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Turned Positive Mid-air, the Woman Spent Five Hours in Toilet

December 31, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 31: A Michigan-based teacher in the United States had to spend five hours in toilet in a plane after testing Covid positive mid-air till the flight reached Iceland. According to the media reports, the teacher Marisa Fotieo on her way from Michigan to Iceland along with some of her other family members […]

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India Feel Concerned over Surge in Covid Cases

December 30, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELI, Dec 30: As the world is facing a record Coronavirus cases on the eve of the New Year leading to the World Health Organisation (WHO) warning of a Covid “tsunami” threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems, the Indian government on Thursday expressed concern over the sudden rise in the Covid cases in […]

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Economy: ‘India may become 3rd largest in 2031, leave Europe behind’

December 30, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The World Economic League (WEL) has said India is likely to overtake all European countries to become the third-largest economy in the world in 2031. As the Indian economy recovers after the pandemic, the country is likely to overtake all European nations in the next 10 years, the media reported, […]

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Covid-19: Omicron may replace Delta variant as most dominant, says study

December 30, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The highly contagious Omicron variant is likely to replace the Delta strain as the most dominant one in the next few weeks, experts in Singapore warned on Wednesday. Delta, still the most common strain in all continents, except Africa, may be replaced by Omicron which is spreading very quickly, Dr. […]

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Covid-19: Scientists Found Antibodies that Neutralise Omicron

December 29, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 29: An international team of scientists have identified antibodies that neutralise Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants. During a recent study, the scientists found that these antibodies target areas of the virus spike protein that remain essentially unchanged as the viruses mutate. The study’s findings were published in the journal Nature. By identifying […]

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Covid-19: India may see infection spurt this week, says Oxford expert

December 29, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With only two days remaining before the deadly 2021 closes, an Oxford research team said on Wednesday that India may see a spurt within a week in the Covid-19 growth rate and the country may march into an intense but short-lived coronavirus wave because of the highly infectious Omicron strain, […]

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Omicron Surge: Yellow Alert Enforced in Delhi-NCR

December 28, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) announced yellow alert and issued restrictions for Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Tuesday. The alert was issued after the city witnessed a surge in Omicron cases to 1500 in a week, with an average occupancy of 500 oxygen beds per week. The rate of […]

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Covid-19: Researcher Says India May See an Immediate but Short-Lived Huge Spurt

December 28, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 28: In yet another prediction about a possible third wave in India driven by Omicron variant, a researcher in the University of Cambridge who is regularly tracking Covid development in India, believes that the country with 1.4 billion population may see an immediate huge spurt in the infection but it would be […]

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Covid-19: Two More vaccines, One Anti-Viral Pill Approved for Emergency Use in India

December 28, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 28: Two more vaccines will be available in India in the basket of vaccines for the government’s mass immunization programme while for the first time an antiviral drug has been approved by the centre for the treatment of Coronavirus disease in the country. The government also on Tuesday directed the […]

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No Mix and Match for Precautionary Doses, Children to be Administered only “Covaxin”

December 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Dec 27: Two days after the prime minister Narendra Modi’s announcements, the union health ministry on Monday issued a fresh set of guidelines on the registration and inoculation drive that will cover children between 15 and 18 years of age, besides administration of ‘precaution doses’ for healthcare and frontline workers and […]