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06 May

US reissues its travel advisory on India, urging its citizens not to travel to the country

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid 19, health, India, travel, USA

The US has reissued its travel advisory on India, urging its citizens not to travel to the country due to an unprecedented surge in the COVID-19 cases there. India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds. “Do not travel to India due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution due to crime and terrorism,” the State Department said on Wednesday in its latest travel advisory that looked identical to the one issued on April 28. Both the travel advisory…

05 May

25-year-old Malian woman gives birth to nine babies at once

editor0 CommentsHealthafrica, nine babies, world

Halima Cisse gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. Mali's government flew her there for specialist care. "I'm very happy," her husband told the BBC. "My wife and the babies [five girls and four boys] are doing well." A woman who had eight babies in the US in 2009 holds the Guinness World Record for the most children delivered at a single birth to survive. Two sets of nonuplets have previously been recorded - one born to a woman in Australia in 1971 and another to a woman in Malaysia in 1999 - but none of the babies survived more…

05 May

Astronaut who piloted the Apollo 11 moon mission, dies at 90

editor0 CommentsHealthApollo 11, NASA, space

Michael Collins - one of the three crew members of the first manned mission to land on the Moon, Apollo 11 in 1969 - has died aged 90, his family say. He died on Wednesday after "a valiant battle with cancer. He spent his final days peacefully, with his family by his side," they said. Collins stayed in lunar orbit as his colleagues Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon. Aldrin, 91, is now the only surviving member of the mission. Paying tribute to Collins, Aldrin wrote in a tweet: "Dear Mike, Wherever you have been or will be,…

04 May

India’s Covid-19 cases cross the 2-crore mark: dominates global headlines

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid 19, global news, India

As India’s coronavirus tally crossed the 2-crore mark on Tuesday, the Covid-19 crisis in the country continues to grab global headlines. From featuring on the frontpage of newspapers around the world to being the centre of debates on television channels like the CNN, the coronavirus situation has been at the centrestage ever since the second wave of the pandemic hit the country. The surge in cases has battered its already feeble healthcare system and an acute shortage in supply of vaccines have hit inoculation drives in most states. Thousands of Covid patients have been scrambling to find hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and life-saving medication amidst an…

03 May

“Climate Justice = Human Justice”: Young activists’ call to save the world.

editor0 CommentsHealthclimate, environment, world

Young activists are breathing new life into the long-running debate over climate justice - the framing of global warming as an ethical issue rather than a purely environmental one. When world leaders took to the (virtual) stage at President Biden's climate summit, they were given a gentle telling off by 19-year-old climate activist, Xiye Bastida. "Solutions must be aligned with the fact that climate justice is social justice," she said, echoing the words of Greta Thunberg. The Mexican-born teenager is among a new generation of climate activists drawing attention to environmental and social injustices they say are blighting lives worldwide.…

30 Apr

French-led research shows that the glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate.

editor0 CommentsHealthenvironment, glaciers, International

A French-led team assessed the behaviour of nearly all documented ice streams on the planet. The researchers found them to have lost almost 270 billion tonnes of ice a year over the opening two decades of the 21st Century. The meltwater produced now accounts for about a fifth of global sea-level rise, the scientists tell Nature journal. The numbers involved are quite hard to imagine, so team member Robert McNabb, from the universities of Ulster and Oslo, uses an analogy. "Over the last 20 years, we've seen that glaciers have lost about 267 gigatonnes (Gt) per year. So, if we take…

30 Apr

UN Secretary-General says they stand ready to support India combat the “horrific” COVID-19 wave.

editor0 CommentsHealthCoronavirus, health, India, united nations

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world organisation stands ready to step up its support to India to combat the “horrific” COVID-19 wave in the country that has infected more than 18 million people and killed over 200,000. “With the entire @UN family, I stand in solidarity with the people of India as they face a horrific #COVID19 outbreak. The UN stands ready to step up our support,” Guterres tweeted on Thursday. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti replied to Guterres’s tweet saying that India deeply appreciates “your sentiments and solidarity at this juncture. We also appreciate…

30 Apr

Journalist Rohit Sardana passes away: Prime Minister and many others express condolence

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Television journalist Rohit Sardana, who tested positive for coronavirus recently, passed away Friday due to a heart attack. Many Union ministers, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and his colleagues in the media expressed condolence over the demise of Sardana who was associated with Aaj Tak news channel. “Rohit Sardana left us too soon. Full of energy, passionate about India’s progress and a kind hearted soul, Rohit will be missed by many people. His untimely demise has left a huge void in the media world. Condolences to his family, friends and admirers. Om Shanti,” PM Modi tweeted. “Pained to learn about Shri…

29 Apr

The US is sending supplies worth more than $100 million to help India fight it’s Covid-19 surge.

editor0 CommentsBusiness, HealthCovid 19, health, India, USA

The United States is sending supplies worth more than $100 million to India to help it fight a surge of Covid-19 cases, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. The supplies, which will begin arriving on Thursday and continue into next week, include 1,000 oxygen cylinders, 15 million N95 masks and 1 million rapid diagnostic tests, the statement said. The United States also has redirected its own order of AstraZeneca manufacturing supplies to India, which will allow it to make over 20 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, according to the White House. “Just as India sent assistance to the United…

28 Apr

India faces crisis of oxygen and lack of tankers for its transportation in its second wave of Covid-19

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid 19, India, oxygen supply

THE OXYGEN crisis during the second Covid surge has been precipitated by a shortage of tankers and the daunting logistics of transportation from distant locations — not by a dearth of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO), which is available in sufficient quantity, says top officials and key industry players. Official figures show that on April 24, various industries produced 9,103 metric tonnes (MT) of LMO against a previously existing capacity of 7,259 MT. On the same day, the sale of LMO stood at 7,017 MT. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was informed during a review meeting that production has increased…