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The surge has already overwhelmed testing stations, prompted new vaccine mandates and caused at least one state to cut back on surgeries

Coronavirus cases surge across Australia as omicron explodes

The surge has already overwhelmed testing stations, prompted new vaccine mandates and caused at least one state to cut...

29 Dec 2021 10:45 AM IST

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT railway station, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Dec 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

India's Omicron tally rises to 781, Delhi reports maximum cases

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 62 days now

29 Dec 2021 10:15 AM IST

People warm themselves with a bonfire on a cold winter night in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi's air quality in 'poor' category, AQI at 286

The concentrations of PM 2.5 and PM 10 stood at 116 in the 'poor' and 221 in the 'moderate' category respectively

29 Dec 2021 9:42 AM IST

Shops selling non-essential items will be opened on alternate days, and malls will be open based on an odd-even formula from 10 am to 8 pm. (PTI)

Schools, cinemas and gyms shut in Delhi; odd-even for shops, malls

The seating capacity on Metro trains and buses will be reduced by 50 per cent. Auto-rickshaws and taxis can carry up to...

29 Dec 2021 7:39 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AFP)

Shikha Mukerjee | How the BJP has to fight harder to remain on top

Even the 11 Lok Sabha seats from the seven states in the Northeast plus the 14 Lok Sabha seats from Assam have begun to...

29 Dec 2021 2:23 AM IST

Rockets are fired towards Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza City Rockets are fired towards Israel from Hamas-controlled Gaza City (AFP)

Naor Gilon | Why Hamas is a threat to Israel, to the world and to...

Hamas is a radical Islamist terrorist organisation, the Palestinian equivalent of the Islamic State, or ISIS

29 Dec 2021 1:52 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the inauguration of various developmental projects, in Kanpur, Tuesday, December 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Modi takes a swipe at Samajwadi party for UP cash haul

The FM said that GST officers had seized more than Rs 177 crore unaccounted cash from the house of perfume trader Piyush...

29 Dec 2021 12:57 AM IST

This file October 18, 2021 handout file photo courtesy of Merck & Co,Inc. shows capsules of the antiviral pill Molnupiravir. (Photo: AFP)

Optimus Pharma to launch COVID-19 drug Molnupiravir shortly, Sun...

The recommended dose of the drug is 800 mg twice a day for five days

28 Dec 2021 4:04 PM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal addresses the media virtually, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Yellow alert sounded in Delhi, restrictions will be imposed...

He said Covid cases are mild and there is no increase in the consumption of oxygen or the use of ventilators despite the...

28 Dec 2021 2:26 PM IST

This photo taken on December 25, 2021 shows residents undergoing a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xian in Chinas northern Shaanxi province. (AFP)

China expands lockdowns as COVID cases climb

China has followed a 'zero-Covid' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns

28 Dec 2021 1:30 PM IST

The study has been published in the eLife Journal. (Photo: ANI)

Innovative X-ray imaging shows COVID-19 can cause vascular damage to...

The scientists imaged the tissue architecture to a high resolution using synchrotron radiation and displayed it...

28 Dec 2021 12:49 PM IST

Upon his return home on Friday night, he was warmly welcomed by his family members, friends, relatives and villagers who distributed sweets. (ANI Photo)

J&K man returns to India after serving 29 years in Pakistan jail

Kuldeep Singh who had accidentally crossed the International border to Pakistan in December 1992 was arrested by the...

28 Dec 2021 12:48 PM IST