2 gorillas at US zoo test positive for COVID-19

San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Monday confirmed that at least two gorillas have contracted coronavirus. Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only. Photograph:......

The A to Z of 2020

Wow -- 2020, huh? From the deadly coronavirus to lockdowns, wildfires to the Black Lives Matter movement, to the Bihar and US elections, it's been a year we won't forget. It's hard to believe it......

'India can be example to the world'

Robert O Blakeis the Deputy chief of Mission at the American Embassy, New Delhi. A career Foreign Service officer, he arrived in New Delhi in June 2003. Blake, who entered the Foreign Service in......

Obama names Indian American to senior trade post

Nearly six months after he nominated Dr Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui to be the chief agricultural negotiator at the office of the US Trade Representative, US President Barack Obama -- fed up with what......

Siddiqui is Obama's chief agricultural negotiator

Islam A 'Isi' Siddiqui has been nominated by US President Barack Obama to be the Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the US Trade Representative Siddiqui, in his new role, will now......

Unwholesome regulations on food

For several years now, a beef producer in the US has been trying its best to test its cattle for mad cow disease. The brain-wasting disease is rare, but deadly, since it can kill people who eat......

Global warming hits cereal production

Global warming is taking a heavy toll on cereal crops. A new study on the impact of global warming on global food production by researchers of a US university says that in 20 years since 1981,......