By this November, the planet will be home to 8 billion.

But the population has not grown as fast as it used to.

The United Nations says it is at its slowest pace since 1950 and is close to 10.4 billion by the 2080s, although some population experts believe it could be even sooner.

But the world’s population is spreading unequally.

More than half of the growth we will see in the next 30 years will be in just eight countries – the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania.

At the same time, some of the world’s most developed economies are already experiencing population declines because the fertility rate is less than 2.1 children per woman, which is called the “replacement rate”. The report says that in 20 countries, the population will decline by at least 1% by 2050. The United Nations says India will overtake China in 2023

With one of the lowest birth rates in the world (1.15 children per woman), China has announced that its population will begin to decline next year – long before previously thought. This is despite the fact that the country abandoned its one-child policy in 2016 and introduced incentives for couples to have two or more children.

As India’s population grows, it will almost certainly surpass China as the world’s most populous country.

Birth rates throughout the world have dropped dramatically already – in many countries where the population is growing. This is because as the previous generations grew, so did the number of people, even if individually they were having fewer children than their parents.

Progress is also largely due to advances in medicine and science, which means that more children are getting younger and more adults are getting older. This pattern is likely to continue, which means that by 2050 the global average life expectancy will be around 77.2 years.

But this pattern means that the share of the global population aged 65 and over is likely to increase from 10% this year to 16% in 2050. The divisions in East Asia and Western Europe will once again be unequal. More extremes in old age.

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Two killed as Nio electric car falls from third-floor office in Shanghai. Chinese electric carmaker Nio says that two people were killed when one of its vehicles fell from the third floor of its headquarters in Shanghai. Two member of staff and a person from a partner company died in the crash.

The incident took place on Wednesday at about 17:20 local time, the firm said. The people who died were inside the vehicle as it fell from the building.Nio says it immediately started an investigation into the incident in co-operation with government officials.

The third storey area from where the car fell has been variously described as a showroom, a testing facility or a car park.

“Our company has collaborated with public security department to launch the investigation and analysis of the cause of the accident. Based on the analysis of the situation at the scene, we can initially confirm that this was an accident (not caused by the vehicle),” the company said in a statement.
“We feel very sad about this accident and would like to express our deepest condolences to our colleague and partner employee who lost their lives. A team has been set up to help the families,” it added.

Nio’s initial statement on Weibo attracted more than 1,000 comments within half an hour, but was then taken down.The last sentence of the statement “not related to the vehicle itself” triggered many angry responses from social media users.

One comment read “it shows the cold blood of capitalism”, while another said, “the last sentence is so indifferent. They [test drivers] came to test the vehicle, but you say [the accident] has nothing to do with the vehicle?”.

Yet another Weibo user said: “It should be public security bureau to confirm if it’s an accident or not.”

The car maker has since posted a revised version of the statement, which still refers to the crash as an accident but now has “not caused by the vehicle” in brackets apparently to de-emphasise that part of the sentence. All the comments to the new post are now “RIP”.

Nio is at the forefront of China’s homegrown drive to dominate the electric vehicle industry. It has staked a lot on interchangeable batteries in its cars as a way to overcome customer concerns about frequent charging.

The company is a rival to multi-billionaire Elon Musk’s US-based electric car maker Tesla, which has a major manufacturing plant in Shanghai.

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For a long time, ago the people of Palestine are facing the brutality of Israel. Israel is continuously using force against Muslims by doing airstrikes and bombs. The circumstances in Palestine are so alarming. Many of the women and children are dying due to the different airstrikes done by Israel. Israel is blasting bombs in Palestine, Gaza from Ramadan and still, Israel is using force. The oppressed people are seeing their beloved ones dying each second in front of them.
The people of Palestine do not want reprehensible words, they want to activate the action from the world to break this silence. It’s time to take a concrete step. It is very sad to see that the whole world and especially the allied powers are a silent spectator to Israel’s barbaric atrocities. Muslim countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are doing their efforts to stop this brutality. 

