Several rain-related extreme weather occurrences have occurred in India over the last week. The state of Maharashtra is experiencing the heaviest rain in July in four decades.
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Category: World
Opening Ceremony and Indian Contingent
Tokyo Olympics 2020 began with a grand opening ceremony. The theme of the ceremony was ‘Moving Forward’.
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Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020
The much awaited Tokyo Olympics have begun! This year, the Olympics will be held in Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, from 23rd July 2021 to 8th August 2021.
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China unveils a maglev train made in China
Magnetic levitation, or maglev, is a transport technology in which powerful magnets ensure that the train or the vehicle levitates above the tracks.
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Kolkata’s Howrah Bridge’s lit up in Olympic colours
Ahead of Tokyo 2020, Kolkata’s iconic Howrah Bridge was lit up in Olympic colours to boost morale and show support to the athletes.
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Second Scaled-down Hajj organized by Saudi Arabia
Hajj, one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings, is one of the 5 pillars of Islam. Saudi Arabia organized a scaled-down version of Hajj for the pilgrims for the second year in a row.
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Raging wildfires consume two million acres of land in the US
Seventy-one wildfires are currently burning over millions of acres of land across the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming in the United States.
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Offbeat Careers: Information Security Expert
In this series, we will try and bring you the stories of people who chose offbeat careers. When we talk about careers and career counselling, the usual route that is taken is aptitude testing, options, earning potential, etc.
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Canada – US heatwave by Ananya Singh and Padma Priya
This week saw a scorching heat wave in Canada and the United States. Temperatures in Western Canada and the Northwest of the United States reached 50°C, shattering previous highs.
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Earth Cryosphere is shrinking each year
A recent study shows that earth’s cryosphere (frozen water-areas on earth) shrinking by about 87,000 sq km (roughly the size of Lake Superior) per year on average, between 1979 and 2016.
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