Rahel Philipose

Late last month, Class 12 student Maleeha Zehra received an email informing her that she had bagged a $70,000 (over Rs 51 lakh) full-ride scholarship to study at the prestigious Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.

The students have been able to assist hundreds of Covid patients in distress with the help of expansive state-wise databases, updated and verified almost “every hour” by a 55-member team of volunteers who work in shifts through the day.

The crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic is playing out vividly on social media platforms, which have been inundated with desperate pleas for help from critically ill Covid patients and their loved ones. 

Apart from protecting its own population from the deadly disease, an effective Covid vaccine will also help Cuba revive its economy, which was crippled by the coronavirus pandemic and a drastic drop in international tourism over the past year.

In an effort to promote gender equality on the website, Wikimedia Foundation launched ‘Project Rewrite’ to address the absurd lack of recognition women have historically received.

G Gordon Liddy, a former FBI agent and Republican adviser who was widely considered the mastermind behind the 1972 Watergate break-in, died on Tuesday at the age of 90. Who was he, and what was his role in the scandal?

The aim of the website is to expose the extent and severity of “rape culture” in the UK’s schools and universities.

Ramjas College’s social entrepreneurship society, Enactus, has been working closely with members of the transgender community, who like Alina, are looking for their big break in the beauty industry.

China’s top ride-hailing apps have dropped Swedish fashion label H&M from its listings, and the company’s products disappeared overnight from major Chinese e-commerce platforms like Alibaba and JD.com, AP reported. The brand’s smartphone app went missing from app stores soon after.

Vaccine passport: Critics warn there are scientific, legal and ethical effects of this type of documentation that still need to be addressed.

The rules that determine who gets assigned a royal title and who does not draw from an order introduced by Prince Harry’s great-great-grandfather, King George V, in 1917.

In a petition released this week, they argued that her children may have succumbed to rare genetic mutations.

With some states and UTs reporting a surge in coronavirus cases, the Centre has urged them to step up vaccination of priority groups, tie up with private hospitals for opening up the vaccination time-table for at least 15 days, and increase contact-tracing.

On the road, Abdullah experienced a sense of peace he realised had been missing since the accident. “Driving made me feel emotionally balanced,” he said.

Lyon mayor Grégory Doucet's decision to take meat off the menu at school canteens in the city sparked a political storm this week. Why was the decision taken, and what was the response?

From spending a day with one the world’s ‘most dangerous tribes’ in Southern Ethiopia, to finding himself in the midst of deadly riots in Lebanon — he has spent the last two years documenting his unusual and often risky adventures, amassing millions of views and a loyal fan base along the way.

Texas winter storm: Over a dozen deaths have been attributed to the unprecedented winter storm ‘Uri’ so far in the state, with local authorities warning that frigid conditions are likely to continue for another few days.

House impeachment managers on Wednesday showed the harrowing video footage along with audio recordings of the police officers present at the Capitol on January 6 when the violence broke out, to recreate a nearly minute-by-minute timeline of the insurrection.

UAE Mars Mission: The UAE has become the fifth country after the US, Russia, China, the EU, and India, to reach the Martian orbit. The primary objective of the mission is to study Martian weather dynamics. 

The Proud Boys grabbed headlines worldwide last year during the first presidential debate between then-President Donald Trump and his Democratic contender Biden.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded by Albert Einstein and students from the University of Chicago in 1945, created the ‘Doomsday Clock’ as a symbol to represent how close the world is to a possible apocalypse.

The practice generated buzz after US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration ceremony, where several officials and celebrities were photographed wearing two face masks.

While the traditional features of the ceremony — such as the oath of office — will remain the same, there are several striking differences from the presidential inaugurations of the past

Four owners from different parts of India tell us what it takes to run a single screen cinema hall in the age of the pandemic.