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Rising Pollution, Winter Could Worsen COVID-19 Situation

10:38 pm October 11, 2020

Written By Aditya Vikram Singh: Studies from China and Italy show that in areas where there is increase in PM 2.5 levels, it leads to a surge of at least 8-9% in coronavirus cases. The study conducted by Ocean and Climatic Sciences at IIT-Bhubaneswar have revealed every degree rise in temperature corresponds to a 0.99% […]

3 children drown daily in Sunderbans, die: Survey

7:25 pm October 11, 2020

Kolkata: Nearly three children in the age group of 1-9 years die from drowning every day in Sunderbans of West Bengal, a survey said. The community-based joint survey conducted by the George Institute in collaboration with the Child in Need Institute (CINI) in June-September, 2019 was primarily aimed to determine the drowning mortality rate among […]

India’s Ladli Foundation Trust gets special status at UN’s ECOSOC

10:52 pm October 10, 2020

New Delhi: The Ladli Foundation Trust, a social organization known for its unique efforts for the upliftment of women and needy people at the grassroots across the country, has been given the status of Special Consultative Institution in the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC). During the UNGA in January, a number […]

China has deployed 60K soldiers on India’s northern border: Pompeo

12:01 pm October 10, 2020

Washington: China has amassed 60,000 troops on India’s northern border, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said as he hit out at Beijing for its “bad behaviour” and the threats it poses to the Quad countries. The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations known as the Quad group – the US, Japan, India and Australia – met in Tokyo on […]

China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

8:05 pm October 9, 2020

Beijing: China on Friday claimed that the coronavirus broke out in the various parts of the world last year but it was the only one to have reported and acted first, refuting the widely-held view that the deadly contagion originated in Wuhan before turning out to be a pandemic. China, besides denying the US allegations […]