COVID-19
- World
Indian-origin businessman jailed for COVID loan abuse in UK
London: An Indian-origin businessman in south east England has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment after admitting abuse of an interest-free loan offered by the UK government to businesses to cope with…
- India
Valentine’s Day celebrated across country, right-wing outfits play spoilsport
New Delhi: Couples – young and old – celebrated Valentine’s Day on Tuesday with flowers and gifts even as a few right-wing outfits played spoilsport in some parts of the country. Uttar…
- World
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 prevalence jumps to 75 pc in US
Los Angeles: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about three-fourths of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US this week, according to the estimates released by the US Centers…
- India
Centre relaxes Covid travel norms for passengers from China, other countries
New Delhi: Amid declining Covid cases in the country, the Center on Thursday relaxed the travel norms for passengers from China and other six countries. However, the random testing of 2 per…
- Delhi
‘PM CARES’ fund case: Delhi High Court posts hearing to April 20
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in a plea seeking a declaration of PM CARES Fund as “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution of India, to April…
- India
Centre ‘forcefully stopped Pfizer’s COVID vaccine: KCR hits out at Modi-govt
Nanded: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has alleged that the Central government did everything possible to “forcefully” prevent import of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, especially when people were ready to get…
- Hyderabad
3 lakh doses of intranasal Covid vaccine sent to hospitals: Bharat Biotech’s Krishna Ella
New Delhi: Bharat Biotech dispatched three lakh doses of its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine to some hospitals two days ago, the company’s executive chairman Krishna Ella said on Sunday. He was speaking on…
- India
Covaxin booster safe, necessary for lasting immunity-ICMR study, says govt
New Delhi: An ICMR study has indicated that a booster dose of Covaxin is safe and necessary to ensure persistent immunity to minimise breakthrough infections of COVID-19, due to newly emerging variants,…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister welcomes Union Budget’s proposals
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister B Rajendranath Reddy on Wednesday welcomed the Union Budget hailing it as an appropriate one in the current times after the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanking the Centre for…
- Technology
What Big Tech companies are saying to justify mass layoffs
New Delhi: As more and more Big Tech companies continue to sack employees, they have listed various reasons behind the move — over-hiring, uncertain global macroeconomic conditions, strong tailwinds from the Covid-19…
- Health
Children’s ‘rushed’ immune response makes them susceptible to Covid reinfection: Study
Melbourne: Scientists have found that children’s immune systems, unlike those of adults, do not remember the virus and do not adapt, and so when exposed to SARS-CoV-2 again, their body still treats…
- Telangana
Telangana records zero COVID cases 1st time since outbreak
Hyderabad: The state has recorded zero cases of COVID for the first time since its outbreak in 2019. Hyderabad had recorded the highest, 9 cases, in the last week, among other districts…
- Delhi
India’s first intranasal COVID-19 vaccine iNNCOVACC launched
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday unveiled the COVID-19 vaccine, iNNCOVACC in the presence of Union Minister of State (IC) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh. iNNCOVACC is the…
- World
Singapore tourism expects to bounce back to pre-Covid level by 2024
Singapore: Driven by strong demands from key markets like India, Indonesia and Malaysia, the Singapore tourism sector recovered strongly in 2022 to exceed the Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) original forecast of 4…
- World
Chinese health expert claims 80 pc of people in China infected with COVID-19
Beijing: About 80 per cent of China’s population has been infected with COVID-19, that is nearly eight in 10 people, a prominent government scientist has claimed, CNN reported. Wu Zunyou, the chief…
