WorldAug 17, 2022
Over 35,000 cases of monkeypox detected globally: WHO
More than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 92 countries and territories, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the media briefing on monkeypox, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that almost 7,500 cases were reported last week, which is a 20 per cent increase over the previous week.
"More than 35,000 cases of #monkeypox have now been reported to WHO, from 92 countries and territories, with 12 deaths. Almost 7,500 cases were reported last week, a 20 per cent increase over the previous week, which was also 20 per cent more than
WorldAug 17, 2022
Gurdeep Singh Randhawa elected as 1st representative of Indian community in Germany
Gurdeep Singh Randhawa has been elected as the first representative of the Indian community in Germany on Wednesday.
Randhawa is the first Indian representative of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Thuringia.
CDU is Germany's strongest political party, currently headed by Friedrich Merz, and has been in power for most of the period since the end of World War II.
Randhawa's task is to make the concerns of Indian community heard and at the same time encourage them to become politically active. The 62-year-old entrepreneur is a member representative of the local CDU association in
WorldAug 16, 2022
China's youth jobless rate hits a record high of 19.9 pc
Youth jobless rate in China has hit a record high of 19.9 percent, media reports said citing the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
Chinese local media portal Global Times while citing the Ministry of Education noted that the number of college graduates in 2022 is expected to reach 10.76 million, exceeding 10 million for the first time, which is 1.67 million more than 2021.
The surveyed urban unemployment in July was 5.4 percent, down 0.1 percentage points compared with the previous month, Fu Linghui, a spokesperson from the NBS, said during a press conference.
Meanwhile, Urban un
WorldAug 16, 2022
Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, 'mild' symptoms
First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing “mild symptoms,” the White House announced Tuesday.
She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina when she began experiencing symptoms on Monday.
She has been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid and will isolate at the vacation home for at least five days.
Joe Biden tested negative for the virus on Tuesday morning, the White House said, but would be wearing a mask indoors for 10 days in line with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. He recovered from a rebound case of the virus
WorldAug 15, 2022
Pfizer CEO tests positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms
Pfizer chairman and CEO Albert Bourla has tested positive for COVID-19. He's already received four shots of his company's vaccine and says he is experiencing very mild symptoms. Bourla is also taking Pfizer's Paxlovid pill treatment and is isolating. He says he is confident of a quick recovery.
WorldAug 15, 2022
Defense secretary Austin positive for COVID for second time
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms and will quarantine at home.
It's the second time Austin has gotten the coronavirus.
In a statement Monday, Austin, 69, said his is fully vaccinated and has received two boosters. He said he'll quarantine for the next five days in accordance with CDC guidelines and ``will retain all authorities and plan to maintain my normal work schedule virtually from home.'' Austin said his last in-person contact with President
Joe Biden was on July 29. Austin also had COVID in January.
WorldAug 15, 2022
Global leaders pour wishes to India on its 76th Independence Day
Leaders across the world extended their wishes to Indian leadership including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its people on the occasion of the 76th Independence Day on Monday which is being celebrated in the country under the banner of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Wishes are pouring across the world for India on the occasion of its Independence Day.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Indian leadership and its people on the occasion of its 76th Independence Day. "Please, accept warmest congratulations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of India's independence. Over the decades o
WorldAug 12, 2022
Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York State
Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained.
Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edi
WorldAug 12, 2022
Man who tried to breach FBI office killed after standoff
The Ohio Highway State Patrol says an armed man who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office was shot and killed by police after he fled the scene and engaged in an hourslong standoff. A law enforcement official said federal investigators are examining whether the man, identified as 42-year-old Ricky Shiffer, may have had ties to far-right extremist groups, including the Proud Boys. The official said Shiffer is believed to have been in Washington in the days leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and may have been present at the Capitol on the day of the attack. The official could no