Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases
Oct 02, 2020, at 02:25 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,875, the National Health Commission said Friday.
Study reveals Covid superspreaders triggered massive outbreak in India: Report
Oct 02, 2020, at 01:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Coronavirus superspreaders, about 8% of India's confirmed cases, led to the explosion of Covid-19 in India, according to researchers, a Bloomberg report said.
50-day-old baby beats Covid-19, heart ailment; discharged from Kolkata's Fortis Anandapur
Oct 02, 2020, at 05:21 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Sonali Hazra, a first-time mother from West Bengal's Durgapur, had given up hope when her 25-days-old daughter was diagnosed with COVID-19 and cytokine storm, a dreaded complication of COVID, which severely affects the heart.
Guterres urges more countries to step up and fund global COVID-19 vaccine effort
Oct 01, 2020, at 11:09 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds – the equivalent of the total spent on cigarettes worldwide every two weeks – on behalf of global COVID-19 vaccine efforts to ensure that everyone, everywhere, gets protection from the virus.
Active Covid-19 cases below 10 lakh-mark for 10th successive day
Oct 01, 2020, at 10:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: For the 10th successive day, India on Thursday reported less than 1 million active Covid-19 cases as it sustained the trend of maintaining the active cases below the 10 lakh mark.
At UN, Uganda highlights COVID-19 response, commitment to sustainable development
Sep 30, 2020, at 11:47 pm
New York: Through deliberate and targeted actions, Uganda has been able to contain the spread of COVID-19, the country’s representative to the UN told the General Assembly, adding that the Government also prioritized sustainable recovery from the pandemic in its national plans.
India adds over 80,000 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Sep 30, 2020, at 03:15 pm
New Delhi: India registered 80,472 new cases in the past 24 hours as the country's COVID-19 tally has crossed 62-lakh mark, as per the Ministry of Health released data.
Chinese mainland reports 19 new imported COVID-19 cases
Sep 30, 2020, at 02:31 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 19 new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,854, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
Donald Trump says US 'Weeks away' from COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 30, 2020, at 02:24 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said the country is weeks away from getting a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.
Kolkata: Doctors advice people to maintain healthy lifestyle to keep heart diseases away
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Doctors of Kolkata’s BM Birla Heart Research Centre have advised people to maintain a healthy lifestyle to keep heart diseases away.
WOXheal: Centaur Pharma’s drug for diabetic foot ulcer
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:08 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Centaur Pharmaceuticals recently announced the launch of a New Chemical Entity (NCE) – WOXheal – a unique product for the treatment of Diabetic Foot ulcers, which is likely to save millions of Diabetics who must undergo foot amputation globally.
COVID-19 more prevalent in urban slums, other areas: ICMR DG
Sep 30, 2020, at 01:20 am
New Delhi/UNI: Professor Balram Bhargava, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on Tuesday said that people living in urban slums and other areas are more likely to be infected with Novel Coronavirus, than in rural areas of the country.
Valliappa Foundation launches ‘Anadhanam’ platform to address global hunger
Sep 29, 2020, at 11:44 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: There are 795 million people hungry in the world today. India accounts for the largest share, with 200 million people hungry. On the World Hunger Index, India ranks 102 among 117 countries. Even our neighbours rank ahead of us viz. Sri Lanka at 66 and Bangladesh at 88.
France joins international program to reverse biodiversity loss by 2030
Sep 29, 2020, at 11:05 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: France has joined 64 other nations for the so-called Leaders’ Pledge for Nature initiative to curb the biodiversity loss on the planet by the end of the decade, French Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili said on Tuesday.
New scientific study suggests evidence of liquid water bodies under surface of Mars
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:50 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: A new scientific study has put forward evidence of the presence of bodies of water under the surface of Mars, with these findings potentially offering crucial insights into whether there is life on the planet.
New Zealand reports two new cases of COVID-19, calls for vigilance on school holidays
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:43 pm
Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, both of whom are imported cases detected in a managed isolation facility.
US: At least 3 people killed in California wildfire
Sep 29, 2020, at 10:35 pm
San Francisco/UNI: At least three people were killed, while thousands were evacuated from their homes due to a massive wildfire in northern California, according to media reports.
Assam flood: Nearly 3.20 lakh people of 13 district affect
Sep 29, 2020, at 08:35 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam is still grim as nearly 3.20 lakh people of 13 districts of the state have been affected by the third wave of flood this year.
India reports over 70,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 61 lakh
Sep 29, 2020, at 04:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India, the worst Covid-19 Asian country, on Tuesday reported 70,589 new infections taking the overtally beyond 61 lakh.
One millionth death from COVID-19 ‘an agonizing milestone’: UN Secretary-General
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:41 pm
New York: With over one million lives having succumbed to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that while the “agonizing milestone” is a “mind-numbing figure”, the world must never lose sight of each and every individual life.
Ahead of biodiversity summit, UN officials call for action to preserve the natural world
Sep 29, 2020, at 03:21 pm
New York: Top UN officials working to preserve the natural world are urging “action now” ahead of a crucial biodiversity summit this week, where world leaders will reaffirm their commitment to the cause.
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:32 pm
Geneva: A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were on Monday announced by the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. Organizations involved in the milestone agreement include the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the Global Fund, Unitaid, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Jammu and Kashmir: Administration upgrading District Hospital Handwara to benefit locals
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:01 am
With an aim to provide better health facilities to people, the administration has started upgrading the District Hospital Handwara in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Chinese mainland reports 21 new imported COVID-19 cases
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:34 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 21 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,823, the National Health Commission said Monday.
India's COVID-19 case tally surpasses 60-lakh mark
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:01 pm
India registered 82,170 new COVID-19 cases as the total number of instances in the country now crossed the 60-lakh mark, as per the Ministry of Health released data.
Shanghai reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases
Sep 28, 2020, at 02:21 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: Shanghai reported 10 imported COVID-19 cases and no domestically transmitted cases on Sunday, the municipal health commission said Monday.
COVID-19 tally of Chhattisgarh crosses 1 lakh mark
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:23 am
Raipur/UNI: The COVID-19 tally of Chhattisgarh stood at 102461 on Saturday after 3896 positive cases were reported during the last 24 hours while 23 patients with COVID-19 infection died, pushing the death toll to 817 in the state so far.
Global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 1 million-mark
Sep 28, 2020, at 03:20 am
New York: The death toll due to COVID-19 across the globe has touched 1,000,000.
Bangladesh: COVID-19 cases touch 359,148, death toll reaches 5,161
Sep 28, 2020, at 12:16 am
Dhaka/Xinhua: Bangladesh reported 1,275 new COVID-19 cases and 32 new deaths on Sunday, making the tally at 359,148 and death toll at 5,161, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
India reports higher number of new recoveries than new COVID-19 cases for several consecutive days
Sep 27, 2020, at 11:39 pm
New Delhi: New recoveries in India have exceeded the new cases for several successive days during the period of the past nine days.