Coast Guard cleans up Haldia Riverfront on eve of its Raising Day
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Amrit Kaur participated in a cleanup drive of the Haldia Riverfront in West Bengal on Friday as part of the Force’s 49th Raising Day celebrations. The Indian Coast Guard was raised on February 1, 1977, with seven surface platforms. According to a senior ICG official, 100 […]
Kerala CM Vijayan and minister son-in-law Riyas out to consolidate position in CPI-M
Kozhikode, Jan 31 (IANS) With Kerala’s ruling CPI-M getting in gear for the upcoming state party conference, where a new set of office bearers will take over, the all-powerful Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who, unlike previous CPI-M Chief Ministers, has been dominating party affairs too, is playing his cards to ensure he carries his influence […]
Leopard Safari to begin soon at Sanjay Gandhi National Park: Maha minister
Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) The Mumbai Suburban Guardian Minister and state IT and Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar on Friday announced the launch of a ‘Leopard Safari’ at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivali in north Mumbai. In a rare conservation gesture, he has also adopted two lions – ‘Bharat and Bharati’ for […]
Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis
Niamey, Jan 31 (IANS) Niger’s Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With this landmark achievement, Niger becomes the first country in Africa to eradicate this disease, which had particularly impacted populations living near certain waterways, Xinhua news agency reported. […]
Celltrion gets US FDA approval for new biosimilar for autoimmune disease treatment
Seoul, Jan 31 (IANS) Celltrion, a major South Korean biopharmaceutical firm, on Friday said its new biosimilar for an autoimmune disease treatment has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA approved Celltrion’s Avtozma, a biosimilar to Actemra, in both intravenous and subcutaneous formulations, according to the company, Yonhap news agency […]
Romania faces surge in respiratory infections
Bucharest, Jan 31 (IANS) Romania recorded 133,635 cases of acute respiratory infections and eight flu-related deaths in the week from January 20 to 26, the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) announced. According to the INSP, this marks a 6.5 per cent increase from the previous week, bringing the total number of flu-related deaths this […]
WHO deploys emergency team to help Uganda fight new Ebola outbreak
Kampala, Jan 31 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The personnel will provide technical and logistical support to Uganda’s Ministry of Health, said the WHO in a statement […]
Australia’s goldfields nominated for World Heritage List
Canberra, Jan 31 (IANS) The Australian government has nominated the goldfields in the country’s southeast for World Heritage status. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, on Friday announced that the goldfields in the state of Victoria have been added to Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List. It is the first formal step towards having […]
Three victims of US plane crash had Russian passports, identity of fourth being checked: Russian Foreign Ministry
Moscow, Jan 31 (IANS) Moscow on Friday confirmed that three Russians were among the 67 victims of the deadly plane crash that took place in the United States on Wednesday night. A US passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into the Potomac River after a mid-air collision with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, the […]
South Korea to issue travel ban for Congo amid armed clashes
Seoul, Jan 31 (IANS) South Korea plans to issue a travel ban for an eastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to intensifying fighting between government and rebel forces in the country, the foreign ministry said on Friday. The Level 4 travel ban, the highest of the country’s four-scale travel warning system, […]
