the #GreenRevolution had a phenomenal impact on India’s food production, but it also made the land infertile, led to extensive water consumption and exacerbated groundwater loss. It also led to widespread use of...
Greece tourism: Athens lifts quarantine requirement for some visitors
#Greece lifted #quarantine restrictions for #travelers from most European countries, as well as Israel and the United States as it prepares to reopen tourism services next month despite an ongoing emergency in...
For India’s poor, lockdown policing adds to pandemic hardships
Poor #Indians are bearing the brunt of “#pandemic policing” as the country struggles to contain a deadly second wave of #Covid-19 cases by imposing stricter curfew rules and curbs on movement.
Chad’s President Deby has died of injuries suffered on frontline, says army spokesman
#Chad’s President Idriss #Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a sixth term...
Thomas Pesquet head in the stars: The origins of spaceX (3/5)
Thomas #Pesquet is off on his second six-month mission to the #ISS, with no less than 232 scientific experiments to be carried out on board. He’ll also become the first French #astronaut to command the #space...
Thomas Pesquet head in the stars: The ISS, an uncertain future (5/5)
Thomas #Pesquet is off on his second six-month mission to the #ISS, with no less than 232 scientific experiments to be carried out on board. He’ll also become the first French #astronaut to command the #space...
Both sides make closing arguments in Derek Chauvin murder trial
Jurors heard closing arguments before they begin deliberating on whether the way former #Minneapolis policeman #DerekChauvin knelt on the neck of a dying #GeorgeFloyd in last year’s arrest was murder.