Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change: WHO
Geneva/UNI: Climate change has driven an unprecedented number of more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, World Health Organisation (WHO) said.
IBNS•Dec 17, 2022
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Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
New York: Climate change has driven an “unprecedented” number of larger and more deadly cholera outbreaks around the world this year, the UN health agency, WHO, said on Friday.
IBNS•Dec 17, 2022
Himachal Pradesh: Earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hits Kinnaur district
Shimla: The villages of Kinnuar district of Himachal Pradesh along with India-Tibet International border jolted by a 3.40 magnitude earthquake last night, Indian Meteorological Department informed.
IBNS•Dec 17, 2022
Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 602
Jakarta/UNI: The number of people killed by last month's earthquake in the Indonesian province of West Java has been confirmed at 602 after final tabulation, the Cianjur county government said on Friday.
IBNS•Dec 16, 2022
Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS
New York: Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other pandemics, UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to tackling HIV/AIDS, stressed at an international meeting held in Thailand.
IBNS•Dec 16, 2022
South Korea reports 84,571 new Covid cases
Seoul: South Korea recorded 84,571 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections to 27,925,572, the health authorities said on Wednesday.
IBNS•Dec 14, 2022
NASA's Orion spacecraft returns to Earth after moon missions
Los Angeles/UNI: NASA's Orion spacecraft returned to Earth after making an uncrewed mission around the moon.
IBNS•Dec 12, 2022
Cyclone Mandous: 5 die in rain-related incidents in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Five people, including two of a family, died in three separate rain-related incidents in and around Chennai as the Cyclone Mandous crossed the coast near Mamallapuram, about 55km from here, early on Saturday.
IBNS•Dec 10, 2022
New Covid-19 sub variants account for nearly 70 pct new cases in US
Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly 70 percent of new Covid-19 cases in the United States in the latest week, according to estimates released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
IBNS•Dec 10, 2022
With ocean in ‘dire straits’, Law of the Sea more relevant than ever
New York: The adoption by most nations of the world of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 40 years ago, was a “vital step to bring governance and order” to the vast collective treasure that is the ocean, said the UN chief António Guterres on Thursday.
IBNS•Dec 09, 2022
Cholera’s continued spread in Haiti a ‘worrying trend’
New York: As cholera continues to spread in Haiti, a $145 million appeal to support the response is only 16 per cent funded, the top UN aid official there reported on Thursday.
IBNS•Dec 09, 2022
Severe cyclonic storm "Mandous' weakens, to cross coast near Mahabs
Chennai: The severe Cyclonic Storm “Mandous” pronounced as “Man-Dous” over the Southwest Bay weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and will cross the coast between Puducherry and Sriharikota near the tourist spot of Mahabalipuram by midnight tonight or early tomorrow morning.
IBNS•Dec 09, 2022
Countries held the line against malaria cases and deaths in 2021: WHO report
New York: Despite the continued impact of COVID-19, malaria cases and deaths remained stable throughout last year, according to new data released on Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
IBNS•Dec 09, 2022
UN chief urges governments and business to step up action to protect nature
New York: Governments and the private sector must move to effectively protect the natural environment, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists covering the UN biodiversity conference, COP15, in Montréal, Canada, on Wednesday.
IBNS•Dec 09, 2022
India could soon experience heat waves that could break human survivability limit: World Bank report
New Delhi/IBNS: Severe heat waves responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency that could soon lead to the country experiencing the same beyond human survivability limit, according to a new report by the World Bank.
IBNS•Dec 07, 2022
China finally rolls back strict COVID rules amid weeks of protest
Beijing: China has lifted the most severe COVID-19 policies amid weeks of protests against strict controls, media reports said on Wednesday.
IBNS•Dec 07, 2022
‘Without nature, we have nothing’: UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event
New York: The UN’s key biodiversity conference, COP15, began on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, where negotiators will set new targets and goals aimed at arresting the alarming destruction of nature, due by human activity.
IBNS•Dec 07, 2022
Bangladesh plans to administer fourth COVID-19 booster shot from Dec 20
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government is planning to administer the fourth dose of the COVID-19 in Dhaka on Dec 20, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 06, 2022
First in India: Meghalaya starts dispatching medicines using drones
TechEagle, one of the fastest-growing drone delivery startups, has now unveiled the first drone delivery hub in Meghalaya, media reports said.
IBNS•Dec 05, 2022
Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope
London/UNI: One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st century began its construction phase on Monday.
IBNS•Dec 05, 2022
6.4-magnitude earthquake jolts western Indonesia
Jakarta: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's western province of West Java on Saturday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology, and geophysics agency said.
IBNS•Dec 03, 2022
Gaps in surveillance, testing, sequencing and vaccination are continuing to create perfect conditions for a new COVID-19 variant of concern to emerge: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again alerted lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a "deadly new variant" to emerge.
IBNS•Dec 03, 2022
Many persons with disabilities face premature death due to health inequities
New York: Persons with disabilities face a risk of dying up to 20 years earlier than other sections of society, according to a new report issued by the World Health Organization on Friday.
IBNS•Dec 03, 2022
Peru enters fifth wave of Covid-19 pandemic
Lima/UNI: Peru entered into its fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic after an increase of infectious cases in most regions in the past three weeks, Peruvian Health Minister Kelly Portalatino said.
IBNS•Dec 02, 2022
Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO
New York: Across Africa, efforts to reduce the number of women and infants dying in childbirth are set to slow without a substantial increase in investment, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
IBNS•Dec 02, 2022
Proven solutions must be put in place to end AIDS by 2030: Guterres
New York: The UN chief is marking World AIDS Day on Thursday with a call to action to end the inequalities which are blocking progress towards stopping the pandemic, and eradicating the virus.
IBNS•Dec 02, 2022
Chinese: Mainland reports 4,233 new Covid cases
Beijing: The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 4,233 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Friday.
IBNS•Dec 01, 2022
Gender inequalities hampering global efforts to end AIDS
New York; Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a “feminist route map” can get countries back on track, the UN agency leading the fight against the disease said in a report published on Tuesday.
IBNS•Nov 30, 2022
Large parts of world drier than normal in 2021: WMO
New York: Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday.
IBNS•Nov 30, 2022
Alzheimer's drug hailed as breakthrough
London: The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been heralded as momentous.
IBNS•Nov 30, 2022
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