A large number of marine animals, including whales and dolphins, strand on beaches worldwide each year. Also known as beaching, this process is common in both healthy, as well as injured, marine animals. This also happens with the dead animals that are washed away by the winds. Sometimes even a large group of animals gather at one place, usually near the beach or shore of an island, which is called stranding.
Change is the only constant in life, which scares a lot of people. Change is always difficult to make, whether it is to be made in professional life or personal. When an individual is not confident about the person who is making the changes, he or she will not even bother to invest in that.
The World Health Organization (WHO) sponsors the celebration of World Health Day on April 7 every year. the First World Health Assembly held by the WHO in 1948 declared that it would celebrate April 7 as World Health Day to mark the founding the WHO as well as to ensure that health concerns are highlighted too.
People are not equal, but they all deserve the same right. No one should ever be denied the rights they deserve. Most countries in the world are democracies where people elect the government because of the supreme power invested in their hands, which is the right to vote. Human rights are also coined as fundamental rights. For instance, everyone has the freedom of expression or speech.
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is arguably one of the most watched entertainment sports, for which people don’t even hesitate braving insanely long lines for securing tickets. After an abrupt arrival back in 2008, the IPL has turned 10 this year. With an ever-increasing number of fans and popularity, IPL has changed the landscape of Indian cricket and has emerged as the world’s finest Twenty20 league. IPL certainly owes its unmatched success to the excessive love and support of its fans, which is based on several reasons. Here are some of the common reasons that justify why people love IPL so much.
People have varying sets of imagination when it comes to thinking about the past, present or future. Some are preoccupied with the future, and some stuck in the past. Both tend to forget to live in the present or, say, live for the moment. Thinking is a process where an individual cannot control the flow of thoughts, which in a way makes them keener to get the outcomes. Thinking about the past can be of two types – introspection and rumination.
Coronavirus or COVID-19 has been declared as a global pandemic by the WHO (World Health Organization). According to health experts, until the vaccine is available to eradicate this virus, we have to depend on our immune system to combat this viral infection.
On 5 June every year, the United Nations Environment Programme celebrates World Environment Day in coordination with various governmental and non0governmental agencies throughout the world. We find out the reason behind the celebration of the day.
COVID-19 is a respiratory condition, which is caused by the novel coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses whose symptoms range from common cold, sore throat and breathlessness to more severe diseases.
It is very important to know about COVID-19 because this virus is contagious and can easily spread by direct contact between people. Sadly, there’s no treatment available for COVID-19 yet.
The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has already infected over 2.5 million people around the globe and claimed more than 170,000 lives.
But do you know that some people don’t even get symptoms of coronavirus? According to studies, 80% or more people who are infected are also “silent carriers” without even showing mild symptoms.
As per the latest observations, healthy children and young people are most likely to be asymptomatic for this condition. However, for calculation of the right number of people with no symptoms of this severe illness, proper testing needs to be expanded across the entire population. Sadly, this is not feasible yet.
We’re not sure who do some people with coronavirus infection are asymptomatic while others get the life-threatening condition. But here’s what is known to us so far.