Char Dham Yatra 2022: Uttarakhand govt issues guidelines amid Covid pandemic. Details here

China's attempts to remove all traces of Covid from the country have now taken a strange twist.A new edict from officials has been given to funeral homes, and it demands that they test the dead for the virus which is still ravaging the country.The government-backed Shenzhen Funeral Home was given the order last week, after case numbers in the city continued to be reported.Across the entire country, new cases discovered were reported to be 6,392 yesterday (May 28), with around 64,488 active cases across the entire country.Since the pandemic began, China has had more than 1.2 million cases – but only 5,226 deaths.This hasn't stopped the Chinese government from pushing ahead with its “zero Covid” policy, which is something Labour's Richard Burgon pushed for in the UK throughout the pandemic.And now a funeral home in Shenzhen has been told to test the dead for Covid.The hope is, is that anyone who tests positive will be isolated so that mourners won't catch Covid at open-casket funerals.The edict was shown to website Sixth Tone, who said: “An operator at Shenzhen’s city service hotline said they were unable to locate official documents and policies requiring a nucleic acid test of the deceased.“Shenzhen has made negative results from the past 72 hours mandatory to access public transport and crowded spaces since early April.“Such requirements sometimes resulted in tragedies for those in urgent need of medical treatment during the lockdown in other cities.”The testing of the dead policy was slammed by some online locally as “ethically and emotionally unacceptable”, while being criticised for showing “little respect to the dead”.One user on Chinese social media site Weibo wrote: “I’m not sure if I would have to wear a mask for

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Rich Flu.As reported in Variety, Culkin will join Daniel Brühl and Rosamund Pike in the new film, which is directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia.Filming will begin on the project this autumn and it’s described as a “high-concept social thriller in which a deadly disease starts killing off the richest people on the planet,” according to Variety.The description adds: “At first it strikes the billionaires, then the multi-millionaires, and so on. With the whole world panicking and headed for collapse, people are trying to flood the market with assets they no longer want, in hopes of saving their skin.”Gaztelu-Urrutia is directing Rich Flu from a script he co-wrote with Pedro Rivero, who he’d previously worked with on The Platform, as well as David Desola and Sam Steiner.Culkin had his breakthrough role in the Home Alone franchise and starred in other 90s films such as The Good Son, My Girl and Richie Rich. After taking a break from acting, he returned with roles in 2003’s Party Monster and 2007’s Sex and Breakfast.

Covid-19 lockdown, Chinese commercial hub Shanghai has also said that "unreasonable" curbs on businesses will be removed from 1 June.

Covid pandemic, Indian startups have been creating wealth and value with entrepreneurs emerging from smaller cities and towns as well.

shooting in Uvalde, Texas.The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for more than an hour — could lead to discipline, lawsuits and even criminal charges against police.The attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead in a fourth grade classroom was the nation’s deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, and for three days police offered a confusing and sometimes contradictory timeline that drew public anger and frustration. Texas governor says he was ‘misled’ about police response to Uvalde school shooting By Friday, authorities acknowledged that students and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Robb Elementary School.

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TEMPE, Ariz. - Miraculously, no one was seriously hurt Thursday when a car crashed through a beauty store in Tempe.According to police, the incident happened on May 26 near Mill and Southern Avenues when a driver unintentionally left the car in drive. When the driver got back into the car to put it in park, they accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the car to crash into the store."We don't know how it happened, honestly," said a young woman who was inside the car as a passenger during the incident.

vaccine doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 193.28 crore.

Ukraine.The Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern Fleet in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile in the Barents Sea, successfully hitting a practice target in the White Sea about 1,000 kilometers (540 nautical miles) away. Putin says he’s willing to discuss ways for Ukraine to resume shipments of grain  The launch was the latest in a series of tests of Zircon, which is set to enter service later this year.Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Zircon is capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).

SANFORD, Fla. - A comet that broke apart 27 years ago is adding some intrigue to what is usually a rather modest meteor shower this year, with potential for a spectacular display of shooting stars Monday night.Or, astronomers said, it could totally wash out leaving relatively blank skies for eager meteor shower gazers.The meteor shower is courtesy of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 – also abbreviated SW3. The comet was discovered in 1930 and had since made routine mundane trips around the sun every 5.4 years as a faint comet and the source of the annual but tepid Tau-Herculids meteor shower in late May.  WHO WAS JAMES WEBB? THE NAMESAKE BEHIND THE SPACE TELESCOPE That is, until 1995 when suddenly the comet became considerably brighter.

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OLD CITY - Fireworks lit up the night sky in Penn’s Landing as many folks are out enjoying the unofficial start to summer. It’s Memorial Day weekend and, after two years, many are thrilled to participate in a more normal holiday, filled with family, friends, food and a whole lot of fun.A free concert and a ticket back to normalcy on the waterfront Saturday night."It’s great to be around people and still trying to social distance, if I can, but it’s still exciting to be outside," Roxanne Jackson said. "I usually come down here in the summer, when it gets hot.

