Special Desk While healthcare workers fight on the frontline against the COVID-19 and demand for better facilities come from across the globe the French government has decided to give pay rises worth €8bn to its health workers. The government has hailed their role in fighting coronavirus. The deal was signed …
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Florida sets new daily Coronavirus: case record of 15,299
Special Desk Amid rising cases of COVID-19 Florida has registered a new state record of 15,299 fresh coronavirus cases in 24 hours. The state, with just 7% of the US population, surpassed the previous daily record held by California, which is around a quarter of all of the United States’ …
Read More »12,000 people a day could die from hunger: Charity Oxfam
Special Desk Oxfam has warned that, by the end of the year, 12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to Covid-19, more than the disease kills. The charity says a number of factors will cause an increase in hunger, including mass unemployment, food producers dealing with lockdowns, and …
Read More »India needs strong domestic manufacturing capacity in Solar
Dr. Seema Javed Improving the manufacturing capacity of solar cells and modules in the country has been high on the government’s list of priorities for some time now. After the brutal clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh,the Indian government fired the first shots in the field of trade …
Read More »US moves to withdraw from the WHO
Special Desk What US president Donald Trump had indicated a month back got a formal move, to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). The US president had made his intentions clear in late May, accusing the WHO of being under China’s control during the coronavirus pandemic. And …
Read More »Beijing security office in Hong Kong
Special Desk It’s official. A new national security office has been opened in Hong Kong, placing mainland Chinese agents in the heart of the territory for the first time. The office comes fast as one element of a sweeping new law which outlaws criticism of China’s government. Hong Kong was, …
Read More »Herd immunity not feasible: Spanish antibody study
Jubilee News Desk A relatively few people tested positive for antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, researchers have found in Spain. Overall, the study found that only 5% of participants showed a positive result. In one of Europe’s worst-hit countries, scientists selected randomly over 60000 people, but found that even in places with …
Read More »Coronavirus : India took a dubious lead from Russia
Special Desk India on Monday took lead from Russia, which shall not be appreciated. India recorded over 24000 new Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking total number of cases above Russia. India now has the third-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 6,97,413. United States and Brazil are …
Read More »Kim Jong-un hailed success against Covid-19
Special Desk Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader has hailed his country’s shining success in dealing with Covid-19. According to state news agency Kim Jong-un while speaking at a politburo meeting, said the country had prevented the inroad of the malignant virus and maintained a stable situation. North Korea closed …
Read More »Three months remdesivir stock goes with US
Jubilee News Desk He re is a cause of worry for the world except the US. The US has bought up virtually all the stocks for the next three months of remdesivir, one of the two drugs proven to work against Covid-19. This eventually will leave none for the rest …
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