Author: Tharun Pranav

The first prize in the International Food Photo Contest went to a photograph of a kebab vendor from Kashmir, which won the contest’s first prize. Debdatta Chakraborty, an Indian photographer, has now been credited with securing the award-winning event on film using her digital camera. She has been named the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2022 for her picture of a street seller in Srinagar, Kashmir, which was selected from thousands of entries. Kebabiyana is the name of the picture. It depicts a kebab vendor working in a smoky food establishment. As he caters to his meat kebabs…

Increasing India’s emphasis on decarbonizing its steel industry and growing offshore wind power would help the country achieve carbon neutrality before the stated deadline of 2070, according to the director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency. International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) Francesco La Camera said at the Reuters Global Markets Forum in New York late on Monday that the country was “extremely serious” about facing the difficulties ahead and was particularly interested in growing offshore wind power. The Indian government, according to La Camera, is “on pace” to meet its 2030 goal of producing 50 percent of its energy from…

According to recent research, Jupiter’s super-volcanic moon has huge, meandering dunes that were not formed by wind but rather by lava flows under the moon’s surface. Image source: Space.com Io is Jupiter’s third-largest moon and the innermost of the planet’s four big Galilean satellites. It is the third-largest moon in the solar system after the moons of Saturn and Uranus. Scientists have been baffled by its frosty, but rolling surface for a long period. Scientists have now discovered a novel explanation for how such dunes may originate, based on data collected by NASA’s Galileo probe. The 14-year mission, which studied…

On Tuesday, a candlelight vigil was held outside the Singaporean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in memory of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, a Malaysian who was condemned to death in Singapore. He was executed in Singapore on Wednesday, according to his family, despite his petitions for leniency on the basis that he had an intellectual handicap. The guy was convicted of narcotics trafficking and sentenced to death. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, 34, had been on death row for more than a decade after being convicted of smuggling 1.5 ounces of heroin into Singapore, which has some of the world’s strictest anti-narcotics legislation. Several appeals…

A Russian court on Tuesday fined Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for refusing to remove lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) information. After failing to erase content that contained “LGBT propaganda,” a Moscow district court has ordered the US technology behemoth to settle four million rubles (about $53,000/50,000 euros) in damages, according to news agency Interfax reports. A 2013 Russian law, which has been denounced as “state-enforced intolerance” by Western countries, prohibits the “promotion of non-traditional sexual relations to children.” A request for comment from Meta did not receive a response right away. Earlier this…

Cryptocurrency India, You might be surprised to learn that India has the biggest number of cryptocurrency proprietors in the world, which is a fact you might not have known before. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), in partnership with WazirX, developed a study based on research detailing the enormous development in the Crypto-Tech business in India.  What has been discovered through research?  According to the report, Indians are expected to invest approximately 241 million dollars in the cryptocurrency business over the next ten years, as per the research. The Reserve Bank of India is developing a strategy…

As reported by news agencies, a Moscow court has ordered the seizure of Google’s property and in the Russian fund, valued at 500 million rubles ($7 million). The order stems from a lawsuit filed against the American tech giant over restrictions placed on the YouTube channel of a prominent television company. Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc., did not immediately reply to a request for comment. It was reported by Russian news outlets that the issue involves GPM Entertainment Television, a subsidiary of Gazprom Media Holding, which filed a lawsuit against Google, requesting that the company be granted access…

The European Football Association (UEFA) and the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol announced on Tuesday that they had joined forces in the battle against corruption and match-fixing in the sport.

Hubble is renowned for capturing some of the most incredible deep-space photographs ever captured. When the space shuttle Discovery launched on mission STS-31, it snuck into orbit with the crew. Astronauts Charles Bolden, Loren Shriver, Bruce McCandless, Steven Hawley, and Kathryn Sullivan were also on board, as with many other celebrities. To deploy Hubble from the shuttle’s cargo area while orbiting 332 nautical miles (534 kilometers above the Earth), the crew employed a robotic arm constructed by the Canadian company Space Canada. No one realized it at the moment, but Hubble would not be shooting any beautiful photographs for the…

The Allahabad High Court has taken note of the issue of traffic congestion caused by encroachment on both sides of the road from Nattha Tiraha to Durgapuri, which is near to the Charbagh railway station. The District Magistrate of Lucknow granted an application in this regard, and a team of officials was created to conduct an inspection. This decision was made by a Division Bench comprised of Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhya and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) submitted by R.C. Pathak Advocate (In Person) at The Allahabad High Court. The Court observed that near Charbagh…