Earthquake tremors felt in Jamshedpur
Jun 05, 2020, at 01:53 pm
Jamshedpur/UNI: Different areas of the East Singhbhum district on Friday morning felt earthquake tremors.
COVID-19: 65-yr-old woman succumbs in Kashmir, toll rises to 36
Jun 05, 2020, at 01:41 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A 65-year-old woman from Srinagar, who died at a hospital in this summer capital last evening, tested positive for COVID-19, taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 36.
India witnesses massive spike in COVID-19 positive cases in 24 hours, death toll stands at 6348
Jun 05, 2020, at 09:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India witnessed another day of massive spike in the number of Coronavirus cases with 9,851 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Friday.
‘Global solidarity’ needed, to find affordable, accessible COVID-19 vaccine
Jun 05, 2020, at 09:12 am
New York: In the race to end the coronavirus pandemic, the UN chief reminded a virtual medical conference on Thursday that “a vaccine, by itself, is not enough”.
Jun 05, 2020, at 09:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS: As the world is marking World Environment Day on Friday amid COVID-19 outbreak, PM Narendra Modi pledged to preserve the planet's rich biodiversity.
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HUL donates over 74,000 testing kits to contain spread of Covid-19 in India
Jun 04, 2020, at 11:20 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) has donated 74,328 RT-PCR Covid-19 testing kits worth Rs 13 crore to help ramp up testing of patients in the country.
Palghar reports 42 fresh Covid-19 cases
Jun 04, 2020, at 05:51 pm
Palghar/UNI: With an addition of 42 Covid-19 cases in Palghar on Thursday, the overall number of positive patients in the district stood at 1,002, a report issued by the administration stated.
India registers over 9,000 Covid cases in 24 hours, tally now close to 2.17 lakhs
Jun 04, 2020, at 11:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Thursday registered the biggest daily spike in the Covid-19 cases with the report of 9,304 new infections in the last 24 hours taking the tally of Novel Coronavirus close to 2.17 lakhs.
WHO set to resume hydroxychloroquine trial to fight Coronavirus outbreak
Jun 04, 2020, at 08:57 am
Geneva: Investigations will continue into the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19, , WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
European and Chinese variants of coronavirus most found in India
Jun 03, 2020, at 10:16 pm
Kolkata/ IBNS: A Zoological Survey of India study has revealed mainly two variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) virus from China and Europe are most active in India among the 198 variants of the pathogen identified in the country, said a Hindustan Times report.
Trial testing a unique formulation of ibuprofen to treat COVID-19 launches: Study
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:14 pm
The LIBERATE trial is a pioneering collaboration between London’s Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College London and the pharmaceutical organisation the SEEK Group.
Maharashtra: Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall, 1 dies
Jun 03, 2020, at 06:37 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: At least one person was killed as Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Wednesday afternoon.
Jun 03, 2020, at 06:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved re-establishing Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine & Homoeopathy (PCIM&H) as a subordinate office under Ministry of AYUSH by merging into it Pharmacopoeia Laboratory for Indian Medicine (PLIM) and Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia Laboratory (HPL)- the two central laboratories established in Ghaziabad since 1975.
Jun 03, 2020, at 05:24 pm
London: A large observational study suggests that treatment with the antimalarial drug chloroquine or its analogue hydroxychloroquine (taken with or without the antibiotics azithromycin or clarithromycin) offers no benefit for patients with COVID-19. The study analysed data from nearly 15,000 patients with COVID-19 receiving a combination of any of the four drug regimens and 81,000 controls.
Bihar: Coronavirus claims 25th life
Jun 03, 2020, at 05:11 pm
Patna/UNI: With one more death due to coronavirus in Jamui district, the death toll due to Covid-19 increased to 25 in Bihar.
Nisarga Cyclone hits Maharashtra: Trains running from Konkan diverted via Belagavi
Jun 03, 2020, at 05:05 pm
Belagavi/UNI: Four passenger trains running on Konkan Railway was diverted to run via Madgaon, Londa, Belagavi, Miraj on Wednesday as the region is under threat of Nisarga Cyclone hitting the Konkan.
WHO warns of high risks of 'Devastating' Second wave of COVID-19
Jun 03, 2020, at 04:13 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge warned on Wednesday of high risks of COVID-19 resurgence, adding that the second wave would be devastating.
5-magnitude earthquake hits western Iran
Jun 03, 2020, at 04:12 pm
Tehran/Xinhua/UNI: A five-magnitude earthquake hit Saleh Abad region in Iran's western province of Ilam at 12:46 p.m. local time (0816 GMT) on Wednesday, according to Iran's Seismological Center.
Covid-19 affects all 30 districts in Odisha
Jun 03, 2020, at 03:57 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Covid-19 today covered the entire Odisha with 143 positive cases taking the total count to 2388 with 1325 recoveries.
Maharashtra: Sangli reports two new COVID-19 cases
Jun 03, 2020, at 03:56 pm
Sangli, Jun 3 (UNI) Two new COVID-19 cases were detected here on Wednesday hence taking this district's pandemic tally to 124, stated Collector Abhijeet Chaudhari.
Meghalaya records new COVID-19 positive case
Jun 03, 2020, at 03:52 pm
Shillong/UNI: Meghalaya has recorded another active case after one person, who had travelled from Uttar Pradesh, tested positive for novel coronavirus on Wednesday.
Manipur: Covid-19 cases increase to 102
Jun 03, 2020, at 01:05 pm
Imphal/UNI: The total number of Covid-19 positive cases has increased to 102 and the number of active cases to 76 in Manipur.
Mild intensity earthquake hits Meghalaya
Jun 03, 2020, at 12:50 pm
Shillong/UNI: A mild intensity earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit Indo-Bangladesh border at Meghalaya around 7.10 am this morning.
Maharashtra: 21,000 people in Palghar evacuated ahead of Cyclone Nisarga's landfall
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:23 am
Palghar/UNI: With the Cyclone Nisarga likely to hit the western coasts of Maharashtra anytime soon, the authorities have evacuated 21,000 villagers from nearly two dozen villages in four talukas of the district to safety.
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:17 am
New York:With a euro here and a dollar there, remittances – the money that migrant workers send home to their families – have been adding up in a big way to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and lift tens of millions out of extreme poverty.
4.2 magnitude earthquake hits Bangladesh, no casualtyÂ
Jun 03, 2020, at 09:08 am
Dhaka: An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale hit Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said.
Chinese mainland reports no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:59 am
Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority said Wednesday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday.
Address 'appalling impact' of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:53 am
New York/IBNS: Urgent action is needed to address “the major disproportionate impact” of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
‘Dogged pragmatism’ needed to save Ocean: UN Special Envoy
Jun 03, 2020, at 08:33 am
New York:‘Dogged pragmatism’ is needed to save the Ocean as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, according to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean.
Mumbai on alert as Maharashtra, Gujarat brace for Cyclone Nisarga
Jun 03, 2020, at 07:52 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Just two weeks after Cyclone Amphan devastated West Bengal and Odisha, now Maharashtra and Gujarat are likely to be hit by Cyclone Nisarga on Wednesday afternoon.