COVID-19 Pandemic
- India
Apprise about compliance of 2021 verdict on migrant workers: SC to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file an affidavit giving details about compliance of its 2021 judgement and subsequent directions on providing ration cards and other welfare…
- Technology
77 per cent of Indian firms witness surge in frauds due to Covid-19 pandemic
New Delhi: About 50 per cent of Indian organisations encountered one or more fraud incidents during and after the pandemic, with a substantial majority (77 per cent) perceiving a noticeable increase in…
- Featured News
Voters’ enthusiasm is less this time than in the mid-Corona election in five states 3 years ago
As the voters’ turnout in the first phase of polling for 102 seats this time is lower than that of five state assemblies which went to poll at the height of second…
- India
‘Non-govt’ PM CARES Fund uses govt resources, website domain
The Central government has on several occasions maintained that the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) is a non-government entity. However, several instances highlight how…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: ‘Unexplained’ salary cuts leave TIMS nurses distressed
Hyderabad: As many as 250 nurses who were deployed in 2020 as frontline workers against the COVID-19 pandemic now find themselves in distress with unexplained salary deductions. The nurses who usually draw…
- Health
UK expert warns of pandemic worse than Covid in new book
New Delhi: The former chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce Kate Bingham has in a new book warned of a next pandemic that could come from a million unknown viruses and kill…
- Health
1 in 3 long Covid patients may face multiple organ damage: Lancet
London: Nearly a third of patients showed abnormalities in multiple organs, particularly in the lungs, brain and kidneys, five months after Covid-19 infection, revealed a study looking at the longer-term impact of…
- World
2 new studies suggest BA.2.86 less immune-evasive than feared
New York: Amid fresh concerns of Covid-19 due to the new highly mutant Omicron sub variant BA.2.86, two new studies from the US have confirmed that it is less contagious as well…
- World
Fresh Covid wave in US worse than what official data suggests: Report
New York: Rates of severe Covid disease may be staying at relatively low levels in the US, but experts agree that there are probably more infections than the current surveillance systems can…
- Health
This is how coronavirus jump from species to species
New Delhi: Throughout the pandemic, there has been much discussion of how Covid-19 infiltrates cells by hijacking a protein called ACE2 found on human cells. However, new research has revealed that ACE2…
- Health
40 per cent COVID survivors at risk of diabetes: top endo says
Chandigarh: Those who survived Covid-19 remain at a 40 per cent elevated risk for diabetes in the first year. A subsequent post-pandemic wave of new diabetes patients may be expected. Also diabetes,…
- Health
Long-term COVID-19 symptoms linked to cognitive impairment
London: Researchers have found that people with longer-term Covid-19 symptoms including brain fog showed reduced performance in tasks testing different mental processes up to two years after infection with the virus. Researchers…
- Middle East
Watch: Makkah’s Grand Mosque witnesses surge in women devotees on Khullaif day
Riyadh: The annual tradition of filling the expansive Grand Mosque complex on the days of Tarwiyah and Arafat is deeply ingrained in Arabian culture. It is primarily women who enthusiastically participate in…
- Health
Fatigue of long Covid as bad as that in cancer patients: Study
New Delhi: Researchers say fatigue in long Covid patients is similar to that in cancer-related anaemia or severe kidney disease patients, with day-to-day impact of long Covid being worse than that in…
- World
Lower emissions during Covid pandemic led to increased warming: Study
New Delhi: The Covid pandemic shutdowns in South Asia greatly reduced the concentration of short-lived cooling particles in the air, but barely affected the levels of long-lived greenhouse gases, leading to stronger…
