An Airbus jumbo jet flies on cooking oil An Airbus A380, the largest passenger jet in the world, completed a three-hour intra-French test flight on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) — typically derived from cooking oil or other waste fats.

Japan’s new minister for Loneliness In an effort to address loneliness and social isolation, Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga has appointed Tetsushi Sakamoto, the current minister of regional revitalisation and increasing Japan’s birth rate, to oversee government policies to deal

Anti-bullying app for schools Anoushka Jolly, a 13-year-old Class 8 student from the Pathways School, Gurgaon, has created a mobile app to stop bullying in school. She started this social venture in 2018 and created the Anti-Bullying Squad (ABS)

Coal mine turns into a park Norway is turning the country’s last Arctic coal mine in the Svalbard archipelago near the North Pole into a 3,000-sq km natural park called Van Mijenfjorden National Park. With 20 million birds’ nests

Padma Shri for Rotarian doctor Dr Krishna Mohan Pathi, past president of RC Berhampur, RID 3262, has been conferred with the Padma Shri Award for his service to the tribal community in Ganjam district of Odisha. Pathi has been treating tribals for

Rotarian felicitated for Covid-relief work Rotary India Covid Task Force chairman PRID Ashok Mahajan was felicitated by the Maharashtra government for his contribution towards Covid relief and paediatric heart surgeries. He was honoured by Dr Bharati Pawar, state health

Golden-tongued mummies A team of Egyptian-Dominican archaeologists have unearthed 2,000-year-old mummies with golden tongues placed inside their mouths. The 16 mummies were discovered at Alexandria’s Taposiris Magna temple in Northern Egypt, buried in rock-cut tombs popular in the Greek and Roman eras.

Tom Daley knits a medal case for his gold medal After winning gold in the synchronised 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics, Tom Daley, an LGBTQ icon, was spotted knitting while watching the women’s 3m springboard final. Pictures of

Michelangelo’s fingerprints? Museum experts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum have discovered fingerprints on a 500-year-old waxwork, titled A Slave. They believe that the prints pressed into the material belong to Michelangelo, the Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. The statue was part of his preparations for Pope

Acid attack survivors distribute food Sheroes Hangout Café, run by acid attack survivors in Agra, opened its doors to the poor and needy during the lockdown under the Smile Goal Hai campaign. Supported by Chhanv Foundation, the cafe carried out food distribution drives across

Recycling masksA start-up in London has found a fitting use for used face masks. Waterhaul, a company which recycles fishing nets and plastic waste, has launched a project to melt old masks into plastic blocks that will be used to make new products