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On March 2020, the scientists spotted the formation of an unusual hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic region. The hole spotted over the Arctic region was the largest hole identified till date. But, the European Union's Copernicus, an Earth observation programme declared that the largest hole on the ozone layer detected on March 2020, over the Arctic region (i.e) over the North pole is closed. Copernicus of European Union made the announcement via Twitter post of April 23. They wrote, "The unprecedented 2020 northern hemisphere #OzoneHole has come to an end. The #PolarVortex split, allowing #ozone-rich air into the Arctic, closely matching last week's forecast from the #CopernicusAtmosphere Monitoring Service." We know that, the humanity is facing a great threat called Corona Pandemic which has stepped into every nation as deadly virus and made people to stay inside their homes to avoid getting infected. Since, there is complete lockdown, we get to see videos

North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un was reported unwell a few weeks ago, reason being “ excessive smoking, obesity, and overwork,” and was said to have undergone a cardiovascular procedure on April 12. The country did not put out a clear word about its leader’s health. What triggered suspicion in International scenario was Kim’s absence from two of the country’s key events - April 15 celebrations, which marks birth anniversary of Kim’s grandfather and regime’s founder, Kim Il Sung, and April 25 annual parade, which commemorates the establishment of country’s armed forces. What followed Kim’s absence was panic among people, who reportedly have started stockpiling necessities, anticipating the worst. Kim’s total disappearance from public eye sparked rumours that the North Korean leader could be gravely ill or maybe even dead. But given the regime’s control over media and flow of information, its almost impossible to get access to the truth. North Korea could be keeping the truth u

Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea is the name that floods in the Internet with most of news articles, probably after Corona Pandemic. Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un is a North Korean politician serving as Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011, and has served as Leader of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2012. Kim is the second child of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's second leader from 1994 to 2011, and Ko Yong-hui. Kim Jong Un has skipped one of Pyongyang's most important and largest holidays - the birthday commemoration of his grandfather and the country's founder, Kim Il Sung. Kim Jong-un's health and rumours North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un's absence during the birthday commemoration of his grandfather is unusual which was his first absence since taking power in 2011. Rumours and speculation over the North Korean leader's health began after he did not appear at a key state holiday on April 15. He has not been seen in public since. T

Corona Pandemic which emerged from Wuhan, China have now spread to almost every nation in the world and no matter the nation is an developed nor developing one. The deadly virus didn't spare any nation and have vigorously spread all-over; which includes developed nations on the west and eat. Talking about United States, the corona virus was declared a 'pandemic' only after seeing the adverse effects it caused in such a developed nation. Donald Trump, The President of United States of America  made immediate changes, regulated lockdown policies, built new hospitals, funds medical researchers to get through a proper vaccine to fight corona pandemic. But, the orders that Trump signed and announced about the Immigration policies was something unexpected. President Donald Trump on April 22 signed an order to temporarily block some foreigners from permanent residence in the United States. The order is to last for 60 days and then will be reviewed and possibly extended.

After the coronavirus outbreak, the United Nations called for a worldwide ban on the wet markets in China. Among numerous such infectious diseases, SARS and Covid-19 are believed to have originated from such markets as one in Wuhan. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that the United States had called China and demanded permanent closure of the wet markets. To understand the Chinese wet markets, here’s a brief introduction: - Chinese wet markets are an everyday shopping place for Chinese people. These are open shops set up on the road where people can purchase live animals of different sorts to cook and eat. It also includes seafood, various wild animals that can be butchered on the spot, fresh vegetables, herbs, and spices. These wet markets have been around for generations and have become an essential part of the Chinese lifestyle. Many Scientists have studied and notified that the root cause of countless infectious diseases like Ebola, SARS, MERS, and

In effort to handle impact due to coronavirus, the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) announced that it is currently offering public mental health consultations. This program will be launched to help people overcome the uncertain developments amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It considers as crucial as physical health services, especially in the midst of daily activities confined in the house due to large-scale social restrictions and anxiety-inducing news updates on the coronavirus. “People who are starting to be struck by anxiety must be guided by experts in the field. We are trying to help people’s situation from turning bad that would overshadow the coronavirus itself,” said KSP Moeldoko in a meeting with the national service system for mental health on Tuesday, April 21. There are three main strategic steps that the service offers, that is comprise of public education, initial consultation, and guidance. Moeldoko also rallied everyone to contribute to the

Many workers have been abandoned by their governments during a difficult period when the world is fighting the virus.  The United Arab Emirates is extremely concerned that some governments are not making any efforts to bring their citizens home.  Due to the growing threat of the spread of coronavirus, many enterprises are closing down, people are losing their jobs.  And despite the fact that the UAE extended the visa for migrant workers who are in the country, this does not solve the situation of those who are left without work or urgently need to go to their family.  Many states have already taken measures to repatriate their citizens, sent charters for them and provided security upon arrival at home.  At the same time, most migrants are still in a difficult situation, since the governments of their states are not taking any action.  Indian Ambassador to the UAE Pavan Kapoor said New Delhi cannot repatriate a large number of its citizens, trying to overcome the coronavirus in i

