Monthly archives: January, 2020

Burning Planet: Climate Fires and Political Flame Wars Rage

Severe threats to our climate account for all of the Global Risks Report’s top long-term risks, with “economic confrontations” and “domestic political polarization” recognized as significant short-term risks in 2020 It warns that geopolitical turbulence and the retreat from multilateralism threatens everyone’s ability to tackle shared, critical global risks Without urgent attention to repairing societal …

IIT Roorkee researchers find novel antibiotic against multi-drug resistant bacteria

New Delhi,15 January 2020- Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee have discovered a novel compound that can effectively kill a multitude of notorious antibiotic resistant bacteria. Antibiotics have been considered as the cornerstones of both basic and modern medicine and it is difficult to envisage a world without them. However, injudicious over the …

How TV Made Sport a Billion Dollar Industry

It was only a few decades ago that the world of sport looked completely different. Following a team required a lot of work. Watching a game required you to head to the stadium in person and pay the entrance fee.  For a long time, athletes were semi-professional, working other jobs at the same time as …