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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s health minister has rejected the claim of his British counterpart that a new variant of the coronavirus in the country is more contagious or dangerous than a similar one in the UK spread. “At present, there is no evidence that the 501.V2 (variant) is more transmissible than …

Winter may be relatively harsher and longer in northern India this year as La Niña, a global weather pattern that has a cooling effect on global weather conditions, has matured and is nearly peaking. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said various meteorological parameters indicate that La Niña, which started in …

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy making a virtue of necessity. All the “right” noises are being made about how the democratic process has been restored in the former degraded state of Jammu and Kashmir. As if the voter in that besieged part of the country spoke for …

China said on Friday there was no link between the situation of Indian sailors on two freighters carrying Australian coal stranded in Chinese ports and the current state of relations between the countries. China’s Foreign Ministry said the two ships were stuck in ports due to quarantine measures in place …

More than 521,000 people were vaccinated in England, more than 56,000 in Scotland. London: More than 6,00,000 UK citizens have received the coronavirus vaccine developed by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech, the Department of Health said. “Thanks to a great effort from the NHS [National Health Service] To overcome significant …

Written by Tushar Bhaduri, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 25, 2020 3:18:36 pm Four changes to the side of a test match will normally be considered drastic, but the game XI chosen by the India team’s expert group for the Boxing Day test match is …

The drop in Mukesh Ambani’s net worth is due to the correction in RIL shares, which have fallen almost 16% from their all-time high of Rs 2,369.35. New Delhi: Mukesh Ambnai, India’s richest person and chairman and managing director of oil-to-retail and telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries, which rose to fourth …

Turkey Covid – Nation of 83 Million Has Officially Recorded 19,115 Covid Deaths (Representative) Istanbul, Turkey: Turkey will receive its first shipment of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from China in a few days, as preliminary national tests showed it was 91% effective, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. Ankara …

NEW DELHI: The trend of more Covid-19 daily recoveries than the number of new infections has led to a continued contraction in India’s active case load, which is currently 2.81,919 and accounts for only 2.78 per percent of total infections, the Union said on Friday the health ministry. Continuing the …

BETHLEHEM, West Bank: The Palestinian city of Bethlehem celebrates Christmas Eve on Thursday and only a small number attend traditional events due to COVID-19 restrictions, but city leaders say they are determined to send a message of hope. Just 12 months ago, Bethlehem, revered as the birthplace of Jesus, was …