A sixth-grade Indian-American schoolgirl, Preesha Chakraborty made it to the prestigious list of ‘World’s Brightest’ students after competing in the aptitude tests featuring 16,000 students.

Who is Preesha Chakraborty? 9-year-old Indian-American listed among 'world's brightest' students

Natasha Perianayagam, an Indian-American student, was nominated to the Johns Hopkins Center For Talented Youth's list of the "world's brightest" students for the second year in a row based on the results of assessments taken by more than 15,000 students from 76 different countries that were above grade level.

Indian-origin Natasha Perianayagam named ‘world’s brightest’ student by Johns Hopkins for 2nd time in a row

A research paper has claimed that lockdowns enforced during the COVID-19 pandemic had only minimal impact in cutting down deaths compared to other forms of restrictions, and called for an end to such policy as a future pandemic plan.

Lockdowns had little to no effect in cutting down Covid deaths, claims study

A year since the vaccination started, the official death toll due to COVID-19 surpassed 800,000 in the US, making it the country worst hit by the pandemic. According to the tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University, around 450,000 of those deaths took place in 2021, despite vaccines being available since it was first authorised in December 2020.

US Covid death toll tops 800,000 in global record; most who died were unvaccinated

The United States has recorded its lowest death toll in weeks with 382 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours. This was the lowest 24-hour toll in the US since it peaked in mid-April.

US records 382 virus deaths in 24 hours, lowest in weeks: Johns Hopkins University

The United States recorded a further 1,127 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing its total to 97,048 since the global pandemic began, news agency AFP said quoting tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

US records 1,127 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus around the world has now passed 600,000, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. With many countries, including the UK, now only testing the most serious cases, however, the true extent of infections is likely to be much greater, according to reports.

COVID-19: Global cases rise past 600,000, says Johns Hopkins University

Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, continues to infect an estimated 390 million people around the world each year

In fight against Dengue fever, researchers turn to genetically modified mosquitoes