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New Delhi-Copenhagen Air India Flights Will Resume Soon: Danish Foreign Minister

Last Updated: March 01, 2023, 09:22 ISTImage used for Representation (Photo: Reuters)Air India had stopped its non-stop flight between New Delhi and Copenhagen in the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemicDirect flights between New Delhi and Copenhagen will resume from March 1, Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Tuesday.Rasmussen made this announcement during the India-Denmark: Partners for Green and Sustainable Progress conference, which was held here.Air India had stopped its non-stop flight between New…

17 films that should never have won Oscars, from The Danish Girl to Shakespeare in Love

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAny belief that the Oscars award the right films, directors and performances has faded over the years.While every ceremony has a smattering of correct decisions – trophies handed to the right people for the right films – more often than not, the pervading feeling is one of pessimism caused by a deluge of undeserving recipients.The Oscars are a far cry from what they claim to be – a…

Danish wind turbine maker discovers way to make blades recyclable

No matter how beneficial increasing wind energy generation is, at the end of their lives, wind turbine blades end up in landfills. But now a major European wind turbine manufacturer — Denmark-based Vestas — has found a way to make the blades recyclable and circular. Unlike the vast majority of a turbine’s components that have established recycling circles, blade recycling has posed a serious challenge. That’s because of the presence of epoxy resin, a resilient substance that has so far proved…

The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II

| Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II by VC/Private Equity advisor for FinTech Ralph Shayne and Danish psychologist and comic artist Tatiana Goldberg, is a new middle-grade graphic novel in association with the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II Centred on the journey of a Danish girl's family, Hour of Need: The Daring Escape of the Danish Jews During World War II tells the true story of how the people…

A Danish City Built Google Into Its Schools—Then Banned It

Some children could adapt better without them than others. Throughout his career in education, Pederson has never heard a single parent complain about data protection. But after the Google ban, he did receive complaints—mostly from parents of dyslexic students, who rely on Chromebook tools such as AppWriter.There might be ambivalence among many Danish parents—but not all. “I hope spreads, as we are giving too much information to multinational corporations, who by their very nature are untrustworthy,” says Jan Gronemann,…

Shocking Danish Horror Film Director Interview

Image: Shudder/IFC MidnightDanish import Speak No Evil was one of the standouts at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—anyone who saw it then is likely still traumatized by it. Elegant filmmaking propels its story of two families who meet on vacation, hit it off, and decide to visit again... with decidedly less pleasant results. With Speak No Evil arriving in theaters and on Shudder this month, io9 got a chance to speak with director Christian Tafdrup about his excellent but uniquely agonizing movie.Note: this interview

Is Danish king who gave name to Bluetooth buried in Poland?

The 10th century golden Curmsun disc with the name of Danish King Harald “Bluetooth“ Gormsson (Curmsun in Latin) on it, coming from a tomb at the Roman Catholic church in Wiejkowo, Poland, photographed in Malmo, Sweden, in 2015. The Bluetooth wireless link technology is named after the king. More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a Danish king whose nickname is known to the world through the Bluetooth technology is at the center…

Monkeypox Vaccine Demand Soars, and Just One Small Danish Company Makes It

A Copenhagen company worked for nearly two decades to develop a vaccine and only six governments bought it. Within the last few weeks, orders have come in from dozens of countries around the globe and it is looking at whether it can operate 24-hours a day, seven days a week, to meet demand. The World Health Organization in recent days declared the disease a public health emergency of international concern, the first time the group has issued that designation since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.…