According to the IMD, 'very dense' fog is when visibility is between 0 and 50 metres. In case of 'dense' fog, visibility is between 51 and 200 metres, 'moderate' is between 201 and 500 metres, and 'shallow' is between 501 and 1,000 metres. … [Read more...] about ‘Very dense’ fog lowers visibility to zero metres in Delhi
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Inactivated COVID-19 virus is first purified and tested before it goes through proportioning into a semi-finished product. In the filling workshop, staff equipped with specialized rubber gloves inspect the jabs and check for foreign matter in the pharmaceutical containers off the production line. Stringent sampling inspection is also conducted in the laboratories to ensure the jabs are fit for use. … [Read more...] about China Focus: Peering into China’s inactivated COVID-19 vaccine workshop
India’s best: He wanted to feed India’s masses
He was asked to go to Mt Abu for training; the family wanted him to take a job saying that 'a bird in hand is worth two in the bush'. MS declined. Instead, he accepted a UNESCO fellowship and went to Holland to continue research work on potatoes. But in the interim, due to family pressure, he wrote to the Home Ministry saying that he would take up the job after completing his fellowship period. His request was accepted but with a change of location to the Assam cadre from the original posting of Rajasthan cadre. After one year in the Netherlands, Swaminathan moved to Cambridge for his PhD and then to the University of Wisconsin. … [Read more...] about India’s best: He wanted to feed India’s masses
Why ‘goodbye’ is the hardest word for Republicans
Trump was not "of the party" but rather an outsider compelled to run in lieu of a better candidate. Having come from nowhere, he swept aside, with comparative ease, the party's own indifferent favorites, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich. At the end of Trump's term though, one cannot say with any confidence that the GOP bench is any stronger than it was. … [Read more...] about Why ‘goodbye’ is the hardest word for Republicans