Saturday Scenes

A new article outlines a roadmap for creating, for the first time, an agreed list of all the world’s species, from mammals and birds to plants, fungi and microbes.

In this era, in which the power of a camera lies at nearly everyone’s fingertips, stories of violence against Black people have taken a visceral, viral turn.

Despite the current administration’s continued moves to grind away at foundational environmental laws, advocates are claiming major victories in courthouses. This week, less than 24 hours apart, two high-profile oil pipelines have been crushed—at least temporarily.

These effective dandruff shampoos can soothe even the itchiest of scalps. With these flake-fighting treatments, you can feel confident wearing black again.

Over 200 scientists have signed a letter calling for the world to recognise the potential for the coronavirus to be transmitted through small airborne droplets, and to take steps to protect against them

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Chinese communist government is allowing some churches to reopen in the wake of COVID-19, but the congregations must follow certain rules. 

What does the Bible really mean when it tells women to submit to their husbands and men to be the head of their homes? One of America’s most popular pastors and his wife – Tim and Kathy Keller – have gone deep into the scriptures to reveal the truth that shows in no way is one spouse supposed to lord it over the other. In fact, the kind of leader God promotes is the one who’ll be a servant first and foremost.

Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen died and scores were still stranded.

Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued, officials said.

While a recent Unicef report said more than 270 million students in India have been impacted by the school closure due to Covid-19 and that only 24% Indian households have Internet access, there is no clear government assessment yet on the subject.

Directors of leading IIMs said the issue will be discussed within the institutes and with the government in the context of the autonomy promised under the IIM Act, 2017, and stressed the need to arrive at “best possible solution”.

Standing committee on petroleum and natural gas holds first meeting after lockdown on Tuesday

A court of an additional district and sessions judge in Delhi has now posted the matter for final arguments by ED and the accused to decide whether to declare Sterling Biotech MD Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and others as fugitive economic offenders.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister had also publicly acknowledged presence of up to 40,000 terrorists in his country and that terrorists from Pakistan have attacked the neighboring countries. Recently, Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the UN Security Council, reported that around 6,500 Pakistani terrorists belonging to LeT and JeM are operating in Afghanistan.