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Texmaco Rail & Engineering shares zoom 13% on strong Q4 show, order win worth Rs 4,045 croreTexmaco Rail & Engineering shares rose sharply after reporting a 45% rise in Q4 net profit. Despite lower revenue, margins improved, while ...
How many countries are affected by the Hantavirus outbreak, how concerning is it?Virus: A hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has raised global concern, with at least eight countries involved in trac...
PepsiCo bets on zero-sugar drinks, digital push to drive India growthPepsiCo plans to shift nearly all India beverages to zero or low sugar, expand capacity, and leverage digital data, quick commerce and chan...
New COVID Variant “Cicada” (BA.3.2) may be affecting children the most, experts sayThe COVID-19 subvariant BA.3.2, nicknamed “Cicada,” spread internationally, reaching 23 countries and appearing in wastewater across 25 U.S...
13 cases of omicron variant in Dutch testing of travellersMost of the 61 people who tested positive were put into isolation at a hotel near the airport, while a small number were allowed to sit out...
South Africa 'punished' for detecting Omicron Covid variant: GovtThe decision by a number of countries around the world to ban flights from southern Africa following the discovery of the variant "is akin ...
With Johannesburg, Pretoria among venues, concerns about India's tour of South Africa amid new COVID variant's riseGlobal authorities reacted with alarm to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, with the EU and Britain among those tightening...
South Africa identifies new virus variant displaying a ‘big jump in evolution’In the past two days, scientists detected the B1.1.529 variant after observing an increase in infections in South Africa’s economic hub sur...
Explainer: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?It's unclear from where the new variant actually arose, but it was first detected by scientists in South Africa and has also been seen in t...
Sport-South Africa sport set for shutdown over new coronavirus variantSouth African sport faced a shutdown on Friday due to the detection of a new coronavirus variant, with rugby teams scrambling to leave befo...
South Africa detects new Covid-19 variant: Scientists"Unfortunately we have detected a new variant which is a reason for concern in South Africa," virologist Tulio de Oliveira told a hastily-c...
There's no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologistThe researchers, in a pre-print study released last week but yet to be peer reviewed, found this cluster has picked up a lot of mutations i...
Pfizer, J&J COVID-19 vaccines more effective against Delta than Beta variant, say expertsThe Beta variant, which was first detected in South Africa, caused a second wave at the beginning of this year whereas the Delta variant, f...
South Africa tightens restrictions amid exponential spike in Delta variant infectionsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa in a national broadcast on Sunday announced that the new measures would go into effect from midnight of June 27 f...
Single COVID vaccine dose boosts protection against variants in previously infected: StudyThe researchers looked at immune responses in UK healthcare workers at Barts and Royal Free hospitals following their first dose of the Pfi...
1,189 samples have tested positive for variants of concern of SARS COV-2 in India: Health MinistryThese include 1,109 samples testing positive for the UK variants, 79 for the South Africa variant and one sample for the Brazil variant, th...
Government being overconfident about COVID, it's not over yet: Rahul GandhiFor the first time in India, four people were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one tested positive for the Brazil v...
Four detected with South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India, one with Brazil strainOne Brazil returnee has tested positive for the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the first week of February. The traveller and contacts have...
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine being tweaked to fight South Africa virus variantDevelopers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the...
Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in NigeriaThe discovery could add to new alarm in the pandemic after similar variants were announced in Britain and South Africa, leading to the swif...