Saturday, December 19, 2020

19 December - iGoogle Portal - Tab 4

 

  Niskanen Center

  • We also need planning, financing, and political leadership The post Siting Alone Won’t Build the Macrogrid appeared first on Niskanen Center.

  • The Electoral College now having voted, it is hard to comprehend how Joe Biden and Kamala Harris can’t be considered “the apparent successful candidates” for their respective...

    • Unemployment Insurance is the most important safety net program for displaced workers — if you're eligible. The post New research reveals the importance of Unemployment Insurance...

  • From the tier system to the Brexit deal or no deal, Tory MPs have an incredibly busy schedule of self-deception to juggle My favourite ever political doorstep question came from Michael...

  • The loss of public figures can be strangely intimate. When we mourn them, we are mourning our own loved ones tooI’ve been hearing the call of the dead. It’s been loud this week, following...

    • Ironically, rightwing politicians have invented a zombie ‘postmodernism’ that cannot be killed by factsAcademics in the UK have been known, in moments of weakness, to look...

  • Ontario has announced tougher COVID-19 restrictions for five regions in the province, including for Hamilton, which will go into lockdown.

  • As millions of Canadians rushed to apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit in the early rollout, CRA call-centre agents were given wrong instructions for how self-employed...

    • Canada’s population growth “essentially stopped” from July to October due to COVID-19, Statistics Canada says.

  • Brits can get their fix of climate doom here. All based on greenhouse gas theory, even though the greenhouse itself is mythical. What could possibly go wrong? Just ‘Enter your postcode...

  • They’re just stating the obvious, but now a few people have made the switch away from fuel-burning cars their warnings will no doubt become louder. Non-car owners can’t be penalised...

    • We confidently predict more doom-laden claims, and more failures. Josh cartoon: GRETA THE DOOMSAYER here. – – – 2020 has been the wildest and most unpredictable year in the...

    Zee News :Technology News

  • Many users across the globe are unable to access their accounts on Instagram.

  • The options to make audio and video calls have started appearing for some beta users, besides the search button at the top of the chat window — both bearing the beta tag. ...

    • The Chrome and Edge extensions are associated with some of the world's most popular platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Google Chrome.

  •  Directorate of Space Situational Awareness and Management (DSSAM) has been established at ISRO to enhance Space Situational Awareness.

  • PM Modi said that private investment in the sector will lead to the creation of hi-tech jobs.

    • The astronomical phenomenon will be at its peak on December 13 night till wee hours of December 14 because of tonight is a moonless night.

  • China in recent years has emerged as a major space power with manned space missions and landing a rover in the dark side of the moon. China's Chang'e-5 probe has retrieved about 1,731...

  • The United Nations has refused to take a position on Pakistani claims of Indian forces firing at UN Vehicles at the Line of control.

    • The head nurse, who passed out during her press briefing, claimed that she had a history of fainting incidents.

  • Health Minister Harsh Vardhan made the announcement while chairing the virtual meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 as India crossed the one crore infection...

  • Vivek Doval had filed a criminal defamation case against Ramesh and Caravan magazine Editor-in-Chief Paresh Nath and reporter Kaushal Shroff for damaging his reputation. The Caravan...

    • Four labourers died and two others were injured after the roof of a factory collapsed in west Delhi's Khayala on Saturday (Dec 19), officials said. The structure, which was being used...

      Channel NewsAsia World News

  • NEW DELHI: India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases on Saturday (Dec 19), official data showed, the second highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen...

  • SYDNEY: Parts of Sydney were heading into a fresh lockdown on Saturday (Dec 19) as officials in Australia's most populous city said they hoped the restrictions would be enough to control...

    • WASHINGTON, DC: The United States on Friday (Dec 18) authorised Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for six million doses of a second vaccine to soon begin...

      Channel NewsAsia Asia Pacific News

  • SINGAPORE: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Saturday (Dec 19) said he was "deeply saddened" to hear of the death of Madam Rahah Mohamed Noah, the widow of Malaysia’s...

  • A pair of critically endangered orangutans, rescued from smugglers on the Thai-Malaysian border in 2017, have arrived in Indonesia to undergo rehabilitation so they can finally...

    • NEW DELHI: India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases on Saturday (Dec 19), official data showed, the second highest in the world although new infection rates appear to have fallen...

      Channel NewsAsia Front Page News

  • REUTERS: Australia crushed India by eight wickets inside three days of the first test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, skittling the tourists for their lowest innings score in 88 years...

  • SINGAPORE: Singapore firms have developed digital health passports that can verify travellers’ COVID-19 test results, as the country gradually reopens its borders with...

    • HONG KONG: Former Southampton striker Graziano Pelle was on target as Shandong Luneng defeated Chinese Super League champions Jiangsu Suning 2-0 to lift the Chinese FA Cup on Saturday...

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