Death Toll in Palestine:

Israel has fired thirty rockets in Palestine per hour due to which many of the people are dead in Gaza. If we take a look at the death toll in Gaza then according to reports the death toll in Gaza rises to 227. Israel strikes many of the rockets and bombs in Gaza. Many of the schools and buildings are destroyed. The children of Palestine are in terrible shock the whole situation is in front of them. The world is not seeing that these airstrikes and blasts are leaving a very terrible effect on people.
The Children are in shock the blasts are also causing a very negative effect on their minds. Many people are mentally retarded due to all this situation. Many of the people became homeless their homes have been demolished. Almost 56,000 people are deprived of their homes and 59 schools in Gaza are demolished.

Why America is Silent on Israel’s Brutality?

If we take a look at the whole situation of Palestine then America in this case seems to be favoring Israel. America provided Isreal with more military weapons. It is not wrong to say that these weapons are used to target people in Palestine. Moreover, America is silent on this oppression. Despite contact with Israel President Joe Biden and his officials have not even talked about the people of Palestine and have not even asked them to stop this calamity. 

Security Council Meetings to Discuss Israel-Palestine Conflict:

The United Nations security council arranged three meetings to discuss the tensions between Israel and Palestine. Some countries requested this meeting to discuss the conflict between Israel and Palestine. However, it was sad to see that the security council members were only using condemning words. There were not any harsh words against Israel and no one even discussed to stop such brutality. The United Nations members of the security council said that Israel must take a look at the cease-fire option. Israel had already rejected this option.

When Will This Stop?

The whole world is a silent spectator they are only seeing people and children dying. No one is taking action against Israel. The lives of the Palestinians are destroyed and finished. Children are suffering all this they are deprived of their homes, education, healthcare, and many other aspects. When will this stop? It’s enough now it’s time to take a concrete step. The United Nations must take a solid step to stop this all. The laws and the charters that they have developed to protect human rights must be used now. 

Protests in Different Countries for The Protection of Palestine and Holy Place:

Many of the protests are taking place in different countries for the protection of Palestine. Many of the renowned celebrities and stars are taking part in the protests. The people are demanding justice for the people of Palestine. They asked to stop this brutality as soon as possible and also demanded to protect the rights of people and to protect the Bait-ul-Muqadas.

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Palestine also known as the state of Palestine is considered as the sovereign state with the designated capital Jerusalem. From a long time ago and in past decades there is a conflict between Palestine and Israel. The Palestine have a very huge important due to Masjid-e-Aqsa or Baitul Muqadas. For, Muslims this is a very holy place, and every year the people of Gaza and Palestine face a lot of difficulties. Muslims throughout the world have huge respect for Masjid-Aqsa in their hearts. However, it is sad to see that the Muslims of Palestine are not free there are under the brutality and cruelty of the Israeli forces. Palestine covers the Gaza Strip and Syria.

Israel Forces Attack on Masjid-Aqsa:

The Israeli forces attacked the worshippers who were busy in their prayers in Masjid-Aqsa. Many of the people were killed and injured in this brutal attack. This heartbreaking incident took place when the Muslims were busy offering their prayers and were worshipping on the 27th night of Ramadan. When the Israel forces were attacking Muslims, the people were still busy offering prayers. And they were not afraid of the guns.
More than a hundred people were injured during the attack and they were hospitalized. The Israeli forces also attack the people, beat them, and arrest them. People started protesting after the attack the police of Israel also attacked the protestors.

More Air Strikes from Israel Forces in Jerusalem:

According to recent reports, the Israeli forces have done airstrikes in Gaza and use rockets to kill people. As a result of this many, people are killed and injured. Almost nine children are killed in these Israeli airstrikes. This caused a massive explosion in Gaza.

What is the Main Conflict Between Israel and Palestine?

The issue and conflict between Palestine and Israel started a long time ago. This conflict started when the people of Israel who are also known as Jewish came to Palestine. The people of Israel called Palestine their land while they are also using force against the oppressed Muslims. This matter is based on a long discussion and till the matter is unresolved. So, the Israeli forces start using force against Muslims and this all has been happening since 1948. Many of the other issues are also attached to this conflict.
Many people think that this all is happening because there is hypocrisy which is on its top level. Some people think that the conflict arises because there are some gaps in western democracy. However, I think that this is not only hypocrisy, this is terrorism, this is racial discrimination, this is bigotry, this is religious intolerance and especially this is hatred. All these aspects and the hatred that is against the oppressed Muslims. This is the reason that the whole nation is suffering today. Because everyone thinks that this is not something new and this will keep on happening.
However, the question why this is happening? The Muslims of Palestine are suffering for centuries why no one is taking action on this oppression and brutality?

