This week India launched its first nasal COVID-19 vaccine, four months after it received approval for its restricted emergency use among adults in the country.The mucosal vaccine, made by India’s leading vaccine maker, Bharat Biotech, is based on techn…
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Green Comet Zooming Our Way; Last Visited 50,000 Years Ago
A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years.The dirty snowball last visited during Neanderthal times, according to NASA. It will come within 42 million kilometers (26 million miles) of Earth on Wednesday before speeding away again, unlikely to…
Read moreUS Moves to Protect Minnesota Wilderness from Planned Mine
The Biden administration moved Thursday to protect northeastern Minnesota’s pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness from future mining, dealing a potentially fatal blow to a copper-nickel project.Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order cl…
Read moreSmall Asteroid to Pass Near Earth Thursday
The U.S. space agency NASA says a small asteroid will pass very close to Earth Thursday, just 3,600 kilometers from our planet’s surface, well within the orbit of most geosynchronous satellites.In a release on its website, NASA says the object, known a…
Read moreAncient Jerusalem Hand Imprint Baffles Israel Experts
Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday that they are trying to uncover the meaning of a recently discovered hand imprint carved into the stone wall of an ancient moat outside Jerusalem’s Old City.The imprint, which may been made as a “prank”, was found …
Read moreTHE MINISTRY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND ENTERPRISE AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIAT FOR EUROPEAN FUNDS Project Green launches Community Greening Grant: €10 million for greening and open spaces within the community
Project Green launched Community Greening Grant, a €10 million grant scheme, giving communities in Malta and Gozo the opportunity to create and enrich green open spaces in their localities. Community Greening Grant was announced by the Minister for the…
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