COVID-19
- World
Former US President Barack Obama tests positive for COVID-19
Former US President Barack Obama on Monday confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19. The Democratic Party leader shared the news via Twitter. In a tweet sent out in the wee…
- World
Global Covid caseload tops 456.9 million
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 456.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.04 million and vaccinations to over 10.68 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest…
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India records 2,503 fresh COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths in last 24 hours
New Delhi: India logged 2,503 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Monday. On Sunday, India reported 3,116 new COVID-19 infections and…
- India
Second part of the Budget session 2022 resumes on Monday
New Delhi: The second part of the Budget session will resume on Monday and will last until April 8, 2022. The House will sit from 11 a.m. till 6 p.m. during the…
- Telangana
Telangana sees further decline in COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana continued to witness a dip in daily COVID-19 cases with only 50 new infections being reported on Sunday taking the total number of people affected by the disease in the…
- India
First Covid and now Ukraine, global markets reel under blow after blow
New Delhi: The only positive consequence of a continuing conflict in Ukraine from a market standpoint is that the longer it goes the more likely it is to temper the recently conceived…
- World
China logs 1,807 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Beijing: China on Saturday reported 1,807 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. Of these infections, 1,412 were reported in Jilin, 175 in Shandong, 62 in Guangdong,…
- Health
Long COVID-induced diabetes, depression can be treated by exercise: Research
Washington: Though no medically recognized treatment exists for Long COVID, a new study suggests that exercise might break the vicious cycle of inflammation that can lead to developing diabetes and depression months…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP reports one coronavirus death after 10 days
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh reported a COVID-19 death on Saturday, the first after a gap of 10 days. The death was reported from Vizianagaram district, which reported a virus-related fatality after several months.…
- India
Do employees still prefer to work from home?
New Delhi: After the outbreak of the COVID pandemic, work from home had become new normal. Most of the employees still want to continue with it. A study conducted by Ivanti, the…
- India
India logs 3,614 new COVID cases, deaths below 100
New Delhi: India recorded 3,614 fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours with a positivity rate of 0.44 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday. With…
- World
China locks down city amid worst COVID outbreak in two years
Beijing: China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: No Covid-19 deaths in 10 days
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh reported 46 fresh cases of Covid-19 and 134 recoveries in 24 hours ending 9 AM on Friday. For the 10th day in a row, the state did not report…
- 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…
