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$In this Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, Chinese women walk past advertisement featuring teen idol Lu Han, also known as Chinas Justin Bieber in Beijing. Chinas government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 to promote \revolutionary culture,\ broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality. (AP/Ng Han Guan, File)$ Life

China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV

Prez Xi Jinping has called for a national rejuvenation, with tighter Communist Party control of business, education,...

3 Sept 2021 7:29 AM

Microplastics can be carried hundreds or thousands of miles away from the source by ocean currents. (Photo: PTI/File)

Past climate change 'tipping points' can help us prepare for future:...

The paper explores prior research with sediment cores in the Gulf of Alaska, dust records in North Africa and ice cores...

1 Aug 2021 7:36 AM

Much of the loss was in the Amazon, including new areas that were deliberately cleared. (AFP file photo)

Sharp increase in destruction of virgin forest in 2020

Tropical forests continue to disappear rapidly, threatening irreparable losses to Earth's crucial biodiversity

31 March 2021 8:20 AM

The plastic waste may include empty water bottles, cold drink bottles, plastic canes and other such items, said officials. (Image credit : Twitter/@smartcitiesind)

Free lunch for one kg of plastic waste: SDMC opens 23 more 'garbage...

Under the novel step, anybody depositing one kg of plastic wastes with 'garbage cafes' would get coupon for free...

29 Jan 2021 6:30 AM

Tobey King speaks to her crochet Bernie Sanders doll as the bidding continues on eBay on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021 in Corpus Christi, Texas. The doll sold for $20,300, and all of the proceeds are being donated to Meals on Wheels. (AP)

Woman sells Bernie doll for over $20K, donates to charity

The donation was inspired by Sanders, whose campaign created sweatshirts with the meme on them and donated the proceeds...

28 Jan 2021 6:34 AM

the explosion of plastic pollution is endangering shark populations, either through the animals ingesting or becoming enmeshed in refuse items. (Photo: AFP)

Empty seas: Oceanic shark populations dropped 71% since 1970

While climate change and pollution imperil shark survival, increased fishing pressure is the greatest threat for every...

28 Jan 2021 5:37 AM

Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg. (AFP)

Greta Thunberg's generation most likely to believe climate change is a...

70% of people under 18 believe climate change is a global emergency versus 58% of those over 60

27 Jan 2021 3:22 PM

While global temperatures are already up by 1ÂºC, the temperature rise in India indicates increasing heat waves. (Representational Image/AFP)

Meteorologists forecast heat waves for ensuing summer

India had been the 7th most affected by climate change globally in 2019, reveals the Global Climate Risk Index 2021...

25 Jan 2021 10:38 PM

Bernie Sanders (Image source: Twitter @marcaross)

Bernie Sanders spawns splash of memes with inaugural attire

The outfit was made out of recycled materials

22 Jan 2021 8:23 AM

Shikha Goel with children Yutika and Tavashya

Sailing through the turbulence

The pandemic has not been without benefits. It has fast-forwarded the life-skills learning process for many children

9 Jan 2021 9:40 AM

An ocean clean-up drive at Rushikonda beach in Visakhapatnam city by Scuba divers of Livein Adventures

For a better aqua life!

Scuba divers and tourists join hands for an ocean clean-up drive at vizag

30 Dec 2020 8:54 AM

Madhavi Mohoni, gamer and developer

Game on Girl

As more women enter the world of gaming, another male bastion is crumbling, writes Swati Sharma

30 Dec 2020 8:16 AM