Canada adds another weapon against Covid19
Oct 08, 2022, at 05:11 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Health Canada Friday authorized the use of a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster targeting Omicron sub variants.
Pakistan’s ‘climate carnage beyond imagination’, UN chief tells General Assembly
Oct 08, 2022, at 05:03 pm
New York: The people of Pakistan are the victims of “a grim calculus of climate injustice”, Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN General Assembly on Friday, reminding that while the country was responsible for less than one per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, it is paying a “supersized price for man-made climate change”.
Egypt urged to ensure civil society’s full participation in COP27 climate summit
Oct 08, 2022, at 04:44 pm
New York: Authorities in Egypt must ensure civil society can safely and fully participate in the COP27 UN climate change conference taking place there next month, a group of UN independent human rights experts said on Friday, expressing alarm over restrictions ahead of the summit.
Haiti: Fuel crisis prompts appeal for humanitarian corridor amid cholera outbreak
Oct 07, 2022, at 06:07 pm
New York: The United Nations and partners on Thursday called for opening a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti as armed gangs block access to the main fuel terminal amid ongoing economic crisis, insecurity, and a deadly cholera outbreak.
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
Oct 07, 2022, at 04:39 pm
New York: A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to tackle the triple environmental crisis roiling the planet.
India registers 1,997 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 07, 2022, at 03:20 pm
New Delhi: India registered 1,997 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.94 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
Oct 07, 2022, at 03:53 am
Alarmed by the deaths of more than 60 children from kidney injuries potentially caused by cough and cold syrups manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, The Gambia has started a door-to-door campaign to collect the medicines, media reports said on Thursday.
Jammu and Kashmir: 300 youth take part in Yogasana competition in Srinagar
Oct 06, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Srinagar: Over 300 participants competed in different categories of the Yogasana competition organized at Indoor Hall Sports Complex Polo Ground, Srinagar by the J&K Sports Council and J&K Yogasana Association which came to an end on Tuesday.
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis
Oct 06, 2022, at 09:00 pm
New York: A new UN report presented on Wednesday to the Organization’s highest pan-European environmental policy body, covering 54 countries, is calling for greater action to tackle the triple environmental crisis roiling the planet.
New WHO strategy aims to strengthen rapid response to health emergencies
Oct 06, 2022, at 08:41 pm
New York: Amid mounting health emergencies globally – such as the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-related crises, and the war in Ukraine – the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced an initiative to strengthen rapid response.
India reports 2,529 new Covid-19 cases
Oct 06, 2022, at 07:13 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 2,529 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 32,282 as per the Health Ministry data Thursday.
Cricket legend Srikkanth launches vision screening programmes in Chennai
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:51 pm
India Vision Institute and Sightsavers India are partnering on two vision screenings in Chennai. At an event in Neelankarai on Thursday, the two launched programmes for the benefit of fisherfolk and stone sculptors.
‘Worrying upsurge’ in deadly cholera, warns Tedros, in wide-ranging global health update
Oct 06, 2022, at 06:07 am
New York: The UN health agency is working diligently in Uganda to support the government in responding to an Ebola outbreak in four districts, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Wednesday, in a wide-ranging briefing which included the latest on a worrying increase in COVID-19 cases across Europe.
WHO says 4 Indian cough syrups potentially linked to 66 child deaths in Gambia
Oct 06, 2022, at 05:46 am
The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an alert on Wednesday in connection with four cough and cold syrups manufactured by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India warning they could have a role in the death of 66 children, media reports said.
Oct 06, 2022, at 01:40 am
Stockholm/IBNS: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”.
Dementia: WHO launches blueprint to tackle generational health challenge
Oct 05, 2022, at 11:08 pm
New York: Dementia is one of the greatest health challenges of our generation, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which on Tuesday launched the first-ever research blueprint for tackling the disease, which 78 million people could be living with by the end of this decade.
Maharashtra reports 407 Covid-19 cases and 2 fatalities
Oct 05, 2022, at 05:36 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra reported 407 new Covid-19 cases and 2 coronavirus-related deaths, as per health bulletin Wednesday.
Oct 05, 2022, at 03:07 am
A visit to the high-tech poly houses of Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) will make you see varieties of green, yellow, red and brown capsicums with high medicinal value and antioxidant properties.
UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’
Oct 04, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New York: As government representatives begin the finalize the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt next month, for pre-COP planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo capital, Kinshasa, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in New York that the work ahead is “as immense as the climate impacts we are seeing around the world”.
Haiti: UN supports Government efforts to quell cholera outbreak
Oct 04, 2022, at 06:41 pm
New York: The UN is supporting efforts by the Haitian Government to contain an outbreak of cholera following the confirmation of a positive case and the identification of other suspected cases around the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a statement issued on Monday, the UN chief said it was essential for all stakeholders to "work together in this time of crisis".
5000 Delhi girl school children to benefit from IVI's World Sight Day campaign
Oct 04, 2022, at 04:22 am
New Delhi/IBNS: An India Vision Institute (IVI) screening campaign, in association with Hoya Lens India, Indian Optometry Association (IOA), All India Optical Federation (AIOF) and Delhi Council for Child Welfare (DCCW), is benefiting 5,000 girl children in Delhi and NCR, the non-profit said.
India reports 3,011 new Covid-19 cases
Oct 03, 2022, at 06:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 3,011 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 36,126 as per the Health Ministry data Monday.
5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan
Oct 02, 2022, at 05:49 pm
Tokyo/UNI: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Japan's southwestern prefecture of Miyazaki and other areas early Sunday, the weather agency here said, with no tsunami warnings issued.
Tiger poached in Madhya Pradesh: Reports
Oct 02, 2022, at 02:06 pm
Seoni (MP)/UNI): A tiger’s carcass was found floating on Saturday in the Pench River, which traverses the national park in Madhya Pradesh that has the same name and straddles the Seoni-Chhindwara district border.
India reports 3,805 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours
Oct 01, 2022, at 05:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 3,805 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of active caseload to 38,293, as per the Health Ministry data on Saturday.
Maharashtra reports 459 Covid cases and 25 fatalities in 24 hours
Oct 01, 2022, at 05:52 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has reported 459 new Covid-19 cases and 5 coronavirus-related deaths, as per health bulletin Saturday.
Maharashtra reports 453 new Covid cases in 24 hours
Sep 30, 2022, at 05:31 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has recorded 453 new Covid-19 cases and 2 coronavirus-related deaths, as per health bulletin on Friday.
India registers 3,947 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Sep 30, 2022, at 03:59 pm
New Delhi: India registered 3,947 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.23 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
COVID-19: Australia to end mandatory isolation
Sep 30, 2022, at 02:46 pm
Canberra: The Australian government has said the country will end mandatory enforcing of Covid isolation from next month.
Climate Change: Hurricanes and cyclones bring misery to millions, as Ian makes landfall in the US
Sep 30, 2022, at 01:17 am
New York: Hurricane Ian caused devastation across western Cuba and increased its strength and size as it made landfall mid-afternoon local time on Wednesday, in the United States; meanwhile Typhoon Noru underwent an “explosive” intensification before it hit the Philippines, the UN Meteorological agency, WMO, has said.