18.86 lakh new workers added to ESI Scheme in Nov 2022
Jan 21, 2023, at 08:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Employees’ State Insurance Scheme (ESI Scheme) added 18.86 lakh new employees in the month of November 2022 as per a provisional payroll data released on Friday.
UN experts to intervene in Zambia lead pollution case
Jan 20, 2023, at 09:00 pm
New York: A South African court has allowed a group of UN-appointed experts to intervene in a class action lawsuit against a mining company based in Zambia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, reported on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Extreme weather leaves 78 people dead
Jan 20, 2023, at 08:55 pm
Kabul: A statistics revealed by the Ministry for Disaster Management has shown at least 78 people have died from extreme cold exposure across the country over the past nine days.
Small island States to accelerate action on preventable diseases, mental health
Jan 20, 2023, at 06:28 pm
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among countries that have the highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and mental health risks in the world. Now, UN health agency WHO, is pledging to work more closely with them, to help save and improve lives.
WHO says death toll from Covid-19 spiked by 20 pc in past 30 days
Jan 20, 2023, at 02:20 pm
Washington: The death toll from COVID-19 increased by 20 percent between December 19 and January 15 compared to the previous 28 days and reached 53.000 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Jan 19, 2023, at 04:04 am
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained along with other protesters by police on Tuesday at a protest against coal mine expansion in the west German village of Lützerath, media reports said.
Health experts worry COVID will spread amid booster hesitancy in South Asia
Jan 19, 2023, at 03:09 am
When a vaccination team came to her home in Pakistan’s central Karachi district, Noor Jehan gently told the health workers she wouldn’t get a COVID-19 booster and wasn’t allowing her children to get their first doses of vaccine either.
WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines, hoping to save millions of lives
Jan 18, 2023, at 11:07 pm
New York: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), the second leading infectious killer after COVID-19 and the 13th leading cause of death worldwide.
Delhi records season's lowest temp at 1.4 degrees today, IMD issues yellow alert
Jan 16, 2023, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As another cold wave spell sets over Northwest India, Delhi has recorded the season's lowest temperature of 1.4 degrees on Monday.
6.2-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia
Jan 16, 2023, at 02:44 pm
Jakarta: An earthquake measuring 6.2-magnitude hit Indonesia's western province of Aceh on Monday morning, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
Cold wave to drop temperatures in Delhi, NCR to 3 degrees Celsius next week: IMD
Jan 15, 2023, at 03:16 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A cold wave, predicted to hit Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) next week, will bring down the temperatures to as low as 3 degrees Celcius.
Water’s a ‘dealmaker’ for multilateral cooperation and the SDGs
Jan 14, 2023, at 10:37 pm
New York: Water can be a “dealmaker” for stability and cooperation as well as for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, speakers from the co-hosts of the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference said on Friday.
China registers nearly 60,000 Covid-related deaths in a month: Reports
Jan 14, 2023, at 10:31 pm
Beijing: China, a nation which has been witnessing a spike in cases since it shifted from the Zero COVID policy, has recorded almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths between Dec 8 and Jan 12, media reports said on Saturday.
5.3-magnitude quake strikes western Indonesia
Jan 14, 2023, at 04:01 pm
Jakarta: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 rocked off Indonesia's western province of Bengkulu on Saturday morning, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
Kangra Valley and Chamba rocked
Jan 14, 2023, at 03:41 pm
Kangra:An earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter Scale hit Kangra valley on Saturday and lasted for a few seconds.
Uttarakhand's sinking town: What went wrong in Joshimath
Jan 14, 2023, at 05:05 am
Nearly 700 buildings in Joshimath, a culturally and historically important holy town in Uttarakhand, have developed cracks. Local authorities are evacuating residents. Joshimath is ecologically fragile as it is built on an ancient landslide site. It always had a low bearing capacity. The unplanned construction of dams, tunnels, and roads has led to the current problem. Mongabay India correspondents Satyam Kumar and Shailesh Shrivastava report
WHO recommends 10 days isolation for people with Covid symptoms
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it recommends 10 days of isolation for people with COVID-19 symptoms and five days for people without symptoms.
Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya: UNFPA
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:25 pm
New York: The hardship being felt across the Horn of Africa by the worst drought in 40 years has left many women weak and malnourished. The UN agency dedicated to women’s sexual and reproductive health, UNPA, is helping save mothers’ lives in Kenya, through the donation of a simple but effective way of accessing hard-to-reach areas - a motorbike, to enable safe emergency deliveries in hospital.
2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: WMO
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:14 pm
New York: The UN weather agency, WMO, said on Thursday that 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, adding to deep concerns that the likelihood of breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement “is increasing with time”.
COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:06 pm
New York: Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva.
Uganda declares end of Ebola virus outbreak
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:02 pm
New York: In Uganda, a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has been stopped in its tracks and declared officially over, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Study shows Covid cases in China touch 900 million
Jan 13, 2023, at 08:43 pm
Beijing: A study by Peking University has revealed that some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, media reports said.
Himachal Pradesh: Tourists spot Manali, Dalhousie, Khajjair Narkanda, Kufri receive snowfall
Jan 13, 2023, at 08:09 pm
Shimla: Tourist resort Manali Dalhousie, Khajjair, Narkanda and Kufri received major spell of snowfall as high reaches recorded moderate to heavy snowfall and down stream lashed windshowers.
Northwest India likely to hit another spell of cold wave: IMD
Jan 13, 2023, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As the national capital received light rain, the people of the city got some respite from the biting cold, as the minimum temperature settled at 9.8 degrees, two notches below normal.
Jan 13, 2023, at 01:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As temperatures in north India got a little better this week, experts suggested that they can still go down with a dip as low as -4 degrees Celsius next week.
Jan 12, 2023, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be administered to children.
Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to be sent to International Space Station
Jan 12, 2023, at 05:30 am
Moscow: The Soyuz MS-23 rescue spacecraft will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) via unmanned mode on February 20, the Soyuz MS-22 with a damaged cooling system will return to Earth without a crew, Russian state space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday.
Sun Pharma launches Palbociclib for advanced breast cancer therapy
Jan 12, 2023, at 01:21 am
Mumbai: Sun Pharma on Wednesday said it has launched a novel anti-cancer drug, Palbociclib, in India to treat advanced breast cancer, the most common cancer among women in the country.
How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan
Jan 12, 2023, at 01:08 am
When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.
Delhi air quality plunges to severe category, minimum temp settles at 5.8 degrees C
Jan 11, 2023, at 05:11 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The air quality in the national capital plunged into the severe category for the third consecutive day on Wednesday morning.