Coronavirus outbreak has led to changes in alcohol drinking patterns of the people across the countries. However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a statement on Monday warning the people of higher health risks from alcohol consumption amid COVID-19 pandemic. WHO’s Regional Office for Europe released an advisory reminding the people that drinking alcohol does not guarantee protection from COVID-19 virus. The international body also published a factsheet clarifying about the claims that high-strength alcohol can kill the virus, calling it a "dangerous myth". WHO added that consumption of high-strength alcohol can result in severe health issues, including death, particularly if it is adulterated with methanol. The health organization also pointed out that alcohol consumption weakens the immunity system of the body and can lead to a range of communicable and noncommunicable diseases and mental health disorders. These can make a person more exposed and vuln

The US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs intends to examine the circumstances surrounding the emergence of coronavirus, in particular the role of China and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the spread of infection.  This was announced by committee chairman Ron Johnson.  “ Where did it all begin?  Was it Transmitted from animal to human?  Was he distributed from a laboratory in China?  Perhaps there were best intentions to develop different methods, methods of treating coronavirus as a whole.  We need to know what role WHO could play in hiding this information, ”he said.  In addition, senators intend to find out why the United States was not sufficiently prepared for the possible danger, why the necessary medical equipment and drugs are manufactured abroad and there is a shortage of them in the country, as well as how the virus spread, and what was WHO's primary response to the outbreak.  The Senate believes that China and WHO have not taken

Trump says “instincts” will shape his decision on reopening the economy. His health advisers say data is key. President Donald Trump and two of his top public health advisers have taken different stances on the issue of when — and how — the decision to ease social distancing will be made. Trump has advocated for aggressive goals in recent days, and said Saturday on Fox News that he plans to base his decision on when to adjust federal social distancing guidelines and ask businesses to reopen “on a lot of facts and a lot of instincts.” But two of his health advisers, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, argued for a decision based only on the former Sunday. In separate appearances on CNN’s State of the Union and ABC’s Meet the Press, both officials emphasized that their recommendations would be based solely on constantly-changing data, hesitated to make firm or swe

Contact tracing is a technique to find out how many people have come in contact with an infected person and then figuring out the entire web of people those individuals interacted with. The tracing is done through smartphone's Bluetooth signals, which would identify with whom all the owner of the device recently met, level of proximity and duration of the meeting, if it was long enough to catch a contagion. As the tracing goes on, a warning message is sent to all those who came in contact with the infected person, along with a local health authority. The technique would help prevent the outbreak of the deadly diseases like COVID-19. Since the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus, many tech companies have been working on building various applications to conduct a similar tracking, but their major limitation came in terms of scale, features, software or region. On Friday, Technology giants Apply and Google announced their joint project to develop a contact tracing ap

The novel coronavirus continues to be a global challenge as nations fight to contain the pandemic, while pregnant women are at a greater risk as pregnancy suppresses the immune system. As per the World Health Organization, few diseases can cause illness during pregnancy, yet the chances of Covid-19 are uncertain. There is very little data available, and research is currently underway to understand the impacts of the coronavirus infection on pregnant women. Presently there is no evidence that they are at a higher risk. However, they're advised to take precautionary measures and stay safe from exposure to the Covid-19, the WHO added. Commonly, a pregnant woman visits hospital for regular checkup and tests till the due date with the gynecologist, but during the Covid-19 lockdown, things have changed a lot. According to doctors, pregnant women usually experience fatigue, anxiety, mood swing, nausea, and backache. However, adding to the symptoms for the first time, they are f

The pandemic outbreak of coronavirus has changed the course of life and made face-masks, deserted roads, temperature checks-points, police check-posts, house quarantine, work from home, and virtual meetings our new normal. While coughing and sneezing has become a taboo, social distancing has become a global cure against this contagion. Today, with failing health systems, crippling economies, blocked supplies and dying populations, the world needs to stand together more than ever. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 crisis is bringing out the worst of human element - whether its banning export of essential commodities at national level, or non-sharing of resources at state level or stockpiling greedily at an individual level.   Like most of the nations across world, India is also under complete lockdown and in such circumstances falling sick even with an influenza can be a very daunting experience. A few weeks ago due to a sinus attack I was feeling sick and went to the nearest chemist b

As the globe fights the battle against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic, people are coming together to help each other in these tiring times. Amid the efforts made by people from across the countries to help each other, Women’s March co-founder and Islamist activist Linda Sarsour kickstarted a fundraiser under the aegis of the pandemic. However, it has been alleged that the Sharia law apologist is making capital out of the Coronavirus pandemic to raise donations for American Islamic Relief Organization called Baitumaal USA, which has ties with the Islamist terror group Hamas. Linda Sarsour has started the campaign to raise money for the terror organization through its “COVID-19 Emergency Fund and their support of the people of Gaza”. As per reports, Sarsour's Baitulmaal organization has raised several eyes for its terror support. It is listed as a partnering organization with the Unlimited Friends Association for Social Development (UFA), which allegedly has ties with the terro