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The two bright planets will be in closest conjunction in the evening sky after 367 years. Sky watchers in the city are preparing to see a rare sight in the night sky on December 21, when two bright planets, Jupiter and Saturn, become closely linked after 367 years, the first …

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson would chair a crisis meeting on Monday, as a growing number of countries blocked flights from Britain over a highly infectious new strain of coronavirus that the UK said was “out of control”. The World Health Organization also called for stronger containment measures across Europe, …

Maharashtra has ordered a nightly curfew: from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. until January 5 (archive) Mumbai: Maharashtra has imposed a nightly curfew, from 11pm to 6am until January 5, for Mumbai and all municipal corporate areas, in light of the mutated strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the …

The Union Health Ministry had called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK. The Union government is fully alert and there is no need to panic, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said …

The veteran leader of Congress, Motilal Vora, passed away in Delhi on Monday, a day after celebrating his 93rd birthday. Vora, who had recovered from Covid-19 in October, was admitted to the Delhi Escorts Hospital after he complained of shortness of breath on December 19. A journalist by profession, he …

Covid-19 has undergone many mutations throughout the year, but the appearance of the new variant in the United Kingdom has raised the alarm in the country. The new variant VUI – 202012/01, also known as the B.1.1.7 lineage, is suspected to be the reason for the sharp increase in cases …

Sentiment soured on Monday with the S&P BSE Sensex plummeting 1,800 points in intraday trading on weak global signals. Fears of a new strain of coronavirus that has threatened the UK. The S&P BSE Sensex ended the day at 1,407 points, or 3 percent, lower at 45,553 levels. Nifty50, on …

The Center issued an order on Monday to suspend all flights to and from the UK between December 22 and December 31, joining a number of countries that are also doing so following the discovery of a new variant of the Sars-CoV- 2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease (Covid-19), …

Several leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Chairman Om Birla wished Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Yuvajana Congress Party Chairman Sramika Rythu (YSRCP) YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on his birthday Monday when he turned 48 years old. “Birthday greetings to Andhra Pradesh CM Shri @ysjagan Garu. I …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 3:34:03 pm Union Minister of Health, DR Harsh Vardhan Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that the government was on alert about the new strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the UK and called …