Save trees from porcupine attacks with jute bag coverings: Dir Horticulture
Mar 08, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Srinagar: The Director Horticulture on Sunday urged the farmers and fruit growers to cover the trunk of apple and almond trees with jute bags, HDPE bags, wire mesh to avoid trees from getting attacked by porcupine and other animals.
COVID-19: Haryana DGP takes second dose of vaccine
Mar 08, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Chandigarh/UNI: Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Manoj Yadava was administered the second shot of Covid-19 vaccine by a team of health officials at Police Headquarters on Monday.
India maintains upwards trend, 18599 new COVID-19 cases recorded in 24 hours
Mar 08, 2021, at 03:09 pm
New Delhi: India reported 18,599 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, showing the upwards trend in daily case count, as per Ministry of Health data released on Monday.
Mar 08, 2021, at 01:09 am
New Delhi: Six states across the country are reporting high daily COVID19 cases. These are Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. They collectively account for 84.71% of the 18,711 new daily cases reported in last 24 hours.
Pakistan witnessing rise in COVID cases by 50pc in a fortnight
Mar 07, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan has witnessed a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases by around 50 per cent ever since the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) eased restrictions late last month, reports said here on Saturday.
Odisha: Ten days on, Simlipal forest fire continues to rage
Mar 07, 2021, at 03:36 am
Bhubaneshwar/IBNS: Similipal forests, located in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, are currently being ravaged by a massive wildfire that has been spreading across the woods since the last 10 days, destroying countless ground fauna, millions of seedlings and seeds, along with medicinal plants, creepers, shrubs and trees that take decades to grow, according to media reports.
Mar 06, 2021, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi: Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have reported a high number of COVID daily new cases. They cumulatively account for 82% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
Jammu and Kashmir: Div Com asks DCs to ensure COVID19 tests for students, teachers
Mar 06, 2021, at 11:23 pm
Srinagar: The divisional commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, on Friday asked all the deputy commissioners to ensure rapid covid19 tests for students, teachers in the schools to prevent spread of the virus.
Jammu and Kashmir: Hangul census 2021 on cards
Mar 06, 2021, at 11:21 pm
Srinagar: Wildlife Department shall conduct a census of the endangered Hangul in J&K with the process to be complete by the end of this month.
WHO calls for urgent action to ramp up production of COVID-19 vaccines for all
Mar 06, 2021, at 11:01 pm
New York: Urgent action is needed to increase production of COVID-19 vaccines that will be distributed through the global initiative making these medicines accessible by all countries, the UN’s top health official said on Friday.
Covid-19 vaccines do not alter fertility: Expert
Mar 06, 2021, at 08:50 pm
Kolkata/UNI: There’s zero evidence that Covid-19 vaccines interfere with fertility. This misinformation is dangerous because the confusion it is based on sounds plausible, but in fact is not, a health expert has opined.
1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed: WHO
Mar 06, 2021, at 04:03 pm
New York: More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccinations in Guinea where four have died in a new outbreak, but more lifesaving jabs will be needed to contain the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
India records 18,327 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Mar 06, 2021, at 03:13 pm
New Delhi: Maintaining the upward trend, India has registered 18,327 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Researchers find rare group of people with controlled HIV who could be a key to unlocking cure
Mar 05, 2021, at 11:04 pm
Kolkata: American multinational medical devices and health care company Abbott announced on Friday that a team of scientists has found an unusually high number of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who test positive for HIV antibodies, but have low to non-detectable viral load counts – without the use of anti-retroviral treatment.
Nineteen students of Indora College contract Covid-19
Mar 05, 2021, at 10:24 pm
Shimla/UNI: The issue of 19 students of Indora College of Kangra district testing positive for Coronavirus figured in the Himachal Assembly on Tuesday.
Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns
Mar 05, 2021, at 05:41 pm
New York: More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030.
Mental health alert for 332 million children linked to COVID-19 lockdown policies: UNICEF
Mar 05, 2021, at 04:03 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says the mental health of millions of children worldwide has been put at risk, with at least one in seven forced to remain at home under nationwide public health orders – or recommendations – during the COVID-19 pandemic.
India records 16838 new COVID-19 cases, 113 deaths
Mar 05, 2021, at 03:21 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 16,838 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
New Zealand declares tsunami alert for north Island after series of earthquakes
Mar 05, 2021, at 02:38 pm
Wellington/UNI: New Zealand declared on Friday a tsunami alert for large parts of the North Island coast following a series of powerful earthquakes, media reported.
Nepali lawmakers take first shot of Made in India COVID-19 vaccine
Mar 05, 2021, at 06:04 am
Kathmandu: The Nepali parliamentarians recently took their first jab of the vaccine against Covid-19 at Minbhawan based Civil Hospital, media reports said.
Scale up restoration of Wular: Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority to WUCMA
Mar 05, 2021, at 05:32 am
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority (JKWRRA) Chairman Ghanshyam Jha Wednesday stressed on the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) to scale up restoration works and afforestation activities to create maximum storage within the Wular Lake.
Jammu and Kashmir: DC Kulgam kick starts Green JK drive, plants saplings
Mar 05, 2021, at 05:23 am
Srinagar: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today kick started Green JK Plantation drive in the district by planting saplings of Deodar within premises of Mini-Secretariat, here.
Mar 05, 2021, at 01:43 am
Toronto/IBNS: In response to the commitment made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Canadian counterpart Trudeau on Feb 10, a consignment of half-a-million doses of the India-made Covishield vaccines (AstraZeneca vaccines) were airlifted to Canada from the Asian country on a commercial cargo flight and arrived in Toronto Wednesday morning.
Rhino population thriving in Assam's Orang National Park thanks to global and local partnerships
Mar 04, 2021, at 05:57 pm
Guwahati/India: Greater one-horned rhinos are thriving in Orang National Park in Assam, India thanks to protection and habitat management efforts that have been implemented by a diverse group of partners, said the International Rhino Foundation (IRF).
India reports 17,407 new Covid-19 cases
Mar 04, 2021, at 05:22 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 17,407 new cases of the Coronavirus over the past 24 hours, with the total number of those infected having reached 11,156,923, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.
COVAXIN is 81 pct effective: Bharat Biotech
Mar 04, 2021, at 12:11 am
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech, a global leader in vaccine innovation,developing vaccines for infectious diseases, today announced the first interim analysis of itsBBV152 (COVAXIN) where it showed it was 81 percent effective.
A machine that grabs waste plastic and shreds it to hit Indian roads soon!
Mar 03, 2021, at 11:17 pm
Bengaluru: An innovative machine designed by a team of six final year engineering students that gathers waste plastic is slated to hit Indian roads soon!
Mar 03, 2021, at 10:28 pm
New Delhi: Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. Together, they account for 85.95% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
Reflect nature’s ‘true value’ in economic policies and decisions, UN chief urges
Mar 03, 2021, at 09:37 pm
New York: Nations must start weighing up the cost of economic profit against damage to the environment if they are to have a chance at a sustainable future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.
Equitable vaccine delivery plan needs more support to succeed: COVAX partners
Mar 03, 2021, at 09:04 pm
New York: The equitable coronavirus vaccine delivery initiative COVAX that has delivered its first doses to West Africa and Latin America in the past few days, is a credit to international solidarity, but potential obstacles must be overcome if a fully global rollout is to be achieved, UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.