Pakistan’s Covid-19 App Becomes Laughing Stock as it Fails at Contact Tracing, Privacy While India’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, has faced plenty of flak for being detrimental towards user privacy, a new investigation by French ethical hacker Robert Baptiste has revealed that the Covid-19 contact tracing app offered by the Pakistani government, named…
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Cristiano Ronaldo Beats Lionel Messi to Become First Football Player to Earn $1 Billion During Career
Cristiano Ronaldo Beats Lionel Messi to Become First Football Player to Earn $1 Billion During Career Legendary striker Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first footballer on the planet to earn a whopping amount of $1 billion during his illustrious football career. Ronaldo beat his long-time rival and Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi to reach the landmark. He…
Wajid Khan demise Bollywood condolences continue pouring in
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Trojan Asteroid Spotted Near Jupiter’s Orbit for the First Time in Billion Years
Trojan Asteroid Spotted Near Jupiter’s Orbit for the First Time in Billion Years A ‘first of its kind’ object, which appears to be a cross between an asteroid and a comet, has been detected by astronomers near Jupiter’s oribit. The Wion reported that The Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last…
Coronavirus – India among top 10 countries with highest number of cases
With more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases recorded for the second consecutive day, India on Sunday bracketed itself among the world’s top 10 countries with the maximum number of novel coronavirus infections.
The number of total cases in India is in excess of 1,37,000, whereas death toll has crossed the 4,000 mark.
On the number of active cases, India with over 75,700 cases, stands fifth after the USA, Russia, Brazil and France.
Globally, the number of active cases are in excess of 28 lakh, out of which, more than 11 lakhs are in the USA.
The surge happened during the 61-days of lockdown – announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 at 8 PM, giving a country of 133 crore people only four hours notice – during which lakhs of migrant labourers moved from one place to another.
Coronavirus ‘cover-up’ By China Is Similar To Chernobyl Disaster – White House Adviser
In the latest development of US-China row over coronavirus outbreak, a senior White House official has compared the cover-up done by the Chinese government of COVID-19 pandemic with the handling of Chernobyl disaster in 1986 by the Soviet Union. In an interview with an international media outlet, White House National Security adviser Robert O’Brien said that China was aware of what was happening with the novel coronavirus as it originated in the country in November, but did not tell the truth to the World Health Organisation (WHO) so that it can formulate the global response to the health crisis.
First copies of Gilead’s Covid-19 drug to start selling in Bangladesh
First copies of Gilead’s Covid-19 drug to start selling in Bangladesh Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said it has become the world’s first company to start selling the generic version of Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral drug on mounting urgency to treat the infection caused by the deadly coronavirus across the developing world. The Dhaka-based Beximco, which…
Covid-19 Virus ‘Does Not Spread Easily’ by Touching Surfaces and Objects, Says US CDC
Covid-19 Virus ‘Does Not Spread Easily’ by Touching Surfaces and Objects, Says US CDC While the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily between people, the risk of getting infected in other ways such by touching surfaces and objects may be relatively lower, suggests new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance. This, however,…
Govt Says Timely Lockdown Decision Averted 14-18 Lakh Covid-19 Cases and Up to 78,000 Deaths
Govt Says Timely Lockdown Decision Averted 14-18 Lakh Covid-19 Cases and Up to 78,000 Deaths The nationwide lockdown imposed since March 25 averted 14-18 lakh cases and between 37,000 to 78,000 deaths, the central government claimed on Friday on the basis of three mathematical models. Government officials, though, did not get into the details of…
Coronavirus will push over 6 crore people into extreme poverty, says World Bank
Coronavirus will push over 6 crore people into extreme poverty, says World Bank The bank has announced emergency operations worth $160 billion in 100 developing countries to fight the coronavirus. The World Bank on Tuesday said that the coronavirus pandemic will push over 6 crore people into extreme poverty, even as it announced emergency operations…
France Says Even Covid-19 Has Not Made Tensions Abate in Indo-Pacific Region, Will Monitor Situation
France Says Even Covid-19 Has Not Made Tensions Abate in Indo-Pacific Region, Will Monitor Situation Even the coronavirus crisis has not made tensions “abate” in the Indo-Pacific, and both India and France are aware of the ongoing activities in the region, French Ambassador said on Wednesday, in an oblique reference to China’s muscular military deployment…
India joins rest of the world to find out origin of coronavirus, China isn’t pleased
India joins rest of the world to find out origin of coronavirus, China isn’t pleased New Delhi: In a decisive shift in stance, India has joined 62 other countries in backing a draft resolution that seeks to probe the Covid-19 outbreak and its origin even as China continues to vehemently resist such a move, ThePrint has…
Amber Heard Said To Be Uninsurable Now, Like Robert Downey Jr. Used To Be
Amber Heard Said To Be Uninsurable Now, Like Robert Downey Jr. Used To Be Not only has Amber Heard reportedly been fired from WB’s Aquaman 2, but the actress may have also been declared ‘uninsurable,’ according to a report by Cosmic Book News. The publication says that Heard was laid off to avoid collateral damage from her ongoing legal battle with…
China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution
China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution China’s levels of some air pollutants have risen back to above last year’s levels after dropping when the government imposed strict lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published on Monday. The rebound was likely due to industrial activity, the researchers said, adding there…
Amit Shah Calls Final Tranche Of Measures ‘Game-changer’ In Health, Education & Business
Amit Shah Calls Final Tranche Of Measures ‘Game-changer’ In Health, Education & Business Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lauded the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier in the day calling them a ‘game-changer’ in the field of health, education and business sectors. The Finance Minister on Sunday released the policies and…
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