World Health Organisation

Pulse polio drive in 13 Haryana districts

UN says new polio outbreak in Sudan caused by oral vaccine

6:23 pm September 2, 2020

London: The World Health Organisation says a new polio outbreak in Sudan is linked to an ongoing vaccine-sparked epidemic in Chad — a week after the UN health agency declared the African continent free of the wild polio virus. In a statement this week, WHO said two children in Sudan — one from South Darfur state and the other from Gedarif state, close to the border with Ethiopia and Eritrea — were paralysed in March […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

It’s class time again across Europe, virus or no

9:20 pm September 1, 2020

Paris: Tugging on their masks or dashing to hug long-unseen friends, millions of children returned to school across Europe and beyond Tuesday in a mass experiment aimed at bridging inequalities and resuscitating economies — despite the persistent pandemic. The virus threat lurked in the shadows as children kissed their parents goodbye in France, shyly greeted their teachers in Israel, […]

Bolsonaro now the ‘poster boy’ for dubious COVID-19 treatment

2:42 pm July 9, 2020

Rio De Janeiro: After months of touting an unproven anti-malaria drug as a treatment for the new coronavirus, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is turning himself into a test case live before millions of people as he swallows hydroxychloroquine pills on social media and encourages others to do the same. Bolsonaro said this week that he tested positive for the […]

Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19

11:35 pm July 7, 2020

Rio De Janeiro: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying the coronavirus’s severity while deaths mounted rapidly inside the country. The 65-year-old populist who has been known to mingle in crowds without covering his face confirmed the results while wearing a mask and speaking to reporters huddled […]

Sultry Thursday in Delhi, light rain likely on Friday

Lockdown, rain bring down pollution level in Kolkata

9:28 pm April 29, 2020

Kolkata: Very little commercial activity during the over one-month-long lockdown and the spells of rain have improved the air quality in Kolkata, an official of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) said on Wednesday. The Air Quality Index monitoring station at Ballygunje in south Kolkata recorded an AQI of 33 (PM 2.5) at 2 […]