New Delhi (NVI): 323 new positive coronavirus cases have been reported from Nepal, taking the toll in the Himalayan nation to 4,085, according to local media reports.
The country’s Ministry of Health and Population said, “Of the infected, 3,792 are males and 293 are females.”
In the last 24 hours, 286 males and 37 females from Ilam, Nawalpur, Banke, Dhanusa, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Banke, Jumla, Salyan, Darchula, Kanchanpur, Dadeldhura, Kailali, Kapilvastu, Rupandehi, Mahottari, Nuwakot, Rautahat and Siraha, said Dr Gautam.
At present, 72 of the 77 districts and all the Provinces have witnessed the transmission of COVID-19 virus, as per media reports.
Apart from this, 96 people have been discharged following recovery, which means the total recovery cases stand at 584 across the country, of which 507 are males while 77 are females.
Meanwhile, Nepal has recorded one more coronavirus related death, which has taken the national COVID-19 death toll to 15 in Nepal.
New Delhi (NVI): If you want to know where in the world you can find a place that has not yet been transformed by agriculture, infrastructure, or settlements, then this newly published map by a team of researchers may help you.
The map, published on June 5 in the journal Global Change Biology, knits together four independently developed models for determining where humanity leaves its fingerprints, each using different indicators of activity, according to a report by the National Geographic.
According to scientists, the newly created map reveals the “wildest” places on Earth—places where humans have the lowest impact. The findings could be used to support the push to set aside half of Earth for nature to flourish and keep it protected from human imprints, as per the researchers.
The four independently developed models used for creating the map use human population, built-up areas, and cropland as inputs, but then they start to specialize, reports the National Geographic.
Based on the findings, all of the maps agreed that about half of Earth shows “low” human impact, and about half of that — a quarter of the ice-free surface of the planet — could be described as “very low” human impact.
Lead author Jason Riggio, a spatial ecologist at the University of California, Davis, hopes the map can bolster the case for making the goal of protecting half the planet by 2050 official at the next meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity, scheduled for 2021.
Furthermore, while preserving largely untouched “wilderness” is an important goal for many, it isn’t always where the most plant and animal species are.
Globally, the tropics have many more species than the ecosystems closest to the poles, but the tropics also have a lot of people, according to Maria Dornelas, an ecologist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Srinagar (NVI): Jammu and Kashmir reported two more deaths due to Covid-19 as two elderly men who were tested positive for the deadly pandemic breathed their last in two separate hospitals today.
With this, the number of Covid-19 causalities in the Union Territory has jumped to 48, including a non-local resident and a CRPF trooper. Of the total deaths, Kashmir has recorded 43 and Jammu has witnessed five deaths so far.
Health officials said that a 50-year-old man from Panzath area of South Kashmir’s Qazigund and a 52-year-old man from Sopore died at GMC Anantnag and Srinagar’s CD hospital respectively.
Principal GMC Anantnag, Showkat Jeelani said that a man from Panzath, who was very sick died at GMC this morning.
“He was tested positive for COVID a few days ago and was suffering from Pneumonia besides other ailments,” the doctor said.
A doctor at SMHS hospital Srinagar said that a man who was an auto driver by profession met with an accident on May 19 and was admitted in SMHS hospital.
“Just two days ago, he had tested positive for the virus, after which he was shifted to CD hospital. His condition deteriorated today morning after which he succumbed,” the doctor said.
Srinagar (NVI): The Cyber Cell of J&K police today cautioned people in the Valley for “one-ring phone scam” urging the citizens not to return missed calls or to respond to the calls from unknown international numbers.
The scam has entered Kashmir at a time when the Valley is under a tight grip of Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed over 45 lives and infected over 4000 people so far.
The Cyber wing termed it as “global scam, which has got active in Kashmir also.” Talking to NVI, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Cyber Police Cell Kashmir, Tahir Ashraf said that just a day after “one ring phone scam” stepped into Kashmir, they got active and started taking measures to counter the same.
“We have issued an advisory for the people how to deal with the scam,” he said. The advisory issued by the Cyber wing read: “If your phone rings once and then stops. If this happens to you and you don’t recognize the number, do not return the call. You may be target of a one ring phone scam.”
The advisory further reads that one ring call may appear to be from the international number. For countering the scam, the advisory states that “don’t answer or return any calls from number you don’t recognize, report that number as a spam. Before calling unfamiliar number, check to see if the area code is international. Always be cautious, even if a number appears authentic.”
