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Explained: Why a Nike advertisement in Japan has generated backlash The two-minute video, titled ‘The Future Isn’t Waiting’, is Nikes latest attempt to expand its marketing strategy to focus on socio-political issues. Updated: December 16, 2020 10:30:04 am Across social media platforms, the advertisement has racked up millions of views, featuring the hashtag #YouCantStopUs. (Photo: YouTube/Screengrab) In the last week of November, Nike Japan released a...

Explained: What is the San Isidro Movement, posing a stiff challenge to Cuba’s authoritarian regime? The Movimiento San Isidro started two years ago to protest state censorship of artistic works, and has now become a platform for Cuban dissidents both within and outside the Caribbean nation. Written by Om Marathe , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 2:43:35 pm Supporters of the San Isidro Movement outside the Cuban emb...

Explained: In weird planet 336 light-years away, clues about our own Planet Nine Like the presumed Planet Nine in our Solar System, newly described exoplanet orbits its star from a great distance, at an extreme tilt, and influences the behaviour of various objects in its system. What have scientists learnt about its formation and behaviour, and how does it mirror Planet Nine? Written by Kabir Firaque , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2...

The Experts Lt Gen Girish Kumar is the Surveyor General of India, and Nitin Joshi is Deputy Surveyor General, Survey of India. The responsibility of the Survey of India is to prepare authoritative maps, and its work involves carrying out extensive land surveys and mapping topographical features. Starting in 1952, the Survey of India undertook an exercise to measure the height of Mount Everest (then known as Peak XV). That exercise measures the height at 8,848 m (29,028 feet), which remained th...

Quixplained: Who was Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh? How was he assassinated? Iran’s government-backed Mehr news agency last week reported that a satellite-controlled machine gun was used to assassinate Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. Updated: December 14, 2020 10:32:37 am Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a targeted attack in November. Iran’s senior-most nuclear scientist was assassinated near Tehran on November 27. There have been varying reports of ...

Explained: 50 years of the album that saved the humpback whale, singers of the deep The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) one of the 15 species of baleen whales, is considered to be one of nature’s greatest wonders. Written by Dipanita Nath , Edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: December 13, 2020 8:43:24 am A humpback whale surfaced near the Statue of Liberty in New York City, US, December 8, 2020. (Reuters Photo/Bjoern Kils/New York Med...

From the bottom of the sea rose a piece of ‘encrypted’ history. What were the Nazi Enigmas? Rusty and covered with barnacle, the machine is now in the restoration workshop of the Museum of Archaeology in Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Germany. What is this cipher machine, and what role did it play in the War? What is its value now? Written by Vandana Kalra , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2020 8:43:34 am Diver and under...

Explained: The significance of US recognising Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara The recognition by Washington is a major symbolic victory for Morocco, which has tried for decades to get its claim over Western Sahara acknowledged by major powers. It now hopes that more countries follow the US’ lead. Updated: December 13, 2020 8:42:14 am US President Donald Trump. Morocco on Thursday agreed to become the fourth Arab nation to normalise relations ...

Explained: Behind the SC order allowing officers to continue running Gujarat local bodies Currently, most of the municipal corporations have senior bureaucrats appointed as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) under the Epidemic Disease and Disaster Management Acts, in charge of the Covid situation. Updated: December 13, 2020 8:43:36 am Following the SC order, the state directed the chief executive officers of the local bodies concerned to carry on daily functions but without...

Explained Ideas: Six reasons why farmers are justified in protesting against the farm laws Farm laws alter bargaining landscape in favour of corporate players, write Aadil Boparai and Salman Khurshid. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:00:02 pm Farmers protest at Singhu border of Delhi in New Delhi on December 11, 2020. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha) In their joint opinion piece, Aadil Boparai and Salman Khurshid — both of the Indian National Congress — explai...