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[ad_1] Neeraj chopra is one of India’s medal contenders in athletics at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Qualified for the mega event at the Acne League meeting in South Africa in January 2020 with a launch of 87.86m. He was not in the best of shape and had spent time off …

[ad_1] Space exploration achieved several notable firsts in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, including commercial human spaceflight and the return of samples from an asteroid to Earth. Next year is shaping up to be equally interesting. These are some of the missions to watch out for. Artemis 1 Artemis 1 …

[ad_1] Tokyo confirmed 783 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, according to national broadcaster NHK. The number of new daily coronavirus infections in Japan capital topped 1,000 for the first time on Thursday, hitting a record 1,337 as the country battles a third wave of the pandemic. New Year’s Day …

[ad_1] Cairo condemns what it calls an “attack on the Egyptian state” and accuses Addis Ababa of using an “aggressive tone”. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry has said it summoned Ethiopia’s top diplomat to Cairo over comments by an Addis Ababa official about a controversial dam on the Nile. The Egyptian ministry …

[ad_1] New York, January 1 (IANS): An estimated 3,71,504 babies will be born worldwide on New Year’s Day, and around 60,000 babies are expected to be born in India alone, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) said on Friday. In total, an estimated 140 million (14 crore) children will be …

[ad_1] After perhaps the strangest year of our collective lives, people around the world have celebrated the New Year in the hope that 2021 will return to something akin to normalcy. These are some countries that celebrated the New Year with and without a crowd, as Euronews put it. New …

[ad_1] Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) director John Nkengasong said Thursday that he anticipates that most African countries will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines by the second half of 2021. “2020 was a difficult year, but we believe that through collaborative efforts and global solidarity, we can …

[ad_1] Remains of the vehicle containing Qassem Soleimani after the airstrike, January 3, 2020, image via Wikimedia Commons BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,863, January 1, 2021 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Moments before Donald Trump leaves the White House, Iran may attempt to avenge the assassinations of Qassem Soleimani and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. …

[ad_1] Photographer: Issue Sanogo / AFP / Getty Images Photographer: Issue Sanogo / AFP / Getty Images The first goods will begin to flow under a free trade pact across Africa on Friday, the culmination of more than five years of negotiations on lowering cross-border tariffs. The deal comes to …

[ad_1] Confetti fluttered over frontline workers scattered across Times Square after fireworks exploded over eerily silent landmarks from Sydney Harbor Bridge to Copacabana Beach, as the world ushered in the New Year with celebrations. silent and dismissed a 2020 plagued by pandemics. After a grueling year in which at least …