glittery trophy for the best female football player in the event. Polish’s Robert Lewandowski, the counterpart of Messi for the best football player, won the…

The Parliament’s winter session is to begin from November 29, Monday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government has a heavy plan for the winter session with its legislative business, including 26 new bills. After the previous week, when the bill to repeal farm laws was passed in the Lok Sabha, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur reported that the Bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws will be dealt with priority in the winter session. The government has indicated the farm laws bill will be taken up on the very first day. The government’s agenda for the 2021…

The Blue Cross of India (BCI) published their annual calendar last week for the New Year 2022, highlighting critically endangered species. The calendar is available for Rs. 299 and can be booked from their website and Facebook page. “All donations go to the care of more than 2,000 shelter animals “, says Tyag Krishnamurthy, a member of the firm. What is the Blue Cross of India (BCI)? The BCI is an organization that promotes animal welfare and upholds charity-based events to help the animals in distress. The company is based in Chennai. Their projects consist of medical waste disposal, shelters,…

The National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) had decided to put out a manual to sensitize teachers about transgenders and to blur out boundaries between girls, boys and transgender students and promote equality between genders. The manual was put up on the council’s official website in the first week of November 2021 and included the creation of gender-neutral toilets in schools, promoting gender-neutral uniforms and mixed rows of students (girls and boys). The manual was titled “Inclusion of transgender Children in School Education- Concerns and Roadmap” was prepared by the Department of Gender Studies, NCERT. About The Manual…

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has initiated multiple projects based on assessments of global advantages of India’s needs for the next four-five decades. Concepts like self-eating rockets, self-vanishing satellites, make-in-space and quantum communication are developed as a need for enhancement in technological equipment whose role would be significantly more focused on preparing India for the future. while private enterprises indulge in day-to-day launches, ISRO has initiated 46 new projects on futuristic technologies. ISRO’s Directorate of Technology Development and Innovation (DTDI) proposed the launch of critical, futuristic and technologically advanced modules such as self-healing materials, humanoid robotics, space-based-solar-power, intelligent satellites…

The death care service industry is expanding rapidly, with the rich and powerful wanting to spend vast sums of money on performing extravagant and elaborated funerary practices and rituals. The businessmen and billionaires are opting for more modern ways of carrying out the funeral rites as they compete to display their wealth. From extensive grounds, sophisticated and lavish decorations, and unique caskets to an ornate tombstone, the increase in demand is catering to significant upliftment and positive changes in the death care service industry. The “Death Care Services Global Market Opportunities and Strategies to 2030: COVID-19 Impact and Recovery” report is increasingly…