‘Let’s all become the champions the ocean needs’ – UN chief Guterres
Jan 24, 2023, at 05:43 pm
New York: On the last day of his visit to Cabo Verde, UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the Ocean Race Summit Mindelo, saying that “ending the ocean emergency is a race we must win.”
WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’
Jan 24, 2023, at 05:38 pm
New York: Despite recent progress towards eliminating trans fat from food, some five billion people remain unprotected from its harmful impacts, thus increasing their risk of heart disease and death, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO
Jan 24, 2023, at 04:52 pm
New York: Two-and-a-half billion dollars: that’s how much funding the UN World Health Organization (WHO) will need across its operations this year, it said on Monday, to help a record number of people facing disease and starvation.
Japan reports monthly record of over 8,000 Covid-related deaths in Jan
Jan 23, 2023, at 03:08 pm
Tokyo: Japan has faced a new surge of COVID-related deaths, with 8,103 fatalities recorded in January so far, the highest monthly tally since the start of the pandemic, data from the Japanese Health Ministry showed.
Migratory birds from China, Siberia flock Loktak Lake in Manipur
Jan 23, 2023, at 01:52 am
Imphal: Loktak Lake in Manipur is witnessing the arrival of new guests as different species of migratory birds from China and Siberia have been flocking the waterbody to spend the current winter season.
Delhi’s overall AQI notes a sudden dip
Jan 23, 2023, at 01:22 am
New Delhi: Delhi’s overall air quality suddenly, rapidly and unanticipatedly deteriorated since late last night with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) clocking 407 on Sunday as per the 4PM AQI Bulletin provided by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which is an increase of 113 points from the AQI recorded yesterday (294).
Bharat Biotech's intranasal COVID-19 vaccine to be launched on Republic Day
Jan 22, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Bhopal: Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is all set to launch its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC on January 26, the company's chairman and managing director Krishna Ella said here on Saturday.
Japan authorities sound alert over new bird flu outbreak
Jan 22, 2023, at 03:50 pm
Tokyo: Nearly 140,000 chickens will be culled in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture amid a fresh bird flu outbreak, local authorities say.
Russia to conduct first space launch in 2023 on Feb 5: Space Center
Jan 22, 2023, at 02:28 pm
Moscow/UNI: Russia's first space launch in 2023 will take place on Feb 5, when a Proton-M rocket will carry the fourth Elektro–L meteorological satellite into orbit, the Yuzhny Space Center of the Baikonur cosmodrome said.
Himachal Pradesh: 2.7 magnitude quake hits Chamba
Jan 21, 2023, at 09:47 pm
Shimla: Magnitude 2.7 earthquake hit Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Saturday morning, Indian Meterogical Department said in a press statement .
Tibet: Death toll from avalanche reaches 28
Jan 21, 2023, at 02:20 pm
Beijing: The search and rescue operation following an avalanche in the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China has ended and finalized the death toll at 28, the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) reported, citing local emergency services.
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”.