‘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.
Time to get off the couch, WHO warns, as 500 million risk developing chronic illness
Oct 21, 2022, at 06:58 pm
New York: Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if governments worldwide don’t take urgent action to promote the benefits of exercise, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday.
India registers 2,119 fresh COVID-19 cases
Oct 21, 2022, at 03:25 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,119 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.13 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
India reports 2,141 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 20, 2022, at 05:03 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 2,141 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 25,510 as per the Health Ministry data Thursday.
Covid-19 still international health emergency: WHO
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:16 pm
Geneva/UNI: Alerting the world which was devastated by coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said Covid-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) despite the dip in the infection rate.
Global health: Women and children pay heaviest price for ‘gaping inequities’
Oct 19, 2022, at 07:14 pm
A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge, with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people and women.
India reports 1,946 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 19, 2022, at 04:42 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 1,946 new Covid-19 cases taking the total active cases to 25,968, as per the Health Ministry data Wednesday.
Oct 19, 2022, at 02:40 pm
New Delhi: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday chaired a meeting with public health experts and officials to review the COVID19 pandemic situation in the country, status of vaccination drive and the Global scenario of new variants of Covid-19.Dr. V K Paul, Member (Health) NITI Aayog was also present during the meeting.
India, Sweden join hands for green transition
Oct 19, 2022, at 01:04 am
New Delhi/UNI: Strengthening mutual commitment to drive prosperity and address global challenges like climate change, India and Sweden have joined hands to accelerate the green transition via innovation through the India Sweden Innovation Partnership.
Scientists develop new Covid strain with 80 pc kill rate in mice
Oct 18, 2022, at 05:53 pm
Washington/IBNS: Scientists at Boston University have developed a new Covid-19 strain which resulted in an 80 percent kill rate in mice.