Howard, the 'Black Harvard' where Kamala Harris will spend election nightKamala Harris, potentially the first Black woman to be elected US president, will spend election night at Howard University. The university...
04 Nov, 2024, 08.49 AM IST
Trump says Kamala Harris is Indian, posts photo of her wearing sari, claims ‘she became Black’When former President Donald Trump shared a picture of Kamala Harris dressed in traditional Indian garb, he sparked debate by raising conce...
02 Aug, 2024, 10.19 PM IST
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt files to change her name, wishes to drop dad's last name | All about itAmid the ongoing conflict between Angeline Jolie and Brad Pitt for a winery, daughter Shiloh decides to change her name. She paid for her o...
03 Jun, 2024, 08.14 PM IST
Omicron dominates Covid third wave in Karnataka, minister clarifies deleting previous tweetAccording to the data gathered using genome sequencing activity for a sample of 5,659, up to December 2021, there were cases of 4,027 Delta...
29 Jan, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
Omicron a 'deviant', two pandemics going on side by side now: Virologist T Jacob John"Since Omicron is illegitimate or 'deviant' from COVID-19 pandemic progression script, we must think of two pandemics going on side by side...
16 Jan, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
Study shows booster dose of Covaxin has neutralising effect on Omicron, Delta variants: Bharat BiotechThe study conducted at Emory University demonstrated that subjects who received a booster dose of Covaxin (BBV152) six months after getting...
12 Jan, 2022, 07.35 PM IST
No vax is perfect. But fully-vaccinated people experience milder Covid infectionsA variant may be more or less dangerous depending on the mutations in its genetic code.
23 Aug, 2021, 06.11 PM IST
How effective are vaccines against COVID-19 variants and how can you stay safe? A doctor answers 5 questionsNo vaccine is perfect, however, and breakthrough COVID-19 infections are possible.
11 Aug, 2021, 11.22 AM IST
Daily Covid cases rising in 37 districts in nine statesSeven districts in Tamil Nadu, six in Himachal Pradesh, five in Karnataka, two each in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and West Bengal, and on...
11 Aug, 2021, 07.19 AM IST
Covid Delta Plus variant detected in 86 samples so far; it has not led to exponential surge: Govt"We found the Delta Plus variant in 86 (genome) samples (sequenced)," Sujit Singh, head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), ...
10 Aug, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
Delta variant behind most breakthrough infections: ICMRICMR collected 677 clinical samples of individuals who have been partially or fully vaccinated but got infected by Covid-19 from 17 states ...
17 Jul, 2021, 08.02 AM IST
Majority of Covid cases after immunisation is due to Delta variant: ICMR StudyThis study indicated that the majority of the clinical cases in the breakthrough were infected with the Delta variant and only 9.8 per cent...
16 Jul, 2021, 01.08 PM IST
Many variants at work in Kerala; Delta in Maharashtra, Northeast: InsacogOn Wednesday, Kerala had announced a complete lockdown on July 17 and 18 but it may need to be extended further to have any effect. The rea...
15 Jul, 2021, 08.28 AM IST
Covid-19: ‘Delta variant may breach vaccine shield’Despite the Covishield injection, hospital officials disclosed, nearly 10% of the employees tested positive for Covid. The infection rate w...
27 Jun, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines effective against Delta COVID-19 variants: StudyThe study by Oxford university investigated the ability of monoclonal antibodies in Sera from recovered people and from vaccinated people t...
23 Jun, 2021, 10.48 PM IST
The cause and effects of fourth wave of pandemic in DelhiThe cause of the most recent fourth wave in Delhi is mostly attributed to be the presence of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), a sub-lineage o...
05 Jun, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
WHO names COVID-19 variants 1st found in India as 'Kappa' and 'Delta'Apart from the B.1.617.2 variant, the B.1.1.7 strain first identified in the United Kingdom has been identified as 'Alpha variant'. The VOC...
01 Jun, 2021, 11.13 AM IST