Search Results for: Omicron variant threat
- Business
Sensex extends gains for 3rd day amid global rally
Mumbai: Equity benchmarks defied gravity for the third session on the trot on Tuesday, in tandem with a rally in global markets as investors shrugged off soaring Omicron cases in multiple countries.…
- Telangana
Telangana declares holidays for educational institutions amidst rise in COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana government on Monday declared holidays for schools, colleges and other educational institutions from January 8-16, 2022, as the state witnessed a sharp spike in COVID-19 cases. The decision was taken…
- Top Stories
News of lockdown, night curfew in Telangana fake: DPH clarifies
Hyderabad: Dismissing the rumours of lockdown and night curfews in the state, Telangana Director of Public Health and Family Welfare (DPH) Srinivas Rao issued a statement to the press saying that such…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: COVID-19 norms go for a toss on New Year Day
Hyderabad: COVID-19 safety norms went for a toss on New Year Day in Hyderabad as huge crowds were seen at many places in the city. A massive rush was witnessed at Birla…
- Telangana
Telangana: Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha, other govt holidays in 2022
Hyderabad: In Telangana and other Indian states, Eid-ul-Fitr is likely to be celebrated on May 3 whereas, Eid-ul-Azha on July 10 subject to the sighting of the crescent. Apart from these two…
- Politics
Will deferring Assembly polls cost BJP presidential elections?
New Delhi: Amid the possibility on deferring the upcoming Assembly elections due to threat of Covid’s rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, the Election Commission had, recently, said that all the parties want the elections…
- Hyderabad
Revanth Reddy demands case against KTR for rally
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy on Friday urged the Director General of Police (DGP) to book a case under the Disaster Management Act against state minister K.T.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Numaish to begin from January 1 at Exhibition Grounds
Hyderabad: The All India Industrial Exhibition (AIIE), popularly known as “Numaish” is all set to begin from January 1 at Exhibition Grounds in Nampally. This decision was taken on Friday by the…
- India
Explainer: Why are doctors protesting in Delhi?
Resident doctors from several major central and state-run government hospitals in Delhi protesting against the delay in National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) 2021 counselling were urged by Union Minister for Health, Mansukh Mandaviya,…
- Telangana
Telangana extends liquor timings for New Year celebrations
Hyderabad: At a time when several states imposed night curfew and other restrictions in view of threat posed by Omicron, the Telangana government has decided to extend timings for bars, pubs and…
- Telangana
Telangana: 25 lakh people eligible for precautionary dose in Jan
Hyderabad: Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on December 25, that persons over 60 years with comorbidities will be given a precaution dose starting on January 10 next year, it is expected…
- Delhi
Delhi records 290 more COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: Delhi reported 290 fresh coronavirus cases and one fatality, while the positivity rate rose to 0.55 percent, according to data shared by the Delhi government’s health department here on Sunday.…
- Business
Sensex weathers highs and hiccups to deliver a blockbuster 2021
New Delhi: As if wanting to be an antidote to the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian stock market adorned carnival robes in 2021 with a tsunami of liquidity unleashed by global central banks…
- India
Next plan should be to vaccinate children above 5 years: Health expert
New Delhi: Welcoming Centre’s decision to vaccinate children against COVID-19 in the age group of 15-18 years from coming January 3 amid Omicron threat, the Indian health experts said that there is…
- Photos
In pics: Christmas celebrations in India
Mumbai: Bandra-Worli Sealink illuminated on the eve of Christmas festival, in Mumbai, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Puri: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand Santa Claus with an…