Month: May 2021

Forecast: 40% chance Earth to be hotter than Paris goal soon

There’s a 40% chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent, meteorologists said. A new World Meteorological Organization forecast for the next several years also predicts a 90% […]

Physician warns Tokyo Olympics could spread variants

TOKYO — A physician representing a Japanese medical body warned Thursday that holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in two months could lead to the spread of variants of the coronavirus. Dr. Naoto Ueyama, chairman of the Japan Doctors Union, said the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government […]

Twitter says concerned about India staff safety after police visit

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Thursday it was worried about the safety of its staff in India, days after police visited its office as part of a probe related to the social media firm’s tagging of some ruling party posts as manipulated. Indian police on Monday visited a Twitter office to serve […]

Many teachers pressed into Indian poll duty became virus victims, families say

Suman Lata’s family begged her to refuse a summons to monitor elections in Uttar Pradesh state last month but, worried about losing her job, the 49-year-old mother of three went anyway, just as India’s second coronavirus wave hit a peak. Two weeks later, she was dead, one of […]

Chinese embassy in U.S. says politicising COVID-19 origins hampers investigations

Politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb the pandemic, China’s U.S. embassy said after President Joe Biden ordered a review of intelligence about where the virus emerged. The embassy in Washington said in a statement on its website on Wednesday […]

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launches SeHAT OPD portal to provide tele-medicine services to Armed Forces personnel and veterans

DELHI, MAY 27: Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh launched ‘Services e-Health Assistance & Tele-consultation (SeHAT) OPD portal through video conferencing on May 27, 2021. The portal provides tele-medicine services to the serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans and their families. The services can be availed by registering on the website https://sehatopd.in/. […]

PM Modi chairs high level meeting to review progress of National Digital Health Mission

NDHM to unleash a digital health tech revolution with innovations and various services for citizens Steps be expedited to expand operations under NDHM: PM NDHM will bring ease of living for citizens to avail a large number of health services: PM DELHI, MAY 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

Delhi, May 27, 2021 Active Caseload further declines to 24,19,907 Active Cases decrease by 75,684 in last 24 hours At 2.11 Lakh Cases, declining trend in new cases is maintained 2,46,33,951 total Recoveries across the country so far. 2,83,135patients recovered during last 24 hours. Recoveries continue to outnumber […]

Indian-origin Sikh man among 8 killed in rail yard shooting in California

Los Angeles, May 27:  A 36-year-old Indian-origin Sikh man was among eight people killed in the horrific rail yard shooting in San Jose in the US state of California, according to media reports on Thursday. Taptejdeep Singh, born in India and raised in Union City, California, has left […]

Pfizer vaccine should be procured as soon as possible to vaccinate children: Kejriwal

New Delhi, May 27:  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday sought procurement of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible to inoculate children. This comes after the US pharma company sought fast-track approval for its jab in India. The US major has told Indian authorities that its […]

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