West Asia crisis: India resilient for now, but second-order inflation pain is coming, warns Swaminathan AiyarIndia might weather the West Asia conflict's economic storm if it ends soon, according to Swaminathan Aiyar. While a swift resolution is ex...
17 Apr, 2026, 02.58 PM IST
Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left', energy agency head warnsEurope faces a critical shortage of jet fuel, with only about six weeks of supply remaining, according to the IEA head. The ongoing Iran wa...
16 Apr, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
Europe may run out of jet fuel in 6 weeks: Why IEA warns Europe could face flight chaos as Iran war sparks a global energy crisisEurope jet fuel shortage: Europe faces a potential six-week jet fuel shortage due to ongoing supply blockages from the Iran war, raising co...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.57 PM IST
‘Cicada’ Covid variant with 75 mutations is spreading: What it means for youCicada Covid Variant Symptoms: A new COVID variant with 70-75 spike protein mutations has been detected. The new virus can potentially evad...
31 Mar, 2026, 01.01 PM IST
WHO epidemiologist warns against more transmissible COVID variantsKerkhove said there has been a 15% rise in COVID cases and a 35% jump in deaths in the last four weeks globally. She said that the cases wo...
21 Aug, 2022, 03.59 PM IST
Scientists find how Omicron sub variants escape immune system, spread rapidlyThe researchers said it is possible that the continuing accumulation of mutations may set the stage for greatly altering the equilibrium an...
22 Apr, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
Continuing to monitor 'several descendent lineages' of Omicron variant: WHOThe World Health Organisation has said that it is continuing to monitor "several descendent lineages" of the Omicron variant of the coronav...
13 Apr, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
Clear data supporting very high immune escape potential of Omicron: INSACOGThe INSACOG reports genomic surveillance of SARS CoV -2 across the country through sequencing of samples from sentinel sites and also detai...
29 Dec, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
Omicron could cause up to 75,000 deaths in UK by April end, study warnsThe yet-to-be peer-reviewed study suggests that Omicron has the potential to cause a wave of transmission in England that could lead to hig...
13 Dec, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
Pfizer Covid vaccine provides partial protection against Omicron: StudyThe Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides less immunity against Omicron than from other coronavirus variants, according to a lab study that sugg...
08 Dec, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Omicron coronavirus variant linked with high risk of reinfection: StudyThis is the first data-based study to suggest that Omicron may evade immunity from prior infection.
06 Dec, 2021, 12.42 PM IST
Reinfection risk from Omicron higher than other variants: StudyThe study also found that the spread of the Beta or Delta variants was due to increased transmissibility, rather than immune escape.
04 Dec, 2021, 07.06 AM IST
Risk of reinfection very high in Omicron: StudyThe authors said that they found no evidence that reinfection risk increased as a result of the emergence of Beta or Delta variants, sugges...
03 Dec, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
India may have much more hybrid immunity than other countries, says top Covid expertPersonally, given the global seeding, we should just assume that it has arrived in India as well, and focus on rapidly identifying and sequ...
01 Dec, 2021, 01.10 PM IST
Waning immunity, emergence of more transmissible variant can be reasons behind 3rd wave: Randeep GuleriaSpeaking at an event, he said the third wave can be mitigated by following Covid-appropriate behaviour such as maintaining social distancin...
15 Jul, 2021, 10.12 PM IST
Third wave of coronavirus unlikely to be as severe as second wave: StudyConsidering the four hypotheses for the emergence of a third wave, the study said, infection-induced immunity may decay over time, permitti...
26 Jun, 2021, 10.00 AM IST
Delta variant's ability to evade antibodies could be the cause of some Covid reinfectionsA paper published by a group of researchers at Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre currently being peer-reviewed, claims that the changes...
19 Jun, 2021, 03.53 PM IST