Despite India’s strong opposition, 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Toiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi walked out of jail on bail.
Lakhvi was released from the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi after he submitted two bail surety bonds worth Rs. 1 million each for his release.
Seoul named the Global Earth Hour Capital 2015
Seoul has been named the Global Earth Hour Capital 2015 by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
The WWF that the city’s approach to radically reducing emissions included allocating a realistic budget for increasing the use of solar power by residents, reducing transport emissions through greener fuels, and building more bus lanes and car sharing programs.
Ocean acidification was a key driver of the greatest mass extinction on Earth some 250 million years ago, scientists said.
The changes to the Earth's waters were caused by a rash of volcanic activity, wiping out more than 90 per cent of life in the oceans and two-thirds of land animals.
The oceans absorbed huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the volcanic eruptions, making the water more acidic and less friendly to fragile life forms.
First Human Head Transplant Procedure Scheduled to Begin Soon
Last year a certain Italian surgeon named Sergio Canavero promised that he will perform the world’s first successful human head transplant medical procedure during the summer of 2015.
The good surgeon has managed to find a volunteer willing to undergo the disturbing procedure. The volunteer is 30-year old Valery Spiridonov from Russia who suffers from Werdnig-Hoffman disorder, a rare genetic disease that results in sever muscle atrophy, the kind that leaves the sufferer confined to a wheelchair and leads to untimely death.
India was elected to four important United Nations (UN) agencies.
These agencies are United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program (WFP), Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) and the Governing Council of UN-Habitat.
Thane named India’s Earth Hour Capital
An 11-member international jury has declared Thane the National Earth Hour Capital with the city emerging the winner from India in the Earth Hour City Challenge this year.
Thane, Rajkot and Pune were the finalists from India. Pune received a special mention from the jury for its city mobility plan and its solar and waste-to-energy initiatives.