What is the Aim of the Free Palestine Movement?

A movement has been started for the justice of the people of Palestine in which people demanded that Palestine should be free. The Free Palestine movement was founded by the business of Syria in which he demanded that all the Syrian rebels must be eradicated from the country. He said that Palestine must be free.
In my point of view, what is meant by free Palestine? The free Palestine in which Muslims should not suffer, a country in which people can simply worship in their mosques freely. A free Palestine in which there will be no killing of men, women, and children. A free Palestine will be free from all the rockets and air missile strikes. Because the protection of the holy place and justice for the oppressed Muslims is the topmost priority.

Why World Is Silent on this Brutality?

This all has been happening since 1948 and the circumstances are so sensitive in Palestine. These issues should be addressed quickly by the international jurisdictions. However, it is very sad to see that the international communities and allied powers on silent on it. Where the United Nations charter always talk about human rights? Where is a human right constitution?
Why these issues are not addressed internationally? Why the world is silent on Israel’s continuous brutality in Palestine. Moreover, justice should be done with the people of Palestine and for the protection of the holy place Bait-Al-Muqaddas. It’s time to say no to Israel’s continuous oppression and brutality in Palestine.

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In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district gave away its mask mandate last month which was a justly straightforward resolution: Cases were down significantly, and it didn’t bother local officials that their move defied Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

Unsuitable Guidelines

Those federal mask guidelines just didn’t appear to suit local conditions well in the town of about 800 people where barely anyone wears a mask.

Easing Of Guidelines

On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alleviated its guidelines on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to wear masks anymore unless they are in a big crowd of people. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without covering their faces in some circumstances, too.

Cautions Of CDC

The CDC had been cautioning Americans to cover their faces outdoors for most of the past year if they are within 6 feet of one another.

Approval Of CDC 

The conclusion marked the U.S. government’s latest step toward normalcy but came as much of the country so far had moved on from mask rules. The CDC essentially approved what many Americans have already been doing.

Updated Its Guidance

On the same day, the CDC upgraded its guidance, Louisiana’s governor partly lifted the state’s mask mandate, the first Democratic governor to take such an action during Joe Biden’s presidency. Somewhere else, local government leaders have been doing away with mask rules, and in many states, wearing masks are an infrequent sight indoors, let alone outside.

Publication Of Guidelines

The federal government has strived to accomplish consistency in public health measures from state to state since the start of the pandemic. The CDC has published guidelines on masks, social distancing, travel, and other activities but it’s up to governors on whether to stick to the measures. While others still have them on the books, some states never had mask mandates.

Unvaccinated People

The CDC says that, whether they are fully vaccinated or not, people do not have to cover their faces outdoors when they walk, bike, or run alone or with their family members. An unvaccinated person with an uncovered face can also go to a small outdoor gathering with fully vaccinated people.

But unvaccinated people — means those who have yet to receive both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson formula — should cover their faces at small outdoor gatherings that include other unvaccinated people, the CDC says. They also should wear masks when dining at outdoor restaurants with friends from multiple households.

And everyone, fully vaccinated or not, should cover their faces at crowded outdoor events such as concerts or sporting events, the CDC says.

Recommendation Of Masks

The agency resumes to recommend masks at indoor public places, such as hair salons, restaurants, gyms, museums, movie theaters, and shopping centers saying that is still the safest way even for vaccinated people.

Vaccinated People 

The change comes as more than half of U.S. adults — or about 140 million people — have obtained at least one dose of vaccine, and more than a third have been fully vaccinated.

Reason For The Decision 

Walensky said the conclusion was driven by rising vaccination numbers; declines in COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalization; and research showing that less than 10% of documented instances of transmission of the virus occurred outdoors.

