COVID-19
- World
Ajay Banga tests positive for COVID-19 during routine testing in Delhi
Washington: World Bank presidential nominee Ajay Banga has tested positive for COVID-19 during routine testing in New Delhi where he was travelling on the last leg of his world tour, and is currently…
- India
No Covid clusters in Kerala, says Health Minister
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday that while utmost caution has to be exercised in the wake of rising Covid cases in the state, the saving grace is there…
- India
UP: Lucknow reports highest Covid spike with 18 cases in a day
Lucknow: Lucknow has reported eight Covid-19 cases, the highest one-day spike this year, according to data provided by the Lucknow Chief Medical Officer. According to health officials, two cases in Aliganj, three…
- India
PM Modi holds high-level review meeting on Covid situation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the Covid situation amid rise in cases in the country and also took stock of public health preparedness,…
- World
Boris Johnson admits he misled UK Parliament, but in ‘good faith’
London: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson’s written defence in response to an influential parliamentary committee was published on Tuesday and in it he accepts that he misled Parliament over the partygate…
- India
TN man who died of Covid was infected with Omicron XBB variant
Chennai: A 27-year-old man who had died of Covid-19 in a private hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchi was infected with the Omicron-XBB variant, officials said on Tuesday. The whole genome sequencing report…
- India
BJP schemes emerge from Bureaucracy, Congress’ from the people: Rahul Gandhi
Wayanad: Taking a dig at the BJP government at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the previous UPA government’s ambitious programmes such as the rural job guarantee scheme emerged…
- Politics
Criticism of government isn’t criticism of nation: Pawan Khera
New Delhi: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday said that criticism of the government doesn’t mean criticism of the nation. “Criticising the government is not criticising the nation. The government should understand…
- World
Biden okays bill to declassify intelligence info on Covid origins
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a bill to declassify intelligence information on the origins of the Covid pandemic, which has so far claimed more than seven million lives globally. “Today,…
- India
COVID: HC seeks Delhi govt’s reply on PIL seeking release of ex-gratia to deceased cops
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought Arvind Kejriwal-led government’s response on a plea seeking release of the ex-gratia amount to families of police officers who died while serving during…
- Telangana
After last week’s surge, Covid cases on decline in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana is among the states witnessing a rise in Covid-19 cases during March but the health officials say that there is nothing to panic as the number keeps fluctuating. The daily…
- India
Health Ministry issues revised guidelines for COVID-19 amid rise in cases
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued revised guidelines for Covid-19 in the wake of the surge of cases in the past week across the country. “Antibiotics should…
- Telangana
Ensure preventive steps to curb COVID-19 rise: Union Health min to Telangana govt
Hyderabad: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has written to the Telangana government to take effective steps in managing COVID-19 infections. In a letter to the state government, the ministry’s…
- Offbeat
Women enter into agreement to split days with a single man they love
Gwalior: A man and two women, including his first wife, have decided to live peacefully in two separate houses by dividing three days each of a week between them and also with…
- World
Omicron XBB.1.5 variant is highly transmissible and infectious: Lancet
Tokyo: The XBB.1.5 — subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron — has high transmissibility and infectivity, according to a study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Tokyo in…