Healthcare waste from COVID threatens environment: WHO

A CCORDING to the agency’s Global analysis of healthcare waste in the context of COVID-19: status, impacts and recommendations, the mainly plastic trashthreatens human and environmental health, ..............
Covax opens new front in pandemic arms race
COVAX aims to break the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 by ensuring a steady supply of vaccines at last for the world’s poorest countries — and swiftly getting them into arms.
WHO says pandemic ‘nowhere near over’ as France, Germany post record cases
THE highly transmissible Omicron strain has spread unabated around the world, pushing some governments to impose fresh measures while speeding up the rollout of vaccine booster shots.
Thoughts on the 110th anniversary of Alfred Wegener’s ‘continental drift’ hypothesis
A few comments can be made on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the reportage of this novel, pioneering and essentially correct scientific hypothesis.
As cases rise, India fears another Covid catastrophe
HAUNTED by the spectre of last year’s crisis, India is bracing for a deluge of Covid-19 cases, with authorities of various megacities bringing in restrictions in a bid to keep infections in check.
24th Olympic Winter Games 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
THE Winter Olympics are an international sports competition held every four years. The XXIV Olympic Winter Games, commonly known as the 2022 ..............
Try to become State builders in line with the national objectives of Independence Day

MYANMAR regained its independence on 4 January 1948 which falls in the winter.