After years of struggle, Chile's Congress is to legalize same sex marriage and adoption of children. Chile is on the verge of celebration as President Sebastian Pinera who will leave office in the month of march has now backed the bill and is expected to sign the bill into law. M Pinera's support came as a surprise to everyone as he long back argued that marriage is a union of a man and a women. With this, Chile have become the 31st nation in Latin America and sixth nation in south America to legalize same sex marriage along with Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. The first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage was the Netherlands, exactly 20 years ago. Chilean president Sebastian Pinera The chamber of deputies, the lower house of congress, passed t...
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North Korean government has reportedly banned citizens from wearing leather trench coats as they don’t encourage ordinary citizens to copy the fashion choice of the country’s leader Kim Jong Un. According to reports, there has been a ban on young men wearing leather trench coats. The popularity of leather jackets in North Korea leaped after Kim Jong-Un appeared on television wearing in 2019. Though these coats look like a recent trend, North Koreans have been wearing them since the 2000s. Real leather coats were imported from China and were bought by North Korea’s elite. A leather coat costs 170,000 won ($ 34) in North Korea, a price only the elite can afford. It became more popular as Kim and his high-ranking officials wore leather coats during a military parade in January 2021....
Read MoreArtificial intelligence has made a profound leap by creating robots that can give rise to offspring. Scientists from US named as Sam Kriegman, Douglas Blackiston, Michael Levin and Josh Bongard has created the first living robots and they claim that they can now reproduce on their own. The parent robot and babies are called Xenobots 3.0 which are entirely biological in nature. Now lets look at what are Xenobots. Xenobots are world’s first living robots developed in 2020 from stem cells of the African clawed frog – Xenopus laevis by US scientists. Experiments revealed that these cluster cells could move, work together in groups and self – heal. They are different from other robots as they are made of aluminum, plastics, spur gears or sprockets. They are a combination of molecul...
Read MoreFirst Female President Of Sweden Resigns On 1st Day Of Her Job
Magdalena Andersson, the first female Prime Minister of Sweden resigned on the first day of her job. She won the parliamentary approval to take on the role on Wednesday. But when her coalition partner Green Party quit their two- party coalition government and her budget failed to pass, she decided to quit. After electing the Prime Minister, the centre party withdrew its support for Andersson’s budget because, concessions were given to the ‘Left’ in the budget. And thus the parliament was unable to pass the budget proposal due to insufficient votes. The parliament later adopted a substitute budget presented by the opposition conservative moderates. But the leader of Green Party couldn’t cope up with the opposition’s “historic and far right” Budget . Thus they quit the govern...
Read MoreHow Belarus-Poland Border Crisis Turned Out To Be A Humanitarian Crisis?
A life threatening crisis is happening on the border between Poland and Belarus. Here, the European country Belarus is using thousands of vulnerable refugees as weapons against Poland. Autocratic ruler of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko has invited thousands of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq and dumped them in the forest near Poland’s border. They have been told that if they need to survive, they would have to cut the razor wires of the border and enter into Poland. Or else they’ll freeze into death in the chilled forest. Images of migrants who travelled to Kuznica-Bruzhi border crossing via Belarus, trying to force their way Into Poland and being deterred have occupied attention all over the world. Refugees gathered in the border of Poland where the security forces are...
Read MoreRussia has initiated the delivery of the S-400 air defense system to India. It is likely to arrive in the first week of December in India. This new initiative may coincide with the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India. Putin will be in New Delhi to renew military-technical cooperation between the two sides for the next decade. The S-400 is a complex Air defense missile. This missile is a system consisting of radars, control systems, and different types of missiles which was developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 series of surface-to-air missile systems. It has been in service with the Russian Armed Force since 2007. The S400 defense system is equipped with targeting systems, multifunctioning radars, autonomous detection, An...
Read MoreStrained by the pressure of radical Islamists, Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan gave his consent to lift the ban on the extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). As a result, the organization has been withdrawn from the fourth schedule which is the official terrorist watchlist of Pakistan. The Imran Khan government had declared the TLP as a banned organization in the month of April after the violent protests held by them against the publication of caricatures of Prophet Muhammed by a French satirical magazine. The TLP called the cartoons blasphemous and also opposed French President Emmanuel Macron's public backing for them. They have been demanding the expulsion of France ambassador from Pakistan and a ban on the import of French products. Another demand put forward by...
Read MoreThe North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un wants to promote the ideology of 'Kimjongunism'. Kim has already removed portraits of his father and grandfather. According to reports, portraits of Kim II-Sung and Kim Jong-il have been taken down from Pyongyang's (the capital of North Korea) official buildings. According to a South Korean spy agency, the term 'Kimjongunism' is being used in governmental circles. Experts see Kim's effort as a tactic to break away from the shadows of his predecessors. Reports claim that Kim Jong-un is being referred to as the 'Great Leader' by North Korea's state media. However, the title was previously only used to describe Kim II-Sung, Kim Jong-un's grandfather. This attempt by Kim Jong-un expose Kim himself wants to establish his own credentials as a heroic leader...
Read MoreAmid the global arms race and automation of military weapons, a campaign named as " stop killing robots" is gaining pace. As major military powers invest in automation and AI technology, concerns are also growing about the efficiency of such robots. Recently, a student campaign called #StopCambridgeKillerRobots was launched against Cambridge University research. The report says the research in question aims to develop lethal autonomous weapons (LAWs) which have been dubbed as 'killer robots.' The research was funded by defense industry-related companies who have provided grants worth billions of dollars to Cambridge. Reports says that major military powers like the US, China, and Russia are heavily investing in AI weapons and robotics. The US Army is reportedly developing a new sy...
Read MoreAn Australian report claims that China has been making billions by illegal organ trade by exploiting Uighurs, a minority Muslim community in the country's Xinjiang region. Beijing is allegedly harvesting organs of vulnerable minorities forcibly and later selling them on the black market. A report carried by the Australian Herald sun says Beijing is earning a whopping $ 1 billion in annual sales of harvested organs. The report also adds that a healthy liver fetches around $160000 on the black market. As the director general's report to the executive board at its 79th session pointed out, human organ transplantation began with a series of experimental studies at the beginning of the 20th century. The report drew attention to some of the major clinical and scientific advances in the ...
Read MoreThere was a time when Air India, which was known as ‘The palace in the sky', was considered one of the best airlines in the world. It provided luxury travel for the passengers. Associated with hospitality, food, Indian culture, and art. Air India seemed to be a representation of India. But today the situation has become so worse that after a hundred million losses, the government had to privatize it. Here we will be considering some important incidents which lead the government to take such an initiative. Air India 747 First class JRD Tata, who had a passion for flying planes was the first Indian to acquire a flying license. To bring civil aviation to India was his dream. But it wasn’t easy at that time because the British Raj who were ruling India during those times didn’t coopera...
Read MoreDuring this pandemic, once again a military power has overthrown another democratic regime. After Myanmar and Afghanistan, it's Sudan. The military government overthrew the democratic government in Sudan and seized the power. The military had not only dissolved the country's power-sharing government but also declared a state of emergency on Monday. Two people were killed and at least 80 were injured as a result of gunfire during the demonstrations. The prime minister, Abdallah Hamdok, and his cabinet have been arrested along with this. Prime minister of Sudan Abdalla Hamdok Since Sudan gained independence from the British, it has seen seven coups till 2019. From this, it is clear that Sudan has failed to find a stable functional political system. The military often did not contr...
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