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05 May

A third wave of the coronavirus is “inevitable”,

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Phase 3 (third wave) is inevitable, given the high levels at which this virus is circulating. But it is not clear at what time scale this Phase 3 will occur. Hopefully, incrementally, but we should prepare for new waves. Ongoing surveillance is needed as are vaccine upgrades," Dr K VijayRaghavan said at a government briefing. In a weekly report, the WHO said India accounted for 46 per cent of global cases and a quarter of global deaths reported in the past week. Daily infections rose by 3.82 lakh on Wednesday, health ministry data showed even as testing has slowed in…

05 May

NCB seizes pseudoephedrine hidden in Mumbai kitchen utensils, probe underway

editor0 CommentsSikkimANI, NCB

(NCB) seized 2 kg of pseudoephedrine Mumbai's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized 2kg of pseudoephedrine from a kitchen parcel on its way to Australia, an official said on Wednesday. On Monday, the NCB's zonal unit raided the office of a courier company in Andheri, a western suburb, and recovered drugs from a consignment of kitchen equipment booked from Nagpur and bound for Australia, the official told ANI. A team of NCB officials has been dispatched to search for the sender of the parcel, he added, adding that a case has been filed in this regard. Pseudoephedrine is a stimulant that…

05 May

The Congress and the Left accuse the Trinamool of attacking their cadres.

editor0 CommentsSikkimBJP, CPM, POLITICS, TMC, violence, West Bengal

Calling upon Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to play the role of the Chief Minister of the entire state and not just of her party, the BJP on Tuesday sought stringent moves to end the violence in West Bengal after a bitterly fought, highly polarised election campaign. Sources said the central BJP leadership, worried that the violence could possibly force its cadre to switch ranks to the TMC, is trying to pull out all the stops — from Prime Minister Narendra Modi dialling West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and expressing serious anguish to BJP president J P Nadda rushing to the state to meet…

04 May

44,631 New Covid Cases In Karnataka

editor0 CommentsSikkimcorona virous, karnataka

Karnataka yet again reported more than 40 thousand COVID-19 cases in a single day with 44,631 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total caseload to 16,90,934, the state health department said on Tuesday. Bengaluru - with over three lakh (3,01,712) active cases - alone accounted for 20,870 of these infections, it said. Karnataka has 4,64,363 active cases and its positivity rate stands at 29.03 per cent. The state had reported 44,438 cases on Monday. As many as 292 people died in the last 24 hours, taking the total fatalities to 16, 538. Bengaluru saw 132 coronavirus-related deaths in…

04 May

You can put your head in sand like an ostrich, we will not, Delhi HC blasts Centre

editor0 CommentsSikkimDelhi High Court, oxygen shortage

The Central government's failure to implement the Delhi High Court's order on immediate supply of full quota of oxygen to Delhi evoked the judges' wrath today. The court - which had ordered that Delhi must be given its full quota of oxygen "by whatever means" - asked the government to explain why a contempt case should not be initiated against it. "Enough is enough. We will not take a 'no' regarding oxygen supply. There is no way that you will not supply 700 metric tonne oxygen immediately. We will not hear anything except compliance," the judges said. "Contempt proceedings can…

04 May

Our Planet Then and Now: How the Victoria falls stood dry silent

editor0 CommentsSikkimafrica, climate, victoria falls

In our monthly feature, Then and Now, we reveal some of the ways that planet Earth has been changing against the backdrop of a warming world. Here, we look at the effects of global heating on Victoria Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world - and how Sub-Saharan Africa is learning to cope with the climate crisis. In full flow, Victoria Falls easily qualifies as one of the natural wonders of the world. Spanning 1.7km at its widest point and with a height of more than 100m, locals refer to Africa's greatest waterfall as "the smoke that thunders".…

04 May

At least 23 people die for landslide in Mexico City’s Metro Overpass

editor0 CommentsSikkimMexico City

An improved section of the Mexico City Metro collapsed sending a metro that sank toward a busy boulevard late Monday night, City officials said at least 23 people were killed and 700 injured. Rescuers searched for a car hanging from the overpass for hours, fearing someone might still be trapped. Earlier, Shinebaum said someone was pulled alive from a car stuck on the road below. He said 49 of the injured have been admitted to hospital, and seven are in critical condition and undergoing surgery. Present a big push during the study period of Marcelo, the editor of this child…

04 May

PM Modi Confronts Pressure to Lock Down India

editor0 CommentsSikkimLockdown, PM modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on states to only consider lockdowns "as the last option." Now everyone from his political allies to top business leaders and US President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser see them as the only way to stem the world's worst virus outbreak. In the past week, television channels and social media have been flooded with grim scenes of overcrowded crematoriums and desperate pleas for oxygen from hospitals. Daily deaths in India slowed marginally after hitting a record 3,689 on Sunday, while the number of daily cases have been over 350,000 for the past few days.

03 May

Love reading about space? Here are the 8 weirdest object in our universe.

editor0 CommentsSikkimEDUCATION, space, universe, world

There's no questioning the fact that the universe is weird. Just look outside and you'll see all manner of strange, self-reproducing flora and fauna, crawling upon a blue ball of semimolten rock covered in a thin, hard shell and blanketed by a tenuous film of gases. Yet our own planet represents a tiny fraction of the peculiar phenomena that can be found lurking throughout the cosmos, and every day astronomers turn up new surprises. In this gallery, we take a look at some of the most outlandish objects in space. Mysterious Radio Signals Since 2007, researchers have been receiving ultrastrong,…

03 May

CG Foods: Highest saturation of women workforce in Rangpo

editor0 CommentsBusiness, SikkimCG Foods, Rangpo, WAI WAI noodles, women workforce

The makers of WAI WAI noodles, CG Foods are celebrating its first manufacturing facility in India by revisiting its legacy & vision of ‘Made in Sikkim- Served in India’. CG Foods (the FMCG arm of CG Corp Global) ventured into the Indian noodles market by introducing its iconic instant noodle brand WAI WAI. The company established its first manufacturing unit in Rangpo, Sikkim in 2006. From 2006 to 2010, the plant at Rangpo was the only manufacturing line supplying the products to pan-India consumer base until other lines were set up in different locations over the country. The plant is…