On the World Hand Hygiene Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is highlighting the urgent need for countries in the South-East Asia Region and across the world to rigorously implement hand hygiene at the point of health care delivery, accelerating the progress made throughout the CoVid-19 response. World Hand Hygiene Day is observed […]
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World Malaria Day 2023: Time to deliver zero malaria, says WHO
To commemorate World Malaria Day 2023, World Health Organization has urged the countries affected by the disease globally to accelerate the reach of high-impact tools and strategies to prevent, detect and treat malaria, with a focus on reaching the most vulnerable, ensuring that no person or population is left behind. According […]
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Ben Affleck shares details about firs collaborative project with Matt Damon, ‘AIR’
Actor-director Ben Affleck is all set to come up with his next release ‘AIR’. The highly anticipated feature focuses on the game-changing partnership between Michael Jordan and Nike’s basketball division. Although their unexpected partnership brought upon apprehension and hesitancy, Nike revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the […]
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PM Modi congratulates three-time Grammy winner Ricky Kej
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian music composer and producer Ricky Kej, who won his career’s third Grammy award, on Sunday. PM took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “Congratulations @rickykej for yet another accomplishment. Best wishes for your coming endeavours.” Just won my 3rd Grammy Award. Extremely grateful, am […]
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RRR’ lyricist Chandrabose on Oscar nominations of ‘Naatu Naatu’
‘RRR’ lyricist Chandrabose expressed his happiness and gratitude as his music piece ‘Naatu Naatu’ bagged an Oscar Nomination in the ‘Best Original song’ category’. Chandrabose expressed his happiness and stated, “I will not let the success get to my head. Seeing the RRR casting list on the Oscar list feels very great […]
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Social media influencer Andrew Tate, brother to remain in Romania police custody till Feb 27
Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate will remain in police custody till February 27. This comes as a Romanian court on Friday extended their detention, Tate’s lawyers told CNN affiliate Antena 3. The brothers are currently being investigated on allegations of human trafficking and rape. According to Romanian authorities, the […]
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Jnanpith winning Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan passes away
Renowned Assamese poet and Jnanpith winner Nilamani Phookan passed away at Guwahati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) at the age of 89 on Thursday. Phookan was admitted to the GMCH on Wednesday night in critical condition and was undergoing treatment, stated the hospital officials. Born in 1933, Phookan won the […]
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DGCI approves market authorisation of Serum Institute’s Covovax as booster dose
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the market authorisation of Serum Institute of India’s (SII) COVID-19 vaccine Covovax as a heterologous booster dose. This vaccine can be taken as a booster dose by people who have already taken two doses of Covishield or Covaxin. Earlier, the DCGI approved Covovax for […]
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Iconic rock guitarist Jeff Beck passes away at 78
It’s a sad day for music lovers as Jeff Beck, one of the guitar masters of the rock era, has died. Beck breathed his last on Tuesday. He was 78, Variety reported. Breaking the sad news for music fans, Beck’s representative issued a statement saying that the legendary guitarist died […]
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Golden Globe Awards 2023: Here’s the full list of winners
The 2023 Hollywood award season commenced on Wednesday with this year’s Golden Globes ceremony where SS Rajamouli’s ‘RRR’ made India proud by winning one of its two nominations. The film was nominated under the categories Best Non-English Language Film and Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’. The latter trophy was won by […]
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NASA’s retired Compton mission reveals superheavy neutron stars
Astronomers studying archival observations of powerful explosions called short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) have detected light patterns indicating the brief existence of a superheavy neutron star shortly before it collapsed into a black hole. This fleeting, massive object likely formed from the collision of two neutron stars. “We looked for these signals in […]
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Spanish influencer Elena Huelva, 20, dies of cancer
Spanish influencer Elena Huelva passed away on January 3 after documenting her journey with cancer for nearly four years, according to a report by US-based entertainment portal E! Online. Her family confirmed the death on Instagram, as per E! Online citing El Mundo. “Since this morning, Elena has been dancing for you […]
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Rapper and former member of Three 6 Mafia Gangsta Boo passes away at 43
Rapper and former member of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia Gangsta Boo passed away aged 43 on Sunday. Boo, whose real name was Lola Mitchell, was discovered dead on Sunday afternoon at about 4 p.m., according to Fox 13. Her death’s cause hasn’t been made public. According to Variety, a […]
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Researchers identify immune cell that helps kill bladder cancer tumors
Mount Sinai researchers have made two important discoveries about the mechanism by which bladder cancer cells foil attacks from the immune system. The research, published in Cancer Cell in September, could lead to a new therapeutic option for patients with these types of tumors. Advanced bladder cancer is aggressive and patients generally have poor […]
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WHO asks China to share specific, real-time data on Covid situation
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with Chinese officials and again asked for specific and real-time data on the epidemiological situation in China, according to the statement released by the WHO website. In the high-level meeting, WHO asked for more genetic sequencing data, data on disease impact including […]