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Jan 11, 2021

Windows Interview – Massimo Iannone

Anche la musica lirica strizza l’occhio ai social. Nella rubrica Windows Interview, Bruno Carenini ospita il tenore, maestro e vocal coach italiano di fama internazionale Massimo Iannone. Nel corso dell’approfondimento viene ripercorso l’esordio, la fondazione del Gruppo Ensemble Voci Italiane e la brillante carriera dell’ospite, passando per aneddoti, opinioni personali su temi di

Dec 18, 2020

‘Kulhad’ to replace plastic tea cups

Tea will be sold in environment-friendly ‘Kulhads’ (earthen cups) in place of plastic cups at all railway stations in the country, Railway minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday. Speaking at an event organised at the Digawara railway station in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, the minister said the initiative will be the contribution of the

Dec 18, 2020

Global biofuel demands decline

BRUSSELS: Hit by the coronavirus pandemic and a sharp drop in oil prices, biofuel demand has declined for the first time in two decades and may struggle to recover, according to experts. “The collapse of oil prices has had a very negative impact on biofuels,” rendering them uncompetitive, Olivier Lemesle, director of studies

Dec 17, 2020

Did UK hostile environment policy breach equalities law?

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published a report finding that the UK Home Office breached its obligations under UK equalities laws by failing to address the plight of the Windrush generation in implementing its hostile environment policy. The policy, first introduced by then-Home Secretary Theresa May in 2012, attempted to

Dec 17, 2020

COVID-19 infection: origin, transmission, and characteristics of human coronaviruses

The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which emerged in Wuhan, China and spread around the world. Genomic analysis revealed that SARS-CoV-2 is phylogenetically related to severe acute respiratory syndrome-like (SARS-like) bat viruses, therefore bats could be the

Dec 17, 2020

The impact of patient-tracking technology on healthcare

Technology has so much to offer to the healthcare industry. Things like cost-effectiveness, high-quality health services, user-friendly enrollment/appointment sessions, improved patient experience, or satisfaction are there for the taking.Clinicians, medical billing companies, patients, hence, every stakeholder of the healthcare industry owes it to technology, innovation, and research conducted in this sector. Tracking technology

Dec 16, 2020

On environment, Biden needs to do a lot more than roll back the rollbacks

In early 2017, not long after President Donald J. Trump moved into the White House, his chief advisor, Steve Bannon, said that the administration’s aim was the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” A charitable listener might have heard a run-of-the-mill libertarian goal, to downsize the bloated government in order to make room for

Dec 14, 2020

The free world must stand up to China’s assault on the environment

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is one of the world’s worst and largest polluters, despite its claims to the contrary. Beijing’s bottomless demand for energy resources race on regardless of environmental impacts or the suffering inflicted on its own people. The entire world suffers alongside the Chinese people, and every nation must

Dec 10, 2020

Water-risk management in Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site in Iran

Water-risk management is one of the most challenging issues in the conservation of earthen sites, because of the inherent weakness of earth to moisture, and also the severe damage after rainfall as a result of a combination of many factors in the deterioration processes. In Tchogha Zanbil World Heritage Site (WHS) in Iran,