Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine

Oxford’s AZD1222 vaccine is made from a genetically engineered virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees. However, the virus has been modified so that it doesn’t cause infection in people and... Read more »

The Hagia Sophia

Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia is one of Istanbul’s main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally reconverted Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it... Read more »

Indo-China border dispute

Chinese soldiers have backed away from the site of the deadly clash last month in the Galwan Valley along the un demarcated border, a sign of the countries’ progress in disengaging from... Read more »

Four-fold jump in Li-ion batteries imports

India has witnessed a four-fold rise in the import of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and more than tripled its import bill on the product from 2016-2018. Li-ion is vital for powering a range... Read more »