SSP Cyber Cell said that it is a global scam active across the world where scammers engage people for long durations to make easy money. “Since international calls are costly, the scammers engage people and earn money. By engaging people for long durations over phone, they can access bank accounts and steal the money as well as phone numbers are linked with the banks of the people across Kashmir,” he said.
He said if people encounter this issue, they should immediately contact their service providers to ensure that the number is marked as a spam. “People of Kashmir should also follow Twitter handle and Facebook account of Cyber Cell J&K police for regular updates about how one ring scam can be countered effectively,” the police officer said and asked people not to panic and “just follow updates on official accounts of cyber wing’s Twitter and Facebook for dealing with the scammers.”
“We will be updating the ways and means of countering the scammers on our official accounts on social media,” the SSP said.
New Delhi (NVI): Before the Covid-19 pandemic, France was the world’s most visited country, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
Although some countries are considering easing coronavirus lockdowns to reopen their borders, international tourist numbers could fall by up to 80% in 2020, says the World Tourism Organization.
With lockdowns beginning to ease, many countries are starting to think about how to restart an engine vital to their economies: tourism, reports World Economic Forum.
The European Union is exploring how it can safely open its internal borders to welcome summer visitors. While Australians may be allowed to travel to New Zealand from July, some Caribbean islands, like Saint Lucia, will begin to reopen in June, according to WFP.
However, in a normal year, these are the most visited destinations:
The most recent figures from the UNWTO show that France is the world’s number one destination for international tourists, Almost 90 million people visited the country in 2018.
Spain isn’t far behind, with over 82 million visitors. The United States, China and Italy complete the top five.
Park Güell is a public park in Barcelona, Spain
According to UNWTO, these countries are also among the hardest-hit by COVID-19, with the US, Italy, France and Spain (along with the United Kingdom and Brazil) to date recording the world’s highest number of confirmed coronavirus deaths.
The tourism industry accounts for 10% of GDP and jobs, globally.
Countries reliant on travel and tourism have seen “particularly large” disruptions, according to the International Monetary Fund, as lockdowns caused havoc in these economies, as they have in many others around the globe.
Rialto Bridge is a Arch bridge in Venice, Italy
Of the top five most visited nations, Spain in particular will be feeling the heat in this respect – international tourists spend about $81 billion in the country annually. That’s over 16% of its total exports, while the same figure is under 10% for France and Italy.
However, those numbers pale in comparison to Saint Lucia, though, where international tourism receipts make up more than 81% of total exports.
New Delhi (NVI): Delhi’s Lt Governor Anil Baijal has called an all-party meeting at 3 PM today to review the current Covid-19 situation in the national capital.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is unlikely to attend the meeting as he is unwell and has undergone a coronavirus test today.
LG Anil Baijal yesterday overruled Delhi government’s order reserving all beds in state-run and private hospitals only for city residents until COVID-19 pandemic crisis is resolved.
Baijal, who is also the chairperson of Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), directed the authorities in the NCT to ensure that Covid treatment is not denied to patients on grounds on not being a resident of Delhi.
After the LG’s order yesterday, CM Arvind Kejriwal said that allowing treatment of people from outside Delhi in all hospitals will create a problem and challenge for people living in Delhi.
“LG’s order has created a big problem and challenge for people of Delhi. It is a big challenge to arrange for treatment of people coming from all over India amid the corona pandemic. Perhaps, it is God’s will that we serve the people of the whole country. We will try to arrange for treatment of all,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, coronavirus cases in Delhi have surged past 29,000 while the death toll rose to 874.
New Delhi (NVI): India has now become the fifth worst-affected country in the world index due to coronavirus pandemic, after it surpassed Spain in the total number of confirmed cases, as the country continues to witness huge spike in the infected cases.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 2,66,598 including 7,466 casualties, according to the Union Health Ministry.
In the last 24 hours, a record 9,987 new cases of coronavirus and 266 deaths have been reported in India, both being at a record high in a single day till now.
Maharashtra tops the country with the maximum number of coronavirus cases and has reported nearly 88,000 confirmed cases so far.
The first confirmed coronavirus case in India was reported in the state of Kerala on January 30. Since then, the virus has tightened its grip across the country.
