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World No Tobacco Day 2021 theme : Commit to Quit Geneva, Tuesday, 8 December 2020. WHO today launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit.” The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco” are being …

World Health Organziation advice on the use of masks COVID-19: Infection prevention and control New Delhi, 02nd December 2020. WHO has updated its guidance on the use of masks with new scientific evidence and practical advice to decision makers. This is the fourth update of WHO mask guidance. The most …

India: One of the world’s most water-stressed countries New Delhi, Tuesday, 1 December 2020: India is among the world’s most water-stressed countries, today. Per capita water available is set to decline to 1465 cubic meters by 2025 from 1544 cubic meters in 2011, according to a 2018 Niti Aayog study. …

World AIDS Day special article While we have made significant progress since the late 1990s in our fight to end AIDS, but it still remains a major global public health issue. Even today, globally more than 12 million people living with HIV are not on treatment and 1.7 million people …

Diego Maradona: left-wing political champion Diego Maradona was a truly international hero for his uncompromising political ideology against colonialism A portrait size painting of Diego Maradona was on display at certain ruins in war-torn Syria where people were mourning the death of the legend. In the entire Latin American world, …

16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence According to United nations, “1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime — and amid #COVID19, domestic abuse has surged worldwide.” 1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime — and amid #COVID19, domestic abuse has surged worldwide. On Wednesday's Int'l …

New Delhi, 23rd November 2020. Industrial slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic has not curbed record levels of greenhouse gases which are trapping heat in the atmosphere, increasing temperatures and driving more extreme weather, ice melt, sea-level rise and ocean acidification, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The lockdown …

USA, 19th November 2020. In a comprehensive analysis of patients with cancer who had exceptional responses to therapy, researchers have identified molecular changes in the patients’ tumours that may explain some of the exceptional responses. The results demonstrate that genomic characterizations of cancer can uncover genetic alterations that may contribute …

Very often it is our disabling attitudes that make life difficult for people with disabilities, rather than their own physical impairments. More than the disability itself, it is its psychological effects that take a bigger toll on the person, says wheelchair-bound Tanzila Khan, a disability rights activist who founded GirlyThings.pk. …

Barack Obama’s new memoirs selective reporting have given another handle to the opponents of Rahul Gandhi to mock at him. Most of the time, once an election is passed and if Congress performs better, media does not speak about Rahul Gandhi but if the party fails, they start not only …

“Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you but to help you release the hidden potential and power”. This quote by the late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, a scientist and the 11th President of India, is the dictum for nurse Divya Sojan, who during the 11 years of …

Trump is not accepting defeat US president Donald trump is not ready to accept his defeat in US election 2020. He tweeted – “Where are the missing military ballots in Georgia? What happened to them?” His tweet went viral within 5 minutes. This tweet from Trump was retweeted over 15000 …

World Tsunami Awareness Day 2020: All you need to know New Delhi, Nov. 06 (India Science Wire): The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad under the Ministry of Earth Sciences conducted a webinar to mark the World Tsunami Awareness Day 2020. The webinar titled ‘Tsunami Awareness and …

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COVID-19 pandemic still constituted a public health emergency Geneva, Switzerland, 30 October 2020 — The Emergency Committee on COVID-19 met on 29 October to review the situation and progress made on the temporary recommendations.  They advised that the pandemic still constituted a public health emergency of international concern, and urged …

Govt of the Philippines declared a moratorium on endorsements for greenfield coal power plants DOE halts coal projects, CSOs think that it can do more New Delhi, 29th October 2020. A historical announcement took place this week when the Department of Energy (DOE), Govt of the Philippines declared a moratorium …

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed shock over Bangladesh scribe Md Iliyas Hossain’s brutal murder recently in Narayanganj locality. Hossain (50), who used to report for Dhaka based Bengali newspaper  DailyBijoy, was targeted by assailants for his media coverage on smuggling, illegal gas connections and drug trafficking. Hailed from Jiodhara …

Accurate pregnancy dating and quality care combined with the steroids are key to survival Dexamethasone can boost the survival of premature babies when given to pregnant women at risk of preterm birth in low-resource settings GENEVA, 23 October 2020 – The results of a new clinical trial, published today in …

Article by Shobha Shukla – CNS, based on the latest study which looked into the potential acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccine if and when it becomes available (as it is currently under research and development). A new study reveals that a large percentage of people globally are hesitant to take …

Building resilience is critical to minimise the impact of humanitarian crises Article based on insights from United Nations expert on humanitarian responses on how governments, institutions, communities, individuals and other levels/ actors can boost their resilience to cope with crises situations such as the pandemic. The number of people affected …