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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

French victims of child abuse speak out in new #MeToo wave

11:24 pm January 21, 2021

Paris: “I was 9. … It was my father. He raped me until I was 17.” The French government pledged on Thursday to toughen laws on the rape of children after a massive online movement saw hundreds of victims share accounts about sexual abuse within their families. The move comes in the wake of child […]

Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel

8:12 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: As the US enters “what may well be the toughest and deadliest period of the virus,” President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks – including a requirement that they be worn for travel. Biden also will address […]

Haryana Health Dept conducts dry run of COVID-19 vaccine

11:46 pm January 7, 2021

Chandigarh: The Haryana Health Department on Thursday conducted a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccine roll out in 22 districts, in which 3,300 beneficiaries were included and 132 sessions held, a senior officer said here. Several end-to-end activities like identification of vaccinators, supervisors and session sites with PIN code tagging and sending of messages to […]

WHO: Vaccine programme gets access to nearly 2 billion doses

10:18 pm December 18, 2020

Geneva : The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the UN health agency’s programme to help get COVID-19 vaccines to all countries in need, whether rich or poor, has gained access to nearly 2 billion doses of several “promising” vaccine candidates. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agreements mean that some 190 countries […]

UK uses sewage tracing as early warning system for coronavirus

7:43 pm October 23, 2020

London: AUK government-led project is working on detecting traces of coronavirus in sewerage to provide an early warning for local outbreaks and sharing the data with the official National Health Service (NHS) Test and Trace network as part of efforts to control the spread of infections. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) […]