Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: pandemic

Hajj 2021: Saudi Arabia again bars foreign pilgrims due to COVID

Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced that no foreign pilgrims will be allowed to perform the Hajj, Muslims' annual pilgrimage, once again this year due...

NCPCR data reveals thousands of kids lost parents due to coronavirus, states take action

In the last week of April, when the COVID-19 daily caseload in India crossed the catastrophic 4,00,000 mark, a five-year-old girl staying with her COVID-19 contracted parents in Mangalore’s Father Mullers Hospital became an orphan overnight, losing three family members within hours.

World’s worst 5 pandemic leaders

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are both accused of mishandling their countries’ COVID-19 outbreaks. Pavel Golovin/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Sumit...

Pilgrimage in a pandemic: lessons from Mecca on containing COVID-19

Ahmed Kalebi, University of Nairobi As a Muslim, at least once a year I go on pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, located in Saudi...

WHO declares COVID mutation found in India ‘variant of concern’ for global health

The World Health Organization on Monday classified a coronavirus mutation first detected in India as a "variant of concern" for global health, warning that it appears to be more contagious than other strains.

Global military spending grew nearly $2 trillion in 2020 despite pandemic, India third highest spender

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, global military spending rose to nearly $2 trillion in 2020, according to an analysis published Monday by the Stockholm International Peace...