Calibrated Step Back To Normal

The new guidance represents another cautiously adjusted step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has wiped out over 570,000 people in the U.S.

Rob Webster, a 49-year-old church employee In Plano, Texas, said the new guidelines sounded “reasonable” but he had some reservations.

Superintendent Jorgensen in the Nebraska school district said the district decided to get rid of its mask rule based on circumstances in the area and in the state, which never had a statewide mask mandate.

The district did see a raised risk of the virus last fall when cases statewide were climaxing, but there hasn’t been a distinct case in the district since January and fewer than a dozen cases had been stated in the two counties around the district when they made the resolution.

But unvaccinated people — means those who have yet to receive both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson formula — should cover their faces at small outdoor gatherings that include other unvaccinated people, the CDC says. They also should wear masks when dining at outdoor restaurants with friends from multiple households.

And everyone, fully vaccinated or not, should cover their faces at crowded outdoor events such as concerts or sporting events, the CDC says.

Quarantine Of Sick Students

Jorgensen said the district is still being cautious and will need students to isolate for 10 days if they test positive for the virus, but the mask mandate didn’t appear compulsory anymore.

Contribution To Report

Associated Press Writer John Zenor committed to this report. The AP Health & Science Department accepts support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely accountable for all content.

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On Monday, they were shown just 20 seconds of body-camera video that seemed to show the man with his hands on the steering wheel of his car before he was murdered, said the family of a North Carolina man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies.  

Viewing was postponed

Dear ones of Andrew Brown Jr., 42, was expected to be shown the bodycam video just before noon Monday, but the viewing was delayed for several hours because the county attorney looked for redactions, family attorneys said.

In the video of 20 seconds

Even in 20 seconds of video, Brown’s dear ones said, it was clear that he wasn’t a danger to law enforcement and shouldn’t have been shot to death.  

His dad had got executed just trying to save his own life, son Khalil Ferebee told reporters outside the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office. It was not right. It was not right at all.

Family attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter said the video showed Brown in his automobile as it was stopped in the driveway in Elizabeth City by law enforcement, making an escape unattainable. NBC News hasn’t watched the video.

Andrew had had his hands on his steering wheel. He was not reaching for anything. He hadn’t been touching anything, she said.

They had run-up to his vehicle shooting. He had stood still there, sat there in his vehicle, with his hands on the steering wheel while being shot at.

Attorney Harry Daniels told The Associated Press, that yes, it was the back of the head when asked whether Brown was shot in the back.  

The family admitted that Brown did try to drive away — but said he was shot before he tried to escape. Shell casings were flying in the video before his vehicle proceeded, Cherry-Lassiter said.

His car had been riddled with bullets, shooting him when he was not threatening them in any form or fashion, she said. There had been shell casing before he even moved. So they had been shooting at him when he had been sitting there with his hands on the steering wheel in the driveway.

Incident was quick

Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy S. Wooten in a video statement later Monday marked the incident as quick and said that outside investigators were interrogating witnesses and interviewing more information.

That tragic incident had been quick and over in less than 30 seconds, and body cameras were shaky and sometimes hard to decipher, Wooten said. They only told part of the story.

Redaction of video

The redactions and the delay angered Brown’s family, especially in light of a search warrant affidavit justifying why deputies sought to arrest him and detailing allegations against him.  

They had released a warrant saying all types of things about Andrew Brown, but they wanted to redact the face of police officers that had shot Andrew Brown? said Benjamin Crump, another attorney representing the family.

Then, Andrew Brown had not killed anybody. The police had killed Andrew Brown. But they were going to protect them and not show their face and not say their names so they could see what their rap sheet was, he said.

The state law permits them to blur some faces on the video and that process takes time, said Pasquotank County Attorney R. Michael Cox in a statement earlier in the day.  

The family protested that they had been shown 20 seconds of bodycam video from just one of at least eight responding deputies. No dash-cam video had been shown, they said.

Cox couldn’t be instantly reached for comment late Monday afternoon.

Accusation on drugs charges

Authorities said that Brown had been killed Wednesday as deputies sought to serve a warrant for his arrest on felony drug charges. Brown was accused of selling cocaine, crack, meth, and heroin by a search warrant affidavit made public Monday.  

