India to impose complete ban on single-use plastic from July 1
Jun 29, 2022, at 03:45 am
New Delhi: India will ban the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale, and use of identified single-use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1, 2022.
UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends
Jun 28, 2022, at 09:21 pm
New York: Legalized cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related health impacts, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed in a new report released on Monday.
Tackling marine pollution: Individual action, key to ocean restoration
Jun 28, 2022, at 09:03 pm
New York: On Monday, thousands of people gathered at Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, for the first day of the long-awaited UN Ocean Conference. Riding on the global momentum generated by the event, experts are pushing for a new international commitment to combat pollution, including at sea.
Maharashtra reports 2,369 Covid cases, 5 deaths
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:55 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has reported 2,369 Covid-19 cases and five deaths, the state health bulletin said Tuesday.
Kolkata's cancer hospital launches Revolutionary Blood Test for early detection of breast cancer
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:03 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Apollo Cancer Centre in collaboration with Datar Cancer Genetics has launched the Revolutionary Blood Test for early detection of breast cancer in women.
COVID-19: India registers 11,793 fresh cases in past 24 hours, 27 deaths
Jun 28, 2022, at 03:18 pm
New Delhi: India registered 11,793 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as daily positivity rate reduced slightly to 2.49 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says UN chief
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:55 pm
New York: The world must do more to stop the dramatic decline in ocean health, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, urging young people gathered in Carcavelos, Portugal, for a UN Youth and Innovation Forum to step up because his generation’s leaders had moved far too slow.
Japan sees shortest rainy season this year
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:47 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: The rainy season has come to an abrupt end in parts of Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday, with record high temperatures expected in the coming weeks.
China renews yellow alert for rainstorms
Jun 27, 2022, at 07:39 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) on Monday renewed its yellow alert for rainstorms in many parts of the country.
India registers 17,073 new COVID-19 cases, daily positivity rate spikes to 5.62 pct
Jun 27, 2022, at 02:54 pm
New Delhi: India registered 17,073 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity spiked to 5.62 percent in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
DST-IISc energy storage platform moves towards enabling fast-charging solid-state batteries
Jun 26, 2022, at 11:10 pm
Nanoscopic refractory metal layers like Tungsten could improve the performance of solid-state lithium metal batteries which are crucial for purposes like electrical mobility, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have reported.
Monkeypox not presently a global public health emergency, says WHO
Jun 26, 2022, at 10:37 pm
New York: The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, though “intense response efforts” are needed to control further spread.
India records 11,739 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hrs
Jun 26, 2022, at 05:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: India registered 11,739 new Covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said in its official bulletin on Sunday.
Maharashtra reports 1,728 new Covid cases
Jun 26, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has reported 1,728 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to a health bulletin released on Sunday.
Maharashtra reports 4,205 new Covid-19 cases
Jun 25, 2022, at 04:23 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has reported 4,205 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to a health bulletin released on Saturday.
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.