The global outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) triggered indefinite closure of the iconic landmark — the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Taking to Twitter, La Tour Eiffel, the company that runs the Eiffel Tower, made the announcement on Friday. “In the context of the #COVID19 outbreak and due to the government health measures announced today, the […]
US President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in order to make more funds available for fighting the fallout of the disease while reflecting symbolically the seriousness of the situation. Trump said on Friday that upto $50 billion will be available to states and territories to meet the […]
Even as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus wife tested positive for COVID-19 and the country’s markets posted their biggest one-day loss in history on Thursday, a team of Canadian researchers, including an Indian, said they have isolated the virus behind the global pandemic. The isolation of the virus by researchers from Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital, the […]
A pandemic is the “worldwide spread of a new disease”, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which means that nearly every human being on Earth — close to 8 billion — is now susceptible to coronavirus (Covid-19). The coronavirus outbreak was on Wednesday declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), whose chief […]
Twenty-seven foreign nationals have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, among whom three have been cured and discharged from hospital, two died, and 22 others were currently isolated, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The two deaths include a Chinese-American and a Japanese national, Xinhua news agency quoted Minister spokesperson Geng Shuang as saying. […]
From the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) global findings on physical activeness to the bill passed in Indian Parliament on banning e-cigarettes in the country, 2019 was full of unforgettable events and findings in the health sector. In a bid to create awareness of physical activity among adolescents, a new WHO study revealed that more than […]
In a heart-wrenching incident, a tuberculosis patient, who was starving for over six days here, fell severely ill. A local news channel team went to the TB patient, Balram’s house on hearing of his plight and after giving him food, informed the district administration. The district officials then got him admitted him to a hospital […]
(International Yoga Day Special) In the yogic culture, Shiva is not seen as a God, he is the Adiyogi, the first yogi. Over 15,000 years ago, Adiyogi appeared and went into intense ecstatic dance upon the Himalayas. When his ecstasy allowed him some movement, he danced wildly. When it became beyond movement, he became utterly […]
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the government’s efforts to control air pollution have led to a decrease in the number of days with ‘poor’ air quality in the national capital region (NCR) by about 50 per cent in the last four years. Speaking at an event here to mark World Environment Day […]
Researchers have found that home-based weight management programmes may be beneficial for both kids as well as parents. The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour, found that the DRIVE curriculum — Developing Relationships that Include Values of Eating and Exercise — reduces weight gain in kids and also prompts their parents […]