China: Lockdown imposed in Wuhan city once again to combat COVID-19
Oct 29, 2022, at 01:04 am
Wuhan: A large number of cities in China, including Wuhan, have gone into lockdown as the nation is following 'Zero Covid' policy.
Climate change: No ‘credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit, UNEP warns
Oct 29, 2022, at 12:52 am
New York: National pledges to reduce harmful emissions offer little hope of avoiding climate disaster, UN climate experts said on Thursday, in an urgent appeal for a radical transformation of the energy sector, before it’s too late.
19 life-threatening fungi listed in bid to tackle antifungal resistance
Oct 29, 2022, at 12:20 am
New York: If you had to name some of the planet’s most life-threatening fungal diseases, would you know where to begin?
Countries’ climate promises still not enough to avoid catastrophic global warming: UN Report
Oct 28, 2022, at 11:55 pm
New York: While plans submitted by most signatories of the Paris Agreement would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, they are still not ambitious enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, a new report by UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) warned on Wednesday.
Climate change: CO2 and methane in our atmosphere reach record levels
Oct 28, 2022, at 11:22 pm
New York: Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new report from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Maharashtra: Mild tremors felt in Koyna dam area
Oct 28, 2022, at 04:35 pm
Kolhapur/UNI: A slight tremor was recorded for a few seconds in Koyna irrigation dam and adjoining areas in Karad tehsil of Satara district of Maharashtra at 6:30 this morning today.
India registers 2,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 28, 2022, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,208 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.55 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
Gaganyaan: Test flights for India's maiden unmanned space flights to start from Feb
Oct 28, 2022, at 03:33 am
New Delhi: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will start the test flights for India's maiden human space flight mission -- Gaganyaan -- from February next year, said R Umamaheshwaran, Director of ISRO's Human Space Flight Centre on Thursday, according to media reports.
Heatwaves to impact almost every child on earth by 2050: UNICEF report
Oct 26, 2022, at 09:34 pm
New York: Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that they are set to affect virtually every child on earth by 2050, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday.
‘Haitians are coming together to tackle the cholera crisis’: A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
Oct 26, 2022, at 09:26 pm
New York: Haitians are coming together to tackle the recent outbreak of cholera in the country, says the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the country. Ulrika Richardson, the most senior UN humanitarian official in Haiti, visited a number of cholera treatment centres in the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, where she met medical staff treating patients with the disease.
India registers 830 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 26, 2022, at 03:17 pm
New Delhi: India registered a significant drop in daily case count as 830 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Oct 26, 2022, at 02:23 pm
Salem: India Vision Institute in association with JSW Foundation has launched vision screening programs that will benefit over 10,000 underprivileged people and nearly 14,000 children in Tamil Nadu.
6.7-magnitude quake hits northern Philippines
Oct 26, 2022, at 04:53 am
Manila/UNI: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 jolted the northern Philippines on Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said, adding that it might cause damage.
Delhi’s pollution level lowest in five years after Diwali: Environment Minister Gopal Rai
Oct 26, 2022, at 04:42 am
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday claimed that the Air Quality Index (AQI) improved by about 30 per cent as compared to the previous year the day after Diwali.
Partial Solar Eclipse begins in India
Oct 25, 2022, at 10:38 pm
Hyderabad: The first visible partial solar eclipse in 2022 and also the last in this year, began in India on Tuesday.
‘Game changer’ ideas on water and sustainability, centre-stage ahead of major water conference
Oct 25, 2022, at 10:25 pm
New York: Some 1,200 scientists, representatives of the private sector and civil society met at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday to discuss potentially game-changing ideas related to water and sustainability.
India records lowest COVID-19 tally in six months, 862 cases registered in past 24 hours
Oct 25, 2022, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi: India on Tuesday recorded the lowest COVID-19 tally in six months as the country registered 862 cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Cyclone Sitrang hits Bangladesh, 7 die
Oct 25, 2022, at 02:25 pm
Dhaka: At least seven people died due to collapse of brick railing and falling down of trees as Cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh on Tuesday.
Sitrang to intensify into severe cyclonic storm in next 12 hours: Met
Oct 24, 2022, at 08:06 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: The Cyclonic Storm Sitrang pronounced as “Si-Trang” over East Central and adjoining areas of Westcentral & Northwest Bay of Bengal moved north northeast wards with a speed of 21 kmph during the past 6 hours and lay centered at 0830 hours on Monday over Northwest and adjoining Central Bay of Bengal near latitude 18.3 °N and longitude 88.9 °E, about 380 km south of Sagar Island and 520 km south southwest of Barisal (Bangladesh).
India registers 1,334 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 24, 2022, at 04:03 pm
New Delhi: India registered 1,334 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the country is gearing up to celebrate Diwali (Hindu festival of lights) on Monday.
Teen girl from Jammu and Kashmir makes people aware about health, menstruation
Oct 24, 2022, at 12:18 am
Srinagar: A 12-year-old girl is trying to make people in Jammu and Kashmir aware about two taboo subjects, mental health and menstruation.
ISRO lifts off India's heaviest rocket with 36 satellites on board
Oct 23, 2022, at 02:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Sunday launched 36 satellites using its heaviest rocket just after midnight, at 12.07 am.
Oct 23, 2022, at 04:06 am
Kolkata: A low-pressure area developed over the north Andaman sea and adjacent south Andaman sea deepened into a depression on Saturday morning, the IMD said in its bulletin.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake rocks southwest China
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:46 am
Beijing: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 occurred in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Saturday, the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) said.
Uganda: Three people test positive for Ebola virus
Oct 23, 2022, at 12:39 am
Kampala/UNI: Three people among the 60 under quarantine at a Ugandan national referral hospital in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, have tested positive for Ebola virus disease, a top official said on Saturday.
ISRO to launch 36 broadband satellites today: Countdown begins for LVM3-M2/One Web India-1 mission
Oct 22, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Sriharikota: The 24 hour countdown for the tomorrow's morning launch of 36 satellites of the UK-based One Web using the heaviest rocket Launcher GSLV-MkIII--rechristened as LVM3-M2--from the spaceport of Sriharikota, SHAR Range, commenced today morning.
Khushboo Mirza: Chandrayaan scientist is an inspiration for girls in space science
Oct 22, 2022, at 06:49 pm
India records 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 22, 2022, at 03:27 pm
India registered 2,112 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.97 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Bolivia reports second monkeypox death
Oct 21, 2022, at 09:55 pm
La Paz/UNI: Bolivia reported its second monkeypox death since the first case was detected on Aug. 1, a hospital director in the eastern city of Santa Cruz said.
Cholera vaccine shortage forces shift to one-dose regimen
Oct 21, 2022, at 07:20 pm
New York: A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks and emergencies to temporarily suspend the standard two-dose regimen.