Only 2% of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in Africa
Sep 15, 2021, at 04:14 pm
New York: More than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally, but only 2% of them in Africa, said World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday.
Most agricultural funding distorts prices, harms environment: UN report
Sep 15, 2021, at 03:53 pm
New York: Around 87% of the $540 billion in total annual government support given worldwide to agricultural producers includes measures that are price distorting and that can be harmful to nature and health.
India registers 27,176 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Sep 15, 2021, at 03:38 pm
New Delhi: India registered 27,176 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Forest dept to make J&K’s green lungs polythene free
Sep 15, 2021, at 05:32 am
Jammu: J&K Forest department has embarked on a mission to make the “green lungs” of the Union Territory (UT) polythene-free.
Sep 15, 2021, at 01:41 am
London: An expert review by an international group of scientists, including some at the WHO and FDA, concludes that, even for the delta variant, vaccine efficacy against severe COVID is so high that booster doses for the general population are not appropriate at this stage in the pandemic.
Bangladesh registers 27000 deaths due to COVID-19
Sep 14, 2021, at 11:24 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh, the country witnessing a tough wave of the pandemic, registered 35 new deaths due to the virus, taking the tally to 27,007.
China: Tourism city Xiamen partially seals off two districts, one hospital after COVID-19 cases
Sep 14, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Beijing: China's tourism city Xiamen has partially sealed off two districts and one local hospital early Monday as two positive COVID-19 patients were detected, media reports said.
WHO approval for Covaxin likely by month-end, says Niti Aayog
Sep 14, 2021, at 10:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organisation's emergency approval for indigenously made Covid-19 jab, Covaxin, can come by the end of September, said Dr VK Paul, chairman of the National Expert Committee on Vaccine Administration, according to media reports.
Chinese mainland reports 59 new locally transmitted Coronavirus cases
Sep 14, 2021, at 09:05 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 59 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, all in Fujian Province, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.
COVID-19: India reports 25,404 new infections, 339 deaths in 24 hours
Sep 14, 2021, at 04:10 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: India logged 25,404 new cases and 339 deaths due to the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Kashmir’s children and pregnant women show presence of igG antibodies
Sep 14, 2021, at 06:11 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Around 78 per cent of children below 18 years of age and 64 percent of pregnant women in Kashmir have developed Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) CoV-2 infection, Seroprevalence survey conducted across Kashmir revealed.
DC Kashmir discusses Covid19 inoculation drive in Srinagar
Sep 14, 2021, at 06:06 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Divisional Commissioner (DC), Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole Monday chaired a meeting regarding the Covid-19 vaccination drive in Srinagar district at the Divisional Covid-19 Control Room, Kashmir.
ICMR receives Centre's nod to undertake experimental delivery of vaccines in Andaman, NE states
Sep 14, 2021, at 12:59 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has received permission from the union government to conduct experimental delivery of vaccines using drones in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and North-East states, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) announced on Monday.
India registers 27,254 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:44 pm
New Delhi: India registered 27,254 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Monday.
Sep 13, 2021, at 04:11 am
Wuhan: A new investigation has revealed that 26 scientists, who wrote a letter in The Lancet medical journal dismissing the possibility that Covid-19 originated from a Wuhan lab, have links to its Chinese researchers, their colleagues or its benefactors.
Bangladesh records 51 new COVID19 deaths in past 24 hours
Sep 13, 2021, at 03:47 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh recorded 51 fresh deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Ethiopia records 845 new COVID-19 cases
Sep 12, 2021, at 11:43 pm
Addis Ababa/UNI/Xinhua: Ethiopia has registered 845 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 322,632 as of Saturday evening, the country's health ministry said.
Centre submits guidelines for issuing Covid-19 death certificates to Supreme Court
Sep 12, 2021, at 09:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre has submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court, informing the guidelines for issuing the Covid death certificates.
India reports 28,591 COVID cases, 338 deaths in last 24 hours
Sep 12, 2021, at 05:20 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India added 28,591 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
84 per cent population in Kashmir has Covid19 antibodies
Sep 12, 2021, at 12:14 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Depicting widespread prevalence of COVID19 infection in Kashmir, nearly nine out of every ten people here have been found to have antibodies against SARS-CoV2 due to a past infection and subsequent recovery, a pan-district seroprevalence study, results of which were released Friday has shown.
Covid: Delhi records zero fatality for fourth consecutive day
Sep 11, 2021, at 11:49 pm
New Delhi/UNI: For the third consecutive day, the national capital recorded zero death due to Covid-19 even as the city recorded 35 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, the Delhi government's latest health bulletin said on Saturday.
India adds 33,376 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Sep 11, 2021, at 03:30 pm
New Delhi: India added 33,376 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health released data on Saturday.
4.5 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman and Nicobar Islands, no casualty
Sep 11, 2021, at 03:17 pm
Port Blair: An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale hit 137km North of Diglipur region of Andaman and Nicobar Island on Saturday, officials said.
Uttarakhand: 4.6 magnitude earthquake hits Joshimath, no casualty
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:49 pm
New Delhi/Joshimath: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale hit 31km WSW of Joshimath region of Uttarakhand on Saturday, officials said.
Covid-19: PM Modi stresses on genome sequence in high level meeting
Sep 11, 2021, at 04:14 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today chaired a high level meeting to review the Covid-19 situation in the country and the coronavirus vaccination drive.
Action plan laid out for the conservation of wetlands in Kashmir
Sep 11, 2021, at 02:55 am
Srinagar/IBNS: The Jammu and Kashmir government has come up with an 'Integrated Management Action Plan' for the conservation of wetlands in Kashmir with a proposed budgetary outlay of Rs 46.70 crore.
Hunger spikes in Haiti following deadly earthquake
Sep 10, 2021, at 05:03 pm
New York: Around 980,000 Haitians in the four districts most affected by the August 14 earthquake are now living with acute food insecurity, according to new UN food security data released on Thursday.
India reports 34,973 COVID-19 cases, 260 deaths in 24 hours
Sep 10, 2021, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 34,973 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours while the toll increased by 260 in the same span of time, the Health Ministry said Friday.
Actor Sonu Sood launches 11th centre of Ankura Hospitals in Andhra Pradesh
Sep 10, 2021, at 01:01 am
Vijayawada/UNI: Actor Sonu Sood launched Ankura Hospital in Vijayawada on Thursday which is the 11th center of the chain in the Telugu state dedicated to women and children.
Sep 09, 2021, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi government will adopt a ten pronged approach to combat the air pollution menace of the national capital as a part of Delhi's winter action plan, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Thursday.