NEW DELHI — The Indian government is considering resuming international flights immediately to low-risk cities and countries where Covid-outbreaks are under control. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on transport, tourism, and culture suggested to re-start the scheduled international flights on Aug. 4. The committee is advocating for re-starting the scheduled international flights, T.G. Venkatesh, Chairman of Parliamentary Committee […]

NEW DELHI — Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution is associated with a substantially higher risk of dementia, an extensive study of data collected over several decades has found. Using data from two large, long-running study projects in the Puget Sound region—one that began in the late 1970s measuring air pollution and another on risk factors for dementia […]

NEW DELHI — The World Health Organization has called on countries with sway on the global vaccine supply and high complete immunization levels to hold the thought of providing booster shots to their people until the end of September. “WHO is calling for a moratorium on boosters until at least the end of September to enable at least […]

LONDON — The United Kingdom will move India, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from the ‘red’ to ‘amber’ list on Aug. 8, as the Covid-19 situation in these countries has improved.  The list was created for international travel amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Travel to a ‘red list’ country isn’t advised. As per […]

SHANGHAI – The cardiac pacemaker of the future could be powered by the heart itself, as per researchers at  Shanghai Jiao Tong University. During the AIP Publishing Horizons-Energy Storage and Conversion virtual conference from Aug. 4 to 6, Yi Zhiran, from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, presented research on a way for a batteryless pacemaker to […]

GULU, Uganda — Nighty Lapobo, 54, was horrified to learn that her daughter, who studied at the Pupwonya Primary School in Amuru District of northern Uganda, was pregnant. “She was to sit her Primary Leaving Examination in March 2021, but her future became uncertain when we discovered that she was three months pregnant before she could write […]

While they wait to return to their offices, several Mexican employees have redefined remote work as they backpack through the country while doing their jobs. After several months of working from home, Itzel Padilla, a teacher and tutor from Mexico City, decided to travel despite the pandemic. “At first, I was scared to go out. […]

NEW DELHI — United Arab of Emirates (UAE) lifted the ban for transit travelers from six countries, traveling from and to UAE, which was banned due to the Covid-19 pandemic. T ban has been lifted for India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nigeria, and Uganda. The National Emergency, Crisis, and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) and General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have announced that […]