Pandemic
- World
Chinese city claims to test 12.6 mn people for COVID-19 in 6 hrs
New Delhi: Zhengzhou city, the capital of China’s Henan province, has claimed to have completed the COVID-19 testing of 12.6 million residents in just six hours or 2.1 million people per hour…
- Technology
New algorithm can predict COVID-19 complication risk
London: An algorithm that can accurately predict the risk of developing severe complications due to COVID-19, including hospitalisation and death, has been developed by Dutch researchers. The algorithm can be applied to identify…
- India
Holding elections in pandemic times a test for EC
New Delhi: The assembly elections for five states from notifications to the counting day are going to be a tough nut to crack for the Election Commission, which, has laid out an…
- India
West Bengal may impose total lockdown amid COVID-19 surge
Kolkata: With more than 73,000 new COVID -19 registered in the last seven days, speculations are rife that West Bengal, which has already announced formation of micro-containment zones, might impose a full…
- Business
Omicron Blow: Rupee expected to weaken on inflation, infection woes
Mumbai: Likely surge in bond yields along with rising COVID-19 cases are expected to weaken the Indian rupee during the upcoming week. Besides, persistently high energy costs could subdue the rupee bulls.…
- World
US labour market added 199,000 jobs in December
Washington: US employers added 199,000 jobs in December 2021, with the unemployment rate falling by 0.3 percentage point to 3.9 per cent, the Labour Department reported. The job growth is far below…
- News
Actress Trisha tests positive for COVID-19
Chennai: Actress Trisha, one of the top actresses in the Tamil and Telugu film industries, has announced that she has tested positive for COVID-19. The actress, who went to London to celebrate…
- India
India may see 10 lakh Covid cases a day by Jan-end: IISc-ISI model
New Delhi: As the Omicron-triggered third Covid wave enters a key phase, a new projection by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and Indian Statistical Institute (IISc-ISI) claims that the country…
- India
India’s Covid mortality maybe 6-7 times higher than reported
New Delhi: About 3.2 million people could have died from Covid in India by September last year, six-seven times higher than reported officially, according to a study based on one independent and…
- India
7-day home quarantine mandatory for all international arrivals in India
New Delhi: Amid a surge in the COVID-19 cases, the Central government on Friday announced a seven-day mandatory home quarantine for all international arrivals in the country. All the international arrivals in…
- India
India records 1,17,000 COVID-19 cases, 302 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi: The single day rise in coronavirus infections was recorded above one lakh after 214 days, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,52,26,386 which includes 3,007 cases of Omicron…
- Telangana
Telangana logs 1913 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths
Hyderabad: Telangana continued to witness a rise in COVID-19 cases with 1,913 new infections being reported on Thursday, taking the tally to 6,87,456 while the death toll rose to 4,036 with two…
- Photos
In Pics: Third wave of COVID-19 in India
New Delhi: Air travellers get themselves registered for Covid-19 tests, at T-3 terminal of Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi, Thursday, Jan 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) New Delhi: A health…
- Business
Rupee gains 10 paise to 74.48 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee appreciated by 10 paise to 74.48 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, tracking gains in domestic equity markets. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened…
- World
CDC: Omicron accounts for 95% of new cases in USA
New York: The omicron variant accounted for 95% of new coronavirus infections last week, according to US health officials’ latest estimates. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention posted its newest estimates…