WOLF CREEK, Pa. - Pennsylvania state police say they have solved the slaying of a Chicago man whose burning body was found 42 years ago near Interstate 80 in a northwestern Pennsylvania town.Edwin Rodriguez was identified through the use of DNA testing and genealogy tools.He was 18 when he and a family friend, Nestor Quintanal, left Chicago for Florida in the fall of 1980, and Rodriguez’s family never heard from him again.His burning body was found Nov.

A firefighter works on putting out a hotspot from a wildfire on Friday May 13, 2022 in Mora, NM. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Warnings of critical fire conditions blanketed much of the U.S.

Today we are reporting 4,841 community cases, 383 hospitalisations, and nine deaths.

Steven Del Duca’s “leaked” memo and the Liberals’ electoral ceiling. Andrea Horwath’s last kick at the can? And most importantly: Does the Keg count as fine dining in Canada? 

monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 200 confirmed or suspected infections mostly in Europe.

UVALDE, Texas - The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers moved swiftly to the center of the investigation into this week's shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for more than an hour — could lead to discipline, lawsuits and even criminal charges against police.The attack that left 19 children and two teachers dead in a fourth grade classroom was the nation's deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, and for three days police offered a confusing and sometimes contradictory timeline that drew public anger and frustration.By Friday, authorities acknowledged that students and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Robb Elementary School. Officials said he believed that the suspect was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms and that there was no longer an active attack.Mementos decorate a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 28, 2022.

WEST PHILADELPHIA - Police in West Philadelphia are investigating a shooting that injured a four-year-old child.Officials say police were called to the 4200 block of Fairmount Avenue on the report of a child shot inside a vehicle.When police arrived, they discovered a four-year-old had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the hand.The child was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in a private vehicle and placed in stable condition.AdvertisementPolice say the investigation is ongoing.

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Chelsea star Louise Thompson has offered an insight into a ‘very scary situation’ after she started bleeding on holiday.The former reality TV star, 32, was enjoying baby son Leo-Hunter’s first trip abroad when she went into ‘deep panic mode.’Louise was holidaying with her family in Mykonos when the issue arose, relating to an existing medical condition she suffers from called ulcerative colitis (UC).The condition is an incurable autoimmune condition which causes someone’s colon to become inflamed and bleed after small ulcers develop.According to the NHS, UC affects around 146,000 people in the UK.Louise took to her Instagram story to give her fans and update, writing: ‘Radio silence yesterday because I had a very scary UC situation where I started bleeding A LOT without any muscular contractions and it sent me into deep panic mode.’She added that she finds ‘excessive bleeding pretty triggering’ after a traumatic birth of her son.‘Couldn’t get to grips with the idea of a 1 hour air ambulance to Athens if things got bad so I booked a flight to come home – but after a chat with a wonderful gastro I’ve decided to stay,’ she added.Louise then shared a second photo to show she was eating a ‘colitis friendly breakfast’ of eggs, salmon, white bread and melon.The influencer has been open about her condition in the past in a bid to raise awareness, previously explaining that her ‘goal’ is to be ‘in remission’ she she ‘doesn’t have any symptoms.’‘You have it for life and there’s no cure, but you have periods of remission and then you also have flare ups,’ she explained.‘With regards to day-to-day life, when I’m in remission I don’t have any symptoms – so that’s the goal.‘You want to manage your body so you can get to that place and

Ozzy Osbourne is refusing to be defeated by his recent health troubles and is back in the recording studio.The notorious headbanger contracted Covid-19 earlier this month, with talk show host wife Sharon Osbourne, 69, later also testing positive after flying home to care for him.The Black Sabbath rocker, 73, also has Parkinson’s disease and continues to battle other medical issues after injuries from a 2003 quad bike accident were aggravated when he fell at home in America in 2019.However, he remains determined to keep making music and wants to get back on stage too.The Rock legend was pictured visiting Andrew Watt’s music studio in Beverly Hills this weekend, appearing frail but using a walking stick to get around.Ozzy – who has shared that he struggles to walk properly nowadays – walked alongside a friend and wore a long red coat and his signature sunglasses.The musician last released a song in January 2020 in collaboration with Sir Elton John. It was the third single from his album Under the Graveyard, with his last solo single being Straight to Hell, released in November 2019.As for performing, his band’s The End Tour concluded in February 2017 with the final two gigs being played in the band’s native Birmingham.However, he only has more to give and recently told Classic Rock magazine that he is taking his recording studio with him when he and Sharon move back to England.‘I am going to build a barn there and make my own studio at Welders.