The circumstances of his death remain unclear. Three have quit; a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said their resignations were unrelated to the shooting. Seven deputies have been put on administrative leave.

Period of civil unrest

The shooting took place in a residential neighborhood in Elizabeth City, which is about 35 miles south of Norfolk, Virginia.

Earlier Monday, Elizabeth City Mayor Bettie Parker announced a state of emergency ahead of the release of the video and a possible “period of civil unrest.” Only a judge can publicly release the video.  

The announcement cleared a way for the city to get state and federal assistance to protect their citizens, Parker said.

Protestors in Elizabeth City

On Monday, a community of around 17,600, protesters went out in the streets in Elizabeth City, with some saying the redacted video showed a cover-up, NBC affiliate WAVY reported.

Sayings of authorities

When a SWAT-style team tried to serve the warrants last week, Brown was hit, sheriff’s officials have said. Brown was a convicted felon with a history of resisting arrest, which meant the procedure was regarded to have a higher threat than others, authorities said. 

The government called for an investigation 

Gov. Roy Cooper has said that Brown’s death had been very tragic and extremely concerning and he has called for a state investigation “to make sure of accountability”.

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British stars Sir Anthony Hopkins and Daniel Kaluuya have scooped acting awards while Film drama Nomadland has won three Oscars including best picture.

Nomadland’s Chloé Zhao is the first woman of color and the second woman to win the best director in history.  

Sir Anthony, 83, is the oldest winner of the best actor, while Kaluuya is the first black British actor to achieve an Oscar in the supporting role category.

Frances McDormand won the best actress for her role in Nomadland, and veteran South Korean actress Yuh-Jung Youn won best supporting actress for Minari

The trophies were given out in one of the grand halls at Los Angeles’s stylish Union Station to permit for a Covid-safe ceremony, while many UK-based nominees were at a venue in London and  Sir Anthony was at neither.

Absent Sir Anthony Beats Boseman

Sir Anthony won his first Oscar for his role in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and now 29 years later he has won the best actor for his masterful performance as a man suffering from dementia in ‘The Father’. Sir Anthony who was not able to make it to the ceremony stated that he had not expected it.

This award was the greatest surprise of the night. Late Chadwick Boseman, who died aged 43 last August, was also nominated for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and the award was later tipped to go to him.

Sir Anthony was neither able to make it to the ceremony in LA nor at the British Film Institute in London which the ceremony’s UK venue, so instead he posted a  video filmed in his “homeland” of Wales on Monday morning on Instagram in which he expressed that:

At the age of 83, He did not expect to get this award, he really didn’t. He further added that he is very grateful to the Academy, and thank them for it.

Sir Anthony further went on to pay tribute to Late Chadwick Boseman, stating that Boseman was taken away from us far too early and also stated that he felt ‘very honored and privileged.

The drama film “The Father” is said to be released on 11 June in the UK. The film also won the award for the best-adapted screenplay for Sir Christopher Hampton and director Florian Zeller, who called Sir Anthony “the greatest living actor”.

Big Night For Nomadland

The film is a slow-burning drama regarding a woman who lives in her van in the American West after the financial crash. It won the top award for the best film, along with the best director and best actress.

McDormand now has won three best actress Oscars. She is one of the only professional performers in the film. Most of the rest of the cast is composed up of real people playing fictionalized versions of themselves.

Zhao in her acceptance speech thanked the real-life nomads for teaching them the power of resilience and hope.

Before Zhao, Kathryn Bigelow was the only woman to have won the directing prize for The Hurt Locker in 2010 in the Oscars’ 92-year history.

McDormand expressed her hopes for the revival of big-screen cinema, asking viewers to take everyone they know into a theatre soon, and sit shoulder to shoulder in that dark space, and watch every film that represented there tonight.

After stating “We give this one to our Wolf,” she howled like a wolf in order to pay a tribute to the film’s sound mixer Michael Wolf Snyder, who passed away at the age of 35 last month.

Victorious Kaluuya ‘Happy To Be Alive’

The 32-year-old Londoner, Victorious Kaluuya, won the best-supporting actor award for his great performance as Black Panthers leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.

