Tag: World
World Toilet Day: Twitterati Highlight Achievements, To-do List
With people across the world observing World Toilet Day on Tuesday, Twitter users too posted comments on what all had been done on the issue of open defecation so far, whereas a few had a humorous take on the serious matter. ....
World Test Championship: Matches Lost Due To Covid Won't Be Counted
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board on Thursday approved a recommendation from the Anil Kumble-headed ICC Cricket Committee to change the World Test Championship (WTC) rules. ....
World Test Championship: COVID-19 Pushes Australia To Top, India To No.2
Australia climbed to the top and pushed India to the second spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) after the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday effected changes to the WTC rules after several series could not be played due to Covid-19 pandemic. ....
Global Coronavirus Cases Surpass 60 Million: JHU
Global coronavirus cases surpassed 60 million on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. ....
Nepal To Announce New Height Of Mt Everest Soon
Nepal is going to announce the new height of Mt Everest, the world's tallest peak, very soon. ....
Football legend Diego Maradona has died, aged 60, according to Argentine media reports. Widely rated as the greatest player of all time, Maradona was captain when Argentina won the 1986 World Cup. The tournament featured a number of sublime performances from the legendary forward, the most prominent of which came in a quarter-final match against England and the goal he scored in the match which came after a 60-yard run with the ball from midfield, dribbling past six English players has since been dubbed 'Goal of the Century'. Born in a slum are....
HIV/AIDS: Know Causes, Symptoms And Prevention (World AIDS Day 2020)
World AIDS Day is observed on every 1st December to create awareness. AIDS is defined as an acquired immune deficiency syndrome also at times known as HIV. AIDS is a chronic condition that develops as a consequence of HIV infection which has annihilated the immune system of a person specifically the CD4 cells. ....
Coronavirus Could Result In More HIV Cases, AIDS-related Deaths: UN
On World AIDS Day on Tuesday, a latest report from the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic could result in 123,000 to 293,000 new HIV cases and 69,000 to 148,000 additional AIDS-related deaths in the next two years. ....
UP Jeweller Makes 'priceless' Diamond Ring, Sets World Record
A jeweller from Meerut has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for making a ring with the maximum number of diamonds. ....
Football Great Paolo Rossi's Tale Of Redemption Ends (Obituary)
Football great Paolo Rossi, who died of lung cancer aged 64 on December 9, won the Italian Serie A twice and the European Cup once in his illustrious career, but the tournament that he is most widely associated with, for good reason, is the 1982 World Cup. ....
