Revitalize our seas’ UN chief urges on World Oceans Day
Jun 09, 2022, at 10:20 pm
New York: Ensuring a healthy and productive ocean that serves the whole planet, is a “collective responsibility” that can only be fulfilled by working together, the UN chief told an celebratory event marking World Oceans Day on Wednesday.
Delhi is bracing heatwave for today, temperature may dip this weekend
Jun 09, 2022, at 06:17 pm
New Delhi/UNI: There is no respite for the people of Delhi and its adjoining areas as the India Meteorological Department predicted heatwave conditions on Thursday.
Monkeypox: Canadian travellers abroad asked to be cautious, new isolation measures issued
Jun 09, 2022, at 04:57 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Canadian travellers abroad have been warned by the country's public health agency to be extra careful amid the rapid spread of monkeypox.
Melting of glaciers in Tibet is threat to region: Report
Jun 09, 2022, at 03:13 am
The melting glaciers of Tibet have emerged as a new challenge for the region which depends on it for water.
Passengers who refuse to wear masks can be removed from flight: DGCA
Jun 09, 2022, at 02:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The lack of masks at airports and in flights has prompted the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to take action as Covid numbers are rising in parts of the country.
New Zealand prepares for further waves of Omicron sub-variants
Jun 08, 2022, at 08:15 pm
Wellington/UNI/Xinhua: New Zealand medical experts enhanced Covid-19 surveillance at international borders as it prepares for further waves of Omicron sub-variants that are rising in prevalence.
World Food Safety Day highlights need to improve health, prevent foodborne risks
Jun 08, 2022, at 07:13 pm
New York: Safe food is one of the most critical guarantors for good health, the UN said on Tuesday – the fourth global World Food Safety Day – aiming to mobilize action for preventing, detecting and managing foodborne risks and improving human health.
India registers 5,233 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths
Jun 08, 2022, at 03:04 pm
New Delhi: India is once again witnessing a spike as 5,233 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the past 24 hours taking the daily positivity rate to 1.67 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
Kolkata: Healthcare company Cloudphysician partners with Medica Superspeciality Hospital
Jun 08, 2022, at 04:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Healthcare company Cloudphysician Monday announced that it has partnered with Medica Superspecialty Hospital, a private hospital chain in Eastern India.
Maharashtra records 81 pct rise in Covid infections in single day, Mumbai cases almost double
Jun 08, 2022, at 02:38 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 1,881 new coronavirus cases, which is 81 per cent more than the previous day and the highest since Feb 18, the state health department said.
‘We can do better, we must’ declares departing UN climate change chief, as COP27 looms over horizon
Jun 07, 2022, at 09:25 pm
New York: The annual UN Climate Change Conference in the German city of Bonn began on Monday, designed to lay the groundwork for a successful COP27, due to take place in the Egyptian coastal resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, in November.
India records 3,714 COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 07, 2022, at 02:48 pm
New Delhi: India, a nation suddenly witnessing a rise in COVID-19 instances, registered 3,714 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
Kolkata gets a Miyawaki forest on its eastern thoroughfare
Jun 06, 2022, at 05:57 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Conservation of biological diversity helps to protect the climate and the environment, reminded Isolde Aust, Deputy Consul General from Kolkata’s Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Maharashtra reports 1,494 Covid-19 cases, single death
Jun 06, 2022, at 04:47 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has recorded 1,494 Covid-19 cases and one death, the health bulletin stated Monday.
India witnessing surge again, registers 4,518 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 06, 2022, at 03:09 pm
New Delhi: India is once again witnessing a rise in COVID-19 cases as 4,518 fresh instances were reported in the past 24 hours, as per data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.
Jun 06, 2022, at 03:45 am
Kolkata: The majority of the respondents of a perception study, conducted by an NGO working for environment conservation, feel that excess motor vehicles on West Bengal roads are the most important contributor to air pollution in the state.
800 Monkeypox cases detected in 27 non-endemic countries: WHO
Jun 06, 2022, at 02:25 am
Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: At least 780 confirmed monkeypox cases were identified in humans in 27 non-endemic countries from May 13 to June 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
India has achieved target of 10 pc ethanol blending in petrol: PM
Jun 05, 2022, at 09:38 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that India has achieved the target of 10 percent ethanol blending in petrol five months ahead of the target date.
India working on long term vision to protect environment: PM Modi
Jun 05, 2022, at 06:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: On the occasion of the World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the ‘Save Soil Movement’, and said that at a time when the nation is taking new pledges during the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, such movements acquire a new importance.
India records 4,270 Covid-19 cases, 15 deaths in last 24 hours
Jun 05, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: India reported 4,270 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of cases to 4,31,76,817, Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.
Corbevax vaccine approved by DCGI as heterologous Covid-19 booster dose
Jun 04, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Hyderabad: Biological E. Limited (BE), a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical and vaccines company, on Saturday announced that its Corbevax Covid-19 vaccine has been approved by the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) as a heterologous COVID-19 booster dose to individuals aged 18 years and above after 6 months of administration of primary vaccination (two doses) of Covaxin or Covishiled vaccines for restricted use in emergency situation.
World Environment Day: Earth ‘cannot keep up with our demands’
Jun 04, 2022, at 08:58 pm
New York: “This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems “cannot keep up with our demands”.
Make mental health support part of climate action plans: WHO
Jun 04, 2022, at 06:20 pm
New York: Mental health support must be included in national responses to climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new policy brief, launched on Friday at the Stockholm+50 environmental summit.
Maharashtra reports 1,134 new Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours
Jun 04, 2022, at 04:27 pm
Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra has recorded 1,134 new cases of Covid-19 and three deaths in the past 24 hours, according to a health bulletin Saturday.
India records 3,962 COVID-1 cases, 26 fresh deaths in past 24 hours
Jun 04, 2022, at 03:41 pm
New Delhi: India registered 3,962 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the daily positivity rate spiked to 0.89 percent, as per data released by the Ministry of Health in the past 24 hours.
Kolkata: Winners of World Environment Day 2022 photography contest felicitated
Jun 04, 2022, at 05:57 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata, Indo-British Scholars’ Association (IBSA) and Earth Day Network jointly felicitated the winners of the World Environment Day photography competition at the British Club Kolkata on Friday.
Africa: Dramatic drop forecast in COVID deaths, but no time to ‘sit back and relax'
Jun 03, 2022, at 09:58 pm
COVID-19 deaths in Africa are forecast to decrease by 94 per cent this year compared to last year the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Monkeypox transmission may have gone undetected ‘for some time’
Jun 03, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New York: Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Jun 03, 2022, at 05:15 pm
Stockholm/New Delhi: Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault and India’s Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Stockholm on Thursday to increase bilateral cooperation on climate action, environmental protection and conservation.
India records over 4,000 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jun 03, 2022, at 03:14 pm
New Delhi: India registered over 4000 daily COVID-19 cases for the first time in the past three months, official data showed on Friday.