England, Scotland under new national lockdown

  Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England with people instructed to stay at home as they did during last March’s first lockdown. In an eight-minute Tv address on Monday night, the prime minister revealed the national lockdown after being told that Covid-19 cases are rising rapidly in every part of the…

Viswa’s maiden 5-wicket haul after Elgar century

International Test Match Series South Africa Vs Sri Lanka at Imperial Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. South Africa  302 ao off 75.4 ov Elgar 127 off 163, 22 fours, van der Dussen 67 off 127, 12 fours, V Fernando 5-101, Asitha Fernando 2-61, Shanaka 2-42. Sri Lanka 1st Innings 157 ao off 40.3 ov, K Perera 60…

Pralatrexate sold under the brand name Folotyn could cure Covid-19

  Pralatrexate sold under the brand name Folotyn,  belonging to a group of medicines called antifolates, a drug originally developed to kill lymphomas cancer tumors that originate in the gland for the last decade could cure Covid-19 according to new research by lead author Dr. Haiping Zhang of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in China.…

Brian Parker, first to get Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Brian Pinker, an 82-year-old retired maintenance manager, a dialysis patient, had the first Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at Oxford’s Churchill Hospital administered by chief Nurse Sam Foster at 7:30GMT. More than half a million doses of the vaccine are ready for use on Monday, 04 January 2021. Matt Hancock, Health Secretary, described the occasion as…

Mourning Swan

A swan mourning another swan’s death on a high-speed railway line in Germany led to 23 trains  being delayed. The swan had apparently got caught in an overhead power cable  and died instantly. The officials had to wait 50 minutes before lifting the dead swan  and its mourning partner was released into a nearby river.

Apple took 3 years to drop supplier who used underage labour

In 2013 Apple learned that its supplier Suyin Electronics, that  made parts for Macbooks used underage labour according a former Apple staff. Apple failed to isolate the supplier for over three years. Suyin Electronics Dongguan Co Ltd in Mainland China  certified by ISO 9002 quality management system, allegedly uses forced Muslim labour. There aren’t many…