AMBLER, Pa. - For some, Memorial Day weekend may conjure images of grilling on the barbeque and the sounds of summer, but for others, it’s a solemn reminder of how fragile freedom truly is.More than 400 flags were placed at the grave markers of each person buried at Whitemarsh Memorial Park, in Ambler Saturday."The Boy Scouts just got done placing smaller flags throughout the park. We will also have a veterans tribute at our Veterans Memorial Garden Sunday and a full day of events on Monday," General Manager of Whitemarsh Memorial Park Lauren Scudieri said.Leo Varanowski and Apollo Marks are just two of the Boy Scouts volunteering to place flags.

Nine Inch Nails will headline Boston Calling for a second night after The Strokes were forced to pull out due to a member of their camp testing positive for coronavirus.In a statement posted to Instagram this morning (May 28), The Strokes announced their set at Boston Calling tonight (May 28) and their show in support of congressional candidate Kina Collins on Monday (May 30) would be affected.Trent Reznor and co. performed a 21-song set at the Boston festival last night (May 27), appearing in place of Foo Fighters following the death of their drummer, Taylor Hawkins.“We’re very sorry for the conditions that led to us being here.

KENSINGTON - Philadelphia police are investigating a double shooting that killed one man and injured a 25-year-old woman.Officials say police responded to the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue Saturday, just before 5:30 p.m. for reported gunshots.Officers arrived to find a man, thought to be in his 30s, suffering from two gunshot wounds to the chest.

baby formula shortage continues to worsen as baby formula makers and the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continue to face bipartisan grilling on what led to the national crisis.  For the week ending May 22, the out-of-stock rate for baby formula rose to 70% nationwide, according to recent data by retail data firm Datasembly.

Amur leopard Dot with her cubs, Anya and Irina.  (Photo by Jackie McGarrahan, Saint Louis Zoo)One of the world’s rarest cats has a new addition to the family. Two Amur leopards, named Anya and Irina, were born last month at the Saint Louis Zoo. The female cubs are the first born at the zoo since 2010 and are a significant contribution to the animal’s population, the zoo said. The Amur leopard is considered one of the most endangered cats in the world.

Jupiter (centre left) and Mars (centre left below) appear next to each other in the sky, above Ely in Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images) Memorial Day weekend may unofficially kick off the start of summer, and this holiday weekend brings an extra special treat to the night skies. Mars and Jupiter are going to draw incredibly close in the predawn sky on the nights of May 27-30. NASA says the two planets will appear 20 degrees or so above the horizon in the eastern-southeastern sky.

A Philadelphia firefighter sustained injuries and was hospitalized while battling a row home fire in Nicetown. NICETOWN - A firefighter was injured battling a fire in Philadelphia’s Nicetown section.Officials say crews responded to a fire in a row home on the 4200 block of North 15th Street Saturday, just before 1:30 in the afternoon.Firefighters arrived to see flames and smoke billowing from the second story of the residence.In the process of fighting the flames, a firefighter was injured falling from a ladder.That firefighter was rushed to a nearby hospital.

COVID-19 infection and a decrease in hospitalizations on Saturday.There are currently 1,239 patients in hospital being treated for the disease caused by the virus, which is a drop of 49 from Friday.Health officials say 30 people are being treated in intensive care — a drop of six from the day before.The total death toll in the province now stands at 15,346.Quebec public health says the province administered 9,271 vaccinations in the last 24 hours.Close to 87 per cent of Quebecers have received at least one dose of the vaccine, 52 per cent have received a third dose and 13 per cent a fourth dose.–with files from the Canadian Press

Covovax is now available for children in India.

No decision has been taken during the NTAGI meeting on Friday regarding the vaccination of children between the age group of 5-12 years against COVID19. The meeting remained inconclusive about firming up SoP and detailed guidelines for vaccination. 

Centre on Thursday notified that a decision regarding vaccination of children will be taken on the basis of the recommendation by an expert committee. This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed vaccination of all eligible children at the earliest with “special campaigns" in schools is a priority for the Government. 

₹105.41 per litre, while diesel costs ₹96.67 per litre. Prices were last hiked by 80 paise a litre each on 6 April. Petrol and diesel prices rose a total of Rs10 per litre each during 22 March-6 April.

Covid jab and precaution dose, as it is called, is nine months.

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Covid cases. But there is no need to panic. Precautionary measures would be taken in border areas to control the pandemic," said the CM.

Covid-19 cases in the country over the last two weeks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be chairing a meeting to assess the situation with Chief Ministers on April 27 via video conferencing.

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the state have stood at 40,057 for over a month now.

Delhi's R-value was recorded at 2.1 this week. This means that every infected person is infecting two others in the national capital

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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that the state government will bring coronavirus guidelines after video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the ongoing Covid-19 situation on 27 April.

Covovax vaccines was presented to Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Health of Thailand on April 21 in Bangkok," it said.