Marc Barman

Marc Barman

Attack on court to block Gaddafi’s son’s appeal

Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi. During a hearing in a courtroom in Zintan on June 22, 2014

Gunmen have stormed a courthouse to block the election commission’s appeal against Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The country’s unanimous government has condemned the incident. Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi submitted his nomination papers on…

Beauty is the burden of cosmopolitanism

Beauty is the burden of cosmopolitanism

Many people are moved when they hear the name of the beauty pageant. People who are not interested in this competition are rarely found. After 21 years, India got Miss Universe again. While many Indians are overjoyed to be crowned…

4500 year old Sun Temple

Archaeologists have unearthed a four-and-a-half-thousand-year-old Sun Temple in Egypt. They think it is the most important discovery in Egypt in decades. Massimiliano Nuzolo, an assistant professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute for Mediterranean and Oriental Culture and co-director…

Omicron could be a warning: WHO chief scientist

Omicron could be a warning WHO chief scientist

Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), said India also needed to be wary of a new type of coronavirus, Omicron. He fears the new strain could be much more contagious than the delta identified in India.…

Me and my wheelchair

It is very important to change my wheelchair. It’s been almost seven years since this wheelchair. My physiotherapist Mark MacDonald said, ‘This is a wheelchair but you can’t use it for long. Because, it’s not usable for long. ’I asked…