Flood and landslides claim 62 lives in Assam so far, 31 lakh people affected
Jun 20, 2022, at 05:54 am
Guwahati: The flood and landslides has claimed 62 human lives in Assam this year so far.
Pakistan: COVID-19 positivity rate spikes by 1.3 percent after detection of 152 cases
Jun 20, 2022, at 01:46 am
Islamabad: Pakistan, a nation which has witnessed several deadly rounds of COVID-19 outbreaks, witnessed a 1.3 percent rise in positivity rate after 152 new cases were detected, as per data released by the National Institute of Health on Sunday.
India records 12,899 new Covid cases in last 24 hours
Jun 19, 2022, at 06:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded 12,899 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come
Jun 18, 2022, at 11:38 pm
New York: Sweltering conditions in Europe have come earlier than expected this year but the bad news is, they’re the shape of things to come.
Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO
Jun 18, 2022, at 09:05 pm
New York: Nearly one billion people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder, according to latest UN data – a staggering figure that is even more worrying, if you consider that it includes around one in seven teenagers.
World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres
Jun 18, 2022, at 08:54 pm
New York: The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil fuels, will only deliver a “permanent triple whammy of inflation, climate chaos and conflict”, the UN chief warned on Friday.
India registers 13,216 fresh COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths
Jun 18, 2022, at 03:21 pm
New Delhi: India registered 13,216 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 23 deaths as daily positivity rate touched 2.73 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Delhi records 35 pct single-day spike in Covid cases with 1,797 new infections
Jun 18, 2022, at 06:20 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi reported 1,797 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, a 35 per cent rise since yesterday's figures, amid an upward trend in infections across the country.
India's Covid-19 curve on the rise, over 12,000 cases reported in 24 hours
Jun 17, 2022, at 06:39 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's concern over the pandemic kept growing Friday with over 12,000 Covid-19 cases being reported from various states and union territories in the last 24 hours.
New Zealand reports 5,435 Covid-19 cases
Jun 16, 2022, at 09:26 pm
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand reported 5,435 new community cases of Covid-19 and 15 more deaths from the pandemic, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
India reports 12,213 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Jun 16, 2022, at 08:51 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 12,213 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally in the country to 4,32, 57,730, according to the Health Ministry data Thursday.
Canada: Toronto launches Reduce WasteTO program to achieve net zero strategy
Jun 16, 2022, at 03:53 am
Toronto/IBNS: A new program Reduce WasteTO program – Reducing Single-Use was launched by the city of Toronto to address single-use waste in its first stage of the Single-Use and Takeaway Items Reduction Strategy.
WHO to determine if Monkeypox should be declared ‘Emergency of International Concern’
Jun 15, 2022, at 07:30 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee has been convened due to the spread of the Monkeypox virus to 32 non-endemic countries.
India adds 8,822 fresh COVID-19 cases to its tally
Jun 15, 2022, at 03:43 pm
New Delhi: India recorded another major spike in daily count as 8,822 fresh COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the daily count to 2 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Delhi reports over 80 pct rise in daily Covid-19 infection
Jun 15, 2022, at 01:07 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi reported a massive increase in Covid-19 cases on Tuesday as the capital city recorded over an 80 per cent hike in the daily tally compared to the previous day.
US health secretary tests positive for Covid-19
Jun 14, 2022, at 10:10 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive for COVID-19, the second time for him in less than a month.
Assam: Four people killed in massive landslide in Guwahati
Jun 14, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Guwahati: At least four people were buried alive following a massive landslide in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Leading men's health organisations vow to work together to launch International Men’s Health Week
Jun 14, 2022, at 07:58 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Leading men's health organisations have vowed to work together to launch the International Men's Health Week.
India witnesses slight decline in daily count as 6,594 fresh cases recovered in past 24 hours
Jun 14, 2022, at 03:36 pm
New Delhi: India registered a slightly lower daily surge in the past 24 hours as 6,594 fresh cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
China: 21 more people found infected in bar-related COVID-19 outbreak
Jun 14, 2022, at 04:59 am
Beijing: Beijing, the Chinese capital city which was slowly limping back from tight COVID-19 restrictions, registered 21 fresh cases which are mostly linked to the bar in Sanlitun of Chaoyang district.
Maharashtra's active Covid cases jump 241 pct in 10 days
Jun 14, 2022, at 12:47 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra's active Covid-19 cases have seen a whopping increase of 241 per cent from 5,127 cases on June 3 to 17,480 cases on June 13, the state health bulletin data showed on Monday.
Yashoda Hospitals' group expands its footprints in Kolkata, to focus on gastrology, neurology
Jun 13, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad, a super specialty hospital, launched a well-equipped clinic at Salt Lake, Kolkata, to provide a slew of medical technologies and services to patients in the eastern region and Bangladesh.
COVID not over yet, says Union Health Minister amid rising cases across several states
Jun 13, 2022, at 10:46 pm
New Delhi: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya has warned the nation that pandemic is not over and people should still follow COVID Appropriate behaviour (CAB).
Google engineer says company's AI bot has come to think like humans, faces suspension
Jun 13, 2022, at 10:06 pm
California/IBNS: Google engineer Blake Lemoine has claimed that the multinational tech company's artificial intelligence (AI) bot has become sentient (able to perceive or feel things) and shown signs of being able to think like human beings.
Venezuela reports its first monkeypox case
Jun 13, 2022, at 06:10 pm
Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: The first case of monkeypox has been registered in Venezuela, the country’s Ministry of Health informs.
Jun 13, 2022, at 03:17 pm
New Delhi: India, a nation which has witnessed three devastating waves of the COVID-19 with the second wave being deadly among the rest, is registering an upsurge in daily count for the past several days with 8,084 fresh cases recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the daily positivity rate to 3.24 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
India records steep rise in COVID-19 with 8,582 new cases in last 24 hrs
Jun 12, 2022, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Raising alarm again, India reported 8,582 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Maharashtra reports 2,922 new Covid cases in 24 hrs
Jun 12, 2022, at 01:50 pm
Aurangabad/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra recorded 2,922 new Covid-19 cases and one death in the last 24 hours, the health bulletin said on Sunday.
Russian health watchdog detects Omicron subvariant BA.4 in population
Jun 12, 2022, at 01:25 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: A more contagious subvariant of the Covid-19 Omicron strain has slipped into Russia, a senior official at the national consumer health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.
Nagaland gears up for Endangered Hoolock gibbon conservation
Jun 12, 2022, at 03:47 am
Guwahati: The Hoolock gibbons, which occur only in the northeast India, on the southern bank of the Dibang-Brahmaputra river system is under threat.