A defiant Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday dismissed calls to form an interim government to tackle the unprecedented economic crisis in the debt-ridden island nation, saying he would anyway head any such dispensation if it is required. Thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets since April 9, […]
Day: April 24, 2022
Militants in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border into a Pakistani military outpost overnight, killing three personnel, the army said Saturday, in the latest violence to rattle the volatile region. A firefight ensued with the militants firing toward the army post in Pakistan’s rugged North Waziristan region, and several […]
Three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war is very much ongoing, even though the goalposts and the terrain have shifted. Russian troops, after failing to make much headway in capturing the capital city of Kyiv, are now pressing their offensive in the eastern Donbas region. However, Ukrainian and British […]
Instead of horizontally on the ground like traditional farming, vertical farming grows crops in vertical, stacked layers without putting too much impact on land and water resources which are scarce. It includes soilless farming techniques, among others. “Vertical farming systems like aeroponics and hydroponics come under the broad umbrella ambit […]
Written by Jeffrey Gettleman The day war broke out, one of Ukraine’s most decorated pilots stepped onto the balcony of his three-story home to watch a battle raging at a nearby airport. From where he was standing, the pilot, Oleksandr Halunenko, could see the explosions and feel the shudders. The […]
European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday clinched a deal on new rules requiring tech giants to do more to police illegal content on their platforms and to pay a fee to regulators monitoring their compliance. The agreement came after more than 16 hours of negotiations. The Digital Services […]