JK achieves milestone of inoculating over two crore individuals
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Jammu/IBNS: Jammu & Kashmir Wednesday achieved the landmark of administering over two crore covid vaccine doses under the ongoing inoculation campaign.
JK can test up to two lakh samples a day
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The J&K government Thursday said the union territory was capable of testing up to two lakh samples in a day, due to its network of RT-PCR Labs and hundreds of RAT Points.
Kashmir's health workers enter snow bound areas to provide vaccines
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Budgam/IBNS: Having worked in the Health Department for several years, Abida Gani had an unusual task ahead of her Thursday, during a covid vaccination drive in the snow-bound upper reaches of Budgam district.
COVID-19: Argentina reports first florona case
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Buenos Aires/UNI/Xinhua: The first case of florona, a double infection with both Covid-19 and influenza complications , was reported in Argentina's Santa Fe province, local health ministry said on Thursday.
Sri Lankan health authorities warn against Omicron
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Colombo/UNI/Xinhua: Sri Lanka's health authorities on Friday said with a rise in the number of Omicron infected patients, the new variant was soon becoming dominant that would overtake the Delta variant in the country.
US offers North Korea 60 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: Washington has offered to provide North Korea with 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine through the United Nations tools, which Pyongyang has greeted with enthusiasm although it has not officially responded yet, South Korean lawmaker and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly Kim Kyung-hyup said on Friday.
IIT Kharagpur creates device for detecting oral cancer
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur, under Ministry of Education, Government of India, have developed a new highly accurate, portable, yet user-friendly, affordable and non-invasive device for detecting oral cancer in resource-constrained clinical settings.
80 per cent of Tonga population impacted by eruption and tsunami
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: Some 12,000 households have been affected by the volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the islands of Tonga over the weekend, according to estimates by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Cases drop for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: For the first time in Africa since the peak of the Omicron wave, weekly COVID-19 cases dropped significantly and deaths dipped, the World Health Organization (WHO) informed on Thursday.
Rare coral reef discovered near Tahiti is ‘like a work of art’, says diver
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: One of the largest coral reefs in the world has been discovered by a UN-supported scientific mission off the coast of Tahiti. Announcing the stunning find on Thursday, UNESCO said that divers had explored large rose-shaped corals spanning some three kilometres, at depths of between 30 and 65 metres.
More than 20 Covid cases detected on Argentine research station in Antarctica
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Buenos Aires/UNI/Sputnik: More than 20 cases of the coronavirus have been detected on the Esperanza Base research station of Argentina in Antarctica, media reported.
India records 3,47,254 new COVID-19 cases, 703 deaths in past 24 hours
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi: India witnessed yet another day of spike as 3,47,254 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
AstraZeneca appoints Ram Mudaliar as India Lead of its Clinical Data & Insights Division
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: AstraZeneca India Private Limited, the services arm of AstraZeneca, a science-led biopharmaceutical company, on Thursday announced the appointment of Ram Mudaliar as the India lead of their Clinical Data & Insights (CDI) division.
Delhi records 43 Covid deaths in 24 hrs, highest since June
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi on Thursday reported 43 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, which is the highest number of deaths due to the virus since June 10 last year when 44 people had died.
Villagers recover carcasses of wild elephants in Assam’s Jagiroad
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Local villagers of Jagiroad area in Assam’s Morigaon district have recovered carcasses of two wild elephants in nearby hill areas.
Poachers killed one-horned rhino in Kaziranga
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Guwahati/IBNS: After almost nine months, poachers have killed a one-horned rhino in Assam's Kaziranga National Park and took away its horn.
India registers 3,17,532 new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate touches 16.41 percent
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi: India registered a significant spike in COVID-19 cases as 3,17,532 new instances were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
In a big boost, Covaxin, Covishield get full market authorisation
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a big boost to India's fight against COVID-19, an expert panel of the central drug authority on Wednesday cleared the country's two indigenous vaccines-Covaxin and Covishield-for full use.
China blames mail from Canada to be the source of Omicron's arrival in Beijing: Reports
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Beijing: Chinese authorities believe that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 might have entered Beijing via contaminated mail from Canada.
2021 joins top 7 warmest years on record: WMO
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: Last year joined the list of the seven warmest years on record, the UN weather agency said on Wednesday, and was also the seventh consecutive year when the global temperature has been more than 1°C above pre-industrial levels; edging closer to the limit laid out under the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
Tonga volcano eruption: At least 3 dead, amid severe destruction
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: At least three people have died in Tonga following the massive volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami wave that hit over the weekend. Homes and other buildings across the archipelago have suffered major damage.
COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) hope that the worst of this latest wave of COVID-19 is over.
India's daily COVID-19 positivity rate touches 15.13 pct
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi: India witnessed yet another day of spike as daily positivity rate touched 15.13 percent while 2,82,970 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Early rollout of Pfizer's new pill 'Paxlovid' can control Omicron surge: Canada's health experts
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canada's health experts are optimistic that an early rollout of the approved Paxlovid, Pfizer’s new pill for the treatment of COVID-19, can help control the surge of Omicron.
Covid tests falling, need to ramp up: Centre directs states
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Just a week after elaborating on the conditions that do not require COVID-19 tests, the Centre on Tuesday said the number of coronavirus tests in the country has fallen and needed to be ramped up.
Covid: 16 new micro-containment zones declared in Jammu
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Jammu/IBNS: The J&K administration has declared 16 new micro-containment zones in the Jammu district following the detection of several covid19 positive cases.
Assam registers biggest single-day spike in Covid cases
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Guwahati/UNI: Assam logged the biggest single-day surge in Covid-19 infections numbers, as the state logged nearly 7000 new cases on Monday, the state health officials said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Death toll due to earthquake touches 22
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
Qala-E-Naw, Afghanistan/UNI/Xinhua: The death toll from a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in Afghanistan's western province of Badghis has risen to 22, a provincial official said Tuesday.
Tonga volcanic eruption: Too soon to assess damage
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New York: Tonga’s capital, Nuku’alofa, is covered in ash and dust following the underwater volcanic eruption at the weekend, but the situation is calm there and first clean-up efforts are underway, UN humanitarians said on Monday.
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:28 am
New Delhi: India registered a minor reduction in daily count as 2,38,018 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.