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Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

'It was scary': How South African scientists spotted the Omicron COVID...

The samples, tested in the Lancet laboratory, all bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein

1 Dec 2021 11:28 AM IST

ATF price hiked by 7.5 pc; petrol, diesel rates unchanged for 2nd straight day. (PTI Photo)

Centre collects Rs 3.72 L cr as excise on fuel in FY21

Of this, around Rs 20,000 crore has gone to the states

1 Dec 2021 10:40 AM IST

The industrial growth measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for 2017-18 too decelerated to 4.3 per cent from 4.6 per cent in the previous fiscal. The IIP had grown by 4.4 per cent in March 2017.

Core industries output rises 7.5% in October

The combined index of 8 core industries stood at 136.2 in October 2021, which increased by 7.5% (provisional) as...

1 Dec 2021 10:39 AM IST

The increase took rates across the country to fresh highs with Tamil Nadu becoming the latest state to see petrol cross Rs 100-a-litre mark. (PTI Photo)

Petrol in Delhi to get cheaper nearly by Rs 8 after Kejriwal govt...

The decision was taken during the cabinet meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today

1 Dec 2021 10:12 AM IST

An elderly man, who earlier refused the vaccine, receives the vaccine for COVID-19 during a door to door vaccination drive in Sativeti village, on the outskirts of Gauhati. (Photo: AP)

India records 8,954 fresh Covid cases, 28 per cent higher than...

The death toll climbed to 4,69,247 with 267 fresh fatalities, while the active cases were recorded at less than a lakh...

1 Dec 2021 10:05 AM IST

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depicting a health worker to spread awareness about the Covid-19 coronavirus in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

Six passengers returning from 'high-risk' countries test positive in...

The public health department of Maharashtra said that the passengers are either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic

1 Dec 2021 9:49 AM IST

The drug, molnupiravir, could provide a much-needed weapon against the virus. (Photo: AP)

FDA panel backs first-of-a-kind COVID-19 pill from Merck

The group's recommendation came after hours of debate about the drug's modest benefits and potential safety issues

1 Dec 2021 9:15 AM IST

Not surprisingly, a majority of teachers facing challenges in teaching said that children were unable to catch up with the curriculum (65.4 per cent). (Representational Image. PTI)

Rukmini Banerji and Wilima Wadhwa | Covid effect: Changes in schooling...

The drop in private school enrolment was accompanied by more children not being in school rather than a shift to...

1 Dec 2021 1:30 AM IST

Students wearing masks sit inside a classroom as schools reopened in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo: AP)

Amid Omicron threat, BMC pushes reopening of schools in Mumbai to Dec...

The state education department has asked all local bodies to seek the consent of parents before reopening schools

30 Nov 2021 4:40 PM IST