We all know the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but artist Amrita Sethi believes a word can be worth a thousand pictures.
Women are falling behind in India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive
Many more men in India have received Covid-19 vaccines than women, government data showed on Tuesday, highlighting gender disparity in the country’s immunization drive that has also disadvantaged the rural population.
Junta charges Suu Kyi with corruption
Myanmar’s deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with corruption by the country’s military junta, state media reported Thursday, adding to a raft of legal cases against the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will light up the sky on Thursday
The moon will slide between the sun and the Earth on Thursday to create a fiery ring in the sky.
Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts detected in space
Hundreds of mysterious fast radio bursts have been detected in space thanks to a Canadian telescope and an international group of researchers.
The Delta variant poses a threat to our return to ‘normal’
As variants of Covid-19 have spread in the US, the public health policy and programmatic responses have been largely consistent: vaccinate as soon as possible, mask up and keep social distancing. But as vaccinations have increased, there has been a collective relaxation of the masking and distancing that were previously indispensable public health measures.
Meth production surged in Asia as economy faltered due to Covid-19, report says
Asia’s drug cartels adapted quickly to the pandemic in 2020, flooding markets with synthetic narcotics worth tens of billions of dollars even as the global economy ground to a halt, according to a new United Nations report.
Health Care Workers Deserve Fashion, Too
After masks, medical scrubs get the designer treatment. It’s the next big market no one expected.
The Boys in Their Summer Dresses
Gender fluidity enters its next phase as men increasingly step out in skirts and frocks.