SRINAGAR – Jumu’atul-Wida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, is being observed on Friday, 7 May 2021. The word Jumu’atul-Wida is an Arabic word which in English means, ‘Friday of Farewell’. As per Islam, Fridays (Jumma) are consider one of the most sacred day of a week. But Jumu’atul-Wida, the last Friday […]
BAMAKO – A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday – two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb – joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets. The pregnancy of Halima Cisse, 25, has fascinated the West African nation and attracted the attention of its leaders. When doctors in March […]
NEW DELHI – The fifth in a series of consignments carrying 545 oxygen concentrators arrived from the United States on Tuesday, as part of COVID-19 assistance. “5th in a series of consignments carrying medical equipment arrives from the US. This one carrying 545 oxygen concentrators. Appreciate the support from the US,” Arindam Bagchi, Spokesperson of […]
NEW YORK – Coronavirus is likely a seasonal virus, but will not vanish during summers, reveals a study. A team of researchers from Harvard University in the US and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, conducted a visual inspection of world maps and found that coronavirus disease 2019 is less prevalent in countries closer to […]
NEW DELHI – Global pharma major Pfizer is sending its medicines worth USD 70 million (over Rs 510 crore), from its distribution centres in the US, Europe and Asia, that have been identified as part of India’s COVID-19 treatment protocol, the company’s Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla said on Monday. “We are deeply concerned by […]
NEW DELHI – As countries like India and Brazil are battling against the deadly second wave of coronavirus, a top American infectious disease expert has predicted that the end of the Covid pandemic is not near. Tom Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged people not to get blinded […]
WASHINGTON – The United States will restrict travel from India starting next week, due to rampant spread of Covid-19 in the country, the White House said Friday. “On the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the administration will restrict travel from India,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. She cited […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government told its citizens to leave India as soon as possible because of the country’s escalating Covid-19 crisis. In a Level 4 travel advisory — the highest issued by the Department of State — U.S. citizens were told “not to travel to India or to leave as soon as it is […]
WASHINGTON – The double mutant Covid variant – identified as B1617 – that was first detected in India, has spread to ‘at least 17 countries’, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Up till April 27, B1617 variant had been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded on the open-access database GISAID (the Global Initiative on […]
UNITED NATIONS – As India battles a crippling surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths, the United Nations has offered the assistance of its integrated supply chain and is “willing to help in whatever way it can, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said. UN authorities remain in touch with officials in India over […]