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…

42 injected with covid-19 antibodies instead of vaccine in the US

  Forty-two people were mistakenly injected with antibodies  to fight Covid-19 instead of the vaccine in West Virginia, the US. The West Virginia National Guard officials said they do not believe  there is any risk of harm to the 42 individuals who were injected with Covid-19 antibodies incorrectly. Everyone who received the antibodies has been…

Rescuers save elephant fallen in the well

Rescuers saved a wild elephant  that had fallen into a 50-foot well in Kerala’s Kozhikode district after a 12-hour rescue operation on Friday.  “there was no major injuries  to the elephant which was later released into the forest in Anakampoli” a forest official said.  The rescuers using earthmovers  to break the well and make a…