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Doctor who triggered Omicron alarm says cases mild
Pretoria: A South African doctor who raised the alarm over Omicron said Sunday dozens of her patients suspected of having the new variant had only shown mild symptoms and recovered fully without hospitalisation. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, told AFP she had seen around 30...
7-day home quarantine for at-risk nations passengers
A declaration with respect to the authenticity of the Covid test report will also be required. New Delhi: International passengers must submit 14 days’ travel history and upload negative Covid test results, the government said on Sunday. Travellers from countries deemed “at-risk” will also undergo a mandatory 7-day home...
Cracks in Opposition unity as Trinamool to stay away
New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress will not participate in any meeting called by the Congress party ahead of the winter session of parliament starting Monday, sources have told NDTV. The Goa unit of the party wants them to stay away from any direct meeting as they are fighting both...
Anurag Thakur says Akhilesh organising riots
Baghpat (UP): Launching a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav ahead of 2022 assembly polls in the state, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said the BJP organizes “dangal” (wrestling matches) while SP organises “dange” (riots). #WATCH | Union Minister and UP...
Delhi hospitals on alert over Omicron
New Delhi: Hospitals in Delhi have been asked to be on high alert and ensure coronavirus safety measures amid the detection of a new coronavirus variant ‘omicron’ and a surge in cases in other countries. Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has directed the Chief Secretary, Police Commissioner and other...
Global panic over new Covid variant Omicron
p The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Omicron...
Modi holds emergency meeting over new Covid strain
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting, attended by top government officials, on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country. The meeting comes amid concern over the B.1.1.529 strain of the coronavirus, renamed Omicron by the World Health Organization, which has been red flagged for...
Akhilesh re-tunes Mamata’s Khela Hobe to take on BJP
New Delhi: If it worked in Bengal, it might just work in Uttar Pradesh – at least that’s what Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party seems to be thinking as it released a new election anthem on Friday to take on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP for polls due...
Nawab Malik alleges bid to frame him Anil Deshmukh
Mumbai: Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik has alleged some people are trying to frame him in a false case. The Nationalist Congress Party, or NCP, leader yesterday tweeted photos of what he claimed were men who have been going on rounds near his Mumbai home for a recce on him....
Modi blasts ‘family’ in Constitutional Day speech
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an all-out attack on the Congress this morning after 14 opposition parties skipped the Constitution Day event at parliament as they present a united front ahead of the winter session that starts Monday. “Party for the family, by the family…do I...
Karnataka Medical College party turns super-spreader
Bengaluru: A medical college in Karnataka’s Dharwad has become a COVID-19 cluster after the number of students and staff infected with coronavirus went up to 182 today from 66 a day before, officials said. Most of the people infected at the SDM College of Medical Sciences in Dharwad were...
With new entrants, Mamata finds toehold in Bihar, Haryana
Kolkata: In expansion mode ever since it fought off the BJP assault in the April-May Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress today shifted gears in its acquisition of political leaders and made three new additions to the party from across the country — mostly at the cost of...
Apple sues Pegasus-maker for targeting its users
Washington: Apple sued spyware maker NSO on Tuesday for targeting the users of its devices, saying the Israeli firm at the center of the Pegasus surveillance scandal needs to be held to account. The suit from the Silicon Valley giant adds new trouble for NSO, which was engulfed in...
Crypto prices crash on news of bill against private currencies
New Delhi: Crypto markets went into a tailspin following news of the government introducing a Bill in the winter session of the Parliament to prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India, barring a few exceptions to “promote the underlying technology of cryptocurrency and its uses”. As of 11:15 PM on...
Andhra withdraws controversial 3-capital bill
The YS Jaganmohan Reddy-led government in Andhra Pradesh has withdrawn the controversial three-capital bill after a spate of legal hurdles. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, however, said his government would bring a “comprehensive, complete and better” Bill. “Our intention of a decentralised development of the state has...
Another damaging quote in Anand Mahindra’s name
Industrialist Anand Mahindra has once again called out a quote wrongly attributed to him. The Chairman of Mahindra Group took to Twitter this Sunday to share a screenshot of the quote in question, saying that it was “completely fabricated”. He also warned of legal action and used two memes...
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai reappears at public event
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai appeared at a Beijing tennis tournament Sunday, according to official event photos, after international pressure mounted for information about her wellbeing. Peng can be seen in a navy sports jacket and white trackpants at the Fila Kids Junior Tennis Challenger Finals, according to photos published...
Ashok Gehlot does a balancing act, 5 Pilot loyalists in
Jaipur: Ashok Gehlot’s new-look cabinet was revealed today with 15 new faces. Five Sachin Pilot loyalists are among the 30 state ministers as the big revamp aims to put the differences – that became a public spectacle last year – to rest. In a balancing act, the Chief...
