NASA has set up a new Earth System Observatory which will help in mitigating climate change, forest fires and hurricanes.
It will also support real-time agriculture.
Panacea Biotec (Indian pharmaceutical producer) in collaboration with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) launched the production of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in India.
Panacea and the RDIF had announced their plan to produce 100 million doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine per year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed David Barnea as the new head of the country’s spy agency, the Mossad.
Barnea, a former longtime Mossad operative, will succeed Yossi Cohen as head of Israel’s intelligence agency.
The recent Presidential Election in Syria was the second one since the beginning of Syria’s uprising-turned-war a decade ago.
The latest elections resulted a fourth term for President Bashar al-Assad.