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Climate change: As Europe battles worst drought in 500 years, China also issues alert

August 19, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere of the planet is battling either drought, wildfires, low water levels, harvest warnings, water use restrictions, or a mixture of all these, China, the world’s second-largest economy, has issued its first national drought alert of the year with officials trying to douse […]

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SC Takes Serious Note of Pharma Companies Indulging in “Unethical Practices” of Freebies to Doctors

August 18, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 18: The Supreme Court on Thursday took serious note of a plea to bring transparency in drug pricing and monitoring mechanism after being informed about the “unethical practices” being indulged in by the pharma companies in giving incentives to medical practitioners for prescribing their products. The particular reference was to the manufacturer […]

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Covid-19: Global deaths up by 35% in a month; WHO warns against dropping guard

August 18, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the rise in the number of Covid-19 deaths by 35 percent in a month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday the pandemic is not over yet and warned against dropping guard. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus said: “15,000 people worldwide lost their lives to Covid-19. 15,000 a […]

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Corbevax Approved as Precautionary Dose for Adults

August 10, 2022 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Aug 10: The centre on Wednesday approved Corbevax manufactured by the Hyderabad-based Biological E as a precaution dose against Coronavirus for those above 18 years and fully vaccinated. It will be the third vaccine approved as precaution dose for the age group in addition to the earlier approved Covishield and Covaxin. Corbevax is […]

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Centre Wants States to Renew Attention to Rising Covid-19 Infections

August 6, 2022 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Aug 6: The union government has asked seven states including the national capital state of Delhi to take additional precautions amidst a marginal rise in the number of Coronavirus cases in the past one week. Though the number of new cases showed a marginal decline on Saturday compared to the numbers […]

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Monkeypox: Over 23k cases globally, as the WHO, US declare public health emergency

August 5, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As the World Health Organization (WHO) said the United States had seen the biggest jump in monkeypox cases, Washington declared a “public health emergency” on Thursday. The media reported the contagious disease continued to spread globally. As of August 3, over 6,600 cases of the disease had been confirmed in […]

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Monkeypox: After nine deaths, WHO says more fatalities may follow

August 1, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Global health watchdog World Health Organization (WHO), on Monday, said monkeypox, which has claimed five lives in Africa and four outside it, including one in India, may cause more fatalities. “With the continued spread of monkeypox, we will expect to see more deaths,” Catherine Smallwood, Senior Emergency Officer at WHO […]

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Covid-19: with 4 new patients, China locks down 1 mn people in global epicenter Wuhan

July 27, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Despite China’s ongoing brutal ‘zero-Covid’ policy, the pandemic has returned to the land of its origin, in ebbs and flows, slowly grinding the world’s second-largest economy. This time, officials have thrown nearly one million people behind locked gates on the outskirts of Wuhan, the global epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic […]

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Roving Periscope: Reduction in Russian gas supply shudders Europe ahead of winter

July 26, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As its inconclusive Ukraine invasion entered the 152nd day on Tuesday, an angry Russia has reduced natural gas supply to Europe for its continued support to Kyiv and as a protest against western anti-Moscow sanctions, which may freeze the Continent ahead of the approaching winter. On Monday, Russia tightened its […]

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Roving Periscope: Troops crackdown on protesters; Gunawardena’s new Lanka PM

July 22, 2022 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As a veteran politician, Dinesh Gunawardena took oath as the new Prime Minister in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka on Friday; heavily armed troops took positions on key buildings across the capital Colombo and cracked down on protesters camping in the city since March against the island country’s bankrupt economy. Six-time Prime […]

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