COVID-19
- Middle East
Dawn prayers offered at two holy mosques without social distancing
Riyadh: With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah have offered Fajr (dawn) prayer without social distancing on…
- Top Stories
India sees another dip in COVID cases, logs 5,476 new infections
New Delhi: COVID cases in India witness a dip as the country logged 5,476 new infections in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday. With this, the active COVID…
- Technology
Apple workers set to return to office beginning April 11
San Francisco: Tech giant Apple’s employees will start to return to offices on April 11, media reports say. According to CNBC, the news comes more than two years after the majority of…
- World
Price shocks due to war in Ukraine will have impact worldwide: IMF
New Delhi: Energy and commodity prices-including wheat and other grains-have surged due to the war in Ukraine, adding to inflationary pressures from supply chain disruptions and the rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic,…
- World
Global Covid caseload reaches 445 million
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 445 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.99 million and vaccinations to over 10.57 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest…
- Middle East
Social distancing stickers removed from all over Grand Mosque, Prophet’s Mosque
Riyadh: Workers has begun removing social distancing stickers from indoor and outdoor corridors, squares and facilities at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, in preparatiom for the…
- Middle East
After nearly three years, Saudi Arabia ends most COVID-19 restrictions
Riyadh: After nearly three years of COVID-19 restrictions, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ended precautionary and preventive measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from Saturday, March 5, the Saudi Press Agency…
- Telangana
123 new COVID-19 cases in Telangana
Hyderabad: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Telangana rose further to 99.23 per cent with 123 new cases recorded in the state on Saturday. A health department bulletin said 348 people recuperated from…
- Kashmir
Jammu reports 47 new Covid cases, no fresh deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported no new deaths due to coronavirus on Saturday, while 47 fresh cases took the total number of infected people to 4,53,214, officials said. Out of the fresh…
- Health
mRNA Covid vax doesn’t affect IVF success rates: Study
New Delhi: Covid-19 mRNA vaccines do not affect the ovarian response or pregnancy rates in IVF (In-vitro fertilisation) treatment, according to a study. A team of researchers from the Tel Aviv University…
- India
India logs 5,921 new COVID-19 cases, 289 deaths
New Delhi: With 5,921 people testing positive for the infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 case tally now stands at 4,29,57,477 and that of active cases at 63,878, showed the Union Health…
- Telangana
152 new COVID-19 cases in Telangana
Hyderabad: The COVID-19 recovery rate in Telangana on Friday continued to rise well above 99 per cent, even as the trend of no fresh fatalities kept up. The recovery rate rose to…
- Telangana
Telangana HC slaps Rs 10 lakh cost on filmmaker seeking stay on ‘Jhund’
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Friday slapped a cost of Rs 10 lakh on Hyderabad-based filmmaker Nandi Chinni Kumar who had filed a petition seeking stay on the release of Amitabh…
- Kashmir
J-K logs 33 COVID-19 cases, one more death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Friday recorded 33 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its tally to 4,53,167, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 4,749, officials said. Out of the…
- Andhra Pradesh
Active COVID-19 cases drop below 1,500 mark in AP
Amaravati: Active COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh on Friday fell to 1,341 even as the state added 86 more cases to its overall tally. According to the latest health bulletin, the total…
