India records 15,940 COVID-19 cases, 20 deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 25, 2022, at 03:23 pm
New Delhi; India, a nation which has witnessed three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, recorded 15,940 fresh cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate now touched 4.39 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Covid-19: Telangana records 493 new cases
Jun 25, 2022, at 04:49 am
Hyderabad/UNI: Telangana recorded 439 new Covid-19 cases on Friday pushing the aggregate coronavirus infections in the state to 7,98,125 so far.
Largest ever female python caught in Florida weighs 98 kg
Jun 25, 2022, at 04:41 am
Researchers have captured the largest-ever female Burmese python discovered in America's Florida, media reports said.
Tweet of 10-year-old climate activist forces authority to clean garbage around Taj Mahal
Jun 24, 2022, at 08:12 pm
New Delhi/Agra: A social media post by 10-year-old climate activist Licypriya Kangujam created an overnight change as it forced authorities to clean garbage around the iconic Taj Mahal in Agra, a monument visited by a large number of domestic and foreign tourists every year.
Monkeypox: Amid uncertainty, global situation ‘cannot be ignored’ says WHO chief
Jun 24, 2022, at 06:51 pm
New York: Addressing the first meeting of the World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee on Thursday over the global Monkeypox outbreak, the WHO chief told members that person-to-person transmission was ongoing, and “likely underestimated”.
India registers 17,336 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 24, 2022, at 03:06 pm
New Delhi: India registered 17,336 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 4.32 percent, as per the statement released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
Canada records over 200 Monkeypox cases
Jun 24, 2022, at 02:58 am
Toronto/IBNS: Monkeypox (MPXV) virus known for long-lasting, painful symptoms has infected more than 200 Canadians as a result of a global outbreak that began in May.
Delhi witnesses sharp increase in Covid-19 cases with 1,934 fresh infections today
Jun 24, 2022, at 02:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Raising concern, the national capital on Thursday recorded 1,934 new Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 8.10 per cent, Delhi's health department stated.
India's Covid-19 cases on the rise, over 13,000 cases reported in 24 hours
Jun 23, 2022, at 04:09 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a further spike in coronavirus cases, 13,313 fresh infections were reported from across the country of 1.3 billion people in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry reported Thursday.
Environment Canada issues heat warning in Ontario
Jun 23, 2022, at 02:48 am
Toronto/IBNS: A heat warning remains in effect on Wednesday for southern and parts of northern Ontario, Environment Canada has said.
Safe in the sun? UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer
Jun 22, 2022, at 09:16 pm
New Delhi: Scientific evidence shows that overexposure to UV radiation is the major cause of skin cancer. To help people protect themselves adequately, a consortium of UN agencies on Tuesday, launched an innovative new App that can help anyone, anywhere, determine the safe amount of time to stay outdoors, soaking up the rays.
Celebrating the union of body and soul: UN marks International Yoga Day
Jun 22, 2022, at 07:25 pm
UN delegates and staffers spread out their yoga mats and stretched into various yoga “asanas” or poses, at an outdoor event on Monday evening at UN Headquarters in New York, to celebrate the eighth International Day of Yoga, observed annually on 21 June.
Zimbabwe lifts curfew as Covid under control
Jun 22, 2022, at 03:52 pm
Harare/UNI/Xinhua: The Zimbabwean government lifted a midnight-to-dawn curfew imposed as part of COVID-19 containment measures.
India registers 12,249 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 22, 2022, at 03:21 pm
New Delhi: India registered 12,249 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 3.94 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Iraq declares new COVID-19 wave after 515 fresh cases registered in past 24 hours
Jun 21, 2022, at 03:57 pm
Baghdad/UNI/Xinhua: The Iraqi Health Ministry declared a new wave of COVID-19 infections in the country, with 515 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.
Israel registers first domestic monkeypox infection
Jun 21, 2022, at 03:26 pm
Jerusalem/UNI/Xinhua: The Israeli Ministry of Health on Monday reported three new cases of monkeypox, including the first domestic infection.
India registers 9,923 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 21, 2022, at 03:16 pm
New Delhi:India recorded 9,923 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 2.67 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Singapore reports 3,220 new Covid-19 cases
Jun 21, 2022, at 01:38 am
Singapore/UNI/Xinhua: Singapore reported 3,220 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 1,370,981.
Two people, including a woman, die in landslide in Assam’s Cachar
Jun 20, 2022, at 03:07 pm
Silchar: Two people, including a woman, died in a landslide in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said on Monday.
India registers 12,781 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, daily positivity rate touched 4.32 pct
Jun 20, 2022, at 03:01 pm
New Delhi: India registered 12,781 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 4.32 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
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.