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.
UK climate activists arrested after throwing tomato soup on Van Gogh's painting
Oct 18, 2022, at 05:57 am
London/IBNS: Two women members of climate campaign group Just Stop Oil, an organization protesting fossil fuel extraction in Britain, were arrested after they entered the National Gallery in London and threw two cans of tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Sunflowers” on Friday.
Thailand reports 11th monkeypox case
Oct 18, 2022, at 12:20 am
Bangkok/UNI: Thailand's health authorities said on Monday that the Southeast Asian nation has confirmed its 11th case of monkeypox.
Guterres calls for ‘sustained political commitment’ for a healthier world
Oct 17, 2022, at 11:10 pm
New York: The UN chief on Sunday called for governments worldwide to prioritize healthcare, in a call to make a “sustained political commitment” so their countries can be better prepared against future shocks, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
India registers 2,060 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 17, 2022, at 03:33 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,060 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 1.86 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
India records 2,430 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 15, 2022, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 2,430 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with the daily positivity rate touching 1.01 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Oct 15, 2022, at 12:35 am
Chennai: The 3rd IVI International Optometry - Eye Health in a Changing World Conference opened in Chennai on Friday with the call to address eye health problems, including Uncorrected Refractive Error and myopia.
WHO supports Uganda Ebola response, faces challenges fighting Haiti cholera outbreak
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:27 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to support Uganda as the Government there responds to a deadly Ebola outbreak, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his weekly press conference on global health challenges.
Africa: Response to climate crisis doesn’t match ‘magnitude of the challenge’
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:17 pm
New York: African States are on the front line of the climate crisis, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday, but far more action is needed to turn the tide on rising emissions, and reduce global warming.
Oct 14, 2022, at 11:14 pm
Colombo: The number of dengue patients has increased by 300 per cent compared to 2021 in Sri Lanka, a newspaper reported on Friday.
India reports 2,678 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 14, 2022, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India recorded 2,678 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 26,583 as per the Health Ministry data Friday.
India Vision Institute launches Drive Safe Campaign screenings in Karnataka
Oct 14, 2022, at 03:15 am
Bengaluru: India Vision Institute (IVI), an NGO working to provide access to vision testing and spectacles to the underprivileged in remote parts of India, launched a campaign in partnership with Shell India for the vision screening of commercial drivers in Karnataka. The campaign is a part of Shell’s Drive Safe India and aims to benefit 32,000 commercial vehicle drivers in Karnataka.
India reports 2,786 new Covid cases
Oct 13, 2022, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 2,786 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 26,509 as per the Health Ministry data on Thursday.
21 IIT Guwahati Researchers selected among World’s Top 2 percent Scientists List
Oct 12, 2022, at 09:27 pm
Guwahati: A total of 21 Researchers and faculty members from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, including Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director of the Institute, have been featured among the world’s Top 2 per cent Scientists List created by Stanford University, US.
Nepal floods, landslides leave 33 people dead
Oct 12, 2022, at 08:38 pm
Kathmandu: At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reports say.
Climate change: WMO report urges faster action on transition to clean energy
Oct 12, 2022, at 07:38 pm
New York: The UN weather agency issued an urgent appeal on Tuesday for governments everywhere to switch to cleaner forms of energy, such as solar, wind and hydro-electric power.
India registers 2,139 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 12, 2022, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,139 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.81 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Oct 12, 2022, at 03:00 pm
Philadelphia: Electronic gaming can precipitate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have been previously unrecognized, according to a new report in Heart Rhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society, published by Elsevier.
Assam: Over 33,000 people of three districts hit by flood
Oct 12, 2022, at 02:35 pm
Guwahati: Over 33,000 people of three districts of Assam are affected by fresh wave of flood.
NASA confirms DART Mission impact changed asteroid’s motion in space
Oct 12, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit. This marks humanity’s first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object and the first full-scale demonstration of asteroid deflection technology.
UN relief chief appeals for concerted action to tackle deadly heatwave threat
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:50 pm
Heatwaves already kill thousands of people every year and they risk overwhelming the world’s aid response, unless action is taken to mitigate climate change, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Monday.
Time to make neglected area of mental health ‘a global priority’, urges Guterres
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:34 pm
New York: Nearly one billion people live with a mental health condition across the globe, but despite that staggering number, Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted on Monday, that it remains one of “the most neglected aspects of healthcare”.
UN chief calls for ‘enhanced security support’ for Haiti, as crisis worsens; cholera deaths mount
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:28 pm
New York: Amid a deteriorating security situation in Haiti, UN Security-General António Guterres called on Sunday for the Security Council to consider deploying armed forces to help the country address immense humanitarian concerns.
Australian surfers ride climate action wave
Oct 11, 2022, at 10:18 pm
New York: Surfers have an intimate knowledge of the ocean, but have not been seen as leading figures amongst groups leading on climate change solutions. Thanks to groups such as Surfers for Climate in Australia, that perception is starting to change.
India registers 1,957 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Oct 11, 2022, at 03:53 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1,957 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.71 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Uganda: Ebola deaths rise to 17
Oct 11, 2022, at 03:23 pm
Kampala: Uganda's Ministry of Health said Ebola deaths in the country have risen to 17 from 10 registered two days ago.
Yoga instructors from Singapore visit Jammu and Kashmir to teach health science to youths
Oct 10, 2022, at 11:26 pm
A group of yoga instructors from Singapore, called the Yoga Library Singapore, is currently visiting Jammu and Kashmir to teach the science to local youths, media reports said on Monday.
India reports 2,424 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Oct 10, 2022, at 05:02 pm
New Delhi/UNI: India reported 2,424 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total active cases to 28,079 as per the Health Ministry data Monday.
Eco-friendly Festivals: Pune recycles clay from Ganesha idols to minimise clay mining effect
Oct 08, 2022, at 09:22 pm
A campaign initiated in Pune city collected 15,000 kilograms of clay sludge after the traditional immersion of Ganesh idols during the recent festival. This clay sludge will be used by idol makers for making new idols. Natural clay is a non-renewable material usually mined in states like Gujarat and West Bengal and brought to Maharashtra and other parts of India to make idols. Clay mining impacts both the environment and the health of the miners. Authorities in Pune are also reusing festival flowers and other religious wastes to make festivals more sustainable. Mongabay-India correspondent Manish Kumar reports
Canada authorises use of Pfizer/BioNTech anti-Covid vaccine booster
Oct 08, 2022, at 08:32 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Health Canada Friday authorised the use of a Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster targeting Omicron sub variants.