A new report by Oxfam revealed that India’s wealth is gradually concentrating more and more in the top 1% of the country’s population. Report mentions that India’s top 1% owns 40.5% of the country’s riches. The huge disparity in wealth distribution is due to the fact that wealth created in the last 10 years has gone in the hands of 1% of the entire population.
The new cold war has taken a dramatic turn in the past few years. Two world superpowers are battling each other for a very tiny resource, the semiconductors. The US has been trying to limit China’s access to the huge chip industry, an industry worth $500 billion. But so far, the US is winning the US-China Chip warfare.
Amid the ongoing protests for months, Iranian authorities have sentenced multiple individuals for showing solidarity with the protestors. Iran has recently announced another death sentence for its former minister for being a British spy. Alireza Akbari will be put to death shortly after his last meeting with his family members.
England’s NHS is set to bring new technology to the scene to treat those who are having trouble controlling their type 1 diabetes. More than 100,000 people with type 1 diabetes in England and Wales may soon get access to “artificial pancreas” to help them stabilize type 1 diabetes.
According to the new research, men who consume more sugary drinks are more likely to lose their hair gradually. The study specifically focused on Young Male Pattern Hair Loss.
The US Bureau of Prisons said Friday that they have released one of the most high-profile spies ever found to have worked for Cuba. Ana Montes was released after spending 20 years in a US prison. Montes was sentenced to 25 years in prison after leaking information about US spies to Cuba.
The Russian Hacking team has attempted to hit 3 US nuclear research laboratories. The hacking group is known as Cold River and according to US cybersecurity experts, they targeted US research laboratories back in summer last year. Cold river targeted Brookhaven (BNL), Lawrence Livermore national laboratories (LLNL) and Argonne (ANL).
Armed with metal detectors and other equipment, people from the eastern side of the Netherlands are looking for a possible treasure. An old map has sparked a treasure hunt and it is believed to indicate a treasure hidden by Nazi soldiers in the second world war.
The new treatment has led to complete elimination of cancer from the body of a young girl. Alyssa is a 13-year-old who was diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of blood cancer that originates in white blood cells of a bone marrow.
China has constantly been threatening Taiwan, the self-ruled island 180 km east of China. The United States has also significantly increased its military help to help Taiwan defend itself from Chinese aggression. But the recent report of China repairing the Taiwanese military device has become a matter of concern. The missile was specifically developed to deter military aggression by China.
A “virtually mummified” Dead body was found in a clothing donation bin in South Carolina. The authorities were notified when people reported strong odour coming from the donation bin. According to the investigation, the body “was badly decomposed”.
About a third of the world’s economy is going to be in recession this year, the IMF head warns. The news has arrived with major events taking place in the last few years. The head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva predicted a tough year for the entire world as the world’s major economies spiral down.
