India registers 1,778 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Mar 23, 2022, at 03:19 pm
New Delhi: India registered 1,778 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the country's daily positivity rate touched 0.26 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
63 Indian cities dominate list of 100 most polluted places globally: Report
Mar 23, 2022, at 03:30 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India's air pollution worsened in 2021, the World Air Quality Report released by Swiss firm IQAir, has stated.
GMC Srinagar starts goiter survey among children
Mar 22, 2022, at 07:51 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Government Medical College,Srinagar through its nodal department of Community Medicine (SPM) is conducting iodine deficiency disorders (goitre) survey among children in age group of 6-12 years.
New UN report looks underfoot, to solve global water crises
Mar 22, 2022, at 04:44 pm
New York: While groundwater accounts for 99 per cent of all running freshwater on Earth, it is often undervalued, mismanaged, and overexploited, according to a report published on Monday by the UN scientific organization, UNESCO.
UN chief warns against ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe’
Mar 22, 2022, at 04:36 pm
New York: The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in last November’s COP26, gathering in Glasgow, is now on “life support” and “in intensive care,” the UN chief told the Economist Sustainability Summit on Monday.
India registers 1,581 new COVID-19 cases, 33 deaths in past 24 hours
Mar 22, 2022, at 02:47 pm
New Delhi: India registered 1,581 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touches 0.28 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
China reports 1,947 fresh COVID-19 cases
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Beijing: Chinese mainland on Sunday registered 1,947 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases,media reports said on Monday.
India registers 1,549 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Mar 21, 2022, at 03:03 pm
New Delhi: India registered 1,549 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with the daily positivity rate touching 0.40 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Russian nasal vaccine effective against Omicron variant: Researchers
Mar 20, 2022, at 08:31 pm
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The new Russian nasal vaccine against the coronavirus infection has demonstrated effectiveness against the Omicron variant, Alexander Gintsburg, the director of Russia's Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, told Sputnik.
India records 1,761 new Covid cases, 127 deaths in last 24 hours
Mar 20, 2022, at 04:56 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India registered 1,761 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Chinese mainland reports 1,656 new Covid-19 cases
Mar 20, 2022, at 02:38 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,656 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, down from 2,157 on Friday, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
Malaysia reports 22,341 Covid-19 cases, 85 deaths
Mar 20, 2022, at 02:01 pm
Kuala Lumpur/UNI/Xinhua: Malaysia reported 22,341 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the national total to 3,974,019, the country's health ministry informed on Sunday.
Gamechanger HIV injection rolls out in South Africa and Brazil
Mar 19, 2022, at 10:03 pm
New York: The first injection to offer long-lasting protection against HIV is being rolled out in South Africa and Brazil, as an alternative to daily medication, according to the UN agency UNITAID.
India registers 2,075 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Mar 19, 2022, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,075 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.56 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
Chinese mainland registers 2,157 new local COVID-19 cases
Mar 19, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Beijing: China is once again battling COVID-19 and on Friday it registered 2,157 locally transmitted cases, media reports said.
Misinformation that Omicron is ‘the last COVID-19 variant’ fuelling uptick worldwide: WHO
Mar 18, 2022, at 06:13 pm
New York: A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, ending physical distancing - and a more transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant - are causing an increase of COVID-19 cases globally, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday.
China registers 2,388 new local COVID-19 cases
Mar 18, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Beijing: China registered 2,388 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, continuing the trend of spike in daily count, media reports said on Friday.
India registers 2,528 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Mar 18, 2022, at 02:51 pm
New Delhi: India registered 2,528 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate now stands at 0.40 percent, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Friday.
Cyclonic storm formation likely over south Bay of Bengal
Mar 18, 2022, at 05:21 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A low-pressure area formed over the central parts of South Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a deep depression and further into a cyclonic storm, MET sources here on Thursday said.
Chinese mainland reports 1,226 new COVID-19 cases
Mar 17, 2022, at 07:25 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported 1,226 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, down from 1,860 on Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
India reports 2,539 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Mar 17, 2022, at 03:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 2,539 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 60 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Japan, Tsunami alert issued
Mar 17, 2022, at 04:52 am
Tokyo/IBNS: A powerful 7.3-magnitude quake hit east Japan on Wednesday night, rattling the capital Tokyo and prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the northeast coast, media reports quoting Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Winter pollution levels and trends point to national air quality crisis, says CSE’s latest analysis
Mar 17, 2022, at 04:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: An all-India winter air quality analysis done by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says particulate pollution spiked and stayed elevated with varying intensity across all regions during the winter of 2021-22 (15 October to 28 February).
Israel detects new Covid-19 strain
Mar 16, 2022, at 11:16 pm
Jerusalem/UNI/Xinhua: The Israeli Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced the detection of a new Covid-19 strain.
Pakistan announces it is lifting all COVID-19 related restrictions
Mar 16, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday lifted all Covid-19 related restrictions across the country, saying it "has come close to eliminating the pandemic,".
Mar 16, 2022, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi: India recorded 2,876 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate touched 0.38 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Hong Kong witnessing COVID-19 spike deadlier than Wuhan
Mar 16, 2022, at 12:10 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong, the city which is reporting a massive spike in COVID-19 cases, is witnessing the death toll to exceed the number of coronavirus-related fatalities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, from where the contagious virus had first originated.
China battling fresh COVID-19 outbreak suspected to be driven by Omicron BA.2 variant
Mar 15, 2022, at 10:51 pm
Beijing: China is witnessing a massive surge in COVID-19 cases with tens of millions of people are living under lockdown at present to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus, media reports said.
China imposes lockdown in Shenzhen as COVID-19 cases spike
Mar 15, 2022, at 07:23 pm
Shenzhen, China: China is facing yet another wave of COVID-19 pandemic outbreaking, forcing authorities to put 17.5 million residents of Shenzhen into lockdown for at least a week, media reports said on Monday.
Ukraine health facilities ‘stretched to breaking point’, warns WHO
Mar 15, 2022, at 07:13 pm
New York: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Monday that it is working “day and night” to keep medical supply chains open and preserve the health system in Ukraine, where, it says, medical facilities are stretched to breaking point.