The actor expressed that he was humbled to be nominated for portraying a man whose principles he deeply respects and for guiding him to walk in his footsteps.

Kaluuya also paid a tribute to his mother, who was watching at the BFI, who he said gave him his factory settings so that he could stand at his fullest height.

The excited son told the global audience of millions that it’s amazing and he is here. He further added that he is so happy to be alive so he’s going to celebrate that tonight.

Veteran South Korean Actress Yuh-Jung Youn

Yuh-Jung Youn won the award for her role as the grandmother in the Korean-American family drama Minari. She became the first South Korean actress to win an Oscar.

She beat Glenn Close and many other actors to the prize for best-supporting actress. It was Close’s eighth nomination without a win. Youn expressed to the crowd that she doesn’t believe in competition and paid tribute to her fellow nominee Glenn Close.

The Big Winners

The list of the big winners of the Oscar 2021 are:

Nomadland – best director, best picture, best actress

The Father – best actor, best-adapted screenplay

Judas and the Black Messiah – best-supporting actor, best original song

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – best costume design, best makeup, and hair-styling

Mank – best cinematography, best production design

Soul – best-animated feature, best original score

Sound of Metal – best film editing, best sound

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India is battling the issue regarding the transferring of huge quantities of medical oxygen to hospitals in its capital New Delhi and other areas badly affected by a record surge of COVID-19 by air, train, and road. 

Hospitals Are Running Out Of Oxygen 

The major issue is that medical oxygen is not reaching hospital beds on time. This delay is the result due to the troublesome locations of production units, a stretched distribution network, and what critics have been saying is poor planning.

Several hospitals in New Delhi have no remarkable oxygen production capacity and had made desperate public calls this week striving for emergency supplies.

With COVID-19 cases also engulfing its nearby states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, oxygen facilities there are over-stretched attempting to meet district demand.

Additional medical oxygen now has to be trucked in from industrial zones in eastern India to satisfy Delhi’s current necessity. 

Oxygen Deliveries Are Getting Delayed 

According to a court document, the facilities from where Delhi will now obtain oxygen that spread across seven states, some more than 1,000 km (625 miles) away.  

Given the dangerous nature of the substance, all liquid oxygen must be transported in a restricted number of specialized tankers, requiring prior planning to ensure deliveries are made on time, a gas industry source told Reuters.

In recent days, local officials in some regions interfered with the movement of tankers in a bid to keep supplies for themselves as a clamber for oxygen among states aggravated. 

In part due to such barricades, Delhi only obtained about 177 tons of oxygen on Wednesday against its distribution of 378 tons, an official said.

But the industry source said that Delhi had also dragged its feet on advance planning, without factoring in the time it takes to transport oxygen cross-country by road.

The source said that that problem wouldn’t have occurred if they had taken action 2-3 weeks ago.  

Delhi’s government did not give any response to questions about the poor planning.

Does India Have Sufficient Oxygen? 

India has a daily production capacity of at least 7,100 tons of oxygen as well as for industrial usage, which seems to be sufficient to meet current demand.

This week, the government distributed 6,822 tons of liquid oxygen per day to 20 of the country’s worst-affected areas, compared to their altogether demand of 6,785 tons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office said on Thursday.

India’s total medical oxygen requirement was just 3,842 tons as of April 12, as the surge in cases really took hold.

States are generally distributing supplies by an inter-ministerial group of bureaucrats mandated to monitor and facilitate the flow of crucial medical kits during the pandemic.

Modi’s office has noted that the accessibility of liquid medical oxygen had multiplied by about 3,300 tons in the past few days, with steel plants and other manufacturing units diverting their production.

Edhi Foundation Offers Help

Son of renowned Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and chairperson of the Edhi Foundation, Faisal Edhi, wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, offering assistance in the form of “a fleet of 50 ambulances” and other services.

They, at the Edhi Foundation, had been closely following the current impact that the Covid-19 crisis had had on the people of India, Edhi said. They were very sorry to hear about the exceptionally massive impact that the pandemic had had on India, where an enormous number of people are suffering extremely.  

