100 pc samples from Mumbai found infected with Omicron sub-variants in latest genome sequencingThe Public Health Department of the civic body appealed to the people to strictly follow the measures prescribed for controlling the spread...
11 Aug, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
Covid waves will continue as sub-variants evolve: ExpertsVirologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxford said he would be worried if the hospitalisations go up as well.
02 Aug, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
High vaccination, natural infection protected India from Omicron wave: NK AroraAccording to Arora, in India both the BA.4 and BA.5 variants have not been able to spread rapidly as vaccination coverage was high and work...
19 Jul, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
COVID outbreak in China's Beihai leaves 2,000 tourists strandedThe new wave of COVID-19 cases has been triggered by new emerging Omicron sub-variants, with nine such sub-variants all classified as forms...
18 Jul, 2022, 11.11 AM IST
Omicron’s BA.2 sub-lineage still dominant in India: InsacogA few deaths that have been reported recently, are due to comorbidities. Covid appropriate behavior is likely to reduce the spread of the i...
18 Jul, 2022, 01.05 AM IST
BA.2.75 variant of Omicron spreads, but no clustering yetIn the review meeting on Friday by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG), the national consortium of government institutio...
09 Jul, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
New Covid variant found in India may fuel fresh infections: ExpertsWhile the government is yet to confirm the presence of the new sublineage, Shay Fleishon, from the Central Virology Laboratory at Sheba Med...
05 Jul, 2022, 04.56 PM IST
Maharashtra: 23 new cases of sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 detected, tally of such patients rises to 49The report informed that of the 49 samples, 28 are in Mumbai, 15 in Pune, four in Nagpur and two in Thane. The Kasturba laboratory has test...
25 Jun, 2022, 08.29 PM IST
Mansukh Mandaviya to chair crucial meeting with experts on rising COVID-19 casesIndia saw a single-day rise of 13,313 new coronavirus infections, taking the infection tally to 4,33,44,958, while the active cases have in...
23 Jun, 2022, 11.48 AM IST
Omicron's BA-5 sub-variant may be behind Tamil Nadu's rising Covid cases: GovernmentThe presence of Omicron's BA-5 sub-variant may be the reason for the sudden spike in cases in Tamil Nadu, the state Public Health and Preve...
22 Jun, 2022, 10.55 PM IST
Illnesses caused by BA.2.38 are mild, self-limiting, says COVID-19 studyThe study, led by Dr Rajesh Karyekarte of B J Medical College, was conducted on 116 patients who were infected with BA.2.38, an offspring o...
22 Jun, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
'Genome sequencing has not found any new Covid variant'The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.32% and the weekly positivity rate at 2.62%, the ministry said. K Srinath Reddy, president, Pub...
21 Jun, 2022, 01.24 AM IST
Maharashtra COVID-19 surge continues, state adds 2,956 cases, 4 deaths; active tally tops 18,000On Monday, the state had recorded 1,885 cases and one fatality. The bulletin said 2,165 patients recovered from the infection in the last 2...
14 Jun, 2022, 08.43 PM IST
Covid-19: Two more cases of BA.5 variant found in MaharashtraOne of them was a 25-year-old woman and the other a 32-year-old man. They were found to have contracted coronavirus infection on May 28 and...
14 Jun, 2022, 07.32 PM IST
Stocks in the news: YES Bank, RITES, Apollo Tyres, NTPC and Vodafone IdeaNTPC said the central government has sold 3.12 per cent stake in the company through CPSE ETF.
06 Mar, 2020, 08.46 AM IST
Stocks in the news: YES Bank, Adani Gas, HUL, ZEEL, Wipro and Indiabulls HousingVTB Group says it has enforced certain securities rights granted to the lenders to the promoters of Zee.
15 Oct, 2019, 08.02 AM IST
India gets maximum foreign students from Nepal, Karnataka favourite for higher education: HRD Ministry dataThe total number of foreign students enrolled in higher education is 47,427.
24 Sep, 2019, 01.34 PM IST