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Roving Periscope: “Please marry, raise kids,” alarmed Japan urges its people

June 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: While some countries fight overpopulation, Japan is so worried about its emptying schools and roads that it is set to officially launch an app to encourage young people to date, marry, and produce children. Rural areas are particularly affected by this aging and depopulation problem and hundreds of Japanese schools now […]

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Space: Sunita Williams makes history, pilots NASA’s Boeing spacecraft

June 6, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian-American astronaut Sunita ‘Suni’ Williams-piloted spacecraft, carrying her fellow NASA astronaut Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore, was launched on Wednesday toward the International Space Station (ISS) from the Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida, the USA, in a test flight that was earlier hit with multiple delays. “Let’s go, Calypso,” Sunita, whose parents […]

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Next pandemic: “It’s absolutely inevitable,” warns top British scientist

May 28, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Singapore reported FLiRT, a new variant of Omicron, the COVID-19 strain, a British scientist has warned that the next pandemic is “absolutely inevitable.” Stressing learning from the hard-won lessons of COVID-19, Sir Patrick Wallance, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom Government, cautioned, “We are not ready yet,” […]

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Employment: AI will make all jobs “optional,” says Elon Musk

May 24, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Artificial Intelligence (AI) will eliminate all kinds of jobs and potentially turn them into mere hobbies, Elon Musk said on Thursday. Addressing a startup and technology event in Paris, he said with the maturing of AI, none of us will have a job. Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, emphasized […]

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COVID-19: Alert in Singapore; ICMR junks BHU’s “study” of vaccine side effects

May 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When COVID-19 is rearing its head again in Singapore, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has junked a purported “study” carried out by some Benares Hindu University (BHU) researchers who claimed the COVAXIN vaccine used in India created ‘side effects.’ According to the media reports, Singapore’s government is sounding the […]

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Space: Sunita Williams’ 3rd flight postponed due to a tech glitch

May 7, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams’ long-awaited third space flight has been aborted hours before liftoff, the media reported on Tuesday. The launch of the Boeing Starliner, which was set to fly Williams and NASA co-astronaut Barry Wilmore was postponed due to a technical glitch. No new date has been officially announced for […]

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Roving Periscope: Pro-Palestinians ‘take over’ Columbia varsity hall in the US!

April 30, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: It does not happen only in India—ahead of elections—when anarchists of all hues masquerade as “students,” pick up “causes” to hog the limelight, and spark chaos in educational institutions, their soft launchpad for a career in full-time politics. Just six months ahead of the presidential elections in the United States, also, […]

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Roving Periscope: ‘You can’t be a CEO in the US if you aren’t an Indian!’

April 27, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: More than 20 experts of Indian origin, who studied in the US, are now heading billion-dollar corporations in America, some of them leading the likes of Google, Microsoft, and Starbucks. The nearly 4-million-strong Indian-American community is among the most influential ones in America and both the principal political parties—the Democrats, and […]

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Roving Periscope: As in India, professional protestors bring US varsities to a halt

April 26, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Crowds seldom mean supporters. Many do not even know why they are part of a protest—wily professional protest managers selectively exploit and coax the media and the people, to support and join a protest, any protest, even without a cause. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has aptly called them “Aandolanjeevi” (professional […]

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Climate collapse: Post-Dubai floods, the WMO says Asia is worst hit

April 23, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the worst Dubai floods in 75 years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said Asia was the planet’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023. The WMO, the United Nations’ weather and climate agency, said on Tuesday, that floods and storms are the chief cause of […]