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Updated: April 11, 2021 01:03 IST What is behind the alarming shortfall being faced by several States, and how long is it likely to last? Share Article AAA A medical worker holds a vial of the Covishield vaccine at Moti Lal Nehru Medical College in Allahabad on April 1, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AFP What is behind the alarming shortfall being faced by several States, and how long is it likely to last? The story so far:Several States have been complaining of a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines. Their stocks, they say, would suffice for barely three to four days. On the other hand, the Centre admit...

‘India delayed second wave, can contain economic impact’ Updated: Updated: Finance Ministry report stresses testing, effective isolation and contact tracing Share Article AAA Fighting the virus: People registering for COVID-19 vaccines during an inoculation drive at a centre in Delhi on Monday.   | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA Finance Ministry report stresses testing, effective isolation and contact tracing Though India is in the middle of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, with a new peak of over 1 lakh cases reported on Sunday, the Finance Ministry stressed on Monday that the...

Straight Talk Sun Online Desk 3rd April, 2021 03:39:11 The Golden Celebration of Bangladesh’s independence, which began amidst Covid-19 pandemic on 17th March 2021 ended on 27th March 2021 with a big success. Those who attended the ten day programmes had to follow prescribed health protocols and, needless to say, though the number of invitees were limited to five hundred hardly on any day five hundred guests could attend the programmes due to the prescribed protocols, one being producing the Covid-19 ‘negative’ certificate. Those interested did not miss the programmes as they were telec...

Print article The devastating wildfires that torched a record 4.3 million acres in the U.S. in 2020 made North America the only region in the world where air quality was worse than during the previous year. Most of the world’s major cities had better air last year than in 2019, mainly thanks to coronavirus lockdowns that cleared skies for weeks or months, according to the annual report by air quality platform IQAir. Though India’s New Delhi was the most-polluted capital city, its pollution levels nevertheless fell 16% from the previous year. Los Angeles, Melbourne and Sao Paulo, all of...

(Bloomberg) — The devastating wildfires that torched a record 4.3 million acres in the U.S. in 2020 made North America the only region in the world where air…