- Friday, May 03, 2024
BLACK fungus is now emerging as a new concern in Covid-battered India as at least nine Indian states have now declared the disease as an epidemic. The cities of New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Bangalore have opened special wards to treat black fungus patients. The Union Health Ministry on Thursday…
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have announced a disaster relief center to be built in Mumbai to help people battle Covid-19 as the couple marked their third anniversary earlier this week. A Community Relief Centre will be built in collaboration with World Central Kitchen (WCK), the couple said.…
ABOUT 270 medical professionals have died in India since the deadly second wave of pandemic hit the country, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said on Tuesday (18). On average, 20 doctors are dying due to Covid-19 in the second wave in the country. The data released by the IMA, India’s…
AFTER cyclone Tauktae, a new cyclonic storm named cyclone Yaas is brewing in the southeastern part of India and expected to start forming in the Bay of Bengal by May 22, India Meteorological Department (IMD) informed on Wednesday (19). “Low pressure of the new cyclonic storm is expected to start…
More than 90 people are reported missing on Tuesday (18) after a vessel adrift off Mumbai's coast sank during cyclone Tauktae, the Indian navy said. About 177 people were rescued from the vessel as per the latest report. The rescue operations are still on. Two ships and helicopters are deployed…
A SOLAR industry pioneer and a father of two from Sydney has died of Covid-19 in India on Sunday (16). Govind Kant, who lived in Australia, had traveled to Delhi in April for his mother's funeral. He was 48. Kant is believed to be the second Australian to have died…
CYCLONE Tauktae, likely to be the strongest to hit the region since 1998, is expected to make landfall tonight in the covid-battered state of Gujarat. The cyclone would subsequently move northwestwards and is likely to affect the Pakistani port city of Karachi as well, a statement by the India Meteorological…
WORLD Health Organization (WHO) has given a grim warning that the second year of the pandemic is going to be "far more deadly.” "We're on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The statement comes…
ASIAN businessmen Vijay and Bhikhu Patel have pledged to match donations received up to £1 million to help Covid patients in India. The brothers, who made their fortune in the pharmaceuticals industry, are behind the Waymade Critical Care Unit at the Shree Krishna Hospital in Karamsad, Gujarat. Seeing the surge…
By Pooja Shrivastava INDIA’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), will spend up to $1.36 billion to buy COVID-19 shots for its people. Talks were held early this week with companies such as Pfizer and the local partner of the maker of Russia's Sputnik V, a state official said on…
