COVID-19
- India
COVID-19: India’s death toll estimated to be 4.7 mn, says WHO
United Nations/Geneva: The WHO on Thursday said that 14.9 million people were killed either by COVID-19 directly or due to the pandemic’s impact on health systems and society, with the global health…
- Kashmir
J-K logs seven fresh COVID-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new corona cases on Thursday, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,54,079, officials said here. All the seven cases were reported from Jammu…
- CAA-NRC
Amit Shah says CAA will be implemented once COVID-19 ends
Siliguri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19…
- Telangana
Telangana sees rise in active COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: The number of active COVID-19 cases in Telangana is increasing continuously for the past few days. Although the daily count of COVID-19 cases is under control, the active cases are slowly…
- Top Stories
Vaccines still protect against new Covid-19 variants: WHO
Geneva: Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasised on Wednesday that vaccines are still highly effective against Covid-19, even new variants of the disease emerging in South Africa and the US.…
- World
Vaccines still protect against new Covid-19 variants: WHO
Geneva: Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasised on Wednesday that vaccines are still highly effective against Covid-19, even new variants of the disease emerging in South Africa and the US.…
- India
Study confirms airborne transmission of coronavirus
Hyderabad: A collaborative study by a group of scientists from the CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad and the CSIR-IMTech, Chandigarh, with hospitals in Hyderabad and Mohali has confirmed the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The study…
- India
Covovax available for everyone above age of 12 years: Poonawalla
Pune: Chief Executive Officer of Pune based Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday clarified that the COVID-19 vaccine Covovax is available for everyone above the age of 12 years.“A lot…
- Health
Asthma in children likely to worsen after Covid infection: Study
New York: Asthma in children is likely to get worse after a Covid-19 infection, finds a large-scale nationwide study in the US. Six months after a Covid infection, asthmatic children showed significant…
- Delhi
Delhi reports 1,354 fresh COVID-19 cases, one death
New Delhi: Delhi reported 1,354 COVID-19 cases with a positivity rate of 7.64 percent and one fatality due to the disease on Wednesday, according to data shared by the city health department.…
- World
China to further rein in domestic tech giants to revive Internet sector
Beijing: Alarmed at the slowing tech and internet sector, China is now planning to further shift its policies to control domestic tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent, as the country battles Covid-19…
- Technology
Twitter bans two right-wing accounts as Musk promotes free speech
San Francisco: Amid Elon Musk’s free speech call, Twitter has re-suspended the accounts of two prominent conservative figures — MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and Dr Vladimir “Zev” Zelenko. The micro-blogging platform permanently…
- World
New Omicron subvariant takes hold in US as COVID cases tick up
Los Angeles: A new, highly transmissible subvariant of Omicron is spreading rapidly across the US, as Covid-19 cases in the country are ticking up again. The new strain, called BA.2.12.1, made up…
- India
19 new coronavirus cases in J-K
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 19 new COVID cases on Tuesday, taking the infection tally in the Union Territory to 4,54,072, officials said here. Jammu district reported seven new cases while Budgam…
- Business
Apple’s global smartphone market share surges 20% in 1 year
San Francisco: Apple has registered 20 per cent growth in the global smartphone market from the first quarter of 2021 till the same period this year, a new report showed on Monday.…
