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Long COVID major public health challenge: 6.2% patients live with sustained symptoms, says WHO

India, Dec. 27 -- As the world enters its sixth year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, 77 countries reported fresh cases and 27 countries saw people dying of the disease, according to the latest epid... Read More


COVID-19, herpes viruses could be invading our brains, fuelling diseases like Alzheimer's

India, Dec. 27 -- A study has unveiled a chilling possibility: Common viruses, including SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 and the Herpes Simplex Virus-1 (HSV-1), may be stealthily invading our brains, ... Read More


Climate change, biodiversity loss amplify threats to child health: Study

India, Dec. 27 -- A study has highlighted the escalating risks climate change and biodiversity loss pose to children's health worldwide. The review paper, published in the journal Nature, synthesised ... Read More


Let there be reform: When historic budget speech by FM Manmohan Singh set stage for India's perestroika

India, Dec. 27 -- The year 1991 was a watershed moment in India's history. With the government's expenses outweighing the revenue with a fiscal deficit of eight per cent of the GDP, the crisis demande... Read More


Parking space to 'oasis square': What India can learn from Paris's ambitious urban redesign plan

India, Dec. 26 -- In a move to combat climate change and address urban heat, Paris is set to transform its streetscape as part of its 2024-2030 Climate Plan. The plan, awaiting approval from the Paris... Read More


Operation Greens falls short: Only 34% of budget spent as onion prices plunge, potato shortages persist

India, Dec. 26 -- The government's flagship Operation Greens scheme, designed to stabilise crop prices and benefit farmers, has spent just 34 per cent of its allocated budget for 2024-25, according to... Read More


Fossil giant US announces new climate target, as Trump waits in the wings

India, Dec. 24 -- "The American way of life is not up for negotiations. Period." - then President of the United States (US) George H W Bush had stated infamously, in the early 1990s, as global efforts... Read More


Failure of Busan talks shows that consensus for global plastics treaty is not easy to achieve

India, Dec. 24 -- No matter how hazardous the plastic waste generation is, countries around the world are having a hard time to agree upon a global plastics treaty. The failure of talks in South Kore... Read More


Yemen faces a cholera crisis; Arabian Peninsula country accounted for 35% of global cholera cases as of December 1: WHO

India, Dec. 24 -- War-torn Yemen is suffering from an epidemic of cholera. The country, located in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, reported nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated de... Read More


In 2022, 151.3 million people across Arab states could not afford a healthy diet: UN

India, Dec. 24 -- In 2022, 2.8 billion people globally were unable to afford a healthy diet. Of these 151.3 million resided in the Arab States, representing 5.4 per cent of the global population. The... Read More