China: Shanghai conducts another Covid-19 screening
Apr 07, 2022, at 12:29 am
Shanghai: China's largest city, is carrying out a new round of PCR and antigen testing for Covid-19 on Wednesday as daily increase in new cases remains high despite the lockdown, which was initially planned to be lifted on April 5 but continues to remain in effect.
India reports first XE COVID-19 variant case
Apr 06, 2022, at 11:32 pm
Mumbai: India on Wednesday reported its first XE variant of the coronavirus disease case in Mumbai, media reports said.
Plant health summit aims to boost food security, safeguard human health
Apr 06, 2022, at 05:11 pm
New York: The world’s plant protection body met on Tuesday, aiming to set new plant health standards to both safeguard human wellbeing and preserve food security, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Shanghai builds another makeshift hospital to combat rising COVID-19 cases
Apr 06, 2022, at 03:02 pm
Shanghai: Shanghai is converting the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) into a makeshift hospital with a planned capacity of 40,000 beds.
India records 1,086 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Apr 06, 2022, at 02:54 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1,086 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, slightly higher than the daily count recorded for the past two days, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Bangladesh registers 36 new COVID-19 infections
Apr 06, 2022, at 01:31 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered 36 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours which is the lowest daily count recorded since Apr 6, 2020, media reports said on Tuesday.
China: Shanghai COVID lockdown extended to entire city
Apr 05, 2022, at 11:10 pm
Shanghai: Chinese authorities have extended the lockdown in Shanghai city to cover the entire 25 million people amid rise in COVID-19 cases, media reports said on Tuesday.
Almost everyone now breathing polluted air, warns WHO
Apr 05, 2022, at 10:55 pm
New York: An astonishing 99 per cent of the world’s population breathes polluted air that exceeds internationally approved limits, with negative health impacts kicking in at much lower levels than previously thought, UN medical scientists said on Monday.
UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees
Apr 05, 2022, at 10:50 pm
New York: A new flagship UN report on climate change out Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never been higher in human history, is proof that the world is on a “fast track” to disaster, António Guterres has warned, with scientists arguing that it’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees.
SL health sector declares medical emergency
Apr 05, 2022, at 08:10 pm
Colombo/UNI: As the economic situation continues to worsen in Sri Lanka, a health emergency has been declared in the island nation due to shortage of medicine, fuel, and equipment and constant power cuts.
Chinese mainland registers 1,173 Covid-19 cases
Apr 05, 2022, at 03:20 pm
Beijing: The Chinese mainland reported 1,173 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 infections on Monday, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
India registers 795 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours, 58 deaths
Apr 05, 2022, at 03:02 pm
New Delhi: India registered 795 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the country's daily count continued to witness a decline, as per the data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
913 new cases reported in last 24 hours, Daily COVID deaths less than 10 today
Apr 04, 2022, at 09:54 pm
In a significant development, following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload (12,597) today has declined to less than 13,000 mark after 714 days. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country's total Positive Cases.
India's daily COVID-19 cases drop below 1,000-mark, 913 recorded in past 24 hours
Apr 04, 2022, at 03:27 pm
New Delhi: India's daily count dropped below 1000-mark as 913 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Leopard caged in Assam’s Golaghat
Apr 04, 2022, at 12:17 am
Guwahati: A leopard was caged at Betioni Kakatigaon area under Khumtai assembly constituency in Assam’s Golaghat district on Sunday.
Covid19: WHO suspends UN supply for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin
Apr 03, 2022, at 07:45 pm
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suspended the supply of Covaxin made by Indian manufacturer Bharat Biotech to upgrade facilities and address deficiencies revealed in an inspection, media reports said.
India records 1,096 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Apr 03, 2022, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: At least 1,096 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the last 24 hours in India, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Malaysia reports 14,692 new Covid-19 infections, 56 new deaths
Apr 03, 2022, at 03:04 pm
Kuala Lumpur/IBNS/Xinhua: Malaysia reported 14,692 new Covid-19 infections as of Saturday midnight, bringing the national total to 4,234,087, according to the health ministry.
Chinese mainland reports 1,455 Covid-19 cases
Apr 03, 2022, at 02:30 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 1,455 new locally-transmitted Covid-19 infections on Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Awareness-cum-plantation drive held at SKUAST
Apr 03, 2022, at 05:09 am
Srinagar: A one-day awareness cum plantation drive was conducted at Faculty of Forestry SKUAST-K in collaboration with Rahim Greens.
New Covid variant XE found in UK more transmissible than Omicron: WHO
Apr 03, 2022, at 01:58 am
London: The new Covid variant XE that has emerged in the UK is likely to be more transmissible than any strain of COVID-19 so far, according to the World Health organisation (WHO)
UN chief calls for greater inclusion, marking World Autism Awareness Day
Apr 02, 2022, at 11:22 pm
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has highlighted the need for greater support for people with autism, particularly at the community-level.
Antarctica ‘should not be taken for granted’ scientists declare, amid extreme weather uptick
Apr 02, 2022, at 10:44 pm
New York: Antarctica, the world’s coldest, windiest and driest continent, has often been referred to as a stable ‘sleeping giant’, but increasingly extreme temperatures, together with unusual rain and ice shelf shifts, remind us that it must not be taken for granted, the UN Weather Agency (WMO) warned on Friday.
India registers 1260 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Apr 02, 2022, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi: India registered 1,260 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.24 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
China: Shanghai continues to struggles with Covid infections
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:55 pm
Beijing: Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai have been struggling to deal with the suspected wave of new Covid infections, in a sign of how serious the outbreak is in China's biggest city, BBC reported on Saturday.
UN chief hails launch of new expert group to boost net-zero climate change fight
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:44 am
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged private investors businesses, cities, states and regions, to do more to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions, launching a new group of experts to help with realizing a net-zero future.
U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata, KIIT TBI host 48-hour non-stop Air Quality Hackathon
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:31 am
Kolkata: The U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata, in partnership with KIIT TBI, hosted a 48-hour non-stop Air Quality Hackathon (March 30-31, 2022) at the iLead College in Kolkata.
A third of the world remains totally unvaccinated against COVID: Tedros
Apr 02, 2022, at 02:16 am
New York: A third of the world’s population has yet to receive a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine, including a shocking 83 per cent of all Africans, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.
India records 1335 COVID-19 cases, 52 deaths in past 24 hours
Apr 01, 2022, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 1,335 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as daily positivity rate touched 0.22 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health.
Sri Lanka emerges as a smuggling hub for India's star tortoises
Mar 31, 2022, at 06:33 pm
The Indian star tortoise is the most smuggled tortoise species in the world, with thousands trafficked annually smuggled out from India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan despite a 2019 total ban on the international trade in the species. While India continues to be the main country of origin for wild-caught star tortoises, Sri Lanka has in recent years become both a prominent source country and transit hub for trafficking networks that move the animals to East and Southeast Asia. Mongabay India writers Malaka Rodrigo and Pragati Prava report