PM Modi calls for int’l cooperation in conserving big cat population

PM Modi calls for int’l cooperation in conserving big cat population

Mysuru (Karnataka), April 9  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched ambitious project of the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) and called for international cooperation in preserving and conserving the population of big cat. He was addressing the gathering of dignitaries from foreign countries and states in Mysuru, on completion of 50 years of the […]

PM Modi visits Theppakadu elephant camp, interacts with Bomman and Bellie

PM Modi visits Theppakadu elephant camp, interacts with Bomman and Bellie

Chennai, April 9  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Theppakadu Elephant camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu and interacted with the mahout couple, Bomman and Bellie. The couple had featured in the Oscar winning documentary ‘The Elephant Whisperers’. He also appreciated the care shown by the couple towards the elephants Reghu […]

Business confidence in Pakistan at record low

Business confidence in Pakistan at record low

Karachi, April 8  Business confidence in Pakistan continued to slide in the first three months of 2023 amid multiple economic crises, according to the latest edition of the Gallup Business Confidence Index. “Last year’s political instability has carried over to combine with various economic crises and exacerbated business insecurity,” Dawn news quoted the survey as […]

Lack of Wuhan data disclosure by China is simply inexcusable: WHO

Lack of Wuhan data disclosure by China is simply inexcusable: WHO

New Delhi, April 7  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has slammed China once again, saying the country should have shared viral samples from Wuhan which was the epicentre of the pandemic, immediately, and not three years later. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for Covid-19 response at WHO, wrote in the prestigious journal Science that earlier […]

Omicron more deadly than seasonal influenza, reveals research

Omicron more deadly than seasonal influenza, reveals research

New Delhi, April 7  Adults hospitalised with the Omicron variant have a higher death rate than those hospitalised with seasonal influenza, even though Omicron is considered less virulent with lower case fatality rates than the Delta and Alpha strains, new research has revealed. The study by Dr Alaa Atamna and colleagues from the Rabin Medical […]