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Diplomacy: Dr. Jaishankar opens the first Jan Aushadhi Kendra in Mauritius

July 18, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated India’s first overseas “Jan Aushadi Kendra” in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius, testifying to the “close” bilateral cooperation between the two countries, especially in the key health sector. Dr. Jaishankar was in Mauritius on a two-day visit from July 16, one of the […]

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Global warming: Hundreds die as millions in 4 continents suffer from heatwaves

June 21, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Not only in Saudi Arabia, where over 1,000 Hajj pilgrims died of heat strokes in recent days but in other countries also, hundreds have perished and millions suffered with extreme temperatures now roiling four continents in the Northern Hemisphere of the planet in what could go down in history as the […]

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Agriculture: Amid heatwaves, farmers are worried as monsoon rains 20% less so far

June 17, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the new Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan planning ambitious schemes to boost farm production across India, as he did in Madhya Pradesh during his nearly two decades as its Chief Minister, the farmers have a fresh reason for concern: an overall deficit of 20 percent rains since the much-awaited […]

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Ukraine: PM Modi meets President Zelenskyy, emphasizes dialogue, diplomacy

June 14, 2024 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: India believes the way to peace in Ukraine is through dialogue and diplomacy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the ongoing G-7 Summit in Italy on Friday, the media reported. During a bilateral meeting with President Zelenskyy, he assured India’s continued support for a […]

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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 […]