China risks between 1.3 and 2.1 million deaths if it ends its zero-COVID strategy: Study
Dec 21, 2022, at 02:22 pm
New Delhi: Analysis by Airfinity shows between 1.3 and 2.1 million lives could be at risk if China lifts its zero-COVID policy given low vaccination and booster rates as well as a lack of hybrid immunity.
Dec 21, 2022, at 03:32 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government has cautioned all states to track coronavirus variants through the INSACOG network as massive COVID-19 cases are spreading through China.
UN conference concludes with ‘historic’ deal to protect a third of the world’s biodiversity
Dec 20, 2022, at 09:02 pm
New York: The UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, concluded early on Monday in Montreal, Canada, with a landmark agreement to protect 30 per cent of the planet’s lands, coastal areas and inland waters by the end of the decade.
Bangladesh rolls out fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 20, 2022, at 08:55 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh government has rolled out the process of administering the fourth COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
Top epidemiologist predicts 60 percent of Chinese population may get COVID-19
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:22 pm
Beijing: A prominent epidemiologist and health economist has said hospitals in China have been completely overwhelmed amid rising COVID-19 cases in the country.
Cold wave sweeps Odisha, Udayagiri records 5 degree Celsius
Dec 20, 2022, at 02:29 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Cold wave conditions prevailed in almost half of the 30 districts in Odisha with mercury dipped to as low as 5 degree Celsius in Udayagiri in Kandhamal district.
China COVID-19: Expert believes country may experience three winter waves
Dec 19, 2022, at 03:16 pm
Beijing: A top Chinese official has said he believes China might be seeing the first of the three COVID-19 infection waves this winter.
Freezing cold, dry weather continues in Kashmir
Dec 18, 2022, at 05:48 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Freezing cold coupled with dry weather and a drop in night temperature continues in Kashmir valley on Sunday.
Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change: WHO
Dec 17, 2022, at 11:10 pm
Geneva/UNI: Climate change has driven an unprecedented number of more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
Dec 17, 2022, at 05:12 pm
New York: Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Friday.
Himachal Pradesh: Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits Kinnaur district
Dec 17, 2022, at 02:09 pm
Shimla: The villages of Kinnuar district of Himachal Pradesh along with India-Tibet International border jolted by a 3.40 magnitude earthquake last night, Indian Meteorological Department informed.
Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 602
Dec 17, 2022, at 01:19 am
Jakarta/UNI: The number of people killed by last month's earthquake in the Indonesian province of West Java has been confirmed at 602 after final tabulation, the Cianjur county government said on Friday.
Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS
Dec 16, 2022, at 05:54 pm
New York: Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other pandemics, UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to tackling HIV/AIDS, stressed at an international meeting held in Thailand.
South Korea reports 84,571 new Covid cases
Dec 14, 2022, at 09:57 pm
Seoul: South Korea recorded 84,571 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 27,925,572, the health authorities said on Wednesday.
Mercury dips in Kashmir again, Gulmarg records -5.5 deg C
Dec 14, 2022, at 01:20 am
Srinagar/UNI: The Kashmir valley experienced sub-zero temperatures again due to a clear sky while the ski resort of Gulmarg was the coldest place with minus 5.5 degree Celsius on Tuesday.
Once again, US and Europe way ahead on daily calorie intake
Dec 13, 2022, at 07:09 pm
New York: The number of calories per person consumed globally, increased by a full nine per cent on average last year, to 2,960 per day, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday, in its latest annual statistics report.
NASA's Orion spacecraft returns to Earth after moon missions
Dec 13, 2022, at 12:54 am
Los Angeles/UNI: NASA's Orion spacecraft returned to Earth after making an uncrewed mission around the moon.
Cyclone Mandous: 5 die in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu
Dec 11, 2022, at 12:48 am
Chennai: Five people, including two of a family, died in three separate rain-related incidents in and around Chennai as the Cyclone Mandous crossed the coast near Mamallapuram, about 55km from here, early on Saturday.
New Covid-19 sub variants account for nearly 70 pct new cases in US
Dec 10, 2022, at 02:29 pm
Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly 70 percent of new Covid-19 cases in the United States in the latest week, according to estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
With ocean in ‘dire straits’, Law of the Sea more relevant than ever
Dec 10, 2022, at 12:45 am
New York: The adoption by most nations of the world of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 40 years ago, was a “vital step to bring governance and order” to the vast collective treasure that is the ocean, said the UN chief António Guterres on Thursday.
Cholera’s continued spread in Haiti a ‘worrying trend’
Dec 09, 2022, at 10:07 pm
New York: As cholera continues to spread in Haiti, a $145 million appeal to support the response is only 16 per cent funded, the top UN aid official there reported on Thursday.
Severe cyclonic storm "Mandous' weakens, to cross coast near Mahabs
Dec 09, 2022, at 08:36 pm
Chennai: The severe Cyclonic Storm “Mandous” pronounced as “Man-Dous” over the Southwest Bay weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and will cross the coast between Puducherry and Sriharikota near the tourist spot of Mahabalipuram by midnight tonight or early tomorrow morning.
Countries held the line against malaria cases and deaths in 2021: WHO report
Dec 09, 2022, at 06:38 pm
New York: Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable throughout last year, according to new data released on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
UN chief urges governments and business to step up action to protect nature
Dec 09, 2022, at 06:14 pm
New York: Governments and the private sector must move to effectively protect the natural environment, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists covering the UN biodiversity conference, COP15, in Montréal, Canada, on Wednesday.
India could soon experience heat waves that could break human survivability limit: World Bank report
Dec 08, 2022, at 01:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Severe heat waves responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency that could soon lead to the country experiencing the same beyond human survivability limit, according to a new report by the World Bank.
China finally rolls back strict COVID rules amid weeks of protest
Dec 07, 2022, at 10:32 pm
Beijing: China has lifted the most severe COVID-19 policies amid weeks of protests against strict controls, media reports said on Wednesday.
‘Without nature, we have nothing’: UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event
Dec 07, 2022, at 05:39 pm
New York: The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set new targets and goals aimed at arresting the alarming destruction of nature, due by human activity.
Bangladesh plans to administer fourth COVID-19 booster shot from Dec 20
Dec 06, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government is planning to administer the fourth dose of the COVID-19 in Dhaka on Dec 20, media reports said.
First in India: Meghalaya starts dispatching medicines using drones
Dec 06, 2022, at 03:53 pm
TechEagle, one of the fastest-growing drone delivery startups, has now unveiled the first drone delivery hub in Meghalaya, media reports said.
Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope
Dec 05, 2022, at 08:43 pm
London/UNI: One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st century began its construction phase on Monday.