America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said that the new COVID-19 Omicron variant is in “fluid motion” in South Africa and the US scientists are in “very active” communication with their colleagues in that country to test the strain, get facts and find out whether or not it evades the antibodies. The […]
From an average 175 X-rays done daily at AIIMS here, the number has gone up to an average of 653 X-rays after suspending the appointment system following which there has been no waiting list in the last two months. Earlier, patients would need to take an appointment first and then come to the hospital to […]
Johannesburg: Hundreds of foreigners on family or business trips in South Africa desperately tried to get back home on the last available flights as several nations imposed restrictions on travellers due to the discovery of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 in this country. The UK announced on Thursday that all flights to and from […]
Paradip: A public hearing was held for Jindal Steel Works’ proposed integrated steel plant in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, officials said. The JSW has proposed a world-class 12-million-tonne-per-annum (MTPA) facility, 900 MW power plant and a captive port in 3,000 acres of land at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore. The POSCO site near the […]
KANPUR: Axar Patel continued his golden run in favourable home conditions, grabbing another five-wicket haul to put India in the driver’s seat after New Zealand were bowled out for 296 despite an opening stand of 151 on the third day of the first Test on Saturday. The left-arm spinner had a couple of dream sessions […]
KANPUR: Veteran India wicket-keeper and team’s oldest player Wriddhiman Saha didn’t take the field at the start of day three in the first Test against New Zealand due to a stiff neck. “Wriddhiman Saha has stiffness in his neck. The BCCI medical team is treating him and monitoring his progress. KS Bharat will be keeping […]
BALI: India ace PV Sindhu’s impressive campaign at the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament came to an end after she went down in three games to former world champion Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand in a hard-fought women’s singles semifinal here on Saturday. Third seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, lost 21-15, 9-21, 14-21 to world […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported three deaths due to the covid-19 while 149 persons tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Among the fresh cases, 30 were reported from Jammu Division and 119 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 336386. There were three deaths— […]
New Delhi: Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari will pay a five-day visit to Egypt beginning Sunday which is expected to bolster ties between the two countries. The Indian Air Force (IAF) said he is visiting the country to attend the Egypt Air Power Symposium and […]
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing an important meeting on the Covid situation and the vaccination drive in the country with top officials, government sources said on Saturday. The meeting comes amid rising global concerns over a new strain of the coronavirus which the World Health Organization […]