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New Delhi: Two cases of Omicron Variant have been reported in the country so far and both are from Karnataka, Joint Secretary, Union Health Minister, Lav Agarwal informed on Thursday. While one among them had travel history to South…

Mumbai: Four more passengers who arrived in Mumbai from ‘at risk’ countries have tested positive for COVID-19. Their swab samples have been sent for genome sequencing. The patients are asymptomatic and under institutional quarantine. One…

New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the bill to regulate and supervise clinics offering fertility treatments and to establish a national registry and registration authority. The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill,…

Bhubaneswar: Call it ‘rasagola’ or ‘rosogolla', the heavenly dessert from eastern India has been passed down through generations as soft chhena balls soaked in sugar syrup. But, a shop in Ambika Kalna—a town in West Bengal’s east Burdwan…

The appointment of Parag Aggarwal as CEO of Twitter is only a reaffirmation of the latest meme 'Padhega India Tabhi Toh Badhega America.' He joins the league of others of Indian origin who have made a mark in the IT industry at the global…

New Delhi:  In a bone-chilling incident on Wednesday,  a leopard strayed into a school in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh and attacked a student. It was later locked up in a classroom. There was a huge commotion and a crowd gathered outside…

New Delhi: Amidst rising concern about Omicron, the new variant of COVID, scientists in South Africa, where it was officially reported first, have issued some new warnings. It cannot possibly render all vaccines ineffective, though it…

New Delhi: India is yet to report a COVID-positive case infected by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. But the country is living in trepidation, fearing the worst. In the latest ‘scare’, four international passengers — three from…

Mumbai: The Union Health ministry has written to the Maharashtra government asking it to align with Central guidelines vis-à-vis international and domestic travellers. The directive urges Maharashtra to scrap additional COVID-19 conditions…

Bengaluru: In a sarcastic tweet, comedian Kunal Kamra wrote, “I suppose I am seen as a variant of the virus now.” The stand-up comedian, who made headlines early last year after being banned by several airlines in India for mocking news…