Edhi in person offered to lead and manage the humanitarian team from his organization. Their organization understood the threat of the situation, and they wished to lend them full support, without any inconvenience, he wrote.

He said that the Edhi foundation would send a team of emergency medical technicians, drivers, office staff, and supporting staff to India. Certainly, they were not asking any other help from them, as they were supplying the fuel, food, and other necessary amenities that their team would require, Edhi added.

What Is India Doing To Overcome The Crisis?

The federal government has mobilized the Indian railways to move numerous tankers from refilling plants to where it is most required.

The Indian government is working with industrial gas major Linde India (LIND.NS) and others and is also utilizing the Air Force’s cargo planes to fly empty tankers to production hubs and refilled oxygen tankers are to be reverted back by road.

The armed forces are importing 23 mobile oxygen generation plants from Germany.

Some other industries are offering oxygen to hospitals, while salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group is importing 24 functional containers to carry liquid oxygen.

The government has issued orders to turn argon and nitrogen tankers into oxygen ones.

However, as some specialists predict a threefold of daily infections in a few weeks, India will have to dramatically elevate both oxygen production and distribution systems.

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Terrence Clarke, an American college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference, left this world at the age of 19. Clarke was the son of Osmine Clarke and Adrian Briggs and had three siblings, Tatyana Gray, Gavin Clarke, and Madison Adrianne.

High school career

On 14 September 2019, Clarke asserted his dedication to the University of Kentucky over offers from Boston College, Duke, Memphis, Texas Tech, and UCLA. He also declared that he was reclassifying to the class of 2020. Clarke completed his high school study from Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.

College career

In his college debut, Clarke displayed 12 points, four rebounds, four assists, and three steals in an 81–45 win over Morehead State on 25 November 2020. He was restricted to eight games during the season, seven in non-conference play and one in the SEC Tournament, making six starts and averaging 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game. On 19 March 2021, he proclaimed that he would give up his remaining college eligibility and pronounce for the 2021 NBA draft. 

Clarke’s on-court UK highlights contained a 22-point, three-assist game vs. Georgia Tech in early December. He was the 9 out of 14 from the floor with three 3-pointers. Clarke also gained 15 points and grasped six rebounds vs. Richmond, posted 14 points with three assists vs. Notre Dame, and built his college debut with 12 points, four assists, and three steals in the rout of Morehead State.

 Clarke signed with Kentucky out of Boston as one of the top anticipations in the 2020 high school class. A consensus five-star prospect, he was classified as high as No. 8 in the final Rivals rankings.

Shooting career

In the 2020 class, he was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the best shooting guards.  

Clarke stated in March that he was chasing his dreams of playing professional basketball and had announced for the NBA Draft. Clarke remained a talented prospect with a brilliant future despite missing most of the 2020-21 season with an injury.  

In 2020-21, Clarke was restricted to eight games in his lone season with Kentucky due to a right leg injury. He scored six starts and averaged 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game.

The 6-foot-7 guard achieved in double figures in four of his first five games and was shooting 49.1% before the North Carolina game when he endured his leg injury. Clarke played through the injury vs. UNC and the next game at Louisville before being cast aside for the conference season.

Clarke withstood to provide support and depth for his teammates in the Southeastern Conference Tournament game vs. Mississippi State in spite of missing more than two months of action.  

Death

After a workout with teammate Brandon Boston Jr., Clarke passed away on April 22nd, 2021, in Los Angeles, California who was involved in a traffic collision.

Tributes to Terrence Clarke 

While paying tributes to Terrence Clarke the Kentucky Men’s Basketball Player, Kentucky head coach John Calipari expressed that he is completely empty and ill tonight.

A young person, one with all of his dreams and hopes ahead of him and who they all loved had just lost his life too quickly. Terrence Clarke was a talented kid, someone who possessed the space with his personality, smile, and joy. People gravitated to him, and to hear they had lost him was just hard for all of them to grasp at the moment. They were all in shock.

Terrence’s teammates and brothers loved him and were utterly devastated. They knew they were them for whatever they needed.

Mitch Barnhart, UK Director of Athletics stated that they are dumbstruck by this unforeseen, upsetting tragedy. Terrence was a young man who was so full of joy and so full of smiles. They hurt and grieved with his family, his friends, and his teammates and coaches, and their prayers were with all of them in that unimaginable loss.

