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Study links wildfire smoke exposure to increased risk of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 19 (ANI): A new study has found that wildfire smoke may greatly increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Residents of Canada's Lytton evacuate as catastrophic wildfires devastate
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
British Columbia [Canada], July 2 (ANI): Around 250 residents of Lytton city of Canada's British Columbia have been ordered to evacuate as explosive wildfires broke out amid soaring temperatures causing record heat waves in the province.
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COVID-19 origin: New life to Wuhan lab-leak theory
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): Eighteen months since China reported the first patient with Covid-19 like symptoms, the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread like wildfire over the world claiming the lives of over 35 lakh people and infecting over 16.8 crore in more than 180 countries.
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Greek fire services localize massive wildfire west of Athens
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The forest fire that has continued for almost a week west of Athens has now receded to scattered isolated hotbeds, the Greek Fire Department said on Monday.
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Mizoram forest fire: CM Zoramthanga thanks PM Modi for Centre's prompt ass
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], April 26 (ANI): Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for assuring all possible support from the Centre in overcoming the wildfire in Lunglei and Lawngtlai that broke out on April 24 and and has been raging on since the
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Study reveals wildfire smoke linked to skin disease
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
California [US], April 22 (ANI): A new study suggests that the dangers posed by wildfire smoke may also extend to the largest organ in the human body and our first line of defence against the outside threat: the skin.
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Operation underway to douse forest fire in Uttarakhand's new Tehri distric
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Tehri (Uttarakhand) [India], April 11 (ANI): Fire fighting operations are still underway to douse a massive wildfire that has been raging in a forest near the Budogi area of New Tehri district in Uttarakhand.
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Amid raging second wave of COVID-19, experts speak about current situation
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): It's been more than a year since the deadly coronavirus wreaked havoc in our country, and even after several efforts to contain the spread of it, the second wave of the virus is currently spreading like wildfire in the nation.
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Massive fire raging at MP's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve since Monday
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Umariya (Madhya Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Fire fighting operations are still underway to douse a massive wildfire that has been raging in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve for three days.
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Smoke canopies Nepal as wildfire engulfs 54 districts
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], March 26 (ANI): A thick layer of smoke canopied the Nepali capital Kathmandu and other cities on Friday as 54 districts throughout the nation reported wildfires.
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COVID-19 pneumonia causes more damage than typical pneumonia, says study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Researchers from the Northwestern University claims that COVID-19 pneumonia spreads like multiple wildfires, leaving destroyed lung tissue in its wake.
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Nagaland: Dzukou Valley wildfire brought under control, no fire fighting m
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kohima (Nagaland) [India], January 10 (ANI): The wildfire that engulfed the Dzukou Valley along the Nagaland-Manipur border has been brought under control, while two helicopters continue to be deployed to assist the fire fighting at Dzukou Valley near Nagaland's Kohima, Ministry of Defence (
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