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The conversationDecember 21, 2020 11:10:42 AM IST A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is believed to be driving further transmission of the disease in parts of the UK. The government has placed some regions, including London, under new, tighter coronavirus restrictions, known as Level 4. People …

New Delhi: The government is fully alert about the new strain of coronavirus reported in the UK, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today, stressing that “there is no need to panic.” Canada, Saudi Arabia and several European countries have temporarily banned flights from the UK for the new strain of …

Calcutta: On Saturday (December 19), while welcoming Suvendu Adhikari, a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight, to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at a rally in the West Midnapore district, the Minister of the Interior President Amit Shah said a series of defections from now on will leave Mamata Banerjee alone …

With a COVID-19 number of cases that has exceeded 10 million people, India is the second country in the world most affected by coronavirus pandemic, behind only the United States. But its goal is to emerge from the crisis in the coming months with a massive vaccination campaign, which will …

BENGALURU: After more than nine months, PU schools and universities in Karnataka will reopen from January 1. On Saturday, the state government decided to start classes for classes 10 and II PU to start. This decision was made following a recommendation from the state technical advisory committee for Covid-19. “Since …

The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …

NEW DELHI: Cold snap conditions continued in most of Delhi on Friday and the minimum temperature dropped to 4.4 degrees Celsius, three levels below normal, at the Safdarjung Observatory, the city’s base station. Cold snap conditions are likely to continue on Saturday as well. Mercury plummeted to 2.7 degrees Celsius, …

CHENNAI: The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras has taken the ‘Most Innovative Institute of the Year’ award from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for its disruptive innovations. This award is one of the categories of the CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2020 and was awarded during the DST-CII Technology …

The United States added a second Covid-19 vaccine to its arsenal on Friday, fueling efforts to combat an outbreak so dire that the nation regularly records more than 3,000 deaths per day. The much-needed doses are scheduled to arrive Monday after the Food and Drug Administration authorized an emergency launch …

The total number of recovered cases is more than 30 times the number of active cases, the ministry said. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 1 crore (10 million) mark on December 18, 2020. According to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at John …