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Thailand health authorities approved new guidelines on Friday outlining the parameters for declaring the coronavirus pandemic an endemic disease. In epidemiology, an infection is said to be endemic in a population when that infection is constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area without any external input. For an infection that relies on […]
Starting from February 5, Hong Kong is set to cut the quarantine period for arriving travelers to 14 days from 21, said leader Carrie Lam on Thursday. The move is followed by intense lobbying from finance executives and diplomats who said the measure was hurting competitiveness. The emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant saw […]
Pic credit: Hanif Sindhi The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended two new drugs for Covid-19 — Baricitinib and Sotrovimab, providing yet more options for treating the disease. The extent to which these medicines will save lives depends on how widely available and affordable they will be. The first drug, Baricitinib, is strongly recommended for […]
From Jan 27, face coverings will no longer be required by law as the UK government returns to Plan A measures. Plan B rules were imposed in early December, when the Omicron was on a menacing surge. In an update regarding the removal of Plan B rules, UK’s giant retailers Sainsbury’s, John Lewis, Waitrose, and […]
Astronomers have discovered a ‘mysterious object’ unlike anything ever seen before in space, MAGNETAR located just 4,000 light years away from Earth. Experts think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf – collapsed cores of stars – with an ultra-powerful magnetic field, also known as a magnetar. As it spins through the […]
Unilever, the largest producer of soaps, plans to hand over the pink slip to 1,500 employees. The move comes after a plunge in the share market and the laying off is seen as a move to “ease shareholders concerns.” Clearly divided into three parts: home care, beauty and personal care, the proposed plans by Unilever […]
First it was a good old crossword. Then, came the number challenge, Sudoku. And now comes Wordle. The internet loves it and we love it too!! The one catch? You can only play Wordle once a day — a cruel yet genius choice that likely plays a large part in why people can’t wait to […]
NASA has recently shared news of the costliest and the most powerful telescope reaching its final spot. The telescope has finally reached its destination located between the sun and the Earth – which is 15,00,000 km from Earth. Nasa ambassador Bill Nelson said “ “We’re one step closer to uncovering the mysteries of the universe. […]
Pakistan appointed its first female Supreme Court Judge on Monday, after a nomination process that proved contentious. Justice Ayesha Malik, 55 years, was selected by a commission that decided the promotion of the Judges. She swore in on live TV, with her oath administered by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad. The Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran […]
The island of Kiribati which had continued to maintain its tag as the Covid-free island throughout the pandemic was unable to maintain the status when two-thirds of passengers of the first flight landed there tested positive. Kiribati has reopened its borders on January 10, after being covid-19-free and now the nation is willing to implement […]
A recent video of a polar bear hunting reindeer has raised interesting questions about the changing nature of life in the polar north. Recently, scientists in Hornsund, Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean – witnessed a polar bear pursuing a reindeer into the sea before killing it, dragging it ashore and eating […]
Former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was honoured with Netaji Award 2022 by Netaji Research Bureau on Subhash Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary, January 23. Consul General of Japan in Kolkata Nakamura Yutaka received the award on behalf of Abe at a function in Elgin Road residence of Netaji. The programme was addressed by the […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has cancelled her wedding as the nation imposes new restrictions to slow the community spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. “My wedding will not be going ahead,” she told reporters, adding she was sorry for anyone caught up in a similar scenario. Though Ardern had not disclosed her wedding […]
In a first successful game-changer experiment of its kind in the world, two pig kidneys genetically engineered to ensure zero rejection have been transplanted into a brain-dead man in the US. The breakthrough was that the kidneys were not rejected during the 74 hours until the experiment lasted and even began to produce urine in […]
Speculations of a bio-chemical weapon targeting US diplomats were rife much before the COVID pandemic actually hit the globe. However, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded that US diplomats suffering from ‘Havana Syndrome’ were not targets of any foreign power. The mysterious condition first came up in 2016, after dozens of diplomats at the […]
The largest digital currency by market value rose as much as 4.2 percent to $43,463 during New York trading hours. That’s even as Russia, which houses roughly 10 percent of global Bitcoin mining activities, expressed dissent over the blockchain assets. Bitcoin’s reaction: No worries. “Bitcoin mining is certainly growing faster than whatever it is losing […]
Nobel Laureate Gabriel García-Márquez and Mexican writer Susana Cato had a torrid affair in the 1990s and had a daughter who was named after former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, a report claimed on Wednesday. Márquez, known for his bestselling novels like One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, admired […]
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, say they learned some of their most important lessons from books. The trio has recommended countless books over the years that they credit with strengthening their business acumen and teaching them about leadership. Here are 25 such books, recommended by […]
A top university system in the United States announced that they will add ‘caste’ as a protected category, a move that has been welcomed by several rights groups fighting against caste-based discrimination in the country. California State University System, which has over 23 campuses and eight off-campus centres enrolling 485,550 students with 55,909 faculty and […]
Drop your travel plans to Abu Dhabi if you haven’t received booster doses because as per the new rules by the UAE government – you are not considered to be fully vaccinated in case you haven’t had booster doses. And it has banned visitors who are not fully vaccinated in the wake of rising cases […]
