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Kangra Valley and Chamba rocked

Kangra:An earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter Scale hit  Kangra valley on Saturday and lasted for a few seconds.

IBNS•Jan 14, 2023

Uttarakhand's sinking town: What went wrong in Joshimath

Nearly 700 buildings in Joshimath, a culturally and historically important holy town in Uttarakhand, have developed cracks. Local authorities are evacuating residents. Joshimath is ecologically fragile as it is built on an ancient landslide site. It always had a low bearing capacity. The unplanned construction of dams, tunnels, and roads has led to the current problem. Mongabay India correspondents Satyam Kumar and Shailesh Shrivastava report

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

WHO recommends 10 days isolation for people with Covid symptoms

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday that it recommends 10 days of isolation for people with COVID-19 symptoms and five days for people without symptoms.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya: UNFPA

New York: The hardship being felt across the Horn of Africa by the worst drought in 40 years has left many women weak and malnourished. The UN agency dedicated to women’s sexual and reproductive health, UNPA, is helping save mothers’ lives in Kenya, through the donation of a simple but effective way of accessing hard-to-reach areas - a motorbike, to enable safe emergency deliveries in hospital.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

2022 confirmed as one of warmest years on record: WMO

New York: The UN weather agency, WMO, said on Thursday that 2022 was the fifth or sixth warmest year on record, adding to deep concerns that the likelihood of breaching the 1.5 degree Celsius limit of the Paris Agreement “is increasing with time”.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

Uganda declares end of Ebola virus outbreak

New York: In Uganda, a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has been stopped in its tracks and declared officially over, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences

New York:  Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

Study shows Covid cases in China touch 900 million

Beijing: A study by Peking University has revealed that some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, media reports said.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

Himachal Pradesh: Tourists spot Manali, Dalhousie, Khajjair Narkanda, Kufri receive snowfall

Shimla: Tourist resort Manali Dalhousie, Khajjair, Narkanda and Kufri received major spell of snowfall as high reaches recorded moderate to heavy snowfall and down stream lashed windshowers.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

Northwest India likely to hit another spell of cold wave: IMD

New Delhi/UNI: As the national capital received light rain, the people of the city got some respite from the biting cold, as the minimum temperature settled at 9.8 degrees, two notches below normal.

IBNS•Jan 13, 2023

North India to experience 'never seen' cold wave with temperatures at -4 degrees C next week: Weather expert

New Delhi/IBNS: As temperatures in north India got a little better this week, experts suggested that they can still go down with a dip as low as -4 degrees Celsius next week.

IBNS•Jan 12, 2023

WHO warns against use of 2 cough syrups made by India's Marion Biotech linked to Uzbekistan child deaths

New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be administered to children.

IBNS•Jan 12, 2023

Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to be sent to International Space Station

Moscow: The Soyuz MS-23 rescue spacecraft will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) via unmanned mode on February 20, the Soyuz MS-22 with a damaged cooling system will return to Earth without a crew, Russian state space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday.

IBNS•Jan 12, 2023

Sun Pharma launches Palbociclib for advanced breast cancer therapy

Mumbai: Sun Pharma on Wednesday said it has launched a novel anti-cancer drug, Palbociclib, in India to treat advanced breast cancer, the most common cancer among women in the country.

IBNS•Jan 11, 2023

How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan

When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.

IBNS•Jan 11, 2023

Delhi air quality plunges to severe category, minimum temp settles at 5.8 degrees C

New Delhi/UNI: The air quality in the national capital plunged into the severe category for the third consecutive day on Wednesday morning.

IBNS•Jan 11, 2023

Himachal Pradesh braces for rain and snowfall as IMD issues yellow alert

Shimla: India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert as it warned against rain or snowfall in Himachal Pradesh from 11 to 13 January on Tuesday.

IBNS•Jan 11, 2023

Joshimath, surrounding areas sinking by 2.5 inches every year: Study finds

New Delhi/IBNS: Joshimath and its surrounding areas have been sinking at the rate of 6.5 cm or 2.5 inches per year, a two-year study by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing has revealed.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Assam: Deepor Beel records more than 26,000 birds of 97 species

A recent bird count in the freshwater lake Deepor Beel has shown there has been a significant rise in the number and species of birds in a year’s time.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality

New York:  A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published on Thursday have revealed.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Mpox: Argentine Healthcare Ministry reports second death

Buenos Aires: The Argentine Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday the second lethal case of mpox (previously known as monkeypox) in the country.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

COVID-19: China blocks South Korea and Japan visas

Beijing: Chinese authorities have stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions imposed on Chinese travellers.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Mayors from around the world to meet for first ever ‘healthy cities’ summit

New York: The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced that it will co-host the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, on 15 March.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Kolkata: Despite slight rise in temperature, city wilts under cold

Kolkata: It's bone-chilling cold in the entire state, although the mercury has risen slightly in 24 hours, the overall winter mood remains.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Ozone layer recovery is on track, due to success of Montreal Protocol

New York: The Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover within four decades, a UN-backed panel of experts said on Monday.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023

Kashmir valley bracing for rain, snow during next 2 days

Srinagar/UNI: Meteorological Department forecast of isolated light rain, snow during the next 24 hours while widespread light to moderate rain snow over Jammu and Kashmir during the next two days.

IBNS•Jan 10, 2023