Total positive cases in States/UTs:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 33
Andhra Pradesh- 4,851
Arunachal Pradesh- 51
Assam- 2,776
Bihar- 5,202
Chandigarh- 317
Chhattisgarh- 1,160
Dadar Nagar Haveli- 22
Delhi- 29,943
Gujarat- 20,545
Goa- 330
Haryana– 4,854
Himachal Pradesh- 421
Jammu and Kashmir- 4,285
Jharkhand- 1,256
Karnataka- 5,760
Kerala- 2,005
Ladakh- 103
Madhya Pradesh- 9,638
Maharashtra- 88,528
Manipur- 272
Meghalaya- 36
Mizoram- 42
Nagaland- 123
Odisha- 2,994
Puducherry- 127
Punjab- 2,663
Rajasthan- 10,763
Sikkim- 7
Tamil Nadu- 33,229
Telangana- 3,580
Tripura- 838
Uttarakhand- 1,411
Uttar Pradesh- 10,947
West Bengal – 8,613
State/UT wise total death toll:
Andhra Pradesh- 75
Assam- 4
Bihar- 31
Chandigarh- 5
Chhattisgarh- 4
Delhi- 874
Gujarat- 1,280
Haryana- 39
Himachal Pradesh- 5
Jammu and Kashmir- 45
Jharkhand- 7
Karnataka- 64
Kerala- 16
Ladakh- 1
Madhya Pradesh- 414
Maharashtra- 3,169
Meghalaya- 1
Odisha- 9
Puducherry- 1
Punjab- 53
Rajasthan- 246
Tamil Nadu- 286
Telangana- 123
Uttar Pradesh- 283
Uttarakhand- 13
West Bengal- 405
A total of 1,29,215 people have been cured or discharged from hospitals in India. There are around 1,29,917 active cases currently, according to the Health Ministry.
New Delhi (NVI): Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked for the third consecutive day, after Public Sector oil companies got back to daily revision of fuel prices after keeping them unchanged for a gap of 82 days.
In the national capital, Delhi, petrol prices rose by 54 paise to Rs 73 per litre, while diesel was raised by 58 paise to Rs 71.17, according to the data by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
This is the third consecutive increase in the daily prices of the key auto fuels by the key state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs). So far in Delhi, the price of petrol has risen by Rs 1.74 per litre while prices of diesel has gone up by Rs 1.78 litre during the last three days.
Reportedly, in Mumbai, a litre of petrol today costs Rs 80.01, while diesel is retailing at 69.92 per litre. Likewise in Kolkata, petrol is retailing at 74.98, while diesel is at Rs 67.23 and in Chennai, petrol price is selling at Rs 77.08 and diesel is at Rs 69.74, according to the IOC data.
Oil PSUs – Indian Oil Corp (IOC), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL)- had suspended daily price revisions and retail rates were frozen on March 16 soon after the government on March 14, hiked excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 3 per litre each.
New Delhi (NVI): More than 7.1 million people have now been confirmed to have the coronavirus with at least 4,05,000 people dying from the disease, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, Brazil reported 679 deaths from coronavirus and 15,654 new cases, taking the total number of cases to more than 7,00,000 and death toll to more than 37,000 in the country.
In the US, the total number of coronavirus cases have surpassed 1.95 million with around 1,10,000 fatalities recorded in the country.
The United Kingdom reported 55 new coronavirus-related deaths, the lowest since the lockdown was imposed on March 23. The death toll now stands at 40,597 and a total of 287,399 people have been infected so far.
Poland announced the closure of a dozen coal mines for three weeks starting from Tuesday in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus as miners account for 20 percent of reported cases.
In addition to this, the government in Abu Dhabi has extended by one week a ban introduced on June 2 that prohibits people from moving in and out of the emirate and travelling between its major cities.
Furthermore, World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to press on with efforts to contain the novel coronovirus, noting the global situation is worsening.
“More than six months into the pandemic this is not the time for any country to take its foot off the pedal,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told an online briefing.
New Delhi (NVI): The coronavirus cases in India saw a jump of 9,987 in the last 24 hours, raising the total number to 2,66,598.
The death toll due to the virus rose to 7,466 with 266 new fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry said.
In Maharashtra, the COVID-19 cases increased to 88,528, followed by Tamil Nadu with 33,229 cases, and Delhi with 29,943 cases.
Maharashtra has also reported the highest number of fatalities at 3,169, followed by 1,280 in Gujarat and 414 in Madhya Pradesh.
The death toll in the national capital rose to 874, while 11,357 patients in Delhi have recovered so far, the healthy ministry data shows.
Other states with a high virus hit included are
Gujarat (20,545) Rajasthan (10,763), Uttar Pradesh (1,947) and Madhya Pradesh (9,638).
So far, 1,29,215 patients have been cured all over the country. With this India’s recovery rate is said to be one of the best in the world.
Meanwhile, with India relaxing restrictions, a surge in cases is expected to begin soon, with several states already showing upward shift from their trend pattern in the last few days.
