COVID-19
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Russia reports 7,222 new Covid-19 cases
Moscow: Russia has registered 7,222 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 21,716,074, said the official monitoring and response centre. The centre on Sunday added that…
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Thailand’s king, queen test positive for Covid-19
Bangkok: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua and Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana have tested positive for Covid-19, the Bureau of the Royal Household announced on Saturday. The king and queen were experiencing mild…
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Biden says Covid-19 cases rising across US
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that Covid-19 cases “are rising” across the country. The remarks, which Biden posted on Twitter, came as American families are getting together for the holidays,…
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WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid
Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called on China to share the requested data concerning Covid-19 in a bid to understand the origins of the virus. “We…
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China: Covid cases explode in Beijing
Beijing: Empty streets, deserted shopping centers, and residents staying away from one another are the new normal in Beijing — but not because the city, like many Chinese ones before it, is…
- India
Form panel to examine side-effects of Covid vaccines in view of sudden deaths: Cong MP
New Delhi: Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi demanded on Tuesday that a committee be constituted to examine the recent instances of sudden death of people in the country, saying some are attributing it…
- Hyderabad
New year events in Hyderabad: Police discusses do’s and don’ts with organizers
Hyderabad: Police gears up for new year’s eve and started holding meetings with the management of hotels, restaurants, pubs, and event organizers in Hyderabad. As per the decision taken by the Cyberabad…
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Top 10 Bollywood flops: Films which failed at box office in 2022
Post Covid-19 pandemic, Bollywood films struggled a lot to collect big numbers at the box office. Big-budget films, despite having big names and amazing storylines, couldn’t draw the audience to the theatres.…
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Russia reports 7,096 new Covid-19 cases
Moscow, Dec 12 (IANS) Russia has registered 7,096 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 21,665,152, the official monitoring and response center said. The nationwide death…
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Huge human toll is feared as zero-Covid controls dismantled in China
London: Beijing’s abrupt dismantling of zero-Covid controls has been welcomed by economists, even as the country braces itself for the human impact of letting the disease spread through a vulnerable population, media…
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Festering wounds of CAA protests keep citizenship issue alive in Assam
Guwahati: Widespread protests in Assam after the enactment of CAA on this day three years ago have left behind a festering wound that has kept the citizenship issue alive in the northeastern…
- Health
Vax efficacy waning as more vaccinated people now die from COVID-19
New Delhi: The Covid virus has changed and immunity from previous COVID-19 vaccination has waned, putting the health of even the double-vaccinated people at great risk. There are several factors, including waning…
- Hyderabad
Controversies continue to dog India’s 1st indigenous COVID-19 vax
Hyderabad: Covaxin, India’s first indigenous vaccine for Covid-19, was recently hit by a row with allegations that external pressure to deliver the jab quickly forced vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech to skin certain processes…
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Bharat Biotech urges Centre to include its intranasal COVID vaccine in CoWIN portal
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech has requested the central government to include its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNCOVACC, in CoWIN portal to enable the recipients of the jab to get vaccination certificate. The company sources…
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Indian-origin prof was ‘blacklisted’ on Twitter for Covid info: Report
New York: Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-origin Stanford University professor, who had said that Covid lockdowns would harm children, was placed on a “Trends Blacklist”, internal Twitter documents have revealed The second installment…