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U.S. retains terrorist designation of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-TayyibaThe United States has reviewed and maintained the terrorist designations of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ), along with ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) and several other organisations. … [Read more...] about Top news of the day: Covaxin recipients asked to sign consent form on ‘clinical trial mode’; Modi says COVID-19 vaccines safe and not to believe rumours, and more

New study by 20 scientists from China, US, Italy says oceans in 2020 were warmest in recorded history Despite reductions in global carbon emissions due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the world’s oceans in 2020 were the warmest in recorded history, according to a new study. Published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences earlier this week, the study was conducted by 20 scientists from 13 institutes in China, the US and Italy, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Compared with 2019, the upper 2,000 metres of the Earth’s oceans have absorbed a greater amount of heat, enough to boil 1.3 billion kettles, each containing 1.5 litres of water. The increase in heat within the oceans is responsible for the increasing trend of record-breaking global ocean temperatures, said the study. Cheng Lijing, lead author of the study and researcher at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said ocean heating is a key indicator for quantifying … [Read more...] about Despite emission cut, oceans got warmer

13 of them were nursing home patients and aged over 80 , as per reports Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine with 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the shots, New York Post reported citing the health officials. All 13 were nursing home patients and at least 80 years old. Common reactions to the vaccine, including fever and nausea, "may have contributed to a fatal outcome in frail patients," New York Post quoted Sigurd Hortemo, chief physician at the Norwegian Medicines Agency, as saying in a statement on Friday. While officials aren’t expressing serious concern, they are adjusting their guidance on who should receive the vaccine. Over 30,000 people in Norway have received the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccine since late last month. As cases s surge, China readies COVIDhospital in 5 days Xinhua News Agency said. Vidur Sharma is on Biden’s … [Read more...] about 23 die in Norway after first shot of Pfizer COVIDvaccine

Donald Trump’s first reaction to Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel was “this is the end of my presidency” and the United States president was so furious that he reacted with an expletive, according to the counsel’s report. … [Read more...] about End of my presidency: Trump’s first reaction to Mueller’s appointment

Partho Dasgupta, a former CEO of TV ratings agency BARC who was arrested in the Television Rating Points (TRP) rigging case, has been admitted to the ICU of a hospital here after his sugar level shot up, officials said on Saturday. … [Read more...] about Ex-CEO of BARC Partho Dasgupta, arrested in TRP scam, hospitalised