COVID-19
- India
India’s Covid deaths 8 times higher than reported: Lancet study
London/New Delhi: India’s estimated cumulative excess deaths due to COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 were the highest in the world at 4.07 million, around eight times higher than reported, according…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia scraps immunization check at two holy mosques
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has scrapped the immunization status check for people entering the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, starting…
- India
Active COVID-19 cases in country dip to 42,219
New Delhi: India logged 4,194 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,29,84,261, while the active cases dipped to 42,219, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated…
- World
COVID-19 pandemic ‘far from over’: WHO
Geneva: The last two years of Covid-19 infection has seen more than 500 million cases and over six million deaths globally, yet the pandemic is “far from over”, warned the World Health…
- Middle East
Israel sees 41.3% rise in foreign tourist arrivals in Jan-Feb
Tel Aviv: The number of foreign tourists arriving in Israel during the first two months of 2022 has jumped by 41.3 per cent compared with the last two months of 2021, according…
- Hyderabad
Biological E seeks emergency approval for COVID vaccine for children
New Delhi: Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Biological E has applied for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 5-12 year age group, official sources said on Wednesday. The data…
- World
Omicron subvariant infections double each week in US
Washington: Cases of a highly transmissible Omicron subvariant were doubling in the US each week over the past month, according to the data updated on Tuesday by the country’s Centers for Disease…
- Health
Even mild Covid can shrink brain regions related to smell: Study
London: While brain-related abnormalities have been observed in cases of severe Covid-19, a new study suggests that even a mild infection can result in tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas…
- India
Meet women ‘Covidprenuers’ who used lockdowns to launch their own businesses
New Delhi: Opening a new venture in the chaotic times of Covid when even the long established ones faced a serious threat of shutting down, seemed crazy, if not suicidal, to most…
- India
India records 3993 new COVID cases, lowest in 662 days
New Delhi: India reported 3,993 daily Covid cases, the lowest spike in the last 662 days and a total of 108 deaths in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry…
- Kashmir
25 new Covid cases in J-K
Srinagar: Twenty-five people tested positive for COVID-19 in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, pushing the infection tally to 4,53,270, while no death due to the virus was reported in the past 24…
- World
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
Washington: Some white-tailed deer living in the US are actively infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted recently…
- Middle East
Saudi: 5-year jail or 1M Riyals fine for spreading COVID rumours
Riyadh: The Saudi Arabia government has announced a fine of up to Saudi Riyal of one million for spreading rumours or fake news about COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Interior, anyone…
- Entertainment
Aishwarya Rajinikanth gets hospitalised again
Chennai: Director Aishwarya Rajinikanth, who just recovered from Covid and returned to work, has again been admitted to hospital for fever and vertigo problems. The director, who has been having a torrid…
- Telangana
Centre depriving Telangana of Rs 25k Cr: Harish Rao in budget speech
Hyderabad: Attacking the Narenda Modi-led Centre for its ”autocratic attitude”, Telangana finance minister T. Harish Rao said that the state will be losing “deprived” of Rs. 25000 crore in the next five…
