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Almost 400,000 deaths in Europe in 2021 attributable to filthy air -EU report
The European Environment Agency (EEA) said that within the European...
Climate change events may soon start affecting your brain functioning: Study
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Covid-19: India records 1,20,529 cases , death toll climbs to 3,44,082
The active cases in the country have been less than 2 lakhs for the nine successive days. The daily positivity rate stands further dips to 5.78 per cent, remaining below the 10 per cent-mark for 12 consecutive days, while the weekly positivity rate stands at 6.89 per cent.
US announces $57 mn aid for TB treatment in seven high-burden countries
Countries for which the aid is being given are India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, Tajikistan and Ukraine.
The USAID said alongside COVID-19, TB is the leading infectious disease killer, particularly in low and middle-income countries, sickening 10 million people and taking 1.4 million lives every year.
U.S. cities hire specialists to counter climate change as impacts worsen
Since 2019 at least 30 U.S. cities have taken fresh action such as hiring specialists to combat the impact of extreme weather, including Phoenix, Houston, Louisville, Nashville, and Oakland, according to the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, based at Washington D.C.’s Atlantic Council think tank.
Many of those cities have created posts and initiatives to deal with worsening heat waves, seasonal wildfires or the effects of flooding, often with a focus on poor and minority communities, the group said.
Kerala retains top rank in Niti Aayog’s SDG India Index 2020-21; Bihar worst performer
The Index for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters.
The country’s overall SDG score improved by 6 points — from 60 in 2019 to 66 in 2020-21. This positive stride towards achieving the targets is largely driven by exemplary country-wide performance in clean water and sanitation, and affordable and clean energy, the Niti Aayog said in a statement.
Environment Day: Climate change, toxic air remain issues of deep concern for India, say experts
As per the ‘State of India’s Environment 2021’ report, poor air quality was the fourth leading risk factor for early death worldwide in 2019, surpassed only by high blood pressure, tobacco use, and poor diet. Over the past two decades, deaths attributable to ambient PM2.5 in India has increased by 2.5 times, the report said, adding that between 1990 and 2019, deaths due to household pollution has increased by over 40 per cent, the report said.
COVID in kids still moderate; only 1-2 pc required hospitalisation: Expert
Though children are vulnerable to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, still the majority of them are asymptomatic and only 1-2 percent had to go for hospitalization,” says Prof R Somasekar, Professor of Pediatrics from SBMCH, Chennai and Executive Board Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP).
States begin easing COVID lockdowns as case numbers decline
The national capital territory of Delhi, the seat of India’s federal government, was among those relaxing restrictions and will allow shops to open on alternate days. Shops with even numbers will open on one day while those with odd numbers will open the next day. Private offices will also now be allowed to operate at 50% of normal staffing levels.
In the industrialised western state of Maharashtra, the local government will from June 7 allow malls, movie theatres, restaurants and offices to open regularly in districts where the positivity rate has fallen below 5%.
FM meets insurers, New India pays Rs 209 crore for settling 419 health workers’ COVID-19 claims
A total of 4.65 lakh claims have been paid amounting to Rs 9,307 crore under PMJJBY. Since the beginning of the pandemic that is April 2020 onwards till date, 1.2 lakh claims have been paid amounting to Rs 2,403 crore, at a disposal rate of 99 per cent.
She also called for accelerating disbursement of pending claims under PMJJBY during the pandemic.
Sitharaman also took stock of Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), under which a total of 82,660 claims of Rs 1,629 crore have been paid as on May 31, 2021.
No Olympics if no athletes come to Japan, says Tokyo 2020 president
Already postponed from last year at the cost of an extra $3.5 billion, a scaled-down version of the Games, with no foreign spectators, is set to start on July 23.
UK approves Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine for use in 12- to 15-year-olds
Children aged 12-15 are already receiving the Pfizer shot in the United States, while France and Germany are planning to start offering it to that age group this month.