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The major worry with the new UK variant is that it is 70 percent more transmissible than the existing strains.

Genome sequencing takes a hit in India

Problems aplenty in importing chemicals

22 Dec 2020 2:00 AM IST

With new variant strains, analysis of efficacy can be known only after a critical mass of the population is inoculated.

Experts call for molecular sequencing of the virus

Intensified vaccination programme most viable: Researchers

22 Dec 2020 2:00 AM IST

Mutation of viruses is not a new phenomenon, but its virulence bothers scientists.

India suspends all flights to and from UK in view of fast-spreading...

The suspension of flights will be effective from midnight December 22 (Wednesday, 23.59 hours) till December 31

22 Dec 2020 12:09 AM IST

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI)

New strain of COVID-19: Kejriwal asks Centre to ban all flights from...

No reason to panic as the government is fully alert, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

21 Dec 2020 1:21 PM IST

Farmers during their Delhi Chalo protest march against the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi, Sunday, December 6 (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Farmers' unions to stage 24-hr relay hunger strike

The farmers' leaders refused to budge and said they would intensify their stir if their demands are not immediately met

21 Dec 2020 10:47 AM IST

Home Minister Amit Shah admitted to AIIMS for post COVID care. (PTI Photo)

No CAA now, rules yet to be made, says Shah

His statement punctures BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's recent claim of the CAA implementation to...

21 Dec 2020 10:33 AM IST

A motorcyclist rides on a deserted street in Paris on December 15, 2020, as a new 8:00 pm-6:00am curfew is implemented in France to avoid a third wave of coronavirus infections. The curfew will be waived for Christmas Eve in order to allow families to travel to celebrate together but it will be kept in place for New Years Eve. (MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)

Kishwar Desai | End in sight to Brexit limbo; Xmas lockdown a big...

Between A for anxiety, B for Brexit and C for Coronavirus, we may need a new alphabet and a new language to express our...

21 Dec 2020 9:04 AM IST

Parliament of India (Photo credit:Twitter)

Mohan Guruswamy | Parliament dysfunctional due to competitive politics

The evolution of our politics into a non-ideological political competition has seen the demise of discussion and debate...

21 Dec 2020 7:28 AM IST

Of dancers, artists and new normal' in pandemic times

In the performing arts' community, we saw that there was lot of sharing that hadn't happened before

21 Dec 2020 1:06 AM IST

Pharma chief urges transparency in virus vaccine rollout

Takeda inked a deal with the Japanese government and US firm Moderna Therapeutics to import and distribute 50 million...

20 Dec 2020 12:32 PM IST

Bankura: Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses BJP Bengal unit workers, in Bankura district, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (PTI Photo)

Didi will be isolated', BJP to win 200 Bengal seats: Shah

Shah also attacked the TMC for its workers' violent attack on BJP president J.P. Nadda's convoy by stone-pelting

20 Dec 2020 10:19 AM IST

Voters show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their votes for the last phase of District Development Council (DDC) election, at Khour village in Akhnoor, Jammu on Saturday, December 19, 2020. (PTI)

Over 50 per cent polling in final phase of J&K's first-ever district...

Over 50 per cent polling in final phase of J&K's first-ever district level elections

20 Dec 2020 9:38 AM IST