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Next pandemic: “It’s absolutely inevitable,” warns top British scientist

May 28, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after Singapore reported FLiRT, a new variant of Omicron, the COVID-19 strain, a British scientist has warned that the next pandemic is “absolutely inevitable.” Stressing learning from the hard-won lessons of COVID-19, Sir Patrick Wallance, former Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom Government, cautioned, “We are not ready yet,” […]

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Disaster: Mountain collapses, burying 2,000 alive in Papua New Guinea

May 27, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Papua New Guinea National Disaster Center said on Monday that last Friday past midnight’s massive landslide in a remote village in the northern part of the country buried over 2,000 people alive. “The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction to buildings, and food gardens and […]

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COVID-19: Alert in Singapore; ICMR junks BHU’s “study” of vaccine side effects

May 20, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: When COVID-19 is rearing its head again in Singapore, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has junked a purported “study” carried out by some Benares Hindu University (BHU) researchers who claimed the COVAXIN vaccine used in India created ‘side effects.’ According to the media reports, Singapore’s government is sounding the […]

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Fresh Covid Wave in Singapore

May 18, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, May 18: Singapore is seeing a new Covid-19 wave as the authorities recorded more than 25,900 cases from May 5 to 11 and Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Saturday advised the wearing of masks again. “We are at the beginning part of the wave where it is steadily rising,” said Ong. “So, […]

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‘Contamination’: Britain tightens scrutiny of all Indian spice imports

May 16, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Millions of South Asians living in the United Kingdom may be deprived of some spices and condiments after London tightened scrutiny of all Indian spice imports in the wake of the controversies globally because of alleged ‘contamination.’ In the most stringent crackdown so far impacting all Indian spices, the UK’s Food […]

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AstraZeneca Admits of Blood Clots but in “Very Rare Cases”

April 30, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Apr 30: Global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has said its AZD1222 vaccine against Covid-19, which was made under licence in India as Covishield, could cause low platelet counts and formation of blood clots in “very rare” cases. AstraZeneca has accepted a link between the vaccine and Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS), a medical condition […]

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COVID-19: China expels from Parliament its top vaccine scientist for ‘graft’

April 29, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) has expelled the country’s top scientist Yang Xiaoming, who developed the first inactivated COVID-19 vaccine at the height of the pandemic in 2020, from Parliament for alleged corruption. Yang Xiaoming, the chairman of China National Pharmaceutical Group’s vaccine subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), has been […]

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The US elections: Despite the assurance, China seeks to “influence and interfere”

April 27, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that America has seen “evidence” of Chinese attempts to “influence and arguably interfere” with the upcoming Presidential elections in America—despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s earlier commitment not to do so. He made these comments in an interview with CNN on Friday while […]

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Catastrophe: Over 280 mn in 59 countries faced acute hunger in 2023, says FAO

April 25, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza having the largest number of people facing famine, according to the United Nations “Global Report on Food Crises” released on Wednesday. It said 24 million more people faced an acute lack of food than in […]

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Viksit Bharat: As PM Modi sets the tone, bureaucrats discuss new goals for his 3rd term

April 5, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi, confident of winning a third term in a row following the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, giving them a go-ahead, bureaucrats in the government are currently busy discussing the new draft policies and goals achievable in the next five years. The election campaign for the Lower House […]