Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:14:39
Omicron does not appear to cause more severe disease than previous Covid variants, and is "highly unlikely" to fully dodge vaccine protections, a top WHO official told AFP Tuesday.
Speaking to AFP, the World Health Organization's second-in-command, said that while a lot remained to be learned about the new, heavily mutated variant of Covid-19, preliminary data indicated it did not make people s
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Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:10:13
With 8,439 more people testing positive for COVID-19 in a day, India's infection tally rose to 3,46,56,822 on Wednesday, while the count of active cases declined to 93,733, the lowest in 555 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,73,952, with 195 daily fatalities being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The daily rise in
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Wed, 08 Dec 2021 11:08:46
At least 40 BMW cars were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out in a showroom cum godown in the Turbhe MIDC area of Navi Mumbai, a Fire Brigade official said on Wednesday, adding that no casualty was reported.
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:50:28
Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary on Tuesday formally announced his party's alliance with the Samajwadi Party and said if they come to power in Uttar Pradesh next year, the first work will be to build a memorial for "martyrs" of the farmers' protest.
Slamming the BJP government in the state for the recent leak of a government competitive examination question paper and subsequent canc
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:47:52
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the development works in Uttar Pradesh and said that the government's goal is that every district of the country must have at least one medical college soon.
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated development projects worth over Rs 9600 crores on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur.
Governor Anandiben Patel and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adity
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:45:20
In the wake of the Nagaland incident in which 14 civilians were, National People's Party (NPP) MP Agatha Sangma on Tuesday said it is time that "the elephant in the room be addressed" and the "draconian" Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act be repealed.
Speaking during the Zero Hour in Lok Sabha, Sangma, who is an MP of BJP-ally NPP in Meghalaya, said that an "unfortunate and condemnable" incident
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:44:05
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of over 40 farm unions, on Tuesday said it has replied to the government's proposal seeking an end to its protest demanding clarification on certain points, including on the precondition set for withdrawal of "fake" cases against farmers.
Farmer leaders said they will hold another meeting at 2 pm on Wednesday on the issue.
The government sent a pro
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:42:09
The government on Tuesday said undisclosed credits amounting to Rs 20,353 crore have been detected with respect to 930 India-linked entities in the Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks.
Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary also informed that taxes collected so far amount to Rs 153.88 crore in the Panama and Paradise Paper Leaks.
"As on October
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Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:40:08
A massive fire ripped through an overcrowded prison in Burundi before dawn on Tuesday, with fears of heavy casualties as many inmates were still sleeping at the time, witnesses said.
38 inmates were killed and 69 were seriously injured, reported AFP.
The blaze broke out at about 4 AM local time and destroyed several areas of the facility in Burundi's political capital Gitega, they said.
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