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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 46,487,740 and 754,429, according to the CSSE.

According to a study, except for Taiwan, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and South Korea, all other countries examined had more premature deaths than expected in 2020, with a higher rate in men than women.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 46,461,564 and 754,278, according to the CSSE.

In a bizarre incident in a hospital in Brazil, the doctors were left puzzled over a case of a baby boy, with a ‘true human tail’ – a rare 12 cm-long appendage that had a ball on the end.  According to a case study in the ‘Journal of Pediatric Case Surgery Reports’, there are very […]

The vote was 138 in favour, 84 against and five abstentions, reports Xinhua news agency.

Mohamed Lamrane Bah, director of communications for Sierra Leone's National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), told CNN that several people were also in critical condition following the explosion.

"We are pleased to announce our EUA filing to the US-Food and Drug Administration (FDA) through our partners- Ocugen," tweeted Dr Raches Ella, Bharat Biotech's clinical lead for Covid-19 vaccines.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 46,435,555 and 753,900, according to the CSSE.

A diagnostic test by simply drawing blood one single time can now detect 50 different types of cancer!

Hyderabad: Colin and Donna Craig-Brown, a couple from New Zealand discovered a huge 7.9kg potato in their farm land. The couple, on a regular day, was weeding their garden when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface. As they began digging further, Colin wondered if it was some kind of strange fungal […]

The pill was licensed for adults 18 and older who have tested positive for COVID-19 and have at least one risk factor for developing severe disease.

Maloney, 75, is chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and former chair of the Joint Economic Committee, the first woman to hold both of these positions. Only 18 women have chaired Congressional committees.

By Vishnu Vardhan Reddy Speaking at the 2021 COP26 climate change summit held in Glasgow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised the global leaders as he stated that, “India will reach net-zero by 2070”. Each country in this world today, has a responsibility to protect Earth from harmful gases that are omitted into the atmosphere and […]

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday granted Emergency Use Listing approval to India’s indigenously-developed Covid vaccine, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. The global health group’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG) issued the final decision.The WHO, in a tweet, said: “WHO has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech, adding to a […]

Facebook announced that it is shutting down its face recognition system after over a decade of use. The company says it will delete the facial data of more than one billion of its users. The news marks the end of one of the largest known face recognition systems. How was Facebook using face recognition technology? […]

Renowned businessman Mohamed Alabbar took to his Twitter account and shared a video, in which we could see Burj Khalifa lighting up for Shah Rukh with a message that wished him 'Happy Birthday.'

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 46,140,509 and 748,173, according to the CSSE.

Arocutin: The famed Day of the Dead ceremonies around Mexico’s Lake Patzcuaro were once again thronged with visitors on Monday, economic relief for a tourist-dependent region that suffered from last year’s pandemic shutdown of the observance. In the lakeside city of Patzcuaro itself, tourists were treated to a parade, theater and music performances. “Come and […]

Tennessee (US): Many have a doubt that how walking was invented, this is an important question because many anthropologists see bipedalism – which means walking on two legs – as one of the defining characteristics of “hominins,” or modern humans, and their ancestors. It is difficult to give a simple answer, though, because bipedalism did […]

Hailing the decision, the Indian High Commission in Guyana said that it is an important step forward in the post Covid partnership between both the countries.

The Australian regulatory authority for therapeutic goods ‘Therapeutic Goods Administration’ (TGA), Department of Health released a notice recognising Covaxin for the purpose of establishing a traveller’s vaccination status.

During the two weeks of the 'Yudh Abhyas' joint military exercises that ended on Friday, the soldiers practised cold weather survival, medical evacuation by air, mountaineering and small-arms marksmanship, according to the US Army.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 45,967,772 and 745,805, according to the CSSE.