Omicron
- India
India reports over 1.61 lakh Covid cases, 1,733 fatalities
New Delhi: With 1,61,386 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.16 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on…
- Mumbai
Hindustani Bhau arrested for ‘instigating’ students in Mumbai
Mumbai: Dharavi Police on Tuesday arrested two people including social media influencer Vikas Fhatak, also known as ‘Hindustani Bhau’ for allegedly instigating students to protest to demand online exams for classes 10th…
- India
Delhi cyber cheats use ‘Omicron’ to extract ‘OTP’, 3 held
New Delhi: The IFSO Unit of Special Cell, Delhi Police has busted a gang of cyber cheats, who used to hack the WhatsApp accounts of victims by striking a communication on Omicron…
- India
India reports over 2.09 lakh COVID-19 cases, 959 fatalities
New Delhi: With 2,09,918 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.13 crore, according to Union health ministry data updated on…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP adds over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases and 12 deaths
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh registered 10,310 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday. In 24 hours ending 9 AM on Sunday, 9,692 infected people had recovered while 12 more succumbed in the state, according…
- India
Two years on, India’s battle with COVID-19, its variants continues with no end in sight
New Delhi: Amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India has completed two years since the first coronavirus case was reported in the country and during this time, it has not…
- India
Scientists debate over need for Omicron-specific vaccine
New York: Several scientists have claimed that a Covid variant-specific vaccine is not needed, and that the existing shots are well effective against all variants, including Omicron. However, global vaccine makers have…
- India
Covid vaccines administered in India cross 165 crore mark
New Delhi: With the administration of more than 56 lakh vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage on Saturday exceeded 165.04 crores, as per the health ministry report.…
- Telangana
Telangana: Fever survey finds 2.7 lakh people with Covid symptoms
Hyderabad: Senior health officials said on January 28 that the door-to-door fever surveys and special fever outpatient services at all government healthcare facilities in Telangana, which started on January 21, have bolstered…
- Telangana
Omicron: No patient needed oxygen or ventilator till now in Telangana
Hyderabad: A total of 60 coronavirus patients are admitted to the city’s Chest Hospital and Fever Hospital but till now none has needed oxygen or a ventilator. A coronavirus wing has been…
- India
Omicron wave may recede rapidly: Expert
Hyderabad: The Omicron wave is most likely to recede as rapidly as it rose but it’s time for the nation to learn and act to make the health systems stronger and resilient…
- Health
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 gradually increasing in India: Centre
New Delhi: The prevalence of Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 is gradually increasing in India, said Sujeet Kumar Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), here on Thursday. Addressing a Health Ministry press…
- Technology
Covid test-related email scams surge 500% with rise in Omicron: Report
New Delhi: With the increase in demand for Covid-19 tests, over the past weeks due to the latest Omicron variant, the hackers are back at exploiting the pandemic to conduct more attacks,…
- India
9,672 Omicron samples found in January in genome sequencing, huge rise from Dec: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 9,672 Omicron samples were found in January in genome sequencing constituting 75 per cent of the total sequenced samples of COVID-19, a huge rise from the December…
- Featured News
The feet of eyes
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin Sindh’s saints and savants are dust. Even its living are slowly dying. The Endowment Fund Trust in Karachi however ensures that Sindhi culture survives. The EFT ignored warnings about COVID-19 and Omicron by holding a public launch on…
