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Lahore: World’s most polluted city as smog crisis deepens
“Yesterday, Lahore was declared the most polluted city in the...
28 seaplane routes, 14 water aerodromes under development: Govt
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Purisaid: ”Twenty-eight seaplane routes under the regional connectivity scheme and 14 water aerodromes in Gujarat, Assam, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar islands and Lakshadweep are at various stages of development at the cost of Rs 450 crore.””
India’s farm sector performed well despite COVID-19, says Tomar
India has launched various projects under the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture to develop, demonstrate and disseminate the techniques to make agriculture resilient to adverse impacts of climate change, union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said adding that India is promoting organic farming at a large scale.
”The agriculture sector in India performed well during the severe COVID-19 pandemic and registered an all-time high production of 305 million tonne of foodgrains as well as their exports (in 2020-21), contributing to the global food security,” he added.
With child-size needles, France starts giving COVID jab to 12-year-olds
Labour rights still fighting for recognition after ten years of ILO adoption
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated working conditions that were already very poor, the report says. Domestic workers were more vulnerable to the fallout from the pandemic because of long-standing gaps in labour and social protection. This particularly affected the more than 60 million domestic workers in the informal economy.
Plastic surgeon from Panipat re-implants a chopped hand, gives new life to the patient
Fortunately, he had carried the amputated hand well preserved in ice and reached the hospital within 1 hour. The surgery was started immediately by Dr Sanjay Soni and his team and continued for 10 long hours.
In the words of Dr Soni, “The nerves, tendons, bones, all needed a microsurgical repair, which was very challenging and complex, however, since the hand was not crushed we were very hopeful.”
Delta plus variant of COVID-19 is not yet ”variant of concern”: Govt
“This is a variant of interest that has not yet been classified as a variant of concern. A variant of concern is in which we have understood that there are adverse consequences to humanity by increase in transmissibility and severity. This is not known yet about the Delta plus variant,” Paul said.
Indian scientists: We didn’t back doubling of vaccine dosing gap
The ministry of health announced the decision to change the gap from 6-8 weeks to 12-16 weeks on May 13, at a time when supplies of the shot were falling short of demand and infections were surging across the country.
Twitter loses intermediary status over non-compliance with new rules
“The provisions for significant social media intermediaries under the Rules have already come into force on May 26 2021 and it has been more than a week but Twitter has refused to comply with the provisions of these Rules. Needless to state, such non-compliance will lead to unintended consequences including Twitter losing exemption from liability as intermediary available under section 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000. This has clearly been provided under rule 7 of the aforesaid Rules,” it said.
Hong Kong watching Chinese nuclear plant after leak reported
Government data showed radiation levels in Hong Kong were normal Monday night, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said. Data on Tuesday from the Hong Kong Observatory showed radiation still normal.
A French company that helps manage the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province said Monday it was dealing with a performance issue. It said the facility was operating within safe limits.
India reports 60,471 new COVID-19 cases, 2,726 deaths
The South Asian country’s total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.57 million, while total fatalities are at 377,031, the data showed. India added 2,726 deaths overnight.