COVID-19: University of New South Wales shows solidarity with India; lights up library in tricolour
India recorded 3,26,098 fresh COVID-19 cases and 3,890 deaths in the last 24 hours, showing a gradual decline in daily coronavirus count
BusinessToday.In | May 15, 2021 | Updated 10:56 IST
University of New South Wales displayed a message which read, Stay Strong India. and all suffering from the pandemic (Image: Twitter)
As India continues to grapple with the fatal second COVID-19 wave, Australia s University of New South Wales illuminated its main library tower with Indian tricolor in support of India s fight against coronavirus. It also displayed a message which read, Stay Strong India. and all suffering from the pandemic.
Severe Hailstorms Are Costly and Hard to Predict
Hail causes huge financial losses worldwide every year. But we still can’t predict when hail will strike. Climate scientists from around the world are teaming up to figure out how to change that.
Damage from hail scales with its size: Bigger hailstones mean more severe impacts. (Hand size varies by individual, so here’s a suggestion: Please be sure to include a ruler if you report hail!) Credit: John Allen 10 May 2021
In October 2010, severe thunderstorms pummeled the desert city of Phoenix with multiple tornadoes and massive hailstones up to 5 centimeters in diameter. In a few short hours, the storm exacted a heavy toll in the form of $2.7 billion of property damage almost entirely the result of damaged cars, broken windows, and destroyed roofs from the onslaught of hail.
"UNSW library building, Sydney, lit up in solidarity with India, Indian students, faculty and staff," said Australian High Commissioner Barry O Farrell.
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Grant Robertson praises the resilience of the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic in a pre-budget speech on May 4.
ANALYSIS: When Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the Australian Federal Budget on Tuesday, it marked a step-change: Instead of the job of Treasurer being to try and balance the books, it was now going to be using taxpayer money to drive unemployment down. Principally, the Aussies are now going to throw down $74.6 billion over the next two years on tax cuts and business while lavishing tax breaks in sectors such as health, aged care and mental health: traditionally low wage industries, dominated by women.
COVID Booster
Pandemic affected Australia’s mental health
Around one in five Australians had an increase in symptoms and intensity of depression during the 2020 lockdown, according to new research published in the
Medical Journal of Australia.
The researchers, based at the Australian National University, surveyed 1,296 Australians every fortnight between late March 2020 and mid-June 2020. Seven surveys were done in total.
“Younger age, being female, greater COVID-19-related work and social impairment, COVID-19-related financial distress, having a neurological or mental illness diagnosis, and recent adversity were each significantly associated with higher baseline depression and anxiety scores,” write the authors in their paper.