Canada crossed the grim mark of 25,000 Covid-19 fatalities on Tuesday. But, that unfortunate milestone was reached as health authorities are increasingly positive of a return to a semblance of normalcy over the summer and into autumn.Canada has now recorded 25,018 deaths from Covid-19. The first death was reported on March 9 last year. But with the third wave of the pandemic waning in the country, and vaccinations ongoing, there may be room for optimism.This was echoed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a media interaction that “this summer once cases are low and at least 75% of people have…
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The U.S. House passed by a wide bipartisan margin legislation to combat hate crimes across the country, a measure sparked by a sharp rise in attacks against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders since the coronavirus pandemic began.The 364-62 vote comes just weeks after the Senate passed the same legislation and sends it to President Joe Biden, who called for speedy action after March’s shootings by a white gunman at three Atlanta-area spas that left eight people dead. The victims included six women of Asian descent.While the bill bolsters resources for addressing hate crimes more broadly, supporters said it will send a…
A Spanish study on mixing Covid-19 vaccines has found that giving a dose of Pfizer’s drug to people who already received a first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine is highly safe and effective, preliminary results showed on Tuesday.The Combivacs study, run by Spain’s state-backed Carlos III Health Institute, found the presence of IgG antibodies in the bloodstream was between 30 and 40 times higher in people who got the follow-up Pfizer shot than in a control group who only received one AstraZeneca dose.Meanwhile, the presence of neutralising antibodies rose sevenfold after a Pfizer dose, significantly more than the doubling effect observed…
Google I/O 2021 has kicked off on Tuesday, May 18. Despite previous reports saying that the annual event would be delayed due to the pandemic, it’s high time that what recently happened was an outstanding report for the Android users. (Photo : Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MAY 28: Google senior vice president of product Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address during the 2015 Google I/O conference on May 28, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The annual Google I/O conference runs through May 29. After its successful finish, here are the things that were discussed for the yearly conference.…
Squirrels are often a nuisance for homeowners who have secret storage for nuts. Not all people can create an effective trap and maze for the nimble rodents, but that’s not the case for the former NASA engineer. The pandemic has transformed people’s boredom into something useful. During the peak of lockdown, the anti-squirrel obstacle course was devised by Mark Rober, who once worked in the international space agency. Squirrels are often a nuisance for homeowners who have secret storage for nuts. Not all people can create an effective trap and maze for the nimble rodents, but that’s not the case for the former…
A coronavirus variant that was first detected in India has been found in 86 districts across the UK, health secretary Matt Hancock said. Authorities have identified 2,323 cases of the variant, with cases doubling in the past week in Bolton and Blackburn in England, Hancock said.With 86 local authorities confirmed to have five or more cases of the variant, Hancock said it was vital that people get vaccinated. Most people with the variant known as B.1.617.2 in areas around Bolton hadn’t received a vaccine shot, he said.At least 200 million doses of Covid vaccines have been given in the EU,…
Israel bombarded Gaza with airstrikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull during which the UN managed to send a small fuel convoy into the enclave.Israeli leaders said they would press on, for now, with an offensive to destroy the capabilities of the armed factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, amid fresh calls by the US and other world powers for an end to the conflict.“The fighting will not cease until we bring total and long-term quiet,” Israeli defence minister Benny Gantz said, blaming Hamas for the escalation in Israeli-Palestinian fighting. Hamas began firing…
When NVIDIA released their Turing series of graphics cards, another game-changing tech came with them aside from dedicated ray-tracing cores: DLSS or deep-learning supersampling. And now, Team Green is bringing this excellent upscaling tech to VR. (Photo : Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)TAIPEI, TAIWAN – 2021/03/30: American multinational technology company incorporated in Delaware, Nvidia office seen in Taipei. As reported by Overclock3D, NVIDIA DLSS support is coming to 9 games for the month of May, with 3 VR titles among them. These are: The three virtual reality games will be the first of their kind to support NVIDIA’s patented AI-powered…
At least four people were killed in roof collapse incidents after a dust storm followed by light rain hit parts of Karachi on Tuesday evening, caused due to the influence of the cyclone system in southern Pakistan’s vicinity.The districts in lower Sindh including Karachi have been under the influence of cyclonic storm Tauktae, and on Monday the mercury rose to 43.5 degrees Celsius in Karachi.According to the Dawn, at least four people were killed in roof collapse incidents after a dust storm followed by light rain hit parts of Karachi on Tuesday evening after the city remained in the grips…
The earthquake’s epicenter was at Bhulbhule of Lamjung district, according to Dr Lokbijay Adhikari, Seismologist, National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center. ANI | , Kathmandu UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2021 06:58 AM IST An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 Richter scale struck Nepal on Wednesday morning (local time) as per the National Earthquake Monitoring and Research Center.The quake took place around 5:42 AM Nepal (Local time), 113 KM North West of Kathmandu.”Epicenter of the earthquake lies at Bhulbhule of Lamjung District this morning at around 5:42 (Local Time). It has been recorded with 5.8 magnitudes,” Dr Lokbijay Adhikari, Seismologist, National Earthquake…