COVID-19
- World
COVID: China continues ‘severe and complex’ fight against outbreak
Taipei: China continues to battle its worst COVID-19 outbreak, driven by the omicron variant, with health officials on Friday calling the situation severe and complex.” The country has counted more than 56,000…
- Entertainment
Shadow of new Covid variant on Oscar celebrations
Los Angeles: Organisers are taking precautions to prevent the 2022 Academy Awards from being a super-spreader, as other awards shows and film festivals have proven to be in the pandemic era. Attendees…
- India
Centre plans to resume printing PM’s photo on Covid vaccination certificates in 5 states: Source
New Delhi: With the conclusion of the Assembly polls in five states, including Uttar Pradesh, the Centre plans to resume publishing the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on COVID-19 vaccination certificates…
- India
Indian airline operators expected to add 120 new aircraft/year: Scindia
Hyderabad: Expressing optimism about the civil aviation sector bouncing back following a difficult phase due to COVID-19 pandemic, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said Indian airline operators are expected…
- India
India reports 1,660 new COVID-19 cases, 4,100 deaths in 24 hrs
New Delhi: With the 1,660 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s cumulative caseload reached 4,30,18,032, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. A total of…
- India
Hijab ban: Another challenge for Karnataka Education department as exams near
Bengaluru: Karnataka education department, which successfully conducted board exams during the Covid pandemic in the last two years, is now facing the challenge of hijab issue. Against the backdrop of verdict by the…
- World
COVID: Population dropped in 73 percent of US counties, reveals Census
New York: The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease in 2021 in the population of nearly three-quarters of US counties versus the two previous years, the US…
- India
Emirates Airlines to restore flight capacity to India to pre-COVID levels
Abu Dhabi: Dubai-based carrier Emirates on Friday announced that it will restore pre-pandemic flight frequencies between Dubai and India, starting from Friday, April 1. This step comes in the wake of the…
- India
Centre opposes UPSC aspirants’ plea in SC for extra attempt
New Delhi: Centre in the Supreme Court has opposed a plea seeking extra attempt for candidates who could not appear in the Civil Services Mains exam due to COVID-19 infection, arguing that…
- World
Global Covid caseload reaches 475.4 million
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 475.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.10 million and vaccinations to over 10.83 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its…
- Telangana
72 new cases of COVID-19, no deaths in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday recorded 72 new COVID-19 cases and took the tally to 7,90,989 so far. The death toll remained at 4,111 as no fresh fatalities were reported today. The recovery…
- Health
Significant rise in young TB patients in India after Covid: Experts
New Delhi: Covid has significantly reversed the gains made in tuberculosis (TB) control and has led to an increase of about 25-30 percent patients, particularly young adults, said experts on Wednesday ahead…
- World
Hillary Clinton contracts COVID-19 with mild symptoms
Washington: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that she has contracted Covid-19 with mild symptoms. “I’ve got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine,” tweeted the 74-year-old on…
- India
India to end all COVID restrictions except face mask rule from March 31
New Delhi: In view of the continuous dip in coronavirus cases, the home ministry has decided to end its all COVID-19 containment measures from March 31, two years after their implementation following…
- Middle East
Saudi: After 2 years, Itikaf to resume in holy Mosques this Ramzan
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Tuesday has announced the return of Itikaf in the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah during the upcoming holy month of Ramzan after a gap…