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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 164.6 mn; deaths surge to more than 3.41 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 33,025,606 and 587,843, respectively, according to the CSSE.In terms of infections, India follows in the second place with 25,496,330 cases.
Govt appoints inquiry committee to probe drifting of vessels due to cyclone
“The committee will inquire into the sequence of events leading to the stranding and drifting of these vessels, and subsequent events thereof and will also make recommendations to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future. The HLC will submit its report in one month,” it further said.
Strategy to deal with COVID-19 should be dynamic, innovative: PM
India reported on Thursday 276,110 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 3,874.
The South Asian nation’s infection tally stands at 25.77 million, with a death toll of 287,122, health ministry data showed.Describing the virus as ‘dhoort’ and ‘bahurupia’ in Hindi, Modi in an interaction with district magistrates (DM) and field officials also underlined concerns expressed in various quarters about the threats it poses to the youth and children
Centre urges states to declare ‘black fungus’ an epidemic, report all cases
People catch mucormycosis by coming in contact with the fungal spores in the environment.
It can also develop on the skin after the fungus enters the skin through a cut, scrape, burn, or other type of skin trauma.
Mucormycosis or black fungus is primarily affecting people recovering from the COVID-19.
Wildfires, thawing permafrost pose new challenge to curb climate change: Study
As temperatures rise and permafrost thaws, carbon dioxide and methane trapped within the long-frozen soil are released. The deeper the thaw, the more gas is released.
That threatens to create a feedback loop that contributes to even more warming of the atmosphere, scientists warn in a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
U.K. Flying-Taxi hub aims to develop blueprint for aerial roads
The project, backed by 1.2 million pounds ($1.7 million) of government funds, involves construction of a centrally located hub that will host demonstration flights across the city of almost 400,000 people, according to Ricky Sandhu, founder of Urban-Air Port, which will operate the ground infrastructure.
Miscalculations may have ended ONGC vessels in cyclone whirlwind: Report
A drillship of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and three barges of private contractor Afcons working on the state-owned firm’s oilfield went adrift after their anchors gave away in the storm on Monday night.
A massive day-night operation by the Indian Navy, Coast Guards and ONGC vessels helped save those on the drillship and two barges, but only 186 out of 261 onboard accommodation barge Pappa 305 could be rescued. 37 persons are confirmed dead so far, while the remaining 38 are still missing.
Need for greater collaboration between countries on various health issues:Harsh Vardhan
India’s federal structure and subsequent public health system posed various challenges due to the wide diversity that prevails throughout the length and breadth of the country, he said.
UK ‘increasingly confident’ that vaccines work against variant from India
Neil Ferguson, an epidemiologist at Imperial College London, said there was a “glimmer of hope” from the latest data that the transmissibility of the variant might be lower than first feared.
Haunted by HIV, top WHO scientist says world must do better on COVID
The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told AFP the inequalities in accessing COVID-19 vaccines today hark back to the late 1990s, when she helplessly watched HIV patients in India wither away when drugs were saving lives in the West.