‘Everyone Was High’: Indian-Origin Advisor’s Viral Video Reveals Drug-Fueled Sex Parties, Watch

25 Sep 2024

A former New York City health official, Dr. Jay Varma, has been dismissed from his role at SIGA Technologies after controversial comments regarding attending drug-fueled sex parties during the COVID-19 pandemic were revealed. The fallout comes on the heels of a hidden-camera recording that surfaced online, leading to significant public...

WHO Reveals Updated List Of Possible Pandemic Pathogens

05 Aug 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released an updated list of over 30 pathogens that have the potential to trigger the next pandemic. This list includes well-known viruses such as influenza A, dengue, and monkeypox, along with new bacterial strains responsible for diseases like cholera and plague. The WHO aims...

Bird flu could be “100 times worse” than COVID-19, scientists warn

05 Apr 2024

A potential deadly bird flu pandemic, which experts warn could be "100 times worse" than COVID-19, may be looming following a rare human case discovered in Texas, according to a report by the New York Post. The H5N1 avian flu has rapidly spread since a new strain was detected in...

China to restart broad visa approvals which was halted due to pandemic

14 Mar 2023

China will resume issuing a range of visas to foreigners beginning March 15, 2023, announced the country's embassy in Washington on Monday (local time). In addition to new travel documents being reviewed and approved, visas issued before March 28, 2020, that are still valid will once again allow entry to...

China records highest number of daily cases since start of pandemic

24 Nov 2022

China recorded the highest number of daily Covid cases ever since start of the pandemic started as revealed by the official data. "Chinese mainland reported 3,927 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, and 27,517 new local asymptomatic cases." State media reported. On Monday, China's top health official said that country is...

WHO says COVID-19 is not over; sets five focus areas with a warning

20 Oct 2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic remains a global emergency. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, WHO director-general, said, "This pandemic has surprised us before and very well may again."The statement comes amid new sub-variants sparking concern in some parts of the world, a month after Tedros...

India’s daily Covid cases are at a four-month low ahead of the festive season

04 Oct 2022

India's Covid-19 infection tally fell below 2,000 for the first time in four months on Tuesday, with the country recording 1,968 new infections in the previous 24 hours. Over 26,300 new infections were reported in India in the week ending October 2. After two years of muted celebrations due to...

A Japanese man who gets paid to do “nothing”

06 Sep 2022

Whatever your dream job is, but nothing can be better than getting paid for doing nothing. Shoji Morimoto, a 38-year-old resident of Tokyo, gets paid to do nothing. He charges 10,000 yen (5,670 INR) per booking to accompany clients and simply exist as a companion. Morimoto said, "Basically, I rent...

Five Dumb Things Elon Musk Has Said

05 Sep 2022

When it comes to Elon Musk being no stranger to completely wacky Tweets, we'll fall short of things to write on. The man who is ruling the land, space, and even our digital sphere has some bizarre things that Elon has written through his Twitter account. Here are the top...