Take COVID-19 situation seriously and come up with uniform national legislation – Pak SC to govt By PTI ISLAMABAD: With two judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court testing positive for the coronavirus, the apex court has asked the government to take the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country seriously and come up with uniform national…
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Pakistan’s Covid-19 App Becomes Laughing Stock as it Fails at Contact Tracing, Privacy
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…
Cristiano Ronaldo Beats Lionel Messi to Become First Football Player to Earn $1 Billion During Career
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John Cusack says police came at him with batons during George Floyd protest
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Donald Trump Tweets Describing Coronavirus As “A Very Bad ‘Gift’ From China”
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Trojan Asteroid Spotted Near Jupiter’s Orbit for the First Time in Billion Years
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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.
Jolted thrice before the crash – The saga of the ill-fated PIA aircraft
Jolted thrice before the crash – The saga of the ill-fated PIA aircraft Islamabad, May 24: The PIA plane was flying very “smoothly” but while attempting to land, it “jolted” thrice and then the pilot “adroitly lifted” the aircraft off the ground, only to crash moments later, recounts Muhammad Zubair, one of the just two…
Four coronavirus COVID-19 vaccines may soon enter clinical trial stage in India – Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that at least four of the 14 candidate vaccines for novel coronavirus in the country may enter the clinical trial stage very soon.
In a social media interaction with BJP leader G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, the Minister said within five months, four of the vaccine candidates in the country may enter the clinical trial stage.
Rao asked the Health Minister about the status of the development of the vaccines in the country. The Minister said, “The whole world is trying to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. There are over 100 candidate vaccines which are at different levels of development.
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…
Russian Nurse Gets Suspended For Wearing Just Her Lingerie Under See-Through PPE Kit
Russian Nurse Gets Suspended For Wearing Just Her Lingerie Under See-Through PPE Kit Doctors and health workers around the world have spoken about how uncomfortable it is to work with their PPE kits on. A nurse in Russia, however, has tried to find a solution to it but things went terribly wrong. A Russian medic,…
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,…
COVID-19 – UN calls for international help in Africa
COVID-19 – UN calls for international help in Africa UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for international action to help Africa deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. “These are still early days for the pandemic in Africa, and disruption could escalate quickly. Global solidarity with Africa is an imperative — now and for recovering better,”…
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…
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