London: Researchers have found that pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, pre-eclampsia, diabetes in pregnancy (gestational diabetes) and pre-term birth are linked to a heightened risk of heart disease or stroke …
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Beijing: China said on Friday that it has joined the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX international initiative which aims to ensure equitable global access to vaccines against the novel coronavirus. …
China joins WHO-led COVAX for fair access to Covid-19 vaccines Read More
Kolkata: Parents of an eight-months-old girl child sold her off for just Rs 4,000 in West Bengal’s Midnapore district due to severe monetary crisis amid the continuing pandemic that hit …
Hit by Covid blues, Bengal couple sells baby for 4K Read More
New York: People who survive serious Covid-19 infections have long-lasting immune responses against the virus, say researchers, adding that survivors may have four months of protection. The study, published in …
Covid-19 survivors may have 4 months of protection: Study Read More
San Francisco, Facebook has removed more malicious networks from its platform in October — especially in the US and Myanmar that face elections in November — and one such network …
Facebook purges fake networks in US, Myanmar before Nov polls Read More
Ottawa (Canada): The Canadian government has announced that the use of single-use plastics will be banned across the country by the end of 2021. On Wednesday, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson …
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Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday announced his government’s decision to make wearing of masks mandatory in outdoor spaces in an effort to curb the further spread of …
Italy makes wearing of masks mandatory in outdoor spaces Read More
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has referred, to a division bench, a plea filed by a same sex couple who approached it, seeking legal recognition of their marriage under …
Same sex couple moves Delhi HC for legal recognition of marriage Read More
Luke Coutinho New Delhi: Social media is robbing everything away from us — time, health, peace, sleep, self-esteem, confidence, sense of security — everything. But its a boon too! One …
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New Delhi: Acclaimed American poet Louise Gluck, who draws on classical mythology, family life and nature in her precise and spare rendition of certain traumatic facets of the human condition …
Louise Gluck wins Literature Nobel Read More