The mysterious disease, which erupted in the town of Eluru in Andhra Pradesh in southern India, is not linked to the coronavirus pandemic, presumably caused by water pollution, said an inspector of the West Godavari district. He said water pollution from heavy metals, organophosphorus compounds or...

Iran has instructed its Ministry of Oil to prepare the country's oil companies to operate at full capacity within three months, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing Iran's state-run media. The country is expecting a possible easing of US sanctions, which will follow the inauguration of US...

The poor bore the brunt of the costs during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating the ground for isolationism and a curtailment of globalization in the world, says the American National Bureau of Economic Research. The COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a rise in isolationist sentiment in countries around...

Carbon dioxide emissions across the EU are 24% lower than in 1990, showed a report released on Monday. The document notes that the volume of CO2 emissions in 2019 decreased by 3.7% compared to 2018, while GDP grew by 1.5% over this period. "The European Union is proving that it is possible to...

EU will finalise the free permits’ benchmark for the period of “2021-2025” in February. The European Commission had plans of finishing the regulations on “free carbon permits” in the coming five year, while last ween it informed that the ruled for the industries to calculate the same will be...

Opposition and doctors have urged for “stricter measure” to contain the second infection wave sweeping across the country. Turkey experienced record number of deaths due to COVID-19 for a seventh day in a row on Sunday, November 29, 2020, even as the President Tayyip Erdogan attempted to “contain a...

U.K. minister assures of an independent regulator assessing the doubts raised against COVID-19 vaccine. Robert Jenrick, the Housing Minister of Britain assured that data on “Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccine” should not be a reason for anyone to worry as the “independent regulator” would assess the...

Regulators are best placed to decide the efficacy of the vaccine with data which aren’t available in public domain. Patrick Vallance, the “Chief Scientific Adviser” of the government of Britain has said that AstraZeneca’s vaccine proved the main point as it has worked against COVID-19 in reply to...

According to a report published by the news agency Reuters, four more Chinese companies are set to be designated by the United States as being supported by the Chinese military. The report quoting sources claimed that Washington was set to cut down the access of those companies to US investors....