US President Donald Trump may replace Health and Human Services Alex Azar and Seema Verma, the head of government health insurance programmes, is one of those under consideration to succeed him, according to media reports. Quoting anonymous White House sources, several media outlets reported on Saturday that top White House officials were discussing removing Azar […]
More than a million Australian children aged between 6 months and under 5 years can now receive a free influenza vaccine as part of the first National Immunisation Program to include all children in this age group. The Sanofi Pasteur influenza vaccine VAXIGRIP TETRA® will be used to vaccinate these children under the 2020 National […]
We Are One: A Global Film Festival, an unprecedented 10-day digital film festival exclusively on YouTube, bringing together an international community of storytellers to present festival programming for free to audiences around the world. Set to begin on May 29 on YouTube.com/WeAreOne, the festival will feature programming curated by the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, […]
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has stepped up its efforts to meet all the emerging requirements during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic by airlifting medicine and ration along with medical personnel within the country. An IAF’s transport aircraft landed at the Lengpui Airport in Mizoram on Saturday with 22 tonnes of medical supplies meant for […]
In a new framework released as a roadmap to support countries’ path to social and economic recovery post the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN has called for an extraordinary scale-up of international support and political commitment to ensure that people everywhere have access to essential services and social protection. Released on Monday, the “UN Framework for […]
April 24 is remembered by cricket fans across the world as the day cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar was born. But this year, there will be no celebration in the Tendulkar household as the Master Blaster is clear that now is the time to fight the coronavirus outbreak and help those in need. Speaking on the […]
A total of 54 migrant workers from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar redefined quarantine by opting to change the look of their dilapidated quarantine centre, a government school building, by painting it afresh at Palsana village in Rajasthan’s Sikar district. It was a tough call for these workers to spend 14 days of their quarantine […]
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study, the BBC reported. Half will receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus. The design of the trial […]
High-velocity gusts of wind and hailstorms have flattened wheat crop over in Punjab with Bathinda district being the worst hit, officials said on Saturday. Rains lashed several parts of Punjab and Haryana late Friday. “Huge damage in a few isolated pockets. Worst-affected is the Malout subdivision, Special Chief Secretary K.B.S. Sidhu, who is heading state’s […]
The Union Home Ministry on Friday extended till May 3 the consular service to foreigners stranded in India due to the travel restrictions in place across the country in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The government has granted consular service on a gratis basis to foreign nationals. Consular assistance is the help and […]