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Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina kills over 40
New Delhi, April 22 A severe outbreak of dengue fever in Argentina has killed more than 40 people and infected over 60,000, the media reported. Dengue is the most common viral infection that spreads from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to people. It is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. Dengue ...New injectable cell therapy shows promise to treat osteoarthritis
New York, April 22 Scientists have created a promising injectable cell therapy to treat osteoarthritis that both reduces inflammation and also regenerates articular cartilage. Recently identified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a public health crisis, osteoarthritis affects more than 520 million people worldwide who deal with ...EU’s top court halves Polish fine in judicial reform dispute
Warsaw, April 22 The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has halved a 1 million euro ($1.1. million) daily fine imposed on Poland in a row over changes to the country's judicial system that the EU said threatened the rule of law. The CJEU imposed the fine on ...Covid origins ‘may never be revealed’: Top Chinese scientist
London, April 21 The origins of the deadly Covid virus, which infected over 763 million and claimed more than 6.9 million lives globally, may never be revealed, a top Chinese scientist said on Friday. The debate on how the Covid pandemic started has become "too sensitive and politicised", said Dr ...Indian woman climber rescued from Mt. Annapurna thanks people for prayers
Kathmandu, April 21 Baljeet Kaur, the record-holding Indian woman climber who was rescued from Mt. Annapurna this week and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu, has thanked everyone who prayed for her well-being. She went missing on April 17 while descending from the summit point of the ...Ahead of Modi’s visit, renewed calls for naming Sydney suburb as ‘Little India’
Melbourne, April 21 Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia in May, the diaspora community in a western Sydney suburb is renewing calls to officially declare their area as 'Little India'. Home to many popular Indian eateries and retailers, Harris Park is informally referred to as 'Little India' ...Denmark, Netherlands to donate Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
Copenhagen, April 21 The Defence Ministers of Denmark and the Netherlands announced the donation of 14 Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks to Ukraine. A joint statement issued by the the Ministers said the two countries intend to jointly acquire, refurbish and deliver, at an estimated cost of 165 million euros ...US Senate confirms Indian-American as Dy Under Secretary of Defense
Washington, April 21 The US Senate confirmed Indian-American Radha Iyengar Plumb as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment y a bipartisan 68-30 vote. President Joe Biden had nominated Plumb, currently serving as Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, to the position in June ...Sikhism to be part of Virginia school curriculum
New York, April 21 After Utah and Mississippi, Virginia became the 17th state in the US to include Sikhi, or the Sikh faith, in their school curriculum. The Virginia State Board of Education on Thursday voted in favour of new History and Social Science Standards of Learning, which for the ...Jaishankar intensifies diplomatic efforts, meets Guterres, to protect Indians in Sudan
United Nations, April 21 External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has plunged into a round of diplomacy to help resolve the Sudan crisis and protect Indians there, meeting Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and consulting several foreign ministers as international efforts ramped up on the eve of Ramadan. "We, of course, have obviously ...