He was on his way to Los Angeles to be with his mother and his brother to assist wherever he could. 

That would be a tough period for all those who knew and loved Terrence, and he would ask that everyone should take a moment to say a prayer for Terrence and his family.

May he rest in peace.

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Tyrannosaurus rex was known to be a very menacing carnivore, however, it was surprisingly not fast. Actually, most human beings could effortlessly keep pace with the dinosaur. 

Speed Of Tyrannosaurus Rex 

According to Dutch paleontologists’ new calculations, T.rex would have covered just under 4.82 kilometers in an hour, a speed which is alike to that of human beings and many other animals, at its favorable walking speed. But, this speed is slower than the other estimates of the walking speed of the tyrant lizard king.  

Reason For The Slow Pace 

Most animals, including human beings, take on a natural walking speed that minimizes the amount of body energy spent especially when they find no reason to run.  

Role Of T. Rex’s Tail

Earlier estimates had not taken completely into reckoning the role of the tail of T.rex which makes up more than half of its length when crunching the numbers, said Pasha van Bijlert who is the lead author of a new study on T.rex locomotion which got published in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

Reconstruction Of T. Rex’s Tail 

Animals tend to choose walking speeds at which energy cost is minimum at a given distance. They do this by selecting distinct step rhythms at which their body parts resonate. Given that ligaments suspend the entire tail of T.rex, which behave like rubber bands, we reconstructed this tail to study at which step rhythm the tail of T.rex would resonate, stated by van Bijlert through email who is a graduate student in paleo-biomechanics at Vrije University Amsterdam.
The whole tail, by their reconstruction about 1,000 kilos, was really just a mass supported by a rubber band and with every single step, it would somewhat bounce up and down. With the correct rhythm, you get a good deal of movements for very little struggle.
Based on Trix, an adult 12-meter-long (39-foot-long) T. rex fossil at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, a museum of natural history and research center in the Netherlands, the research team deliberated a step rhythm from a computer model of a T.rex tail. Then, the scientists increased the step rhythm by the step length found in fossilized tracks for an estimated standard walking speed of 4.60 kilometers per hour.

Role Of Other Parts Of T. Rex

Van Bijlert said, other methods mostly focus on calculations based on the hips and legs. They surely play a critical role in estimations, but calculations based only on these parts of a dinosaur’s anatomy may lead to inaccurate outcomes. That’s because T.rex and many other dinosaurs had peculiar tails that aren’t detected with any other living animals today.

Identical To Animals’ Walking Speed Today

Grasping on how a top predator like T. rex moved can help paleontologists better understand the dinosaur’s ancient ecosystems, and behavior, answering questions like what amount of food did it need to move that huge body at such a speed? How far would it have wandered to find prey?
For example, a T.rex would use its desired walking speed when walking toward a water source, van Bijlert stated. This might also give us an idea of what kinds of ranges it could traverse when looking for food.
He did not calculate the T.rex’s maximum speed in this research but devise to do so using the same technique in the future.

Top Speed Of T. Rex

Other researchers have investigated the dinosaur’s running abilities and demonstrated that it could have a top speed of between 19.31 kilometers per hour and 28.96 kilometers per hour, any faster and the bones may have disintegrated.  

Importance Of Tail

John Hutchinson, a professor of evolutionary biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College in London said that the function played by tails had been a neglected subject in dinosaur locomotion research. 

T. Rex Was Not A Fast

He stated through email that what speed huge tyrannosaurs might have normally walked at hasn’t been a big query for many studies, but it is still an intriguing question. The approach used here is complementing to fancier muscle-based simulation investigation and, in a way, to data from fossil footprints.
He further added in his emails that humans, elephants, horses, giraffe, and ostriches all have an exceptionally close distribution in preferred speeds (around 3.5 – 4.9 kph). Thus, this consists of both two- and four-legged animals, and also both remarkably large and small animals.
The fascinating thing is that our new procedure calculates slower walking speeds for T.rex than other procedures, nonetheless the speed that we find is similar to many animals living today.

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